Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

A friend and colleague of Takutai Tarsh Kemp says she battled remarkably and no one knew of the possibility of her passing away under dialysis. Audio

The Te Pāti Māori MP had taken leave from Parliament last year, following a diagnosis of kidney disease and recently celebrated her birthday. Audio

The concerns relate to a Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency advertisement encouraging Māori to sign up for the Māori roll.

The Associate Minister for Energy used the scrutiny week hearing to attack the previous government for banning oil and gas exploration in 2018.

The Māori Development Minister has defended attacks by the opposition arguing he allowed targeted Māori funding to disappear under his watch.

The preference is for one commercial settlement but the government says it's open to recognising cultural groups under that.

The maximum length a person can be on the board is nine years.

This Men's Mental Health week a Māori clinical psychology researcher is calling on men to challenge Aotearoa's harmful "harden up" mentality.

The Excellence in Māori Sheep and Beef Farming and the Young Māori Farmer awards both went to Northland-based farmers.

Ngāti Hine leader Pita Tipene says the words of esteemed Māori leader Sir James Henare were ringing in his head when he was told he had been nomintated for a King's Birthday Honour.

Rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this year's list.

Kris MacDonald says they can build houses faster with lower overheads and with whānau engagement.

But David Seymour says there should be no such thing as Māori funding.

$54 million in operational funding and another $50 million in capital funding has been allocated to increase Māori learner success by investing in curriculum support and teacher development.

A lawyer representing Te Pāti Māori says its MPs were using haka in Parliament to express their frustration with the Treaty Principles Bill.

It comes from the Tribunal's interim report into the bill, which follows a one-day urgent hearing early this week.

The chair of Te Runanga nui o Ngāpuhi said nothing is off the table including "Ōpōtiki-style" drug raids to crackdown down on methamphetamine use in his rohe. Audio

The Privileges Committee hearing was set after concerns were raised about their conduct during the first reading of the controversial bill.

The Māori rights activist wants his friend who is on a hunger strike to be freed after allegations of abuse by prison guards.

He has been on a hunger strike for over one week after alleging he had been beaten by guards at Spring Hill Prison.

Dean Wickliffe hasn't eaten for just over a week.

Ngāti Kahu o Torongare have been in and out of court for the last 30 years to protect Onoke Pā.

Chair Merepeka Raukawa-Tait said they only received verbal confirmation of the commissioning agency changes.

A change in direction at Whānau Ora has drawn the ire of agencies, which are set to lose their long-held positions as commissioning bodies and say up to 1000 jobs could be lost.

The rōpū from the Te Arawa region have been crowned champions for the first time.