TRIPLE THREAT: Te Arawa will be strongly represented in the open men's draw with locals (from left) Jesse Galvin-Dawson, Marvin Barker

WELCOME: Eraia Kiel is happy to have welcomed a family in need to Apumoana Marae just before Christmas. PHOTO/BEN FRASER Throw open

An emoji app with 200 Maori and Kiwi cultural icons has been developed by a Rotorua tourism operator.

A Rotorua school spent nearly $700,000 taking students, teachers and caregivers to Hawaii - a trip the Education Ministry says breached

Circle_see_more_DP.epsLEADER: Hone Morris with 9-year-old Terinata-Marie Epapara. PHOTO/BEN FRASER 151216bf9.JPGKyra_Dawson_NOV15_happy.eps At

Circle_see_more_DP.epsMEXICO BOUND: Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Koutu student Anaru Blair-Smith, 16, can't wait to go to Mexico. PHOTO/STEPHEN

Eight students who whakapapa to Te Arawa have been named as recipients of the inaugural Beverley Anaru Memorial Scholarships managed

RETIRING: Hinerangi Goodman is retiring after 30 years. PHOTO/BEN FRASER 151216bf7.JPG By Alice GuyIntern One of the pioneers of

Circle_see_more_DP.epsNEW: Nga Pumanawa e Waru's Anaha Hiini (left) and Mercia Yates are setting up a programme on marae to teach

Stacy Gordine with a 3D-printed model of the sculpture. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER 121216sp12.JPG A 12m sculpture that will form the southern

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsON HOLD: An artist's impression of a $6 million building that overlooked Ohinemutu and Lake Rotorua is on hold

TOUCHING TRIBUTE: Rotorua Lakes Councillor and cultural ambassador Trevor Maxwell led a minute's silence in a special pohiri whakatau

Following the success of this year's event the Rotorua Summer Seafood Festival is set to return next month. The festival, hosted

Kelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsRACING: Maori from around the country travel to Hawke's Bay each year to compete in IronMaori. PHOTO/HAWKE'S

Circle_see_more_DP.eps AIMING FOR SUCCESS: Te Arawa over-30 mixed team players from left, coach Steve Hudson, Tina Stephens, co-captain

Rotorua leaders have spoken of their pain at the loss of iwi leader Te Awanuiarangi (Awanui) Black. The Tauranga-based Bay of Plenty

PROTEST: Michael Naera (left) with his wife, Frances Buckley, and Native Americans at Standing Rock. PHOTO/SUPPLIED 301116standing1.JPGSTANDING:

Tauranga iwi leader and Bay of Plenty regional councillor Awanui Black has died. Regional Council Chairman Doug Leeder tonight confirmed

The owners of Rotorua's Rainbow Springs and Agrodome, and Taupo's Huka Falls Jet, Ngai Tahu Tourism, has won the Maori Excellence

More needs to be done to stop domestic violence over and above telling men to stop it and over and above the recent changes launched

Te Pumanaawa o Toku ate Rogers, 9, Waikimihia Douglas-Karauna, 9, Waiora Hudson, 9, and Ella Gotz, 8. 241116bf6.JPG Cindy McQuade Paddle

LIFE CHANGER: Cliff Curtis, speaking at Mita Mohi's tangi, said his Mokoia Island taiaha course changed his life. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

SEASONED PERFORMERS: Te Kura o te Whakarewarewa performing at the Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

I am writing this article in Singapore where I am staying with a friend after speaking at an international conference in Kuching

Circle_see_more_DP.epsKelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsPHOTOS NEEDS TO BE ADDED - BEING EMAILED TO KATIE BY 11AM MONDAY from Alisa Keall - Grant

Mita Mohi: PHOTO/FILE A_150110aw16.JPGFred Whata: PHOTO/FILE A_290515bf1.JPGNapi Waaka: PHOTO/FILE 101116napi1.JPGArapeta Tahana:

The Rotorua Primary School Maori Festival (Te Ahurei o Nga Kura 2016) is under way. The festival began today and runs until Friday

NO BYLINEPHOTO CAN JUST BE A FILE SHOT OF TE URUROA FLAVELL The Government has released a new guide to put the Maori language in

NO BYLINEPHOTO IS IN PRODUCTION PHOTOS BUT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO ZEN SORRY (KELLY CAN'T DO FROM HOME)SWITCHING ON: Key guests at the

Te Arawa kaumatua Mita Mohi was a man who used his culture and mana to change the troubled lives of others. The gentle leader who