Stories by Ashleigh McCaull

An University of Auckland lecturer is about to embark on a three-year project to see how Māori well-being is revitalising, alongside te reo.

Tauranga City Council's commissioner says a ceremony marking a new co-ownership deal for land in the CBD is symbolic for mana whenua.

The government has signed a $55 million partnership with Māori providers which it says will build up to 100 homes Te Tai Tokerau.

Teen contracted by Women's Rugby World Cup to make 32,000 poi "humbled" by Māori Business Awards win.

The number of suspected suicides has continued to drop year on year, but Māori also continue to be disproportionately negatively affected.

There are renewed calls for greater consultation and consideration of Māori needs as new alcohol laws are considered.

The Aotearoa Māori Surf Champs are back on this year in Northland after being cancelled due to Covid-19.

A group of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei artists have joined an effort to try and turn around plummeting breast screening numbers for wāhine Māori.

It is predicted more than two-thirds of marae buildings will be considered quake-prone within the next 20 years.

An outgoing Rotorua councillor is defending Māori wards in councils, saying it is necessary to have tangata whenua at the decision-making table to ensure their people's rights are honoured.

The local government election was a big win for two newly-elected mayors who have become the first young wāhine Māori to lead their cities.

Awhina Tangen Wainohu is a mixture of excited and nervous to be wearing the black jersey for her first Women's Rugby World Cup.

The Waka Ama National Long Distance Championships have started today in Waitangi with entries in the competition the biggest the country has ever seen.

Tauranga City Council has given the green light to a new co-ownership structure for land in the CBD, which the commissioner has described as righting a historical wrong.

Police still have no reliable way of recording who is being targeted by hate crimes, despite funding a dedicated team and hundreds of audits in the last year.

Wellington mana whenua and the city council have launched a new Māori language app to celebrate and encourage the use of te reo Māori in the capital.

Cheers roared through both parliament and Pipitea Marae in Wellington as the Crown and Ngāti Maniapoto reached settlement.

A Rotorua kura kaupapa is hoping to pull off a great upset on the national hockey scene, becoming the little kura that could.

Ngāti Whatua Ōrākei wants to keep publicly celebrating 18 September as Auckland's true founding day.

It has been a day of celebration and reflection for those who delivered the Māori Language petition exactly 50 years ago.

Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori is calling for New Zealanders to share their stories of how they have battled for te reo Māori.

A significant taiaha held in Tūhura Otago Museum has been returned to Ngāti Maniapoto ahead of the tribe's Treaty of Waitangi claim settlement by Parliament.

A Māori radio leader is applauding the government's move to prioritise Māori voices and perspectives in broadcasting.

Having Māori at the decision-making table in Auckland Council is high on the agenda at tonight's Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei mayoral debate.

A retired dentist who runs a free service for those who cannot afford care is appealing to the government for more funding.