Stories by Layla Bailey-McDowell

Researchers are calling for more kaupapa Māori targeted public health interventions following the study's findings.

"The complaints board ruled three claims in the two-page wrap advertisement were materially misleading," the ASA said.

Spawnbreezie has described his welcome to Aotearoa as a "humbling" experience, as he was gifted a custom korowai.

A wahine Māori is putting a spotlight on traditional Māori kai and hopes to inspire the next generation to "give it a crack".

The study highlights "psychology's failing to provide a culturally safe environment for its own", researchers say.

Teachers who can speak te reo can connect on a "different level", ākonga Māori say.

A programme teaching teachers te reo that had its funding slashed was in high demand, had overwhelmingly positive feedback, and radiated benefits to pupils and whānau, an independent report says.

The students say the government move makes them feel like "you don't really care about Māori people".

Māori rodeo legends are hoping to expand indigenous competitions across the globe.

An Ōtautahi-based collective is leading a movement to connect Tangata Moana through culture, creativity and celebration.

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Rangatahi Māori have arrived in numbers at Tuurangawaewae to tautoko Kiingi Tuheitia's legacy of kotahitanga and support the haukāinga.

Kiingi Tuheitia's death was something no-one expected. But in true Māori fashion, the haukainga sprung into action to prepare.

There are "significant" problems with the way police deal with Māori, data in a recent report shows.

Ahead of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Aotearoa is being urged to embrace the language 'Ake Ake Ake' (forever).

But the government is hitting back at the group, taking issue with its name and use of the word "blitzkrieg".

A disability advocate is concerned dedicated support for Māori and Pasifika living with a disability could end up "slipping away again".

Māori content creators are using TikTok to share and celebrate te reo, and hope platforms can be flooded with the language.

Where should news organisations and advertisers draw the line between balanced journalism and political advertising?

But there has not been an apology after the NZ Herald ran the ad, and Willie Jackson is demanding one.

Waatea's publisher says he will send the Herald to court if it takes any further content from the national Māori news service.

In the little over a century that Major League Baseball has existed, no Māori New Zealander has ever featured in the competition.

A front-page Hobson's Pledge advertisement in The New Zealand Herald is misleading and inflammatory, Māori journalists say, but the newspaper says it is clearly marked as an ad.

The festival serves as a celebration of te reo Māori and recognises it as the official language of New Zealand, Tā Timoti Kāretu says.

The son of a late veteran is disappointed at the rugby union's lack of recognition of the squad.