Te Ao Māori

There's been outrage and calls of racism after a cruise ship guests were given a fake Pōwhiri by non-Māori men at port of Tauranga.  Audio

One of New Zealand's most recognisable maunga is officially set to be known solely by its Maori name.

Nga Iwi o Taranaki and the crown have reached an agreement for Taranaki Maunga to be used… Audio

Iwi have accused a cruise ship company of staging a "pantomime powhiri" for its passengers as they landed in Tauranga.

Footage of shirtless non-Maori staff of the ship with fake moko drawn on their… Audio

A cruise ship company has apologised to Bay of Plenty iwi and members of the public after their non-Māori staff donned fake moko and performed a pōwhiri for tourists.

Photos of the incident were… Video, Audio

A Māori-led protest group in Kaikōura is threatening to occupy land to stop a walking and cycling path being built on burial sites at Mangamaunu despite assurances the developers are looking for… Audio

Graham Hoete also known as the artist "Mr G", is well known for his large scale murals, one that grabbed worldwide attention was of the late artist Prince, MR G painted the late singer in Sydney and… Audio

What's your favourite Maori word? Audio

The Tuia 250 Voyage flotilla will arrive in the capital this afternoon, performing a sail-by around Wellington Harbour between one and three o'clock.

The commemorative voyage has been travelling… Audio

The Māori Council has advocated for the rights of Māori for more than 50 years, but it's now facing tough questions about its role and relevance today.

It was created under the Māori Community… Audio

Protesters occupying Ihumātao are still in the dark about the future of the whenua despite Fletcher Building saying a solution is expected soon.

At the annual meeting yesterday, chair Bruce Hassall… Audio

Protesters at a public hui in Auckland cursed mana whenua of the ancestral maunga, Ōwairaka, Mt Albert, telling them they were colonisers and questioning their whakapapa.

The hui was called by Tūpuna… Audio

It's about as 'Kiwi' as jandals & pavlova - summer days with kids sliding belly first through piles of mud at the Urenui flats in Taranaki.

But a local school conservation project has discovered… Audio

Fletcher Building is signalling a resolution over the Ihumātao land dispute is imminent, but won't be drawn on who it could sell the land to or for how much.

Fletcher fronted several hundred of its… Audio

A Maori activist is vowing to keep the public gates into Lake Horowhenua locked until the Government listens to him.

Phil Taueki, who has been been occupying land beside the lake for 15 years, has… Audio

A special character school in Christchurch that gives Māori students a second chance wants a bigger school - but also wants it to be the heart of a new community.

Te Pā o Rākaihautū, a pā wānanga in… Audio

The chair of the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority says repeated efforts to meet with the protesters occupying Ōwairaka have been rebuffed.

Those objecting to plans to remove 345 exotic trees… Audio

Councils will have to work more closely with tangata whenua, landowners and communities to protect native plants and animals on private and public land under a new government proposal.

The proposal… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has been urged to broaden the scope of its urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki to also look into the practices of DHBs and the police.

It is the fifth inquiry to arise following… Audio

The government is abandoning a controversial goal to settle all historical treaty claims by next year.

Treaty negotiations Minister Andrew Little has conceded the Crown will miss the deadline, as 18… Audio