Mani Dunlop

Frontline community kaimahi are reporting a gradual change in how the courts and police are dealing with Maori. Audio

The Parihaka Papakainga Trust says new funding to research sustainable energy, means it's one step closer to rebuilding the community. The settlement of Parihaka has been granted 180-thousand dollars… Audio

A tribe, which for years has pushed for iwi representation on the New Plymouth District Council says its Mayor, Andrew Judd, is trying to strip away racial disharmony within local government. The… Audio

The Northland chief executive of Ngai Takoto Runanga says iwi Maori are creating a new emerging economy and are becoming powerhouses in their own right as their Treaty claims are settled, but local… Audio

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated is worried about the impact raids carried out at Hawkes Bay Seafoods will have on its whanau; The Northland chief executive of Ngai Takoto says local government is… Audio

The director of the Maori Business Programme at Victoria University says she is devastated the course is facing closure. The University says it's proposing to close down the programme, due to… Audio

An Auckland iwi is threatening legal action to stop one of the Government's new fast tracked housing developments, if the council doesn't consult with mana whenua. Audio

The first hui for the Authority, overseeing Auckland's volcanic cones, is being described as a historic day, which has resulted in 13 tribes pulling together to guard the future of their ancestral… Audio

Two small political parties have unveiled policies, which they say will benefit Maori communities. Audio

The Environmental Protection Authority has granted a marine consent to Shell Todd Oil Services to continue its exploratory drilling operation within the South Taranaki Bight. National's corrections… Audio

National's corrections spokesperson, Anne Tolley, has announced the party's corrections policy, which has nothing specific for Maori prisoners. The Environmental Protection Authority has granted a… Audio

Labour's candidate for Tamaki Makaurau claims the Crown doesn't trust tribes to keep land open to the public: Iwi are being urged by a Maori academic to collaborate with each other and other… Audio

The Māori Party says Labour's choice not to work with them if elected, is another example of Labour dumping tangata whenua when they're in a tight spot; A rare painting by European painter Charles F… Audio

A Maori-owned Kiwifruit business says he expects with the growing interest among Maori in starting orchards, it could lead to tangata whenua commanding 15 percent of the billion dollar industry. Audio

The people of Pouakani are considering their next legal move, after the Supreme Court failed to back their claim to a section of the Waikato riverbed. The MANA Movement is slating the use of current… Audio

The people of Pouakani are considering their next legal move, after the Supreme Court failed to back their claim to a section of the Waikato riverbed. The MANA Movement is slating the use of current… Audio

The Maori community in Ashburton is mourning the death of a local kuia caught up in yesterday's fatal shooting at Work and Income; The Board steering Ngapuhi's treaty settlement, is looking for its… Audio

An environmental lawyer says he will be watching in fascination how the first applications for customary marine title under the Marine and Coastal Act unfold in the High Court; A Waikato conservation… Audio

The Supreme Court has failed to resolve a sub-tribe's claim to a section of a riverbed, and leaves its ownership in question; The Maori King has been discharged from Waikato Hospital after being… Audio

The first of the applications to the High Court under the Marine and Coastal Area Act are expected to be heard this year, three years on since it passed into law. Audio