Stories by Pokere Paewai

Despite low literacy rates in mainstream schools amongst Māori, the results are the complete opposite in kura kaupapa, Stanford says.

Organisers hope the Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award exhibition can expand the boundaries of Māori portraiture.

A lot of young people are always online and it's hoped the programme will help them to keep safe.

Māori AI and data ethicist Karaitiana Taiuru believes there are other Māori who have been affected but have not yet come forward.

Hamilton's new Te Kōhao Health, Wellness and Diagnostic Centre is designed to give Māori in the region tino rangatiratanga over their own health.

Huia Publishers have won the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year, Oceania, at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.

Kiingi Tuuheitia will attend the inaugural meeting of Traditional Pacific Leaders in Hawai'i in June where climate change and environmental protection are likely to be at the top of discussions.

A large gathering marked the 160th commemorations of the battle of Ōrākau today, as the process to return the site to iwi hands nears its end.

Whānau of Mangaroa Marae are gathering in the Hawke's Bay settlement of Bridge Pa over Easter weekend to celebrate.

A group of Hawke's Bay hapū are calling for the knowledge of Māori communities to be at the forefront of emergency management plans.

Hundreds of marae around the country face potential exposure to floods, landslides and other natural hazards, but new research aims to bolster marae resilience in the face of climate change.

Ngāi Tahu are weaving mātauranga Māori and their own creation stories with scientific knowledge to help boost earthquake preparedness. Video

Fifteen years after its launch, the annual indigenous triathlon, IronMāori, is entering a new stage as its founders step aside.

'People want to see worlds they haven't experienced before,' organisers say as they get ready for 168 feature films, documentaries and short films

Kura Kaupapa Māori have marked an important milestone as Te Rūnanga Nui, the body overseeing Kura Kaupapa celebrates its 30th anniversary.

A new book launched by Te Papa is showcasing the history of the New Zealand Wars through 500 taonga from the museum's collection.

One of the few Māori working in the tech industry believes tangata whenua could help fill a staffing gap in Aotearoa and boost tech exports overseas.

A new book by an AUT health professor, A Litany of Sound Revisited, outlines the roots of family and sexual violence among Māori.

"Their website was very sophisticated, very polished," says one of the designers affected.

Demand for Kura Reo and te reo Māori is growing and many non-Māori are lending their voices to the revitalisation of te reo.

Tylah Farani-Watene is one of just 32 inaugural Global Citizen Youth Leaders Award recipients from the Asia-Pacific region.

The government should be focusing on the causes high poverty among tamariki rather than dismantling the work of past Māori leaders, an academic says.

Demand for Kura Reo - intensive, week-long, full immersion reo courses - has soared and securing a spot can be as tough as any concert, with some selling out in minutes.

Three Māori researchers are receiving funding for their research into improving cancer care and addressing health inequities which see cancer disproportionately affect Māori.

Tens of thousands of people walked in the footprints of those who first signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the sun-drenched treaty grounds today, but there was one clear message coming through - Toitū te…