Te Ao Māori
Award-winning Māori GP says short-term solutions needed for burnt-out health workers
When it comes to hard work and serving the community to help make a difference, Dr Matire Harwood is your wāhine.
Te reo Māori still at risk despite high demand for courses
On the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language, the Māori Language Commission is warning more work is needed to ensure its survival.
Head in the clouds? Call for NZ to take control of data storage
A new report says that New Zealand needs to look harder at how its data is being handled offshore and regain some local control of cloud services.
Reviving ancient Maori construction methods
Internationally acclaimed architect Anthony Hoete is helping to revive ancient Māori construction methods with the aim of rebuilding a historic wharenui destroyed in the Napier earthquake of 1931… Audio
The future of Maori at work
What will the future of the work look like for Māori, and the shifts and skills required to give Māori greater access and opportunity in the future workforce. Dr Eruera Tarena is Executive Director of… Audio
Call to improve health inequities for Pasifika and Māori after water fluoridation order
Pasifika and Māori health provider Hāpai Te Hauora is welcoming the Ministry of Health's order to add fluoride to Cambridge's water, but says more needs to be done to address health inequities.
Champion of better health services for Māori dies aged 91
The woman widely regarded as 'Rotorua's queen of Māori health' has died.
Minister moved by Māori mental health efforts: 'It really did lift my heart'
The impact of Māori mental wellbeing services and a community effort to prevent suicide in Whanganui, Rangitīkei and Ruapehu left a visiting minister "quite emotional".
Tauranga port expansion: MP wants agreement between port, iwi
Tauranga's new MP is calling on the Port of Tauranga and local iwi to come to an agreement on how the port can expand.
'Right thing to do': Co-ownership of land 'elegant solution' - commissioner
A "significant step" has been taken to right a historic "betrayal" that occurred with an agreement for council and mana whenua to co-own land in the Tauranga CBD.
'It was unbearable' - serial shingles sufferer urges people to get vaccinated
A wahine Māori who has been infected with shingles several times is urging people to get vaccinated, as a new study has found a link between Covid-19 infection and an increased susceptibility to…
'Your people should be alright, they've raised the benefit' - Māori councillors say they face racism
It's something Local Government New Zealand says it has to confront as it tries to make councils more diverse.
Waitangi Tribunal hears criticism of its 'cumbersome' bureaucratic process
The Waitangi Tribunal, set up to address injustices against tangata whenua, has been accused of being unfair to Māori in the way it operates.
'Massive loss': Te Tai Tokerau mourns Ricky Houghton
Te Tai Tokerau is mourning a man who spent decades lifting others out of poverty, homelessness, addiction and imprisonment. Video
Staunch community advocate Ricky Houghton dies
Tributes are flowing from across the motu for staunch housing and community advocate, and revered leader from the Far North, Ricky Houghton. Video
'A taonga': Bone People manuscript set to benefit Māori writers
Author Keri Hulme's final wish was that her original manuscript should be auctioned so that the proceeds could support other Māori writers, her nephew says.
Kaihautū to build relationships between Marlborough council and iwi
Hara Adams has moved to Marlborough to take up a 'heavy' position with the council as the new kaihautū, manager of Māori partnerships.
Nursing school dismisses Ministry of Health's 'nothing response' over funding
Health officials are defending their funding of nurse training, but fears remain the budget will not get enough trainees over the line.
'It just lights fires': Wāhine and kōtiro lace up for new competition
There's hopes a new rugby league competition in Te Tai Tokerau will drive up participation rates among more wāhine and kōtiro for the sport.
Call for new ideas on helping low-income households with high kai costs
A social service provider assisting thousands of Aucklanders wants to see more innovation to help with the rising cost of food.