Stories by Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

Border restrictions have cut-off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua's oldest tourism business, The Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its people to re-invent its services in order to survive.

A kaiako in Wellington says the funding increase from the Budget for kōhanga reo was well overdue for staff who had been underpaid and undervalued for too long.

One iwi plans to go ahead with 100-person tangi regardless of the rules, while others plan to stick with level 4 or level 3 rules.

Up to 1000 Māori employees working for Māori tourism operators - and more than 17,000 Māori across the entire tourism sector - are estimated to have lost their jobs due to Covid-19.

The Māori Party's new candidate for Te Tai Tonga, Tākuta Ferris, says the absence of an independent Māori voice in Parliament has not gone unnoticed by Māori.

Iwi on Great Barrier Island are planning a checkpoint for alert level 2 and will turn people away. But police aren't supporting it.

Despite the police commissioner making it clear community roadblocks should not continue in alert level 2, Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi Te Whānau ā Apanui has not ruled them out.

Ruth Dyson says she and other MPs proposed Māori voices to appear before the committee, but most were ignored by the committee chair, Simon Bridges. Audio

Māori health experts and industry leaders have largely been excluded from Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee meetings, leaving many feeling extremely frustrated and left out.

Community checkpoints have garnered support from councils, police and volunteers determined to keep their communities safe - but remain a polarising topic among some MPs.

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The government's response to Covid-19 has been good, but much more could be done to ensure the Treaty and human rights are central to decisions, Human Rights Commission says.

Eager muttonbird hunters are hoping to get a flight out to the Tītī Islands soon, with alert level 3 allowing the opportunity to gather the delicious tītī before the season is over.

Thousands of descendants from the country's biggest iwi Ngāpuhi living in Auckland have found more unity and strength during the nationwide lockdown than ever.

A study on serving or retired NZ military personnel has revealed alarming rates of PTSD symptoms - including 78 percent of Māori assessed.

Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust is advising all kōhanga reo to remain closed under alert level 3.

Māori leaders are backing calls for the government to lift the ban on hunting during alert level three, but only to whānau who rely on it to feed themselves.

Internet access remains one of the biggest hurdles for distance learning among tamariki at kura kaupapa and Māori medium schools.

Staff at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Waiu o Ngāti Porou, from tiny Ruatōria on the East Coast, are supplying protective gear to frontline health workers fighting Covid-19 in their rohe.

A mighty tōtara has fallen with the passing of the generous visionary and reo exponent, Te Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru.

A woman claims she was denied a Covid-19 after she called Healthline with a "sore throat for a couple of days and a bit of a cough".

There are a range of resources and online learning opportunities for Māori students when school holidays come to an end on Friday, the government says.

Whānau who rely on kaimoana for food are urging the government to relax the lockdown fishing ban.

There are now 56 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among Māori, 10 more than yesterday.

The government is confident police are well-resourced to crack down on people breaking the lockdown rules, but some communities say it's still not enough.