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Spraggon wants to pass on tips of traditional kai cooking to next generation
The key to cooking a good hangi is all in the rocks and preparation.

Whānau wait seven weeks for lockdown to end before burying father
Funeral home enacted Keep Safe strategy until loved ones could gather for tangi.

Covid lockdown changed the landscape for grieving Māori
'Cultural rituals of tangihanga ... the pinnacle of us as a people, were taken from us.'

M9 highlights the best of wahine toa throughout Aotearoa
Singer songwriter Ria Hall is a busy mama of three but still finds time for challenges.

Ex-NRL players talk with teens about life away from the football field and social media
Ali Lauiti'iti and Jerry Seuseu are committed to helping youth face their mental fears.

Jackson is thankful his Govt colleagues agree on new money for Maori Broadcasting
Willie Jackson says new money allocated to Māori broadcasting will see more Māori stories.

The Magnificent Seven: The Knight and Dames Jacinda Ardern didn't want to mess with
OPINION: The group of leaders who took on Jacinda Ardern - and didn't lose.

Turning their emergency housing estate into a community to be proud of
The Ranui Caravan Park is the last chance saloon for many down on their luck and finances.

The trio from Tonga who joined the Māori Battalion to fight for their queen and the King of England
The Tongan trio who asked Queen Salote Tupou III to join the New Zealand war effort.

Māori Battalion whānau urged to apply for war medals
The last surviving member of the 28th Maori Battalion wants whānau to honour his mates.

Son honours father's service every Anzac Day
Joseph Meanata remembers the sacrifices his dad and uncles made to the NZ war effort.

Jackson urges Kiwis to embrace declaration draft blueprint
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples moves a step closer to law.

David Tua's knockout news for Kiwi boxing fans
David Tua has taken on the planet's baddest men ... but says being inducted is scarier.

Cops use discretion to help unlicensed Māori drivers from going down the wrong road
Constable Vincent Kahui is driving a campaign to support unlicensed Maori youth.

Ensuring the tangata whenua voice is heard on new water reforms
Maria Nepia is the new executive director iwi/Māori at the Department of Internal Affairs.