Te Ao Māori

A $58 million deal between the Crown and an iwi housing provider is promising to deliver a minimum of 170 affordable rental homes across Taranaki, Tokoroa, Blenheim, Thames and Tāmaki Makaurau.

Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins responds to an Otago Daily Times column in which the author, Joe Bennett, describes an RNZ presenter's use of te reo Māori as "wasting her time".

The Ministry of Health is being urged to step in following high rates of seclusion at two mental health units, particularly for Māori patients.

Peter Bentley stepped down after a fiery exchange with mayor Steve Chadwick over the issue of a bill to change electoral laws.

Ngāti Kahungunu iwi has a new chairperson for the first time in 26 years.

A Havelock North mother who was told her moko kauae scared children in a playground, wants to meet with the women who insulted her.

Iwi across the top of the South Island are now well equipped to be part of the official emergency management response in the event of a disaster.

A unification process has started between Mau Whenua and the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust over land at Wellington's Shelly Bay.

An iwi has re-created the trenches and a fortified pā to help tell the true story of the Battle of Rangiriri in November, 1863.

Fewer cancer diagnoses and treatments were seen during the start of the Omicron outbreak, according to a new report.

More than 600 Māori Battalion soldiers never received their medals, but now there are hopes their whānau can be tracked down for ceremonies to be held later this year.

After 16 years, the chair of the Te Arawa Lakes Trust, Sir Toby Curtis, has decided to step down.

Most Te Tai Tokerau schools are not holding onsite Covid-19 vaccination clinics due to concerns about anti-vax retaliation.

The Māori Authority is calling for an investigation after white supremacist pamphlets appeared in Tauranga.

Two reports collating Covid-19 data on Māori and Pacific peoples have revealed an uptick in deaths in both groups in the week ended 3 April.

Two opposition leaders say they will scrap the new Māori Health Authority if they are elected next year but their stance is receiving pushback from a number of NGOs.

A sliver of land just a metre wide has sparked a call for recognition of historic land confiscation when council land is sold in New Plymouth.

The Environment Court has denied an appeal by Waikato based Perjuli Developments for resource consent to excavate on a culturally significant site in Ngāruawāhia.

A late push for Taranaki Regional Council to have two Māori seats at this year's elections has failed.

Six fire crews and six helicopters have continued working to control a large fire south of Invercargill today.