Te Ao Māori
Hapū and Greenpeace take windmills to appeal court
Several Ngāruahine hapū will be in the Court of Appeal with Greenpeace on Tuesday to seek tighter controls on a wind-powered hydrogen plant in South Taranaki.
'You can't speak what you can't hear': How sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages
Elite sports people are leading the way with their use in public of te reo Māori and Pacific languages, Dion Enari and Sierra Keung write.
New signs for Heretaunga/Hastings use both Māori and English
Māori place names are being added to new road signs in Hastings.
Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson defends Budget's Māori package
Māori Ministers and leaders from across Māoridom on Friday met to discuss the Budget over breakfast.
Waitangi Tribunal finds Crown breached Treaty obligations over Māori homelessness
The first stage of the Tribunal's inquiry into housing policy and services from 2009 to 2021 has been completed.
'Absolutely over the moon': Te Matatini gets large funding boost in Budget 2023
The government is investing $34 million over two years in Te Matatini, up from $2.9 million per year.
Budget 2023: Devil in the detail for how funding impacts Kura Kaupapa Māori - principal
The principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna says it will be interesting to see how the already announced 300 new classrooms will benefit Kura Kaupapa Māori.
Dug up whale jawbones should never have been released to iwi, High Court rules
Whale jawbones held in safekeeping before being delivered to one iwi without telling another, was a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi, a High Court decision has ruled.
Episode 8: May 16th 2023 Mata Reports Te Kākano - Closed Adoption
60-year-old closed adoptee Jenny Small is looking for her whakapapa. But the search to find her whānau is complex. It involves one of New Zealand’s most notorious psychiatric institutions and a… Video, Audio
Wairoa post-settlement trust and Stats NZ aim to make data more accessible for whānau Māori
A new partnership between Stats NZ and Wairoa post-settlement trust Tātau Tātau will help make data more accessible for whānau Māori.
Increasing distress, declining mental health outcomes among rangatahi Māori - report
The report identified racism and discrimination, social media, whānau wellbeing and uncertainty about the future as the main factors affecting the wellbeing of young people. Audio
Te Pāti Māori and National have 'nothing in common' - Ngarewa-Packer
The Te Pāti Māori co-leader would not be drawn on whether the party would prefer to be part of a coalition government or not following the general election. Audio
'We can achieve wonderful things' - Reducing child poverty for Māori whānau
A whānau-centered programme has had a positive effect in reducing child poverty among Māori, according to two reports.
Iwi dispute puts council between a rock and a hard place
New Plymouth councillors say they are the meat in the sandwich as they puzzle how to deal with a dispute between two iwi.
Karakia booklet encourages NZers to celebrate public holiday
The path towards the rising of Matariki has been laid at an event in Takapō (Lake Tekapo) on Thursday.
Local hapū and whānau gather to place rāhui on Abbey Caves
A month long rāhui has been placed over Abbey Caves, where a Whangārei boy's High School student died in a caving incident on Tuesday.
Left-aligned parties label National's one-person-one-vote system line 'dog-whistling'
They say Luxon's ability to vote in multiple regions in local elections undermines his "one person, one vote" philosophy; he says he would "possibly" look to repeal that.
Tens of thousands miss out on cancer screening due to Covid-19 disruptions
The figure is part of a damning report into breast screening that calls the system racist.
'Affront to our ancestor': East Coast sports club seeks lease renewal on burial site
An East Coast sports club wanting to renew its lease on land it shares with a Māori burial site has sparked frustration from pockets of the community who call it a desecration.
'It's about time' - Kōhanga reo teachers welcome pay rise
Kaiako say an increase in pay for teachers at kōhanga reo has been a long time coming, but there is still plenty to be done.