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The line-up of speakers at the festival includes Patricia Grace, J. P. Pomare, Monty Soutar and Hinemoa Elder among many others.

Jim Bolger often stood up to his own team when overseeing the fractious process that led to a Treaty settlement, a Ngāi Tahu leader says. Audio

Currently, the National Cervical Screening Programme, which includes self-testing, is the only national screening programme that is not free for all New Zealanders.

Two dozen districts have voted to scrap their Māori wards, while 18 voted to keep them.

A former chair says the country has seen a 'seismic' cultural shift over the tribunal's 50 years. Audio

Nelson's incumbent Māori Ward councillor Kahu Paki Paki said despite running unopposed, this election has "been harder than you could probably ever imagine".

The fate of the bridge described as a turning point for Māori architecture has swung back and forth over the past few months. Audio

A group of tā moko artists have studied over 200 toi moko, or Māori ancestral heads with the hope of identifying their iwi and eventually returning them home.

But other conservation programmes were also relying on that same funding.

The Ariki or paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa has been lying in state at his marae in Waihī near Tūrangi.

People from around the motu will begin making their way to Tapeka marae at Waihī on Friday for the tangihanga of Sir Tumu Te Heuheu.

Tributes continue to flow for Sir Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII, acknowledging his quiet nature, his kaitiakitanga and focus on the future.

Born at Little Waihi on the shores of Lake Taupō, he leaves behind a legacy of service to his iwi. Video

Te Matatini, the premier celebration of Māori performing arts, will be staged at Hopuhopu, Ngāruawāhia, from 22-27 February 2027. The kapa haka festival will be co-hosted by Waikato-Tainui, Te…

The day, Rā Whakamana, is aimed to "reaffirm the tino rangatiratanga of Tangata Whenua and protect the rights and wellbeing of all workers".

Rangitāne iwi has launched a set of bilingual books as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Audio

Students, teachers and whānau filled Wellington's waterfront with waiata and banners in support of te reo Māori.

Te Papa Cafe's Āhuru Kai Kōhua Poaka burger was inspired by the Māori food tradition of a boil-up, Āhuru.

It's a new way to see the geothermal valley of Te Puia, one visitor said.

The Health Select Committee has been hearing public submissions on amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.

With a waiata and lowering of the flags, the first Koroneihana of Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po came to an end.

The mauri of Te Matatini has been passed from Te Kāhui Maunga to Waikato as early preparations begin for the next kapa haka festival in 2027.

In her first royal address since becoming head of the Kiingitanga movement, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po told listeners that being Māori was not defined by having an enemy or a challenge to…

A study has found Māori and Pacific medical students going through a long-standing admissions programme are graduating at a higher rate than students in other faculties.

The first Koroneihana of Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po promises to be an "extravaganza" lifting the mourning period exactly one year on from the passing of Kiingi Tuheitia.