Te Ao Māori

Moriori leaders reaching a settlement with the Crown say they hope it gets rid of the myths colonisation has caused to their people.

It's been a 10-year struggle for recognition of Māori burial grounds in the Taranaki region, a local kaumatua says.

A Hawke's Bay gang is using the ancient Māori tradition of massage and healing to help recover from a spate of suicides and prevent further deaths.

A wānanga and a university were among 20 institutions threatened with $9m in funding cuts because of their poor results for Māori and Pasifika students, the Tertiary Education Commission says.

Occupiers at Ihumātao are holding firm, on the back of a huge number of donations coming in from right around the country.

The Waitangi Tribunal has called for an urgent repeal on a law stopping prisoners from voting. Audio

A 160-year-old flag, from the time of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, has been returned to the Kīngitanga by the Anglican Church.

The government needs to act now to end the racist underpayment of Māori nurses, human rights lawyer and activist Annette Skyes says.

The former Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson has launched a blistering attack on the quality of state consultation with Māori over many years.

RNZ journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui was about to catch a plane when a worker saw her name and asked, how on earth did you spell that as a kid? It wasn't the first time.

Police will minimise their presence at Ihumātao and assure there won't be a repeat of Monday night, when a tense standoff ensued with protesters, says Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha.

Increased presence at Ihumātao on Monday did not raise tensions, police say, as Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha seeks a resolution by visiting the site in person. Audio

Two Auckland city councillors say an increased police presence at Ihumātao has run roughshod over the prime minister's commitment to enter peaceful and honest talks with protesters. Video

A house purchased with funds fraudulently obtained by Lorraine Skiffington and Sir Ngātata Love has been forfeited.

The government's being urged to revoke law preventing Māori from getting confiscated land back if it's privately owned.

Police say they increased the number of officers at Ihumātao last night because protesters had indicated they were going to reoccupy the land. Audio

The government has been trying - and failing - to get Ngāpuhi to enter into treaty settlement negotiations for a decade. It's cost $10m so far.

There's a new frontline in the occupation of Ihumātao. Occupiers have moved about 50m over the weekend, past the previous police-guarded frontline and plan to "keep moving" a little every day.

A central North Island iwi says it is shocked and disappointed the Geographic Board didn't consult them when it changed the spelling of Ohakune.

A police-led domestic violence intervention programme has made inroads in stopping Māori victims being subject to further abuse, but it is struggling to find enough men to work with perpetrators.