Stories by Emma Andrews

An Ōtaki kaupapa Māori health care facility is set to branch into primary health after recruiting three general practitioners.

Rokkō's latest number one hit shows that you can record a banger with just a phone, a pair of Apple earphones, and a little bit of courage.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in New Zealand, with Māori having a higher hospitalisation and mortality rate than non-Māori.

Holly Beckham has turned away from years of addiction with a new goal - climbing the world's highest mountain.

The ACT leader and Ngāti Toa leader Helmut Modlik clashed on the place of Te Tiriti in modern Aotearoa. Audio

When Vannessa Savage-Taranaki isn't eeling, diving, or running after her tamariki, she's bringing te ao Māori to the international pageant stage.

'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.