Stories by John Boynton

Tree felling crews have been taking on the dangerous and physically exhausting job of clearing up thousands of trees brought down in storms across Auckland last week.

There are still 1200 homes and businesses in Auckland without power almost a week after storms hit the region - with power not expected to return to some until the end of this week. Audio

The fight to normalise te reo Māori will be taken to the streets of Manurewa this weekend with a bilingual hikoi.

An Auckland Māori Catholic co-ed school will still receive $200,000 worth of state funding despite having only one student on its roll.

Hone Harawira says the decision to stop a woman from staying with her terminally ill husband while being cared for at Waikato Hospital was racially motivated.

Tensions within Tūhoe in the wake of their $170 million Treaty settlement were evident when 13,000 members of the iwi met in Rotorua at the weekend for the two-yearly Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe festival.

It was the turn of the future leaders of Tūhoe to take to the kapa haka stage on the first day of the biennial Te Hui Ahurei ā Tūhoe festival taking place in Rotorua this weekend.

Bay of Plenty village Minginui is to get a funding boost of almost $6 million from the government's provincial growth fund, towards the goverment's plan to plant a billion trees. Audio

Should the New Zealand Wars be commemorated as a national public holiday?

After 28 years of Treaty of Waitangi negotiations, central North Island iwi Ngāti Rangi has signed its deed of settlement in Waiouru today.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is taking the health of its people into its own hands by providing free universal private health insurance for its members.

An Antarctic expert is urging Air New Zealand to pull its latest safety video, saying it's deeply disturbing it was filmed so close to the site of the Erebus disaster. Video, Audio

Labour's Māori MPs, including associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis, are confident Māori charter schools will be able to remain open.

A prominent Northland doctor has described his frustration with having to deal everyday with the sick children of parents addicted to pokies.

Students - rather than politicians - have been asking Jacinda Ardern the tough questions at a special picnic.

A light and sound show on the Harbour Bridge in Auckland will illuminate the history of Little Barrier Island or Te Hauturu-o-Toi. Video

The protection of freshwater fish species and Te Arawa fishing practices are the key focus of proposed bylaws covering 13 Rotorua lakes.

A roading trial taking place in Te Urewera will test the properties of a specially developed natural roading material.

St Stephen's School in Auckland is set to re-open at the start of 2020, that's 20 years after its doors were closed.

Nearly 20 years after it closed its doors, St Stephen's Māori boarding school may soon reopen.

Some Māori are demanding greater clarity about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership will affect the government's Treaty obligations.

A waka is being used to help measure the amount of plastic rubbish coming from the East Coast.

Football, passion and culture took centre stage at the inaugural Trans-Tasman Clash of Culture series held in Auckland.

Māori and Aboriginal football teams will clash for the first time this weekend in a meeting of indigenous cultures and sporting talent.

Efforts to encourage more te reo Māori speakers at home and in the community are getting a financial boost. Audio