Stories by Andrew McRae

Waikato-Tainui has launched an education plan for the tribe that spans the next 30 years.

A new study identifying the increasing amount and variety of food in New Zealand is likely to affect Māori and Pasifika people more than other groups because of the social importance placed on food, a…

North Island iwi Ngati Tuwharetoa has taken ownership of Crown land valued at just under $53 million - including the site of the Tongariro-Rangipo Prison.

A member of Pūtiki Marae in Whanganui says a river of floodwater running through the meeting house is a sad sight.

The National Agricultural Fieldays continues into its third day at Mystery Creek for what is traditionally a busy day.

People queued for the first day of the 47th national Agricultural Fieldays today, eager to check out the new products, machinery, ideas and innovations on show.

The head of the Federation of Māori Authorities says the organisation is moving down a new path after being nearly crippled financially by court action over the last year.

A Bay of Plenty iwi has been given leave to go to the Supreme Court in its bid to stop the sale of farmland by Landcorp.

A leading Māori trade unionist wants Māori-owned companies to support the lower paid more, because those workers are predominantly Māori.

The Ministry of Social Development says it will ensure a smooth transition for clients of a suspended Waikato-based Māori social service agency.

From the first days of fighting at Gallipoli, the New Zealand nurses who served overseas were some of the First World War's unsung heroes.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first New Zealand combat casualty of World War I. Audio

In the second part of a two-part report, a group of Hamilton Muslims tells Andrew McRae that Muslim women in NZ are far from oppressed. Audio

Fundamentalist terror attacks have - at times - put an uncomfortable spotlight on many ordinary Muslim communities in NZ, just trying to live their lives. Audio

The year drew to a sad close in Hamilton with the deaths of four young people in house fires in November alone. Andrew McRae reports on the region's highs and lows.

Seventy-five years ago, New Zealand sailors helped strike the first blow at the enemy at the beginning of World War II at what has become known as the Battle of the River Plate.

The 96th anniversary of the signing of the armistice marking the end of World War I has been commemorated at ceremonies around the country this morning.

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force - the largest group of men ever to leave the country to fight overseas - left on this day 100 years ago to take part in World War I.

Coastwatchers who reported sightings of the enemy and executed in the Pacific during World War II are being honoured with a memorial wall. Last survivor John Jones will attend.

Today marks 100 years since one of New Zealand's worst mining disasters - the Ralph Mine explosion which claimed the lives of 43 men working in the North Waikato mine.

The war that cost the lives of nearly 18,000 New Zealanders began for this country a century ago, and at its onset the only fear for many young men was missing the fight.

On the 50th anniversary of the first deployment of New Zealand Forces to South Vietnam, a NZ veteran is calling for more assistance to be given to veterans who served in the conflict.

Friday marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and nine New Zealand men who were part of one of the greatest-ever military operations are back in France to commemorate it.

New Zealand veterans have joined Governor General Sir Jerry Mateparae and Prince Harry at a service to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battles of Monte Cassino.