Te Ao Māori

Stuff has been praised for owning up to perpetuating racist narratives about tangata whenua but academics have expressed scepticism that it will lead to lasting change.

The media company is issuing a public apology for the way it has portrayed Māori, from its first editions until now. Audio

A study on drowning cases has found a majority of missing people in New Zealand weren't wearing a lifejacket when found, reinforcing the importance of safety equipment.

In 2009, the royal commission which helped set the groundwork for the creation of the supercity recommended having three Māori seats on the Auckland Council.

Basketball New Zealand is under fire over claims that its representative system leaves underprivileged communities out in the cold.

Systemic racism is at the heart of New Zealand's current council Māori wards debate, according to a leading campaigner for their establishment who spoke in Whangārei last night.

The Crown agency has weighed into a long-running access rights battle at a historic pa site in Taranaki as friction simmers at Hauranga Pā.

Mana whenua made their case to independent commissioners against a controversial dump proposed for the Dome Valley, north of Auckland.

The New Zealand Defence Force has agreed to help descendants of soldiers in the Māori Battalion's C Company claim the war medals their ancestors never received.

A review looked into the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995, and found there was no clear and robust process to guide police on how to collect, use and store DNA. Audio

First Person - I shouldn't have been checking my work emails. It was a Saturday night at my grandparents' house. Before I had time to comprehend what I'd read, there was another ping, writes RNZ…

The minister for children says he is "not into separatism" and that Oranga Tamariki needs to work in partnership with Māori. Audio

Midwives have shared how they were not included in decisions by Oranga Tamariki to remove babies from their whānau, in the latest report by the Children's Commissioner.

"If not now, then when," deputy mayor Josh Wharehinga said as tears of joy flooded the public gallery after an extraordinary meeting at Gisborne District Council this morning.

The Children's Commissioner is calling for an urgent and significant transformation of Oranga Tamariki - and is telling the government to commit to a transfer of power to Māori. Audio