Stories by Pokere Paewai

Sir Selwyn Parata is humbled and elated by his knighthood in recognition of his services to Māori.

A data apprenticeship programme has been launched in the Manawatū to help Māori in the region enhance their data capabilities.

The indigenous festival Kia Mau is bringing Māori and Pasifika theatre, music and art to the streets of Te Whanga-Nui-a-Tara.

Māori writers and illustrators are well represented among the finalists for the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Māori artists are redefining what a portrait looks like at this year's Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award exhibition.

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.