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Mere Berryman wins Marsden grant to unpick colonisation by education

... to look into how the education system in New Zealand and in other colonised countries has overlooked Māori and Indigenous language and culture. View article...

Word limits for Māori translations on candidate profiles labelled 'institutional racism'

Strict word limits for Māori translations of local body election candidate profiles is a form of “institutional racism” ... Photo: New Zealand Government. View article...

Tuia 250 fleet calls in at NZ's earliest inhabited site

The Tuia 250 flotilla has started its visit to the Bay of Islands by paying respects to one of the earliest known sites where Māori settled after their long ... View article...

Ahead of next year's big vote, here's what we know about drugs in NZ

The report shows alcohol is still the most harmful drug in New Zealand. Methamphetamine use is an ongoing issue, and Māori continue to suffer ... View article...

Heart disease: Large international study confirms NZ research on genetics

Māori and Pacific Islanders were not excluded from the New Zealand cohorts, which were recruited from Christchurch and Auckland hospitals, ... View article...

Brian Flintoff, Master Carver of Maori Musical Instruments

In New Zealand, in 2010, he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for his art. Flintoff humbly explains by phone how, as a non-Maori, serendipity ... View article...

Not only people with mental illness end their lives, says former coroner

Na Nagara said it was important to view New Zealand's suicide rate in its ... including a Maori advisory function to address high Maori suicide rates. View article...

Call for calm and a plan when it comes to Oranga Tamariki

The New Zealand Maori Council has called on both Maori and the Crown to “step back for a moment and start working on a plan to finally break the ... View article...