Stories by Ashleigh McCaull

Tauranga City Council has given the green light to a new co-ownership structure for land in the CBD, which the commissioner has described as righting a historical wrong.

Police still have no reliable way of recording who is being targeted by hate crimes, despite funding a dedicated team and hundreds of audits in the last year.

Wellington mana whenua and the city council have launched a new Māori language app to celebrate and encourage the use of te reo Māori in the capital.

Cheers roared through both parliament and Pipitea Marae in Wellington as the Crown and Ngāti Maniapoto reached settlement.

A Rotorua kura kaupapa is hoping to pull off a great upset on the national hockey scene, becoming the little kura that could.

Ngāti Whatua Ōrākei wants to keep publicly celebrating 18 September as Auckland's true founding day.

It has been a day of celebration and reflection for those who delivered the Māori Language petition exactly 50 years ago.

Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori is calling for New Zealanders to share their stories of how they have battled for te reo Māori.

A significant taiaha held in Tūhura Otago Museum has been returned to Ngāti Maniapoto ahead of the tribe's Treaty of Waitangi claim settlement by Parliament.

A Māori radio leader is applauding the government's move to prioritise Māori voices and perspectives in broadcasting.

Having Māori at the decision-making table in Auckland Council is high on the agenda at tonight's Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei mayoral debate.

A retired dentist who runs a free service for those who cannot afford care is appealing to the government for more funding.

Poor quality care for disabled Māori and funding disparities to health providers struggling to help have been highlighted in presentations to the Waitangi Tribunal.

The government has put the funds towards upgrading the country's last four remaining Māori boarding schools.

Māori nurses are calling for more Māori health workers amid growing staff shortages and burnout.

National has branded the government's two-year $20 million measles catch-up campaign as a failure that can't solely be blamed on Covid-19.

Back in the early '80s, Patea Māori Club wanted a song to inspire their people, to tell their story and to bring some joy. Video, Audio

Twenty marae across Northland want to grow the number of whānau who can speak te reo Māori ... in sign language.

It's been a day of gold for Aotearoa at the Va'a World Sprint Championships in the UK, with four waka ama teams victorious.

Māori forest owners fighting to keep exotic trees in the Emissions Trading Scheme are cautiously optimistic the government is backing down.

When it comes to hard work and serving the community to help make a difference, Dr Matire Harwood is your wāhine.

On the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language, the Māori Language Commission is warning more work is needed to ensure its survival.

The National Māori Forestry Association says it is not reassured, despite a government u-turn that will keep exotic forests in the Emissions Trading Scheme.

The first clinical trial into the use of kānuka oil has found it's an effective cream treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema in adults.

Tauranga's new MP is calling on the Port of Tauranga and local iwi to come to an agreement on how the port can expand.