Layla Bailey-McDowell

Ashley Emiko is reclaiming her reo after feeling disconnected from a part of her identity as a child.

Angel Stewart is part of a resurgence of people reclaiming and protecting a taonga that was denied to previous generations - te reo Māori.

Janay Harding grew up disconnected from te ao Māori, but says reclaiming her reo has given her grounding.

Rhoen Hemara is part of a generation reclaiming a taonga that was stripped from his grandparents.

Māori Language Week has kicked off, with a parade, webinar series and a time capsule planned. Audio

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po will deliver her first national address, after a year of mourning.

Rangatahi called upon other young people to protect the environment and preserve te reo Māori.

A prominent whānau Māori are calling on rangatahi to help shape the future.

As thousands descend on Turangwaewae, the next generation of leaders reflect on their role in sustaining Kiingitanga traditions.

"It's about power, who holds it and who gets to decide what justice looks like in this country," says Associate Professor Andrew Erueti.

Aotearoa's language journey was showcased as a "blueprint" for revitalisation at Canada's first-ever Indigenous Languages Summit.

The challenge is to find "the levers" to accelerate the rate of change, an advocate says.

Waipapa Taumata Rau brings together Māori and Pasifika paddlers from across the university.

A leading Māori studies academic says the education minister's decision is "a dangerous move".

GP clinics will soon receive funding based on factors such as age, sex, rurality, socioeconomic deprivation and morbidity, but not ethnicity.

The trust says it has no "exclusive seat at the table" when it comes to Crown-led water management.

Flow Waaka has spent over a decade feeding and supporting people living rough, and she's urging others to do their part.

"Some of our whānau say they've never had friendship from previous midwives ...That connection matters."

They have carried the first voice on the marae for decades, now these kuia are passing their knowledge to the next generation.

Wāhine were given a deeper understanding of their place within te ao Māori, a wānanga leader says.

Young māmā say spaces grounded in te ao Māori have helped them reconnect to their Māoritanga and become better parents because of it. Surrounded by karakia, waiata and kai, whānau...

Organisers of Aotearoa's national Māori language festival want people of all ages and ethnicities to "toitū te reo" - to uphold the language - as the kaupapa returns for its second year.

'The mana of the Black Sox will go on'

The Black Sox have done themselves proud after claiming silver in the Men's Softball World Cup in Canada, the first medal for the team since 2017.

The Black Sox will step onto the diamond with everything on the line - a chance to reclaim their place at the top of world softball and bring home an eighth World Cup title.