Te Ao Māori

Hāwera's Tika Restaurant, Cafe, and Catering owner Kiri Erb said it was an honour to be one of two catering companies dishing out kai at the upcoming event.

It was the first time most of the group had been to another country.

The construction of a controversial sewerage pipeline near a Rotorua lake considered tapū by mana whenua is set to continue despite protests.

The national kapa haka competition returns on 25 February, hosted this year in Ngāmotu/New Plymouth.

Two repatriations earlier this week marked a signifcant milestone for the Moriori community, and was marked with a special pōwhiri and ceremony at Te Papa.

A report shows Māori tourism contributed $1.2b to the NZ economy in 2023.

Away from the tense scenes on the paepae, under a closely guarded canvas tent, te iwi Māori do the real work of Waitangi: talking. We were invited inside to listen.

However, the minister behind the bill defends it as the "best possible use of Parliament's funding".

Hekia Parata has told a select committee the bill is "unnecessary" and a waste of resources and tolerance.

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga kicks off in two weeks and will pull together Aotearoa's finest haka rōpu for the week-long festival.

The te reo Māori version of Dreamworks classic animation Shrek will premiere among the 86 films screening at Māoriland Film Festival.

The findings were due to be released last week but were delayed - with the Public Service Commission saying the findings required more time.

"The story of Pukerangiora will now be heard from our Pukerangiora uri," hapū chairperson Nardia Lichtwark said.

Huata was a champion of Māori music and te reo, and released much of her music in her mother tongue.

A woman successfully appealed an MSD decision refusing to cover food costs for her husband's tangi in a funeral grant.

Taranaki iwi harvested two tonnes of potatoes to koha groups staying at local marae for the national kapa haka festival at the end of the month.

There are almost 500 people named, from the general public to former MPs, academics and Māori leaders.

Politicians from the coalition government received a frosty reception at Waitangi this year, but Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says the pōwhiri that received so much attention was just one… Audio

Waka hit the water at the Treaty Grounds, while the PM was welcomed onto Ōnuku Marae in Akaroa and the Waitangi Hikoi made themselves known.