Alexa Cook

The Bay of Plenty Regional Council says it has "cleaned up its act" after a lack of communication with Māori following an oil spill earlier this year.

A Māori poet has been chosen for an all-expenses paid trip to Canada for an indigenous writing residency with Witi Ihimaera.

A group of Māori intellectuals are calling on tāngata whenua to become more open to supplying human tissue to improve their health. Audio

A Gisborne kura says the Government has slashed nearly $40,000 of desperately needed funding from its budget due to an incorrect decile rating. Audio

A Māori prison reform advocate says the Government is avoiding racial issues in New Zealand and needs to take responsibility for the problem.

A Gisborne pouako says some tauira are leaving her kura to go to Australia with their parents due to the area's struggling economy.

Māori in Lower Hutt have spent the day bailing rainwater out of Kōkiri marae, in a desperate attempt to reduce damage from the storm that has caused chaos in the Wellington region.

A Māori trust is keen to buy state houses in the Papamoa rohe of Tauranga from the Government.

A Māori artist is pushing for the National flag to display more symbols representing tāngata whenua.

Inquiries by Te Manu Korihi into some partnership schools reveal a diverse approach to Maori education.

People from Vanuatu's Shepherd Islands are painting a grim picture of their situation in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam. Audio

The father of New Zealander Philip Blackwood says the family is appealing his 18-month prison sentence in Myanmar. Audio

A study shows not many Maori are taking part in defensive driving courses. Audio

The Minister for Maori Development says he's surprised planned changes to laws covering Maori land and language have not been the focus of his nation-wide hui.

3 News is shrugging off criticism for weather presenter Kanoa Lloyd's regular use of Te Reo Māori.