Stories by Leigh-Marama McLachlan

Staff at kōhanga reo (Māori language preschools) are earning minimum wage and the Māori movement is suffering from years of underfunding, an educational trust says.

Less than a third of the country's prisons provide intensive Māori-focused rehabilitation.

The refusal of a Serco prison officer to remove his shoes at a marae, for the tangi of a prominent New Zealand musician, has been labelled as disrespectful and rude. Audio

Some Māori abused in state care say they will be silenced in the government inquiry now that it includes those abused in faith-based institutions.

A plaque has been unveiled at Rātana Pā to mark 100 years of the Rātana faith.

Thousands of people are arriving at Rātana Pā near Whanganui for the church's 100th anniversary celebrations.

The Māori King and the Department of Corrections will build a facility for mothers to reunite with their children who were taken by the state.

Former prisoners are calling for their criminal records to be wiped if they keep out of trouble for seven years.

Waitangi Tribunal judges are burnt out and overworked as the tribunal hits a decade without a funding boost.

This government has seen more Māori MPs in Parliament than ever before, but is it making a difference for Māori?

People who have been in prison say they are having to lie to employers to secure a job. Audio

Waitangi Tribunal claimants are concerned about the costs of challenging the Crown for breaching the Treaty.

Māori are eight times more likely to get tuberculosis than Pākehā, and a nationwide study is being considered to find out the rate of dormant TB infection in the Māori population.

Gang members in Whanganui are worried they will be targets of a rival gang if they lose name suppression in court.

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown lied to King Country Māori and launched an aggressive land grab that caused - and is still causing - them damage.

A new report points to a te reo teachers shortage and says a policy audit is necessary because the language's success in schools is being hindered.

Friday's Chronicle was the last weekday edition to appear without the Māori spelling of the city - Whanganui - in its front page banner.

Health experts are calling for frank and fearless discussions about racism and white privilege to improve Māori health.

The Waitemata District Health Board has doubled its Māori nurses in three years, and is set to double its entire Māori workforce.

The Māori King has finally spoken out about scathing claims directed at him, saying he's sad that people want to undermine his office.

Tauranga Moana iwi have rejected Tikanga talks to settle a Treaty dispute, Hauraki iwi say.

A man arrested for shoving a security guard at a Work and Income office just hours after leaving prison is blaming rude and intimidating staff.

A former advisor in the Kiingitanga has unleashed an unprecedented attack on the Māori King Tuheitia.

A Tauranga man is urging the Waitangi Tribunal to remove Andrew Little as Treaty Minister in a claim relating to the controversial Pare Hauraki Collective Deed.

The Kōhanga Reo National Trust accepts a High Court ruling that it was wrong to sack a trustee that blew the whistle on it.