Ashleigh McCaull

Ngāi Tahu plans to leave the South Island network of Whānau Ora providers, taking on responsibility for services that are specific to its people.

Te Papa will open its interactive Matariki exhibition tomorrow ahead of the Māori New Year being celebrated as a public holiday for the first time later this month.

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency head, John Tamihere, is stepping back into politics as Te Pāti Māori's new president.

An employee at Havelock North McDonald's has been told by his manager to lessen his use of 'kia ora' at work, saying "some people might not like it".

Renowned te reo Māori scholar Dr Patu Hohepa is among those who have made the Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List of 2022.

The government has signed a partnership with Ngāti Kahungunu to help deliver 131 homes by investing more than $45.3 million.

More tributes have been paid to Dame Aroha Reriti-Crofts, former Māori Women's Welfare League president and kapa haka advocate, on the final day of her tangi.

Te Pāti Māori has described the government's budget as "chocolate sprinkles on a vanilla cake" where Māori are only being left with the crumbs.

There has been mixed reaction from Māori to the government's Emissions Reduction Plan, with some arguing there are still gaps that the report does not address. Audio

The government has partnered with Toitū Tairāwhiti in a bid to deliver 150 new homes in the region in the next 15 months.