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Revamped Stardome to shine light on Māori astronomy
Stardome will be the first to offer a comprehensive star map showing over 100 Māori names.

Hearty Families founder does what she can for the less fortunate
Cherie Kurarangi recognised for looking after gang whānau.

'We are not a gang neighbourhood': Community hits back at Corrections report
A Flaxmere community is angered by Corrections' description of their neighbourhood.

Maori trade board member joins WTO
WTO appoints Tania Te Whenua to its first civil advisory board.

Rob Campbell: Why move backwards and create sunk costs when we could move forward to create new value?
Former health boss says National's health axe will set Māori back years.

'Won't make any money': Lewis Road Creamery defends Matariki product
Lewis Road Creamery says it is not cashing in on Māori new year.

M9 Event to Celebrate Toi Māori: Spotlight on Nigel Borell
Māori art curator Nigel Borell on creating art for the future.

Winner wants to highlight horticulture as a career to other rangatahi
Grace Rehu takes out top Ahuwhenua young Māori growers award.

Opinion: The right and wrongs of selling the Ruapehu Ski fields
Not everything in relation to the Ruapehu ski fields should be about profit.

Queensland government restores indigenous name of Fraser Island to K’gari
Pronounced “Gurri”, the name means “paradise”.

40 hours of te reo - a rangatahi's goal
Hemi Pinfold Whanga is not fluent but will take on the daunting reo challenge for charity.

Ngāti Porou leader Selwyn Tanetoa Parata awarded knighthood
Ngāti Porou Knight Selwyn Parata talks about his life

Wahine business owner who fixes East Coast roads and school lunches
Kat Kaiwai is at home on the roads or making lunches for hundreds of tamariki.

Community advocates say $9K spent on census hui was money well spent
The $9000 spent on four census hui with gangs was money well spent.

Light up the heart: The groundbreaking new show illuminating Australia's ancient Red Centre
Wintjiri Wiru is the world's largest permanent drone show.

Māori trades and training programme in Otago gets green light
Aukaha's programme will receive part of $40m boost for new Māori trades and training.

The mental health system failed my father. I want to fix it.
Johnny Cribb says he's been defined by the mental health death of his dad

Iwi leaders encourage Māori to register to vote
'It doesn’t really matter which roll we’re on but it does matter that we vote'.

Christchurch group will honour Matariki in art
Tuatahi Creatives is one of four artist hubs that will commission Matariki artwork.

Kia Mau festival has 'something for everyone'
Kia Mau is bringing Māori and Pasifika theatre music and art to the capital.

Nikau Grace's waiata of self-discovery resonates across Aotearoa, challenges stereotypes
Singer-songwriter Nikau Grace is at a crossroads musically and culturally.

You’re hired: Investment in Maori apprenticeships lowers jobless numbers
The number of trades trainees has increased 71 per cent.

Labour members ask Jackson to stand against Whaitiri
Labour's Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate wants Jackson to oppose Whaitiri.

Five Māori high school students soar high with academic scholarship
Te Ara a Kupe Beaton Scholarship provides support and services up to $25K.

Cobber challenge 2023: Celebrating hardworking herding dogs in Australasia
New Zealand's best shep dogs take on their Aussie counterparts

Calling on a new cohort of Māori cadets to upskill and make real impacts for whānau
The Icehouse is looking for 25 future leaders.

Pay Wave: Hawaiians battling 'commodification' of precious treasure
The project has landed in court following concerns about cultural commodification.

Four names put forward for vacated Waipā Māori Ward seat
Bill Harris, Barney Manaia, Dale Maree Morgan and Gaylene Roberts are all standing.