Stories by Te Aorewa Rolleston

A Māori pediatric doctor is committing to research to help understand the impacts of epilepsy on children and the disproportionate factors which burden Māori and tamariki Māori.

A former professor of indigenous studies at the Auckland University of Technology says any discussion around gangs needs to remember why they were formed in the first place.

Māori scholars say their work is not getting fair recognition because of racism and unconscious bias within the world of publishing.

A Māori charitable trust in Queenstown is accusing Bunnings Warehouse of wanting cultural performers on the cheap, but the company insists there's been a misunderstanding.

A Māori lawyer is creating interactive online resources to help primary school teachers teach Aotearoa's history and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Whānau and hapū of Te Waiariki are activating legal expertise to consider 'every legal avenue possible' to raise concerns over the sale of their ancestral lands which are currently owned by DOC.

For the first time, well-known poems by famous poet Maya Angelou have been translated into te reo Māori and recited to celebrate wāhine and te reo rangatira.

Māori health leaders want to see cancer health outcomes significantly improve to save lives of Māori.

The government is taking the reins on a new, nationwide water infrastructure programme.

The Akaroa Taiāpure Management Committee is recommending a closure to prohibit the taking of pāua from the Ōnuku area by recreational and commercial fishers.

Some iwi are calling for the government to invest more funds into papakāinga housing rather than state homes in a bid to combat the dire housing crisis.

Moriori were filled with relief and emotion yesterday as the first reading of their Treaty settlement was passed in Parliament.

A group of kaumātua are backing calls made by Māori for the resignation of the board chair of Unitec.

For the past 20 years, Pearl Matahiki, known as "Aunty Pearl" has been a stalwart at the university and a champion for Māori academic success.

Māori and Chinese communities reported the highest rates of discrimination since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows.

Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are exhibiting a united front against cross-claims about policy settlements by the Crown.

The Green Party Māori caucus today outlined and affirmed their commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and their visions and aspirations for Aotearoa.

Respected Māori Academic Dr Mānuka Henare (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa and Ngāti Kahu), was laid to rest last week after battling a degenerative illness for a short time.

A two-year rāhui on the waters around Waiheke Island - a bid to stop populations of four species of kaimoana from collapsing - is being put in place this weekend.

Whānau Ora's commissioning agency Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu has released a new funding programme for the South Island regions to help with pandemic recovery progress.

Nigel Borell, who resigned unexpectedly after putting together Auckland Art Gallery's largest exhibition of indigenous work, is calling on arts institutions to be better at sharing power.

The National iwi chairs forum has put forward six recommendations to the government which they say are a priority for mitigating the risk of Covid-19 for Māori and general public.

The decision to make the annual celebrations exclusive is due to internal issues at the pā, according to the MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Adrian Rurawhe.

The Obamas have expressed frustration at the contrasting police responses to yesterday's storming of the Capitol Hill Building by a right-wing mob and ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.

Officers fired sponge rounds at the men on the roof of the burning high-security building during the standoff at Waikeria Prison, police have confirmed to RNZ.