Te Ao Māori

Emergency pods will be set up at 24 marae in the South Island in a bid to be better prepared in the face of a natural disaster.

The Crown has opposed an urgent bid to the Waitangi Tribunal to stop government plans to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora.

Te Papa co-leaders say the exhibition, which has been at the museum since opening day in 1998 "needs to change to meet the needs of today".

Te Matahiapo Safari Hynes wants to create new online resources that inspire and inform.

A review of the long-standing admissions programme for Māori and Pasifika medical students is either 'pointless' or 'perfectly sensible', depending on who you ask.

A new assessment tool is poised to revolutionise the diagnosis of mate wareware (dementia) in Māori kaumātua.

Ngāti Kuri have issued a public notice reminding people not to scatter the ashes of human remains at Cape Reinga as it is traditionally recognised as a place of spiritual transition for Māori.

Lady Tureiti Moxon and the head of a Māori primary health organisation, Janice Kuka, have made a request for an urgent hearing regarding the government's plans.

Protecting the taiao and promoting intergenerational transmission of te reo are the big challenges ahead for Ngāi Tahu, according to the iwi's new chairperson.

Health Minister Shane Reti has refused to say if he has an obligation to protect Māori health under the Treaty. Labour's Ayesha Verrall says he could have his licence to practise revoked.

Everyone will have a different point of view about history, Paul Goldsmith says.

When protests were taking place across the country led by Te Pāti Māori, "Blenheim was a little bit shy".

Parents say they are shocked and angry with a Whakatāne primary school after it decided to scrap a bilingual teaching unit without consultation. Audio

Two new Te Pāti Māori MPs have made their debut in Parliament, promising to defend against attacks on their language and culture.

It's not clear when Waimarino suddenly became just "National Park", but iwi are calling for the tourist village to be given its historic name back.

The new centre named Māwhera Pā is the first of four hubs telling the stories of Poutini Ngāi Tahu on the South Island's West Coast.

Both National and Labour have defended Te Papa's right to display an English version of the Treaty of Waitangi after it was defaced by protesters on Monday. Audio

The government's approach to the use of te reo is reversing half a century of progress, the chair of a trust says. Audio