Te Ao Māori

Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget will address urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health.

Increasing Māori participation in local democracy is the intention behind a "crucial" project, because Māori and young people are "disengaged and disenfranchised".

There has been mixed reaction from Māori to the government's Emissions Reduction Plan, with some arguing there are still gaps that the report does not address. Audio

An East Coast woman is on a mission to gain back control of her whenua after leasing laws dating back 100 years locked her and others out of controlling their land blocks.

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white supremacist leaflet drop, has caused them to opt out of the race altogether - and protect their mana. Some locals agree.

A bill that would formalise a treaty settlement with Wairarapa iwi has passed its first reading in Parliament.

Tributes have been flowing for te reo revitaliser and key advocate for Pākehā allyship to Māori, Andrew Robb, who has died at the age of 66.

The government has partnered with Toitū Tairāwhiti in a bid to deliver 150 new homes in the region in the next 15 months.

Māori landowners are mulling legal action in an effort to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme, which would see plantation forests no longer eligible for carbon credits. Audio

A couple who falsely used the identities of two Māori to make it look like it was them delivering a politically charged message are fighting to keep their names secret.

National's Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti is under fire for comments he made comparing Māori life expectancy to the 1840s.

Justice advocates say plans to pour money into extra police will do little to address the main cause of crime, with Māori likely to be disproportionately affected. Audio

The iwi has finalised a settlement with the Ministry of Education involving the land occupied by 40 schools.

There are hopes a mobile heart screening service being rolled out in Waikato will be a game-changer for remote and Māori communities.

Seventy Northland towns and localities projected to be significantly affected by coastal flooding, erosion and permanent inundation through sea level rise are involved.

Iwi say they are fed up with being wrongly accused of being a barrier to progress.

New Zealand's youngest regional councillor received a facial tā moko in January. He's faced relentless insults since.

National Party leader Christopher Luxon has refused to rule out a coalition government involving the Māori Party but deemed the talks premature. Audio

Te Tohu o Matariki - the new logo for Matariki - has been unveiled as the historic first matauranga Māori public holiday is soon to be observed.

A report by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has found Māori are over-represented in seclusion statistics at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward.