Te Ururoa Flavell is on his way to the United States to meet with the First Nations people and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This

WINNERS: Te Wharekura o Ngati Rongomai students are proud of their first placing at Te Arawa Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition

PROOF: A photograph show the five generations of Clive Fugill's immediate family sits on his desk as proof of his Maori heritage

Circle_see_more_DP.epsKelly_Makiha_FEB16.epsEMOTION: A moving haka is performed at Reverend Napi Waaka's funeral. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

RESPECTED: Te Uru O Te Whetu Frederick Whata was instrumental in bringing Maori protocol into courts. PHOTO/FILE Fred Whata's infectious

LOOKING FORWARD: Abraham Fenn president of the NZ Organisation for Quality Inc. is excited about the conference. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

GONE: Reverend Te Napi Tutewehiwehi Waaka was loved by many. PHOTO/SUPPLIED 101116napi1.JPG AROHA: Kahurangi Maxwell is sending love

Two carved panels which made up part of the old City Focus have found a new home at Rotorua Airport. The colourful carvings, which

ART: John Turi-Tiakitai and Selwyn Insley are proud of their students' work. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER 041116sp6.JPG photo in scc By Kyra

IN THE NAME: Group leaders are (left) Hiko o Te Rangi Curtis (second in Kaitataki Tane) and Paniwaka Curtis (first equal in Kaitataki

031116sp1.JPG By Kyra Dawsonkyra.dawson@dailypost.co.nz Te Pumanawa o Toku Ate Rogers is only 9 years old but she already has a number

CLEAN MESSAGE: CrestClean's Rotorua regional manager Bill Douglas (back left), with Selwyn School principal Peter Barker and pupils

As the MP for Waiariki, a co-leader of the Maori Party and a Minister, I am privileged that I have opportunities in Parliament to

Ngati Whakaue commercial lawyer David Tapsell has been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Lotteries Commission. Rotorua born

HISTORY: One of the Gottfried Lindauer portraits, Heeni Hirini and Child (1878), currently on display at the Auckland Art Gallery

NEW JOB: Kelly Haimona in action this season for the Steamers. PHOTO/FILE A_200816aw08bop.JPG This week marks the start of Kelly

By Laurilee McMichael271016twmatahi1CELEBRATION: Master carver and artist Matahi Whakataka Brightwell, pictured with one of his grandchildren

VIRAL: A video of Rotorua Maori Arts Grooming Academy Tareikura busting a move in iconic spots around the city has gone viral. PHOTO/SUPPLIED

JOURNEY: Boston Tuhakaraina, 13 (left), Jamie Tuhakaraina, 12, Dillion MacFarlane, 10 and Lennox Tonihi, 10 were excited about the

This is my first official column as the Labour Waiariki candidate for 2017. If you don't know, it's the Maori electorate that covers

OFFICE WITH A VIEW: Sir Toby Curtis at the site of the new office development. PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER 281016sp5.JPGIMPRESSIVE: The new

Martin Rakuraku, the chairman of Tanatana Marae in the Bay of Plenty, explains why the new marae building looks like it does. The building has just won a top architectural award

One of the most coveted architectural award titles in New Zealand - the 2016 Supreme ADNZ Resene Architectural Design Award - has

Rotoiti's Joe Royal has been named in the Maori All Blacks squad to tour to Chicago, London and Ireland next month. The squad was

Circle_facebook_DP2.epsBy Kelly Makihakelly.makiha@dailypost.co.nz FREE SERVICE: Korowai Aroha nurse Turuhira Thrupp (left), RAPHS

With the Bay of Plenty Regional Council election all over, the region now has 14 elected members looking after its interests. The

Whenever Sir Howard Morrison wasn't off singing around the world, he'd be out hunting and fishing with his family. So he'd be pretty

20161007_125053.jpg It was an obviously alcohol-induced slurred voice and was the funniest comment I had heard all night on the racetrack

TE REO: Students (left to right) Jan Stevenson, John Grant and Melanie Harris loved learning te reo at the Linton Park Community Centre

Tena ano tatou katoa. I begin today by congratulating our mayor Steve Chadwick and the successful councillors who we have on board