Stories by Leigh-Marama McLachlan

Māori claimants remain unconvinced the government has acted in their best interests in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Māori have criticised the Treaty of Waitangi provision in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and don't believe it can protect their interests.

Māori claimants are lining up to challenge the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Waitangi Tribunal.

MPs have been urged to back a petition calling for a national day to commemorate the New Zealand land wars.

Iwi say people should have to consult with them about where they scatter ashes of the dead. Audio

A Māori language advocacy group is calling on the government to force major airports and banks to have Māori signage.

Plans are underway to get more Maori doctors to become surgeons with the aim of developing a more culturally appropriate surgical workforce.

Ngāi Tahu is calling on its weavers around the country to help make enough bassinets for its newest arrivals.

Northland iwi want a stronger say about where and when bodies are buried at sea.

Applications open today for a $12.8 million government fund intended to improve the use of Māori land.

A painting of three Taranaki kuia with facial moko, wearing traditional cloaks, has won the 2016 Adam Portraiture Award. Audio

The Māori Broadcast Funding Agency is urging iwi radio stations to change the way they operate if they want to thrive in the digital world.

Rules stopping boys schools from performing with poi in a kapa haka competition will only be reconsidered if regions that voted for the change want that. Video, Audio

A Wellington-based iwi trust has not received the votes it needed to go ahead with plans to sell waterfront land at Shelly Bay. Audio

The first women to represent Māori in Parliament have been memorialised in the House, with portraits unveiled. Audio

Te Puni Kōkiri doesn't have the resources to keep an eye on the entire public sector's outcomes for Māori, it says.

Protests are being planned for consultation hui about the government's proposed changes to Māori land laws.

Iwi leaders are urging the Crown to wait for the Waitangi Tribunal to make a call on who can change Maori land laws.

Having a Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust employee handling votes on whether to sell a key asset in Wellington is not a good look, some iwi members say. Audio

Hundreds turned out in Palmerston North at the weekend for the launch of the Maori Science Academy, which will have a NASA aerospace engineer as its ambassador.

The largest exhibition of Ngāpuhi artworks are on display in Kaikohe, before the tribe's annual festival.

Rātana church followers are celebrating the official birthday of their prophet - who was born 143 years ago today.

The Rātana Church is calling for calm when politicians arrive at its annual celebrations near Whanganui amid tension over the TPP. Audio

A British museum hopes a group of London-based Māori can resolve a mystery around artefacts brought back to England by Captain James Cook.

A group representing many iwi around the country say Māori must be given the right to freely use the water on their land.