Shannon Haunui Thompson

The Crown has formally apologised for atrocities during the sacking of the pacifist settlement at Parihaka in Taranaki in 1881. The Parihaka Papakainga Trust has agreed to a reconciliation package… Audio

The country's biggest employer plans to stub out smoking completely in three years - six years before the Government's smokefree target. Audio

The Crown will formally apologise for the atrocities it committed at the peaceful settlement of Parihaka in Taranaki; a Kaitaia doctor has launched a passionate attack on the controversial film about… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Department of Corrections has failed Maori by not doing enough to reduce the high Maori reoffending rates calling it "grossly disproportionate" and "devastating"… Audio

More residents are being allowed back into Edgecumbe today. One hundred and thirty Edgecumbe homes are being taken back in to houses on College Road, North of Rata Avenue. Water, power and wastewater… Audio

Opposition Māori MPs are urging the Government to take its controversial Māori land reform bill back to the Māori affairs select committee for more consideration, MPs have heard from some whanau that… Audio

The Maori and Mana Party waka may have sprung it's first leak over the Maori land Reform bill due to be enacted by Parliament this month and a new booklet's been published to help Maori whanau who are… Audio

Labour's Maori MPs decide not to go on the party list and work is being done at a grass roots level to try to improve the bleak outcomes for Maori men with prostate cancer and weeks of crime and chaos… Audio

Otago University study finds whanau support is a key factor in Maori students success, but whanau commitments are a key hindrance. Audio

On Te Waonui the Whanganui river will be the first river in the world to have the same legal status as a person and a claim has been lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal calling for an independent… Audio

The winner of Te Matatini National Kapa haka competition, a whanau from Ngaruawahia decided the only way they could own their own home was to buy a house together, all 19 of them and landmark ruling… Audio

The man behind the latest All Black haka led his team to victory in the three-day Te Matatini National Kapa Haka Festival, ahead of 46 other teams. Audio

Whangara Mai Tawhiti took home top honours at this weekend's national kapa haka competition in Hastings. Derek Lardelli, who tutors and helps lead the East Coast team, told Te Manu Korihi's Shannon… Audio

The Maori Party and Mana have joined forces to try to win back the Maori seats from the Labour Party and the battle for the Māori seats has developed into a full blown assault and a move by local… Audio

"It is all about manaakitanga." Ngati Kahungunu say hosting the biggest ever Te Matatini kapa haka competition is hard work but fun. Audio