Shannon Haunui Thompson

Maori students studying medicine at the University of Otago say they are fed up with the ignorance they face over the way they are selected into their second year of study, the country celebrates the… Audio

Prominent Ngāpuhi rangatira, Kingi Taurua has died after a battle with cancer. Forty years ago Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei was forcibly evicted from Takaparawhau or Bastion Point in Auckland, a move that's… Audio

Is the Bay of Plenty forestry village of Minginui about to make a comeback? And hundreds marched onto parliament grounds demanding the Crown recognise Maori tikanga in the treaty settlement process… Audio

A recent report found 60 percent of people aged 10 to 14, who killed themselves between 2012 and 2016, were Māori; A Far North housing provider says people in desperate need of housing are suffering… Audio

Workers on a road project north of Auckland have unearthed an unfinished Maori waka; Supporters of Maori wards marched through Whakatane's main street this week, calling for the council to introduce… Audio

Wallabies star Israel Folau says he would walk away from Australian rugby if asked to as his faith is more important to him than his career. Audio

A BNZ Financial Futures survey asked more than 2000 people about their retirement plans and found 46 percent want to keep working past the age of 65 because of the value and satisfaction it gives… Audio

The iwi of Poroti Springs near Whangarei are celebrating tonight; the fight to normalise te reo Maori will be taken to the streets of Manurewa with a bilingual hikoi; The Hurricanes pulled a… Audio

Tensions within Tuhoe in the wake of their 170 million dollar treaty settlement were evident when 13-thousand members of the iwi met in Rotorua for their tribal festival, More than 700 large families… Audio

Almost 70 thousand people are now calling for Sir Bob Jones to be stripped of his knighthood;The possbility of a heritage trail of the New Zealand war battle sites around the country is in the… Audio