Te Ao Māori

The widow of a man who died of bowel cancer aged 65 says he would still be alive today if the national screening age dropped a lot earlier.

Community leaders in Kaikohe led a hikoi through the town centre this morning calling for peace amid rising gang violence.

Joe Hawke, the Bastion Point leader and former MP, has been remembered as a fearless fighter for Māori, and a gracious and loving koro.

A number of waterways around the Waikato are in poor health and officials are seeking input from Pasifika and Māori on water restoration.

Peter Moeahu says part of Hickford Park was wrongly taken from Puketapu hapū and should be returned by New Plymouth District Council.

First-term councillor Dinnie Moeahu is joining New Plymouth's mayoral race.

A petition to abolish century-old legislation affecting land use in the small East Coast town of Tokomaru Bay has united the community in support of change.

Five top achieving Māori high school students aim to give back to their people as they venture to some of their dream universities overseas.

More tributes have been paid to Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, former Māori Women's Welfare League president and kapa haka advocate, on the final day of her tangi.

Māori Television says Whakaata Māori better reflects the role it plays. Whakaata means 'to mirror', 'to reflect' or 'to display.'

The International Council of Museums Costume Committee has apologised for its guidelines around wearing historical items from museum collections - prompted by a renowned Māori curator. Audio

Te Matatini are welcoming a well overdue funding increase following this weeks Budget announcements, but say it falls short of providing equitable funding for kapa haka to flourish in Aotearoa.

Māori health and social workers say the funding announced in yesterday's Budget will do little to help ease their burden, or close equity gaps.

Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency says the Budget has some good elements, but "it doesn't address some significant issues we have in our communities".

This year's Budget sees more than half a billion dollars pumped in to the Māori health sector with $579.9 million going towards Māori health and wellbeing.

Te Pāti Māori has described the government's budget as "chocolate sprinkles on a vanilla cake" where Māori are only being left with the crumbs.

"Tangata whenua had to defend themselves in the first lockdown, we put up borders, we set up systems within the iwi and within the rural areas to be able to cope whilst waiting for a vaccine. So no…

AgResearch has just launched a new Māori Research and Partnerships Group to embed Te Ara Tika into its everyday work.

Māori health workers and community leaders are hoping tomorrow's Budget will address urgent social and health needs, with hints at a significant spend for Māori health.