Stories by Eru Rerekura

Three highschool teams from French Polynesia are taking part in this year's National Secondary Schools' Waka Ama Championships in Rotorua.

A South Taranaki tribe is visiting places in the South Island where their ancestors were sent in the 1800s as punishment for rising up against the Crown.

After four decades of litigation, petition and negotiations, five Epa or Māori storehouse panels that were stolen from a swamp have returned home to Taranaki.

East coast tribes and the Māori language community are mourning the death of a "fighter of Te Reo Māori".

A Far North iwi leader says he has evidence to refute claims by a neighbouring tribe that it has rights over Ngāi Takoto lands in the Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill.

The director of the Māoriland Film Festival, starting next week, says it is inspiring a "new generation of storytellers".

The director of a Māori anti-smoking group says politicians, such as Hone Harawira, need to be acknowledged for their tobacco control work.

A Māori newspaper editor says she was so inspired by the success of a Te Arawa newspaper she decided to launch a local Whanganui version.

A Maori cultural group from eastern Bay of Plenty, Te Whanau a Apanui, were judged the outright winners of Te Matatini National Kapa Haka festival.

After a sunny start to Te Matatini yesterday, the rain didn't deter the crowds from turning up en masse in a cheerful spirit to support their home teams.

In an effort to curb obesity and type-2 diabetes food vendors at Te Matatini have been made to serve up healthy kai.

Ruapehu iwi Ngāti Uenuku says following its inclusion in the Whanganui River Deed of Settlement, it now has a better relationship with its kinfolk.

A Canterbury team performing at national Māori cultural festival Te Matatini says they are under extra pressure to perform, but remain confident.

It's 20 years since the noho of Whanganui's Pakaitore, or Moutoa Gardens - a protest that lasted for 79 days. Audio

A Porirua-based tribe has hosted a post-Treaty settlement tour of their tribal area - and their buses were booked out by elderly Pākehā folk. Audio

Most motels near Hagley Park in Christchurch are either booked out or have limited accommodation a week out from Te Matatini, the national kapa haka festival. Audio

A new curriculum for Māori language immersion schools is being rolled out nationally after being trialled by some kura kaupapa around the country.

A south Auckland Māori urban authority is staying open over the festive period to cope with an increase in struggling whānau needing help with kai and counselling.

The Ātihau-Whanganui Incorporation is sharing its business knowledge with neighbouring tribes to help generate money for their descendants by using land that's unsuitable for beef and sheep farming.

First Nations people in the United States have told a Maori woman working for a native American entity that they are using Maori culture to help them to keep their language alive.

The Māori Language Commission has upset the Greater Wellington Regional Council over tweeting an offer to give pronunciation advice instead of directly going to the local authority. Audio

The first doctoral student from Germany studying at Victoria University will graduate next month with a PhD in Maori Studies. Rebecca Burke first came to NZ seven years ago.

A researcher investigating why tāngata whenua quit their jobs is urging businesses to write up policies which acknowledge the mana of their Māori employees.

A group of businessmen have performed well-known haka Ka Mate to kick-start Britain's Global Entrepreneurship Week, taught by Ngati Maru descendant Karl Burrows.