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COMMENT: Your columnist has a soft spot for those born into less blessed homes and difficult circumstances. But not for gang members.
COMMENT: Your columnist has a soft spot for those born into less blessed homes and difficult circumstances. But not for gang members.
COMMENT: Bill English has done a remarkable job with his speech today in Maori, however here's my challenge, writes Moehau Hodges-Tai.
Bill English's arrival this afternoon was uneventful compared to his first Ratana visit in 2002 - also the first by a National Party leader.
Labour leader Andrew Little says the Maori Party is "effectively the Maori branch of the National Party."
Kingi Ihaka, who died in Auckland on Tuesday morning, has returned to Te Kao, where he was born in 1942. He is remembered as a distinguished
The new school year is weeks away but schools are struggling to find teachers.
COMMENT: Let's hope that this 150th year of Maori representation enables a robust dialogue to occur with all of us at the table with an equal voice.
New Zealand's education system needs to put more focus on languages, says the woman whose video about Maori pronunciation received thousands of views last week.
COMMENT: Let me tell you a story of broken promises, generations of injustice, second-class treatment and now, of political expediency, writes Lizzie Marvelly.
The suicide rate among young Kiwi men aged 20 to 24 in recent years was double the rate of Australian men of the same age group, a study has found.
People failing to pronounce Maori place names correctly "boggles the mind" of one Auckland woman, and presumably the thousands of people who viewed her online video.
Property values As a ratepayer in this lovely town with a wonderful council that charges excessive rates, don't you think that this
New research has found babies are safe to sleep in a Maori flax-woven bassinet that was behind a controversial Government policy U-turn
A rare undeveloped gem in the Hokianga where Polynesian settlers are first believed to have set foot on New Zealand soil is for sale in the Hokianga.
It's peak season on the Whanganui River, with about 100 people a day finishing river trips at Pipiriki. About half of them are canoeists
A Waikato couple are "gutted" over the loss of their twins' placentas, stolen from their meat freezer.
So staggering were the improvements in health outcomes for an Alaskan community that Hawke's Bay District Health Board's general manager
A new fight may be developing between Government and iwi over fishing rights, this time in the Marlborough Sounds.
COMMENT: How many readers of the Herald knew that Labour, New Zealand's oldest political party, achieved its centenary in 2016? Not many I imagine.
The Kiwi filmmaker has taken the time to roll up his sleeves and go on the bone marrow registry.
You know you're in Northland when Santa arrives by waka ama with a United Tribes flag flying proudly from the back of his canoe.
The paddle's original owner, Ngai Te Rangi chief Hori Ngatai (1832-1912) PHOTO/ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY141216sp02bop.JPG Alfred
Hokitika woman Lisa Tumahai yesterday stepped into the top role of the billion-dollar Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu.
Paddle: 131216RK01BOP A paddle gifted by the renowned Maori chief Hori Ngatai to a young English army lieutenant 150 years ago is
The commercial arm of Auckland's largest iwi, Ngati Whatua, has released its annual report for the June 30, 2016 year revealing a
Kerensa Johnston - mother, lawyer, Maori rights activist - has added chief executive to her list of accomplishments.
Judith Collins has laid out her policy agenda if she is elected Prime Minister.
Two landowners and Heritage New Zealand are opposing a water export facility being proposed for remote South Westland.
Te Puna School do a special performance for Te Awanuiarangi Black. Photo/Andrew Warner.021216aw20bop.JPG Au revoir Awa - a tribute
Waiwhakaata Tangitu,12 performing in the kapa haka competition. Photo/Andrew Warner. Te Puna School's kapa haka performance took