Fears over rise of stolen pounamu being sold on black market
Fears of a growing black market of pounamu has led to Ngāi Tahu, the owners of the precious…
Northland kiwifruit karakia for start of $5 billion harvest
More than 100 movers and shakers attended the Ngāti Hine Forestry Trust karakia ceremony on one of its…
Rangitikeī iwi bets on green energy
Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa is staking its claim in New Zealand’s clean energy future, backing a 280-megawatt green hydrogen…
Bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi
A bill returning one of New Zealand’s most historic sites to Māori is due to be passed by…
Global indigenous groups gather in Auckland
Thousands of indigenous leaders in education have gathered in Auckland for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education,…
Whānau already on waitlist for 80 new rental homes in Rotorua
Fifty whānau are already on a waitlist for an affordable housing scheme in Rotorua, announced today by a…
Ngāti Tūwharetoa chief Sir Tumu te Heuheu dies
Sir Tumu te Heuheu, the ariki and paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, has died. In a statement, Te…
Gisborne hapū blocks road in bid to reclaim ancestral lands
A Gisborne hapū has blocked a road and attempted to stop work at a wharf in their latest…
Threat to one of NZ’s oldest burial sites the ‘canary in the coal mine’
One of New Zealand’s earliest and most significant archaeological sites is at risk of rising sea levels driven…
Rotorua council agrees to return land to whānau
Ownership of a public reserve in Ngongotahā will be gifted back to the whānau who donated it decades…