Te Ao Māori

The move to help find solutions for ageing water infrastructure has the support of North Canterbury's mayors.

Councils that brought in Māori wards without polling residents will need to hold one - or scrap the wards they had set up, the government says.

Many are enjoying the new curriculum, according to a review, but teachers want more help deciding what to teach. Audio

The Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations has knocked back calls for the Crown to buy back land being occupied in Northland.

Māori were blamed for the 1913 smallpox epidemic and confined to their villages. That was just the beginning of decades of restrictions.

A large gathering marked the 160th commemorations of the battle of Ōrākau today, as the process to return the site to iwi hands nears its end.

Kiingi Tuheitia and a Cook Islands leader are inviting other Polynesian countries to get behind the proposal.

Not content with simply playing the guitar, Nui Stretch spent more than a decade learning how to make them, finding out "what actually makes those things tick". Audio

Whānau of Mangaroa Marae are gathering in the Hawke's Bay settlement of Bridge Pa over Easter weekend to celebrate.

The broadcaster has survived the last two decades by staying true to its kaupapa, despite challenges, an advocate says.

A group of Hawke's Bay hapū are calling for the knowledge of Māori communities to be at the forefront of emergency management plans.

A new report released today by the Waitangi Tribunal found the breaches kept Māori near Foxton isolated from their whenua for over 100 years.

Hundreds of marae around the country face potential exposure to floods, landslides and other natural hazards, but new research aims to bolster marae resilience in the face of climate change.