Te Ao Māori

Statues of royalty, politicians, military leaders and explorers have been the most regularly vandalised in recent decades, an Otago University study has found.

A Ngāruawāhia hapū has been left in the dark as to why they were not properly consulted about a decision to destroy 300-year-old rua (food pits), it says.

District health boards will be slashed and new government health agencies created in a massive overhaul of the health system. Video

There needs to be intense ongoing support and training focused on tikanga and Māori models of practice, a social work expert says.

Senior clinicians are calling for a national register of people with rheumatic fever, to help protect younger people missing out on vital treatment.

New research from the University of Otago has found that the use of BMI as an indicator of cardiovascular risk among Māori and Pacific people may be misleading.

The future of the flagship Māori news show Te Karere is on the line as the government proposes to create a single Māori news service.

A Māori trust and a senior health board member claim they have stopped Oranga Tamariki taking children into state care at Waitākere Hospital this morning.

Christchurch City Council says it is working with Ngāi Tahu to ensure a balanced celebration of New Zealand's history is depicted throughout the city.

The statue has been removed from Civic Square in Hamilton where it has stood since 2013. Audio

A long-awaited official report on the future of Māori media has raised fears a 'one-stop-shop' for Māori news may reduce the range of reporting in order to save money. But the idea is not new, says Me… Audio

Police Armed Response Teams are being criticised for attending call outs to deal with children as young as 12 while they were in action.

A Marist College student whose teachers tore down Black Lives Matter posters at the school says it's indicative of the systemic racism students deal with. Audio

The Māori Party co-leader is calling for an inquiry to identify and remove colonial monuments, statues and place names that symbolise racism and oppression. Audio

Police are investigating an attack on a wahine Māori with a moko kauae who was out on a walk in Auckland's Mount Albert.

Proposed legislation to give councils the power to write off rate arrears on Māori land does not go far enough, an independent Māori board in Auckland says.

"Talk to us - that's the whole point," said a protester at this morning's extraordinary meeting of Gisborne district councillors as they voted unanimously to revoke their earlier decision to install…

Heritage laws need to change to stop the repeated destruction of wāhi tapu and Māori archeological sites, an academic says.

Armed Response Teams attended more than 8600 incidents over the six-month trial period - an average of 47 a day - police data shows.

The woman who launched a petition urging police to scrap their Armed Response Team (ART) believes it put her job in jeopardy, but it was worth it now the squad has been axed for good. Audio