Jamie Tahana

A royal commission has been told that racism and dismissive attitudes by social workers exacerbated the abuse experienced by tamariki Māori.

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission is holding a special… Audio

Children who were in state care have described being used as slave labour instead of going to school.

Yesterday was the second day of a hearing of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry into… Audio

A two-week hearing into the experiences of Māori survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care has opened in Auckland.

The hearing is part of the long-running Abuse in Care Royal Commission of… Audio

Plans to overhaul Māori education have hit a significant hurdle, with full immersion schools refusing to take part. 

The government is taking another step towards a revamp, which it hopes will… Audio

The way we as a nation mark Waitangi Day has itself gone through quite the transformation. Today, of course, the grounds are largely silent. But over generations, it's been a scene of carnivals and… Audio

Māori health leaders say something needs to be done to close the vaccine gap for Māori.

Many Māori are ineligible for boosters until March - which is when the Omicron outbreak is forecast to peak.

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Māori health providers are getting ready to hit the ground running with child vaccinations, which start today.

At the end of last year, Māori were fast becoming the most affected by Delta, though… Audio

Health providers are racing to increase Māori vaccination rates as the holiday period begins.

They say it is critical more Māori are vaccinated to protect communities against Covid-19.

Just 78… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the government's Covid-19 response and vaccine rollout put Māori at risk. 

The Tribunal held an urgent hearing early this month, and has this morning released its… Audio

Māori now make up half of all cases in the Delta outbreak, despite making up just 16 percent of the population.

And for two days in a row, there have been no new cases among Pākehā - something Māori… Audio

An urgent hearing of the Waitangi Tribunal into the government's response to Covid-19 will wrap up today. 

The case was brought by the Māori Council, which argues the vaccine rollout and rushed move… Audio

The Director-General of Health is in front of the Waitangi Tribunal today - where the urgent hearing into the Government's Covid-19 response continues.

Claimants so far have described the Government… Audio

Special government advisors have told the Waitangi Tribunal they don't know why ethnicity hasn't been a greater focus of the vaccine rollout.

Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy says his advice showed a… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard the government's design of the Covid vaccine rollout left Māori on the back foot from the start.

The Tribunal granted a special hearing into the Government's handling… Audio

The head of a South Auckland health service says she's seeing little evidence that lessons have been learned from deaths in home isolation.

Health officials have apologised after an independent… Audio

The vaccination rollout and the push towards 90 percent has in many ways highlighted this country's existing disparities.

It's being seen in our biggest cities, but also in some of our more remote… Video, Audio

The Bay of Plenty town Murupara has the country's lowest vaccination rates - less than half of the eligible population has had even one dose.

A local doctor, who rejects the Pfiizer vaccine, is… Video, Audio

Here's a tale of two communities when it comes to getting Māori vaccination rollouts right.  Audio