Stories by Emma Andrews

'No one' was playing men's netball when Kruze Tangira started playing, but now, 40 years later, the sport is firmly established and growing all the time.

New research shows tamariki Māori are at highest risk of contracting meningococcal disease.

Another medical centre has fallen victim to the nationwide shortage of GPs, but a kaupapa Māori health service is invigorating another. Audio

On the main drag of Taumarunui, Trunk Coffee House not only serves a cup of java, but shares a lot of kindness.

Some describe Danny Heke as "a young bloke from Kihikihi" but he is the founder of a foundation trying to change the stark suicide statistics of Māori in Australia.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 Te Matatini festival.

Te Huihuinga o Ngā Tātarakihi was established in 1994, and is now run by Rangimokai Knuckey and other volunteer kaiako.

Kiingi Tuheitia's death was something no-one expected. But in true Māori fashion, the haukainga sprung into action to prepare.

A record 55 teams will flood Taranaki for the festival, which will be like "every single event that New Plymouth has in a year, rolled into one week".

A Māori group is proceeding with a 'marae', despite pushback from local Aboriginal people - and some in NZ.

After years on the front line, two Taranaki-based police officers have turned to their cultural roots to help tackle Māori youth crime.

A crew from Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei will paddle Te Kawau in front of Team New Zealand, taking them to the start line before racing.