Te Ao Māori

Parents of kōhanga reo students have complained to the Ministry of Education that their tamariki missed out on home learning resources that children in mainstream preschools received.

First person - How Willie Cuthers set out to challenge foundational narratives of his ancestors and gain formal recognition for all WWII Pasifika coastwatchers.

The South Island Whānau Ora commissioning agency will work with hundreds of whānau during alert level 3 to ensure they can find work or have access to information and services for financial support.

Māori health services are concerned fewer patients suffering chronic health conditions are getting in contact with their GPs.

About a third of Waitematā DHB staff support Rongoā Māori being made available to patients, a survey has found.

Thousands of descendants from the country's biggest iwi Ngāpuhi living in Auckland have found more unity and strength during the nationwide lockdown than ever.

A study on serving or retired NZ military personnel has revealed alarming rates of PTSD symptoms - including 78 percent of Māori assessed.

The West Coast Regional Council may challenge the legality of labelling Maori reserves as wetlands or significant natural areas.

Te Whānau a Apanui have no Covid-19 cases within their rohe and iwi-led checkpoints are being credited for the result.

Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust is advising all kōhanga reo to remain closed under alert level 3.

The Ministry of Health's Māori Covid-19 response plan, which has taken almost four weeks to be released, has been criticised for its lack of detail.

Hunting or camping in Te Urewera will not be allowed at Covid-19 alert level 3, Tūhoe says.

Over 100 Māori community health workers will be deployed in Auckland and further north in an effort to ramp up testing and support for whānau.

Māori leaders fear their people will suffer higher than average rates of unemployment after the level four lockdown lifts.

The protest camp at Ōwairaka has been removed because it breached the alert level 4 lockdown rules.

The country's arts development agency, Creative New Zealand, said despite the current challenges it faced the sector was showing signs of a creative revival.

Staff at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Waiu o Ngāti Porou, from tiny Ruatōria on the East Coast, are supplying protective gear to frontline health workers fighting Covid-19 in their rohe.

Analysis - Soon after arriving at Māori Television as its new CEO in December 2004, I was confronted with a daunting array of reo and tikanga challenges spread far and wide across the organisation, Dr…

First Person - After three weeks of alert level 4 enforced isolation Papatūānuku, the Earth mother, tells Aotearoa she has "had time to breathe, to pause, to relax and regather".

In a world with no Covid-19, Taranaki would be full of mourners this Easter weekend, paying respect to and farewelling Dr Te Huirangi Waikerepuru.