Stories by Pokere Paewai

As the government prepares to deliver its apology to those who experienced abuse in state and faith based care, an independent report is putting the voices of rainbow survivors at...

Five young Māori have had the opportunity to attend a week-long space camp in the US, a first of its kind partnership aimed to boost the number of Māori working in science fields.

The legislation is being introduced to Parliament today - more than a week earlier than expected - and will be read for the first time next week. Audio

Kura Kaupapa Māori have won a prize of US$100,000 at the Library of Congress Literacy Awards in Washington DC.

Changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act - which would make it harder for Māori to make customary claims on coastlines - are before the justice select committee.

Sharing experiences of colonisation has been a chance for both groups to learn from each others' experiences.

More than 2000 people attended Te Pūnuiotoka hosted by Ngāi Tahu.

Iwi and hapū from around the motu are set to gather at Tuahiwi Marae on Tuesday.

Chris Penk will have the final say on if the suburb returns to its former name.

The protest march will leave Cape Reinga on 11 November, and arrive at Parliament on 19 November - one day after the Treaty Principles Bill is expected to be introduced.

The African-American poet's experiences have a lot in common with those of many wāhine Māori, editor says.

However, there are now more te reo Māori speakers than ever before.

The ACT leader and Ngāti Toa leader Helmut Modlik clashed on the place of Te Tiriti in modern Aotearoa. Audio

The book is aimed at making waiata Māori easily accessible all across the world.

Helmut Modlik will take on David Seymour in a public debate next Tuesday.

Hundreds of people have marched in a hīkoi protesting ongoing proposed seabed mining plans off South Taranaki, despite three previous court cases against the plan. Audio

New research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest securely dated sites of kūmara cultivation in Polynesia.

A group of Māori academics and health workers are asking the government to rescind its recent directive for public services to be based on need, not race

Iwi affiliation data released today by the Maori-designed platform Te Whata shows iwi populations have increased by an average of 46 percent over the last 10 years.

The Māori Working Group on Aerospace say they haven't been consulted at all on the government's new strategy for space and advanced aviation.

"We've had all kinds of people give it a go, we've had foreigners, we've had tourists, we've had people who only speak a little bit of English give it a go."

Some of the nation's best speakers will descend on Te Whanganui a Tara this weekend to flex their te reo muscles. Audio

Bringing te reo outside the classroom is the goal of the reo Māori stand-up comedy show Tainapu.

It's hoped the move will help to bring a critically endangered plant back from the brink of extinction.

One of the core beliefs at Tuurangawaewae Marae is that 'no one should go home hungry', and the people of Tainui have epitomised the Māori value of Manaakitanga - or hospitality - during the…