We are marking New Zealand's 40th Māori Language Week with Māori words and phrases for a different theme each day.

A new take on portraits is helping connect today's generation of Maori to their ancestral past - and people from around the world are wanting in on it too.

Soldiers Rd Portraits is giving people the opportunity to feature in their own historic vintage photos.

A cluster of Chinese restaurants does not make a "Chinatown", much as some people might wish it to be so.

Chinese shoppers and business owners in Dominion Rd are at odds with their non-Chinese counterparts about the ethnic precinct being branded "Chinatown".

Comedian weighs in on the property debate: "Being Chinese in New Zealand always puts you on the back foot."

Juwai.com has surveyed users and found 36 per cent of people spoken to bought property in New Zealand for investment.

Chinese newspaper accuses Labour of racism over property market data.

As well as her work with Pultron and as its managing director, Bronwen Holdsworth has made a significant contribution to the cultural and artistic development of Gisborne.

Statistics NZ's General Social Survey has been conducted every two years since 2008-09.

The only palangi in the room, I had been invited by Tongan community leader Melino Maka, who was keen to speak about the place of kava in the culture here, writes Peter Calder.

Mentor fully understands how difficult it is to raise today's young girls to full-fledged maiko.

A community meeting with the Auckland Council tomorrow is expected to drum up big support for keeping the Pasifika Festival permanently in South Auckland.

Islamic State militants in the northern Syrian province of Raqqa have threatened to jail any young man wearing skinny jeans, smoking or with music on his mobile phone.

Greater interaction with Asians, public cultural celebrations and media reports have made Kiwis feel warmer towards Asian people, a study has found.

Challenges faced by Muslim workers in New Zealand and the reluctance of employers to hire them are among the issues that will be up for discussion at a summit.

In a swift response to the fruit fly no-go zones in and around its original Western Springs stomping ground, the 23rd Pasifika Festival moves to Manukau this year.

Auckland's Pasifika Festival is facing a backlash from those who pushed for it in the first place - with some threatening to boycott the event.

The New Zealand Defence Force has hosted its first same-sex wedding.

Migrants are once again setting their sights on New Zealand, a new report reveals.

Auckland's Asian population is predicted to pass 500,000 in the next decade, a new report says.

EXPLORE OUR INTERACTIVE: More migrants from Asia are using the student and worker migration policy as a path to secure permanent residence, a report says.

The Polynesian Panthers - incensed by the police's dawn raids on Pacific Island families in Ponsonby and Grey Lynn searching for overstayers.

She's not a cyclist, but a woman who came to New Zealand as a refugee baby is embarking on a 12-day cycling fundraiser in Cambodia.

Organisers of Pasifika Festival are "confident" it will be a success this year, despite having to move venues just 17 days before the event.

The discovery of Queensland fruit flies in the Grey Lynn area has led to the Pasifika Festival relocating for the 2015 show.

One of the world's biggest Pacific Island cultural festivals may be forced to move from its home at Western Springs at short notice because of the Queensland fruit fly scare.

It was not pretty, but the Black Caps scraped past Scotland by three wickets yesterday in the first of three Cricket World Cup matches in Dunedin.