Pokere Paewai

The Te Pāti Māori MP has been laid to rest today on the grounds of a small church at Opaea Marae among the rolling hills of Taihape.

Ngāti Toa have launched one of four new commissioning agencies to decide how Whānau Ora resources are distributed to Māori and Pacific communities across the country. Audio

Earlier this month the Minister of Health announced the government would introduce legislation for a "suite of amendments" to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.

Both the Matariki star cluster and Puanga will be visible low on the eastern horizon just before the rising of the sun.

The Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.

The new homes will be for the descendants of Ngāti Rangi living in the region and those wanting to return home.

"For me it's not really whether I'm happy or not, it's whether our people are happy," one of the artists says.

Iwi in Manawatū are crediting part of the success of the new Te Ahu a Turanga Highway to a partnership between them and the NZ Transport Agency.

The Ahu a Turanga Highway will not be open for traffic until next week but a few locals had the chance to drive over the southern Ruahine Ranges on Saturday.

The Waitangi Tribunal says the government waited too long before it declined to up Takutai Moana's funds.

The festival brought just under $24 million into Taranaki.

"At the end of the day our final outcome, the only outcome, is for that mountain to be back in Māori hands, Māori ownership."

Rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this year's list.

"There are many people along the way that have told our story that aren't us, this is our story told by us," co-director Catherine Manning said.

Around 200 men gathered to listen to several leading figures in Māori health.

But David Seymour says there should be no such thing as Māori funding.

Ōpōtiki's Jazmin Paget-Knebel won for her photo documenting horse culture among rangatahi (young people).

Kura Reo Taiao, a three-day full immersion course, is giving a Māori voice to the environment.

The Bill apologises for confiscating land and conducting a scorched earth campaign against Tauranga tribes.

A government review announced last week the Tribunal will be refocused back to its 'original intent', but Treaty law experts say it's already doing that.

Aotearoa needs to "up its game" when it comes to Māori women's health, according to the New Zealander of the Year.

Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu says its connection to Kahurānaki will always remain.

The theme of this year's Matariki holiday highlights the star Puanga or Rigel, which is observed in the astronomical traditions of many iwi.

The group behind last year's Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti has been granted an urgent hearing at the Waitangi Tribunal regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill.

Mākereti Papakura died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis, almost 100 years later she will be awarded her degree.