Director Kath Akuhata-Brown says it's time for a story that heals, not harms and shows the beauty of being Māori.

features Maori artists aged from nine to 85. Many of the artists previously exhibited in Ngati Kuia, at the Refinery ArtSpace in 2014. "It's been inspiring for me to see those artists journeys ...

Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this year's list.

Kōkā, directed by Kath Akuhata-Brown (Ngāti Porou), follows the journey of two wāhine - a kuia named Hamo and a troubled young woman, Jo - who form an unlikely bond on a road trip across Aotearoa.

But she rates winning New Zealand Maori participation in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup as a highlight. ARL chairman Cameron McGregor says bestowing the title kaumatua kuia on Friend was special.

In 2017 he is shortlisted in the Canon Media Awards for Feature Writer of the Year and Best Reporter - Maori and ethnic affairs ... about her exhibition of kuia portraits. The success or failure ...

Talia Marshall (Ngati Kuia/ Rangitane o Wairau ... The First Migration: Maori Origins 3000BC-AD1450. A select committee review into assisted dying is coming up, and all signs point to a foregone ...

New Zealand legislators have voted to enact record suspensions from parliament for three politicians who performed a Maori haka to protest over a proposed law. Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke received a ...

Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have been suspended for 21 days, and parliament’s youngest member, 22-year-old Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has a seven day ban for ...

Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer were banished from parliament for 21 days, the longest-ever suspension. Fellow Maori Party lawmaker Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, New ...