Stories by Moana Ellis

Iwi leader Ken Mair is calling for an independent investigation into what he describes as "disgraceful" use of police force against Māori.

Whanganui has lost the opportunity to introduce Māori wards at next year's local body elections but Mayor Hamish McDouall says iwi may get seats this year on key council committees.

Māori health providers in Whanganui will begin vaccinating Māori and Pasifika aged 50 and older against Covid-19, and Whānau aged over 16 who live with them will also be offered the vaccine.

Manawatū District Council came to a virtual standstill today as councillors and staff faced more than 150 tangata whenua demanding one thing: a Māori ward.

Māori wards supporters are planning a final push to show Horizons Regional Council they want Māori wards next year.

Māori voters who responded to a Horizons Regional Council survey overwhelmingly support bringing in Māori wards next year.

Tangata whenua grappling with a deluge of environmental and water reforms say setting up "super-entities" to deal with water would widen the gap between Māori and decision-making.

A Ruapehu District councillor left over 12-second speech, saying that he prefers "politics and religion did not mix".

Iwi and iwi health providers pushing for earlier Covid-19 vaccination for Māori over the age of 50 are at the same time searching for ways to deal with vaccine hesitancy.

Whanganui Mayor Hamish McDouall says the two-year government review into the future of local government will find major systemic issues but local decisions should continue to be made locally.

Whanganui District Health Board is considering earlier vaccination for Māori over the age of 50 in the third tier of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout starting in May.

Whanganui District Council and iwi are looking at partnering in a joint initiative to address the housing crisis recently described as horrific by local iwi.

Whanganui District Council's property and services committee has agreed unanimously to change the name of the Opera House to include an 'h' in Whanganui.

A Bill giving councils power to write off rates arrears, make unused Māori land unrateable, and allow multiple homes on Māori land is a start to a wider conversation about Māori land, a Ruapehu…

A Māori-led programme for at-risk mothers and their babies in the Whanganui district is an example of allowing community health practitioners to design local services that are relevant and meet…

Iwi representatives will be appointed with full voting rights to a new committee formed by the Whanganui-Manawatū Regional Council, Horizons.

Half the general practitioners in Whanganui plan to retire within five years, sparking a search for new doctors for the region.

Whanganui District Council favours a proposal to replace the city's failing Velodrome with a $20 million roofed facility.

Whanganui is aiming to join 38 cities recognised, hoping to become New Zealand's only UNESCO Creative City of Design.

New research released today shows that 93 percent of Māori in Aotearoa experience racism every day, and even more - 96 percent - say racism is a problem for their whānau.