Te Ao Māori

The Ngapuhi chairman Sonny Tau has offered an olive branch to hapu challenging his right to lead Treaty negotiations for the iwi. Audio

The ceremony to welcome the largest group of ancestral remains ever to be returned to Aotearoa gets underway this morning at Te Papa. The ceremony to welcome the largest group of ancestral remains… Audio

The Maori Language Commission wants Wellington's train service to brush up on its Maori pronunciation. Audio

Over a hundred Maori and Moriori ancestral remains will be formally welcomed home at Te Papa in just over an hour's time more than a century after they left New Zealand. Audio

The largest group of ancestral remains ever to be returned to Aotearoa will be welcomed to Te Papa this morning. The Maori Council says the leadership of the Maori Wardens is "in limbo", as it waits… Audio

The body overseeing the Maori fishing quota, Te Ohu Kaimoana, says the industry needs to be revitalised so it can take advantage of the country's fish stocks and improve on its meagre returns; Maori… Audio

Te Ohu Kaimoana, which oversees the Maori fishing quota, says the industry needs revitalising so it can take advantage of the country's fish stocks and improve on its meagre returns. The directors… Audio

A well-known Māori actor and director is calling for a national theatre for tangata whenua to be created and housed at Te Papa Tongarewa. The Labour Party says the Catholic Diocese of Auckland is… Audio

Motiti Island Maori are upset the Government did not consult them over the future of the Rena shipwreck off the Bay of Plenty Coast. Audio

Two prominent New Zealanders who advised the government on how to settle the Ngapuhi Treaty claims say their advice was not followed. Audio

Crown Law has apologised to Bay of Plenty Maori after failing to give them an important report the Government had conducted into the Rena. Audio

The Labour Party says the Catholic Diocese of Auckland is letting down Hato Petera College, and is urging religious leaders not to put students' education at risk. A well-known Māori actor and… Audio

A Motiti Island hapu group wants to keep the owners of the Rena honest - now the Waitangi Tribunal's recommended the Crown help tangata whenua to be involved in the resource consent process; A first… Audio

A Motiti Island group, who challenged the Crown in the Waitangi Tribunal, thinks the Government is unlikely to listen or act on any of the tribunal's reccomendations. Audio

The Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has spoken to the Prime Minister John Key about changing immigration laws to match Australian rules which restrict some New Zealanders from… Audio

The Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has spoken to the Prime Minister John Key about changing immigration laws to match Australian rules which restrict some New Zealanders from… Audio

A Maori boarding school and the Catholic Diocese of Auckland are refusing to comment on a critical Education Review Office report; Television New Zealand says it's had strong interest from production… Audio

Newly-released statistics show Māori smoking rates have dropped by nearly 10 percent. Audio

A report says a Māori boarding school's lack of agreement with its religious landowner is holding the college back; A well-known art writer and curator is rejecting the idea that Pakeha artists often… Audio

The largest collection of Māori and Moriori ancestral remains to be returned to New Zealand has been handed over to a Te Papa delegation in New York overnight. Audio