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Watch: Virtual technology endeavours to connect whānau back to whenua
Virtual technology endeavours to connect whānau back to whenua. Video / Whakaata Māori

New research aims to understand Māori experiences of Covid
A new study aims to learn from experiences to "better" help Māori in a future pandemic.

Teachers call for an end to 'racist' ability groups
Low and high ability streaming of students harmful to Māori students, conference told.

Eke Panuku board probed over conflict allegations
'The matter needs to be looked at independently' - Phil Wilson, Auckland Council

Community stalwarts want to spark disadvantaged kids to find their purpose
Graeme Mead and Carl Haa launch holiday programme to get kids back on the right path.

Special report: NZSAS takes fresh look at historic link to 'murderers'
Historical links to the Forest Rangers and Gustavus von Tempsky cause NZSAS discomfort.

Return of ancestral remains marks a great day in history
Return of ancestral Māori remains marked at Te Papa ceremony.

Erosion threatens to wash away secrets of the past
This is not a renewable resource, and we risk losing a lot forever.

First 38 homes at Unitec planned, 42 Shore homes up
"Weeks away from applying for resource consent" - Donnelly on Unitec housing.

'It's the perfect document. It's just we happen to confuse it': Top Govt minister opens up on Treaty
Achieving equity for Māori would remove the sense of victimhood, says Cabinet minister.

'Extremely disappointing surprise': School loses $100k in new Govt scheme, may cut programmes
South Auckland school to lose about $100,000 in annual funding - more than $100 a student.

Four words that led to the murder of a 12yo girl
Sian took a shortcut through a Noosa park to race her mother home – but she never arrived.

John Tamihere: 'Our right to fix our own problems has dawned'
Te Whānau o Waipareira signs new outcomes-focused contract with Oranga Tamariki.

South Waikato to receive its first Māori mayor
Despite the achievement, both candidates want to focus on what they bring to council.

Bitterness spills over Mahuta's husband's contracts
Opinion: MPs are ultra-sensitive over families being brought into politics.

John Tamihere: "We tested thousands, we vaccinated thousands; we put ourselves at risk and never, ever left anyone behind"
Whānau Ora can take a bow for vaccinating and Covid testing thousands of non-Māori.

Focus: Is it time New Zealand became a republic?
As the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth comes to an end, conversations around whether New Zealand should become a republic have begun. Video / NZ Herald

Support for Māori wards stronger in provinces than cities
The introduction of Māori wards has empowered more Māori to stand for mayor.

How to translate an 1849 te reo Māori book about bees into English
Hokianga translator Joy Ngaropo-Hau is unravelling historic Māori texts.

Watch: The battle of the mountains - The love story that shaped our lands
The story of a clan of mountain lords who went to war to win the heart of Pihanga. Video / Ben Cummins

Rawiri Waititi: From a kohanga sandpit to playing in NZ's biggest playground
Te Pāti Māori co-leader says te reo is a messenger, bringing reclamation and reconnection.

Is it time to change the name of New Zealand to Aotearoa?
Is a name inherited from a Dutch province still appropriate?

Te Rau Winterburn: Learning te reo Māori can be used to get out of housework
Make learning te reo fun so the kids enjoy it and gets them treats.

Audrey Young: Ranking Labour's Māori caucus
OPINION: Who's up, who's down and who is standing still in the Labour Māori caucus.

Opinion: Our forbidden and forgotten history of Māori racial segregation
There was, and is, a racial discrimination problem against Māori.

Learning te reo: 'I found myself...sitting on the paepae not knowing what to do'
I knew the moment I had to go and learn te reo to honour my mother.

Where to walk, talk and eat te reo this Māori Language Week
There are many places to hear, learn and share te reo Māori.

Lights out! Covid-19 traffic light system scrapped - all you need to know
Most Covid-19 rules to end from tonight.

'The world is changing' - Tauranga iwi leader shares his te reo Māori journey
'Māori people want to learn Te Reo because it's absolutely critical that they should do.'