Stories by Pokere Paewai

A bilingual Māori children's book is bringing new eyes to the legend of the creation of the Manawatū Gorge.

The biennial national kapa haka festival has received its biggest increase in funding since it first started 50 years ago.

The government is investing $34 million over two years in Te Matatini, up from $2.9 million per year.

The principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna says it will be interesting to see how the already announced 300 new classrooms will benefit Kura Kaupapa Māori.

Immediate action is needed to address unsustainable forestry practices that have put an iwi's lands and waterways at risk, they say.

A new partnership between Stats NZ and Wairoa post-settlement trust Tātau Tātau will help make data more accessible for whānau Māori.

A whānau-centered programme has had a positive effect in reducing child poverty among Māori, according to two reports.

Wednesday is the last day for kura kaupapa Māori to lay out their grievances before the Waitangi Tribunal.

A show developed as a response to the debate over women speaking on the marae is set to premiere in West Auckland.

Te Rūnanga Nui is seeking intervention to ensure kura kaupapa Māori can continue to express their tino rangatiratanga.

In Tauranga about a hundred people have gathered to mark the 159th anniversary of the battle of Gate Pā.

A Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into inequities alleged by kaupapa Māori schools has opened in Tāmaki Makaurau.

The first ever kura reo in Australia kicked off on Friday in Te Urupū - Perth.

Maōri continue to be marginalised in the education system, Kura Kaupapa says, ahead of its presentation of an urgent inquiry to the Waitangi Tribunal.

Hamilton hapū Ngāti Wairere have lodged a formal proposal to change the name of a car park in the centre of the city.

King Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero has finished a four-day visit to cyclone-hit communities across the Ngāti Kahungunu rohe.

People in the Far North are urged to be vigilant over the Easter weekend, after a large fire near Cape Reinga last week. Audio

From Friday Māori are free to switch their enrolment choice at any time except in the three months before an election.

Residents of Port Levy will gather together over Easter to celebrate 100 years of the whare at the heart of their community.

A new integrated Māori keyboard will help to increase the visibility and use of tohutō.

Ngāti Pūkenga have launched a digital history of their iwi, from the first arrival of their tīpuna in Aotearoa, all the way through their Treaty Settlement to the present day.

After a five-year hiatus, the biennial Tūhoe festival, Te Hui Ahurei a Tūhoe, is set to return over Easter weekend.

A te reo expert says the inclusion of Māori words in the Oxford English Dictionary is a sign of how far the normalisation of te reo has come.

Residents of the small Hawke's Bay town of Pōrangahau say they are feeling forgotten, with little sign of government agencies a month after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Experts are calling for a limit on the number and location of vape shops to combat what they say is an epidemic of vaping among rangatahi.