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Indigenous communities worldwide are fighting to deal with the threat of HIV

Indigenous communities worldwide are fighting to deal with the threat of HIV  - Many Indigenous people from across the Pacific islands end up going to New Zealand for care, because they don't want others knowing what they are ...

Child abuse is a problem that can be solved: Here's how

Child abuse is a problem that can be solved: Here's how  - The Faces of Innocents project highlights New Zealand's problem with child abuse, neglect .... Many news stories of abuse concern Maori children.

New Zealand aims to get rid of Invasive Predators by 2050

New Zealand aims to get rid of Invasive Predators by 2050  - Rats, called kiore, are the invasive animals in New Zealand . These were first introduced in the country over 700 years ago by Maori settlers, who used ...

Kupe scholarships to increase Maori teachers

Kupe scholarships to increase Maori teachers  - They represent a range of ages and stages in terms of career choice, and many of them also speak their heritage language, whether that's Maori or ...

Te Puea winding up homeless outreach

Te Puea winding up homeless outreach  - He told Radio Waatea host Willie Jackson 90 percent of the whanau helped were Maori , with families who had been sleeping in their cars joined by ...

Families report bureaucratic box ticking

Families report bureaucratic box ticking  - The president of the Maori Women's Welfare League is questioning the value of a report which attempted to track ethnic differences in the way families ...

Strength and beauty on display at schools kapa haka

Strength and beauty on display at schools kapa haka  - This is the strength and the beauty of our Maori rangataha throughout the many schools, whether they are kura kaupapa Maori , kura Maori as well as ...

Minister can take big step to save babies' lives

Minister can take big step to save babies' lives  -  Māori babies make up more than 60 percent of all cot deaths in New Zealand. Providing every Māori family with a pepi-pod for their baby will help to ...