Jamie Tahana

Some families in Auckland are waiting days for food parcels because of unprecedented demand.

Social service providers say they're dealing with a food crisis that's getting worse, but in South… Audio

Māori health providers are accelerating their efforts to close a gap that's left far fewer Māori vaccinated against Covid-19 than any other group.

The government and Ministry of Health are under fire… Audio

Northland iwi say a police decision to create fixed checkpoints at the entrances to the region more than a week after the country moved to alert level 4 lockdown is too little too late.

They also say… Audio

Some iwi are worried the government's proposed water reforms could undermine - and possibly unravel - their treaty settlements. Iwi with water-based settlements, like Waikato-Tainui and Te Arawa, fear… Audio

Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population.

Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Audio

Iwi and hapū are worried they are under resourced to meet growing demands from schools.

With New Zealand history about to become compulsory in schools, as well as efforts to entrench te reo, tikanga… Audio

Students and principals are backing moves to tackle racism in schools.

They say unconscious bias is behind deep and long-standing inequities in the education system that leave Māori and Pacific… Audio

The Covid-19 vaccination campaign is working its way up one of the most remote reaches of the North Island.

The settlements of the Whanganui River Valley were sealed off by local iwi during lockdown… Audio

The Covid-19 vaccination campaign is working its way up one of the most remote reaches of the North Island. The settlements of the Whanganui River Valley are isolated, and mostly inhabited by kuia and… Audio

Today is the first day of Matariki, the Māori lunar new year.

Across the country, people gathered at dawn around fires, on hilltops and on beaches to catch a glimpse of the glittering cluster.

And… Video, Audio

Dates for the next 30 years of the new Matariki public holiday were released at a special ceremony this morning.

The calendar date for the public holiday will shift each year to align with the… Audio

Oranga Tamariki's own minister believes a video showing a child being assaulted in one of its facility is a symbol of a broken system.

A number of staff have been stood down since a whistleblower… Audio

A group of young Cook Islanders set off this week on a voyage they hope will revive a generations-old tradition that's become endangered.

They're visiting all 15 of the country's islands on a… Audio