Te Ao Māori

Te Matatini Herenga Waka National Kapa Haka competition has been postponed until 2022.

It is the first project in the government's scheme to create nature-based jobs to help with Covid-19 recovery. Audio

Police have fired sponge bullets in 13 altercations since the weapons were rolled out in 2015, and more than half of those who have been shot at are Māori.

The world's first global indigenous online marketplace will be launched later this month, creating a space for Māori and Pasifika businesses to showcase and sell their products on a global scale.

A settlement payout over defamatory claims Mike Hosking made on air about John Tamihere will help fund the Māori Party's election campaign.

One of the biggest Māori tourism operators in Rotorua, Te Puia, has come back to life since re-opening two weeks ago, but it's still having to watch every cent until the borders re-open.

The government failed to consult iwi and its own scientists before recommending new water pollution limits shouldn't apply to prime food-growing areas.

Jobs and a chance to reconnect with the whenua are the positive outcomes for an iwi of the government's Jobs for Nature programme.

A Heritage New Zealand report has recommended granting Howick's Stockade Hill Category 2 heritage status due to its links to the New Zealand land wars and the two World Wars.

Māori, Pacific and Chinese New Zealanders are less likely than others to feel their values align with the criminal justice system, according to a survey out today.

Legalising cannabis would significantly improve police bias against Māori, a report by the prime minister's chief science adviser suggests.

There are calls to expand a family support programme that has stopped 116 children from going into state care.

The Dalai Lama is making a bid for music chart stardom on his 85th birthday, with the release of an album inspired by one of his Auckland followers. Audio

The West Coast Tai Poutini Conservation Board is back on track after a six-month impasse with Ngāi Tahu over Treaty principles.

One of the first European women to settle in Aotearoa in 1806 who arrived after leading a mutiny on a ship which had set sail for Tasmania, is the subject of a video work by Lisa Reihana, an artist of…

An expert in Māori death customs says a plan to recycle Auckland's wastewater may breach tikanga.

One of Ngāi Tahu Tourism's biggest attractions, the Shotover Jet, has reopened.

A damning investigation by Newsroom citing multiple anonymous sources has claimed the culture at the Ministry can be toxic and staff do not always put children first.

At least five North Island iwi will be severely impacted from new restrictions to protect endangered dolphins, and there are concerns the changes will undermine promises under the Treaty of Waitangi.