Te Ao Māori

The Māori Women's Welfare League has told the Waitangi Tribunal that Māori initiatives to reduce the number of tamariki in their care have been short-lived because the Crown has all the control.

Local government in Wairarapa is no longer the "pale, stale male" environment it once was, according to a recent survey.

The National Urban Māori Authority is calling for Oranga Tamariki to make way for a 'Mokopuna Authority'. Audio

A kaumātua has told the Waitangi Tribunal "cultural sovereignty" should be the foundation for making Oranga Tamariki compliant with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The West Coast Regional Council and local iwi will make history tomorrow when they sign a formal pact to work together.

Social workers have told the Waitangi Tribunal that Māori staff were not promoted because Oranga Tamariki do not value Māori knowledge.

Northland Regional Council today voted to bring in new Māori constituencies - in a controversial move that led to a long-term councillor resigning.

The Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi - donning a white cowboy hat - touched down at Parliament today for the first time since winning the Waiariki electorate.

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard how the parents of a newborn baby had no contact with Oranga Tamariki before police officers raided their home looking for the child.

Jo Hayes failed to win the seat of Mana and missed out on getting back as a list MP because of her party's big election defeat.

A group of 20 Ngāpuhi protesters occupying private land in the Bay of Islands are trying stop a housing development on a site they say is wāhi tapu.

The Māori Party is set to return to Parliament if special votes in Waiariki mirror those already counted, but it's close; Rawiri Waititi is leading Labour's Tāmati Coffey by just 415 votes. Video

Māori have been "turning out in droves" to cast their vote early, with advance voting numbers almost double that on last election.

The Labour-incumbent for Hauraki-Waikato, Nanaia Mahuta, is set to breeze into another term in the seat, as her Māori Party opponent trails her in the polls by a whopping 47 percent.

New survey shows Pasifika and Māori South Auckland voters oppose the two referendums in the general election.

Some of the country's most senior judges and Ngāti Kahungunu say the success of the Rangatahi Courts shows Māori culture and values should be instilled throughout the rest of the court system.

The Māori community in the Auckland suburb of Te Atatū are one step closer to having a marae in their neighbourhood after a long and fraught battle, dragged out over 30 years, to secure land to put it…

An East Coast principal has called out health authorities for their "long-term ineptitude" towards delivering a quality dental service for Ngāti Porou teenage students.

Many voters on the Māori roll are being encouraged to split their vote to get as many Māori MPs into parliament as possible - Here is a quick civics refresher with reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.

The man who defrauded the trust which funds the Māori King has avoided jail and been sentenced to home detention.