Leigh Marama Mc Lachlan

A long-time activist at Lake Horowhenua is pleased to see the back of the lake's trustees who have all been removed after he won a court case. The Māori Appellate Court upheld Phillip Taueki's claim… Audio

A Maniapoto leader says a Waitangi Tribunal report has opened up the conversation about what happened to his ancestors and his people in King Country.

The first report into the large Te Rohe Pōtae… Audio

Some locals in Whanganui are unhappy that their newspaper has adopted the Maori spelling of the city. But local iwi and community leaders are commending the Whanganui Chronicle, now with the H - some… Audio

Health experts are calling for frank and fearless discussions about racism and white privilege to improve Maori health. In a study published online in the journal Health Policy, researchers from New… Audio

People living near a gang shooting in Whanganui are worried there's going to be more violence. Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Ratana was shot outside a home in the suburb of Castlecliff on Tuesday… Audio

People living near a gang shooting in Whanganui are worried the killing is going to escalate tensions between rival gangs. Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Ratana was shot outside his girlfriend's home in… Audio

Police have launched an extensive hunt for the people who fatally shot a 27-year-old man, understood to be Kevin Ratana, yesterday morning. Police say the victim and offenders were gang affiliates… Video, Audio

A man arrested for shoving a security guard at a Work and Income office just hours after leaving prison is blaming rude and intimidating staff. Jamie Mako has been barred from every WINZ office in the… Audio

Just days before the Kingitanga movement holds its annual coronation celebrations in Ngāruawahia King Tuheitia has found himself under an extraordinary attack from one of his former advisors. In a… Audio

RNZs Maori News Correspondent Leigh-Marama Mclachlan asks, could compulsory te reo Māori in schools reduce racism? Audio

A teacher in Whanganui says she was shocked when she heard another teacher tell his class that Māori were lucky the British didn't wipe them out. Riria Henry was in her final placement for teachers'… Audio

There are mounting calls for a formal police investigation into Anihera Black's claims that her husband Awanui Black, who died in 2016, was the ringleader of a child sex ring, and a man who preyed on… Video, Audio

A mother who had three children taken by social services has opened up about when she fell pregnant and her fear that they were taking her baby. Under current laws, most parents who have a previous… Audio

A mother who had her children removed from her care has spoken about the unfairness of a law that meant her baby was in line to be taken when he was born, despite her circumstances changing… Audio

There are claims many Maori families who have had their children taken off them didn't know their rights. Auckland University of Technology's senior law lecturer Khylee Quince says the system appears… Audio

More than 500 people gathered at Tūrangawaewae in Ngaruawahia this morning for a funeral service for former Māori Affairs Minister Koro Wetere, who died of cancer on Saturday, a day after his 83rd… Video, Audio

A funeral service will be held later this morning at Ngaruawahia's Tūrangawaewae Marae for the former Māori Affairs Minister and long-serving Labour MP, Koro Wētere. Mr Wētere died on Saturday at the… Audio

A Māori consultant has spoken out about the offensive and ignorant comments from hospital staff while she being treated for breast cancer. New figures show Māori and Pasifika women are almost twice as… Audio