Te Ao Māori

Public consultation opens today on a proposal to correct the spelling of the Lower Hutt suburb Petone to Pito One.

The legal process to transfer the land, which the $306 million civic precinct Te Manawataki O Te Papa is being built on, to a joint trust is complete.

The government has allocated $3.6 million of taxpayer funds to appeal the High Court's forthcoming decision in the Nelson Tenths case.

The city centre will see its largest-scale Matariki lighting installations ever this month.

Te Pāti Māori has called for a separate Māori parliament, which is being discussed among hundreds gathered at a national hui.

Opinion - Māori whānau will get far less in this Budget than Pākehā, writes Julia Whaipooti. How can we strive for equality when our starting point is so different?

Funding for more police and for expanding Waikeria Prison will only result in an increase in the Māori prison population, Julia Whaipooti says.

Iwi from across the country will converge at Ōmāhu Marae in Heretaunga today to explore organisational frameworks capable of operationalising Kotahitanga.

Streets were packed as thousands rallied nationwide against policies on Māori, as Te Pāti Māori announced plans for a separate parliament. Audio

The 2023 Census marked a shift in how Māori census data is stored - and 20 percent of the population is of Māori descent.

Te Pāti Māori leaders Deb Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi talk to Mihingarangi Forbes about their nationwide activation to disrupt Budget 2024.

He has also criticised the opposition parties for demanding an apology, saying it was "highly disorderly".

A moment of unity in Parliament has been tainted by accusations of broken tikanga, with the assistant speaker facing calls to apologise from all opposition parties.

A record number of teams qualifying has meant the national kapa haka competition Te Matatini will be extended.

Ahead of the latest National Hui on Friday, Ngāti Toa Rangatira chief executive Helmut Modlik says it's now time to do the mahi.