Te Ao Māori

Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate says she has received more abuse in recent days than in her 20 years of politics. Audio

Māori academics are questioning how a government-funded research body selected five projects that met with its goal of promoting Māori knowledge, yet none of them are led by tangata whenua.

Former New Zealand First MP Tuariki Delamere has joined a fight to stop the Whakatōhea Treaty Settlement from being finalised.

With the possibility of a decision on the future of disputed land at Ihumātao coming as soon next week, RNZ Māori news director Māni Dunlop explains how the situation got to this point. Video, Audio

Waikato iwi want to block Auckland Council's bid to more than double the city's daily water grab from the Waikato River.

There could be a decision as early as next week about the future of disputed land at Ihumātao.

The Māori Party says Māori should manage their own policies, and has confirmed ruling out working the National Party in the elections.

The Regional Economic Development Minister has blamed iwi sensitivities and Department of Conservation red tape for the lack of progress on the $13.3 million Taranaki Crossing project.

The Māori Party has launched its national campaign to reduce racism and inequity as it fights for a return to Parliament in 2020.

A new report by the Education Review Office has found there is a strong desire in schools to revitalise te reo Māori through education.

Māori and people under 30 are those worst hit by job losses in Taranaki because of Covid-19, according to the region's Chamber of Commerce.

The direct descendant of the hapū who lived at Kirikiriroa Pā has called for a dual name for Hamilton. Audio

Three iwi leaders who helped coordinate checkpoints during lockdown have called the government's border control systems "outrageous" and a "failure".

The Mental Health Foundation says targeted funding towards kaupapa Māori services will alleviate growing demand for services, and help change the culture of the mental health sector.

Mental health and addiction services have got worse for Māori since work began to overhaul the system nearly two years ago, according to a new report.

A Taranaki iwi has walked away from the project, saying it had to battle to find out how millions of taxpayer dollars were being spent - and that it still wasn't clear.

A huge increase in demand on Whānau Ora post-covid would prevent it from playing a greater role in preventing uplifts, the minister for the organisation says.

New Zealand and Britain have formally launched free trade negotiations today. Watch a live media conference with the PM, the Trade Minister and the British High Commissioner here. Video

Hannah Tamaki has announced she will be contesting the Māori electorate seat of Waiariki seat in this year's election.

Kaitāia families living in cowsheds and buses could be housed two years sooner with a fast-tracked consenting process, a Māori housing trust says.