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Health Minister appoints 13 new DHB chairs in 'changing of the guard'

"Māori and Pacific people often have worse health outcomes. That's entirely unacceptable and that's something that I personally am keen to see the ... View article...

Wellington police line holding cells with art by prisoners, students

He put the call out to artists to create work resembling 'Awhi', meaning help and support in Te Reo Māori. "When people come down here, they're ... View article...

Three Stocking Stuffers from Te Papa Press

The first describes the people and cultures encountered during Cook's voyages to the Antipodes, the other two highlight in more detail two of the Māori ... View article...

Anglers keen to block Maori trout farms

Freshwater fishing lobbyists are pushing back against suggestions the rules on fish farming be loosened as part of the Māori commercial aquaculture ... View article...

NZ First death knell for Tirikatene Bill

Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene is accusing New Zealand First and ... Pledge in their opposition to his Bill seeking to entrench the Māori seats. View article...

Lakes DHB farewells chairman Deryck Shaw, welcomes new appointees

He said iwi partnerships were fundamental and the DHB was not doing as well as it needed to in terms of Māori Health. However he added that the ... View article...

No change to Maori seat veto

A call from Local Government New Zealand for referenda on Māori wards to be dropped has been turned down by Local Government Minister Nanaia ... View article...

Let teachers innovate, inspire

Maori learners don't feel that they have opportunities to “do what they want”. I wonder what those surveyed understood by the term “do what they want” ... View article...