Te Ao Māori

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed that no building will take place at Ihumātao while the government and other parties try to broker a solution.

A crowd of 500 is gathered at the disputed Māngere site of Ihumātao as Green MPs arrive to a pōwhiri.

The first public showing of the religious manuscripts of prophet Te Kooti opens this evening.

Ihumātao: believed to be where Māori in Auckland initially settled, farmed and thrived, has been designated to make way for a new housing development that has garnered mounting opposition.

The heavy police presence at Ihumātao shows little sign of abating four days after they arrived, but they are now outnumbered three to one by protesters. Audio

Support for the protest at Ihumātao across the country - including families, kaumātua, rangatahi and musicians - is overwhelming, organisers say. Audio

Ngāti Rangi iwi members say the passing of a treaty settlement into law marks the beginning of a new era for them.

The government will find itself in serious trouble if it starts disregarding iwi mandates when it comes to Māori land, the co-chair of the Labour Māori caucus, Willie Jackson, says.

Police have arrested several protesters who tried to block part of the main road to Auckland Airport this evening, as the land dispute at Ihumātao continues tonight. Video, Audio

Auckland councillors regret signing off on the Ihumātao land being used for housing, with one saying it feels like police are being used as a "private security firm for a group of foreign investors".

Some of the protesters staying at Ihumātao in Auckland were this morning woken by police officers and are now standing in a line toe-to-toe with them as they fight to stop a housing development there.

A generational divide is at the heart of the ongoing battle to stop a housing development at Ihumātao in Auckland.

A direct appeal to the Prime Minster has been made by one of the leaders of a land protest at Ihumātao, but Jacinda Ardern says the government will not intervene. Video

For more than three years, there has been an occupation of "protectors" at Ihumātao. Here's why. Audio

Protesters say they are fighting on but have lost faith in police as they try to hold on to ancestral land in Auckland. Video

Two Rotorua iwi have signed an agreement to end an historical dispute over the land where the Pink and White Terraces once stood.

Police are at a disputed housing development in Auckland where an eviction notice has been served against occupiers.

A Tauranga kaiako taking part in protests at Mauna Kea in Hawaii has been moved by the peaceful approach of native Hawaiian demonstrators even in the face of their elders being arrested.

More than 100 children in Oranga Tamariki care were harmed in the three months to March - and three-quarters of them were Māori.