Stories by Ella Stewart

Want to gift someone pounamu - or buy it for yourself? Here's what master carvers and other kaitiaki would like you to know.

Over nine days, rangatahi and veterans of past hīkoi walked shoulder-to-shoulder to take their message to Parliament. Ella Stewart and Cole Eastham-Farrelly were there.

One says it's just words. Another calls it a "waste of space". But the survivors RNZ spoke to all say one thing about today's national apology: don't stop there. Audio

The early introduction of the Treaty Principles Bill hasn't deterred a planned hīkoi to Parliament in protest. Toitū te Tiriti have mobilised Māori around the country this year, but who are they?

新任毛利君主Te Puhi Ariki Ngawai Hono i te Po Paki也是历史上第二任毛利女王。

Kiingi Tuheitia's youngest child, Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, is the second female monarch of the Kiingitanga.

Vulnerable children in South Auckland will lose access to social workers by the end of the year.

The government took Joyce Harris's first baby and sent her off to a girls' home. Half a century on - and out of oceans of hurt - it asked her to be a mother figure.

David Seymour has renewed attacks on the what he says is an 'increasingly activist' Tribunal as it faces questions about its future.

The coalition government got rid of the Māori Health Authority in a hurry. What is it doing now instead?

As the sun shone over the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on Sunday afternoon, up the hill came two of Māoridom's leading voices, a true sight of kotahitanga.

What a powerful iwi's actions tell us about the emerging response to the government.

从本周末起，多个不同的毛利社区相关活动将相继举行，也标志着新的"政治年度"的开始。考虑到本届联合政府关于毛利族群的政策，今年活动期间紧张气氛将会增加。

Analysis: Starting tomorrow, what happens at three key events will have a major bearing on the new government's relationship with many Māori.

A review of the long-standing admissions programme for Māori and Pasifika medical students is either 'pointless' or 'perfectly sensible', depending on who you ask.

A referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi could still be in play in the new coalition government agreement.

There are three main objections to ACT's idea for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.

There are tight margins, party hopping candidates and the potential for electoral history to be made in the Māori seats.

Analysis - A policy is labelled racist. Then that accusation is itself called racist. Are we getting anywhere with any of this?

Analysis - It's clearly wrong that there are no health outcomes that have got any better under Labour. So why was Christopher Luxon allowed to repeat this?

First person - As the country marks the rising of Matariki, Te Ao Māori journalist Ella Stewart writes about her Māmā's adoration of this special time of year.

As the Māori new year approaches, it is a good time to think about what you and your whānau will be doing to celebrate, and to remember those who have passed away.

Māori suffered generational loss of great swathes of their land to confiscation. Now they face advancing waters from climate change, with few easy answers.

Several Māori leaders across the motu reflected on the prime minister's achievements after she announced her resignation on Thursday afternoon.

Epsom Girls' Grammar handled the discovery of human bones at the school from a place of ignorance, but hapū quickly moved to support staff, students and whānau involved, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei says.