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Comments by Seven Sharp co-host Mike Hosking described as racist and deeply offensive have sparked formal complaints to TVNZ.

New Plymouth councillor Richard Handley is the first person to put their hand up to replace mayor Andrew Judd who says he will not seek a second term.

New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd is spearheading a call for Parliament to change the law for the establishment of Maori wards on district councils.

A prominent Auckland councillor is demanding police do more in downtown Auckland to make it safer for students.

Mental health services are supposed to avoid locking patients up in isolation - also known as seclusion. But it still happens.

Hot on the heels of a call for Auckland Council's Maori Advisory Board to be scrapped, Christchurch City Council is considering boosting Maori representation.

Māori Television show Native Affairs is being cut to 30 minutes but it says no jobs will be lost.

Fewer children are being adopted and the government is under increasing pressure to modernise its 60-year-old law.

A Māori educator has been recognised with a prestigious Prime Minister's award for her efforts to improve the health of tāngata whenua.

The Families Commission says New Zealand families and whānau are faring well with the exception of single parents.

While Māori Television has announced the new line-up for its current affairs programme, Native Affairs, one of its senior producers has handed in her resignation.

A Te Ātiawa kaumatua says he wants a statutory Māori board established in New Plymouth following the failed attempt to create a Māori ward.

New Plymouth voters have rejected the introduction of a Māori ward in a citizens'-initiated referendum on the proposal.

New Plymouth voters have overwhelmingly rejected the introduction of a Maori ward in the district. Audio

Former Race Relations commissioner Joris de Bres has told New Plymouth voters they have nothing to fear from the introduction of a Maori ward.