Stories by Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

An iwi with recognised customary title over Tauranga Harbour want to be on a board overseeing the harbour as part of their settlement.

A new report shows 20 Māori children aged 10 to 14 committed suicide in just five years, Te Aniwa Hurihanganui reports.

Many Māori voters are turning their back on the Māori seats and deciding to vote in a general electorate in the next elections.

A voice artist for advertising agency NZME has refused to voice a client's script after they requested that the place name, Waimate, be pronounced the 'white way'.

The strong bonds between the 28th Māori Battalion and the people of Italy have been celebrated in a documentary that had its New Zealand premiere last night.

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spent the morning with one of the last three living soldiers of Te Ope Māori, the 28th Māori Battalion.

A group of young Māori leaders have advocated for greater protection of the rights of the land in a powerful presentation at the UN Indigenous Issues Permanent Forum in New York this week.

Suggestions the Crown rushed its settlement with the Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi Whakatōhea are insulting, the former Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister says.

The name of a beer from a Waiheke brewing company has come under fire for its links to a prominent Ngāpuhi chief.

The Waitangi Tribunal has accused the Crown of unfairly negotiating the Whakatōhea settlement deal with a group that did not have the backing of the whole iwi.

A collection of ancient Māori gardening tools will be returned to three marae in Northland after they were dug up by a local farmer a decade ago.

Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui supports the government's move to stop new offshore oil and gas exploration, but are wary of history repeating.

The Hurricanes have pulled a controversial poster it used on Facebook to advertise its upcoming clash with the Chiefs after it was labeled disgusting and racist.

The Crown has paid an extra $34 million on top of Treaty of Waitangi settlements to two iwi.

The UN has released a report which outlines its concerns for the human rights performance of NZ, and the inequities facing Māori in terms of their economic, social and cultural rights.

A report released today has found the income gap for Māori compared to the rest of the population is now $2.6 billion annually.

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Patients at Te Kūwatawata clinic are told stories about Māori gods or atua, re-connected to their whakapapa and facilitated through wānanga before they're offered traditional medicine.

The ancestral lands of three Ruapehu iwi were once stripped from Māori by the Crown in 1865, but today the iwi have official oversight of their whenua.

Many tamariki speak Māori at school, at home or on the marae but one iwi media organisation is determined to see them speak Māori on their devices too.

More than 200 people gathered at Manuka Point in the Chatham Islands yesterday to lay to rest the last remaining officer of the 28th Māori Battalion.

Star Black Caps cricketer Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor, known to most as Ross Taylor, says he would like the sport to promote him as a role model to Pacific Islanders.

The 21 iwi radio stations that make up the Māori Radio Network say current government funding is only enough to get by, but not enough to thrive.

Beginners courses in the Māori language have reached full capacity, with waiting lists as long as 300 people in some areas with places not available till next year.