Layla Bailey-McDowell

The Education Minister says "very unfair" pressure has been put on schools.

Kereama Wright (Te Arawa) says kapa haka is a form of rongoā, healing body, mind and spirit.

It comes after the government removed Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.

Alongside keynote speakers and hundreds of presentations, discussions over the week-long hui have centred on kotahitanga and shared strategy.

Thousands of delegates are gathering in Tāmaki Makaurau as Indigenous rights face renewed pressure in Aotearoa and abroad.

Hōkūleʻa, the Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe, has reached the shores of Auckland.

The World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education has returned to Aotearoa for the first time in 20 years.

From Whakatāne to Tāmaki Makaurau to Ōtautahi and Invercargill, school boards have issued public statements reaffirming their obligations to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Pākehā Project co-founder Rebecca Sinclair says marching alongside thousands of Māori and non-Māori showed what true kotahitanga could look like.

World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education will be held in Aotearoa for the first time in 20 years.

A dawn karakia at Te Rerenga Wairua marked the beginning of a nationwide march opposing the Treaty Principles Bill.

The kaupapa follows scent artist Nathan Taare and perfume enthusiast Whitney Steel as they create bespoke fragrances inspired by the lives of well-known Aotearoa creatives. Video

The government has released the full draft of its new year 0-10 curriculum, which proposes dropping Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories and adding more international topics.

"Every child has a right to know whose land they stand on."

Matthew Roskruge (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama), Professor of Economics at Massey Business School and the Associate Dean Māori, says Labour's proposed capital gains tax makes sense in principle but does…

The mobilisation coincided with the 190th anniversary of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand) and the first Labour Day…

The organisers describe the gathering as a tikanga-led stand for cultural wellbeing, mana wāhine, rangatahi, workers' rights, and tino rangatiratanga.

Māori and Sāmoan voices say there's a clear line between sporting rivalry and cultural disrespect.

One whānau is taking a creative approach to ensure te reo Māori has a space to thrive online.

An advocacy group says youth homelessness is often misunderstood and many young people are leaving homes because they're unsafe.

A kaupapa Māori youth homelessness group says benefit changes will increase whānau stress and push more rangatahi onto the streets.

A wahine who has reclaimed her cultural identity is urging more Māori to pursue a career in social work.

Bernard Henare hopes people in Northland can one day "find the mahi, the sustenance, the lifestyle within their own rohe, and not have to go further afield to get it."

Charlie O'Sullivan, 19, has no whakapapa connections to New Zealand, but found particular interest with the language.

'Mātātoa' brings Māori together through fitness, te reo and culture.