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Peata Melbourne: Everything Māori in my life has a positive reference
Peata Melbourne will be one of nine well-known Māori voices speaking at M9.

Bulls kapa haka group ready to hit the national stage
Bulls kapa haka group gear up for National Competition.

Te Matatini: Understanding the value of indigenous music before colonisation
Reclaiming the historical interpretations shaped by Pākehā ethnomusicologists.

Milne takes the stage for M9
Mother, kaihaka, and wahine in business is all in a days work for Kahurangi MIlne

M9: Kapa haka helped Māori musician Troy Kingi define his groove
Troy Kingi's East Coast roots helps drive his beats

Andrea Taimana: New Zealand is increasingly being recognised internationally as a biodiversity hotspot
Native plant and marine extracts set to create multi-million dollar export opportunity.

Tamihere-Waititi: Kapahaka can be an ultimate healing pathway for our whānau
Kiri Tamihere-Waititi on kapa haka and whakapapa.

Matai Smith: Wana means excitement and exhilaration
TV presenter Matai Smith acknowledges the spirit of kapahaka

Waititi: Haka is not just entertainment or art. This is a total cultural expression of our people
Te Pati Māori co-leader has travelled globally thanks to kapa haka.

Associate Professor Rachel Maunganui Wolfgramm: Māori business is good business
Māori know how to run and manage successful businesses.

Reefs 'teeming with life' found on Pātea seabed amid mining case
Niwa says the reefs are rich with thriving plants and animals.

Kapa haka more than song and dance: Morrison
Broadcaster Stacey Morrison is gearing up for the M9 event.

Dr Maria Baker: There is an intergenerational history of our whānau being brutally traumatised in this country
OPINION: The only agenda is to accelerating and evaluate using an indigenous approach.

Third edition of popular speaking event M9 announced
The popular M9 series featuring Māori speakers is back.

Turkish holiday turns into helping earthquake survivors for Kiwi couple
Denise McCabe and her Turkish husband are helping after major quake.

More than 100 help to clean up beach after East Coast floods
The East Coast is in clean-up mode after Cyclone Hale.

Jamie Tuuta to chair Sealord Group
Jamie Tuuta is chairman of Whakaata Māori and Tourism New Zealand.

Digital tool launched to support youth struggling with mental health
The new digital tool will help youth facing mental health issues.

Marae sees Russell name change as 'restoration'
Chairwoman Deb Rewiri tells residents to give Kororāeka a chance.

Russell name change back to Kororāreka
Give Kororāreka name a go, marae chair tells reluctant Russell residents. Video / Te Ao Māori News

'Amazing mahi': US charity donates $260k to Dave Letele’s flood relief
Flood effort gets massive donation from crypto company.

Opinion: Let’s stop talking about racism and start addressing it
Professor Paul Spoonley: It's time to confront racism.

Notorious Black Power member nothing but a 'squatter' - lawyer
Kevin Moore claims he's tangata whenua. Historical documents say otherwise.

28th Māori Battalion Memorial flag (finally) flies high again with rightful honours
The flag of the 28th Māori Battalion was raised with pride and aroha.

Aussies infuriated over King Charles’ Waitangi message in English and te reo
Charles - who ignored Australia Day - has messaged Kiwis in te reo Maori and English.

Mihingarangi Forbes: 'The majority of hatred towards me is aimed at my being a Māori woman'
The broadcaster talks to Elisabeth Easther.

Chris Hipkins crosses Aotearoa to make it in time for music festival
From Waitangi to Hoani Waititi - all in a day's travel for PM.

Manurewa Marae CEO eyes future in national politics
Takutai Moana Kemp to contest Tāmaki Makaurau,