Te Ao Māori

Land earmarked for a housing development near central Nelson will be transferred into iwi ownership.

The head of Te Rūnaka o Awarua says the Southland wetlands are extremely significant with tīpuna buried nearby.

First person - As a white-passing Māori, Ella Stewart (Ngāpuhi), has been told she's lying about her ethnicity and constantly asked what percentage Māori she is.

A dawn blessing was held today to mark the start of a government-supported development of 20 papakāinga housing units at the Te Āwhina Marae in Motueka.

Renowned constitutional expert and Māori advocate Dr Moana Jackson has been laid to rest at Matahiwi marae in Hawke's Bay.

A Māori health leader says a new international misinformation study confirms the alarm many were desperately trying to raise last year about the impact on Māori during the initial vaccine rollout.

The uplift of children from their families increased on average in the four months after the minister in charge ordered a step change. However, the overall trend is steeply down.

Tributes are pouring in for the leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson, who died on Thursday after a lengthy illness.

Moana Jackson, one of the country's leading legal minds and indigenous scholars, has died after a lengthy illness.

The ACT Party and Te Paati Māori are at odds over who is stoking division when it comes to co-governance.

A central North Island iwi leader says hapū want their own authentic stories taught in the Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum.

Prominent Māori leader and described 'warrior woman', Dame June Jackson, has died at the age of 82.

Taranaki has been averaging more than 600 new Covid-19 cases a day and there are about 4500 active cases in the community - 10 percent of which need support to isolate safely.

A Whanganui iwi leader says the government's decision to ease Covid-19 measures at this time is a disgrace and shocking.

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown did not breach the treaty in not allowing an individual settlement for the tangata whenua of Mōtītī Island.

Analysis - That creaking sound you may have noticed at the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry was indeed the familiar sound of a rather old pendulum swinging, David Cohen writes.

Gisborne District Council is one step closer to introducing Māori wards at the next election, provided it gets its way with the Local Government Commission.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has been challenged by survivors to drive genuine change, not just another rebrand.

Tributes are flowing for prominent leader and public servant Sir Wira Gardiner, 78, who died with his whānau by his side.