Te Ao Māori

The second Māori Language Festival of Wellington will be headlined by two of the world's best kapa haka groups.

Iwi are making a final bid to get the negotiated redress for the confiscation of Taranaki maunga approved and in front of Parliament before the election.

The longest running property claim in the country - the Nelson Tenths - headed to back to the High Court in Wellington today.

A lease application for culturally significant land at Tokomaru Bay has been given final approval, against the wishes of some who say they are descendants of the original owners.

One of Aotearoa's leading iwi liaison officers is celebrating a fifty-year milestone in the New Zealand Police, before his pending retirement at the beginning of next year. Audio

A bilingual book about the Māori creation story has won the highest accolade in children's literature.

A recent report in the New Zealand Medical Journal has found that district health boards have been paying lip service to the Treaty of Waitangi.

The organiser of a series of talks about co-governance says he wants to dispel needless fears around the issue.

The occupation began after the landowner felled part of a historically significant pōhutukawa tree to make space for a house.

When the All Blacks face off against Australia in their Bledisloe Cup clash this afternoon they will be armed with a waiata which is a celebration of haka, music and language.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on the government and local councils to empower iwi on the back of a visit to cyclone-hit areas.

Te Pāti Māori has proposed putting an end to state care for Māori children, saying it's a response to a "fundamentally broken" system.

After three decades of performance at the top of the kapa haka world, Te Mātārae-i-Ōrehu haka group have announced their retirement.

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little hopes the settlement will help restore the wellbeing of both the people and their lands.

A new study has also found Māori are 43 percent more likely to be admitted because of healthcare complications than non-Māori.

Analysis - The recent failure of the proposed Kermadec ocean sanctuary is a striking reminder of the need for leadership around New Zealand's ocean policies.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei will hold a karakia and blessing on Thursday morning, at the site of the fatal shooting in Auckland's CBD.

The Green Party's promise to abolish perpetual leases under a new policy has been welcomed by the beneficial owner of locked-up East Coast land.