Stories by Pokere Paewai

The kūwaha has been blessed and has found a permanent home at the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo.

An Auckland real estate agent is taking a principled stand that has consequences, her lawyer says.

Piripi Takurua - who sprang to fame last year in The Adventures of Piripi Kaiwaru, AKA Phillip - is back for another season of mischief. This time, he's heading across the ditch, reports Pōkere Paewai… Video

The government will be judged on its actions, rather than words, in its approach to te reo in the public sector, lawyer says.

A prominent Māori public servant was brought to tears at the Te Reo in the Public Sector hearing today.

Dr Maxine Ronald is the only wahine Māori breast cancer surgeon - and that is not something that sits right with her.

From changes to health, education, housing and kapa haka, here's what the budget will mean for Māori.

Funding for more police and for expanding Waikeria Prison will only result in an increase in the Māori prison population, Julia Whaipooti says.

The 2023 Census marked a shift in how Māori census data is stored - and 20 percent of the population is of Māori descent.

Taranaki artist Maryanne Shearman has been announced as the winner of the Adam Portraiture Award for her portrait of climate champion Tuhi-Ao Bailey.

An Aboriginal delegation of possum skin cloak knowledge holders have shared information with Māori of an animal which is sacred in Australia but a pest in Aotearoa.

Iwi and hapū in Wairoa are celebrating the first return of whenua to their hands.

If the government really wants Oranga Tamariki to continue working with Māori groups, it should leave the law as it is, leader says.

A record 55 groups have qualified for Te Matatini in New Plymouth next year.

Wharekura students in Wellington are combining te reo and mātauranga Māori to help protect sites of significance and educate visiting manuhiri in their rohe.

Twenty years has passed since the historic hīkoi against the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act reached Parliament.

Despite low literacy rates in mainstream schools amongst Māori, the results are the complete opposite in kura kaupapa, Stanford says.

Organisers hope the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award exhibition can expand the boundaries of Māori portraiture.

A lot of young people are always online and it's hoped the programme will help them to keep safe.

Māori AI and data ethicist Karaitiana Taiuru believes there are other Māori who have been affected but have not yet come forward.

Hamilton's new Te Kōhao Health, Wellness and Diagnostic Centre is designed to give Māori in the region tino rangatiratanga over their own health.

Huia Publishers have won the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year, Oceania, at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.

Kiingi Tuuheitia will attend the inaugural meeting of Traditional Pacific Leaders in Hawai'i in June where climate change and environmental protection are likely to be at the top of discussions.

A large gathering marked the 160th commemorations of the battle of Ōrākau today, as the process to return the site to iwi hands nears its end.

Whānau of Mangaroa Marae are gathering in the Hawke's Bay settlement of Bridge Pa over Easter weekend to celebrate.