Stories by Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

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.

Hundreds of spectators were so keen for the they started lining up at 3am, four hours before the gates opened.

While temperatures around the bowl hit a high, so did the heat on stage as haka star Jeff Ruha wore a full suit for his performance.

Kapa haka fans sprinted through the gates of the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth this morning to secure prime positions as Day 3 of Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga got under way.

The construction of a controversial sewerage pipeline near a Rotorua lake considered tapū by mana whenua is set to continue despite protests.

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga kicks off in two weeks and will pull together Aotearoa's finest haka rōpu for the week-long festival.

The post, which was taken from X and shared on Facebook, features an artificial image of a Māori man with a facial moko standing in front of a red ute and a visible rūnanga logo.

A Whangārei based hāpu are going back to court for the latest in a legal saga spanning 30 years. Audio

A dawn ceremony was hosted by mana whenua Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Kawa who welcomed iwi leaders, politicians and the masses. Audio

The claim alleges that, if enacted, the Bill will be a breach of Te Tiriti, and will cause significant prejudice to Māori.