Ngāi Tūhoe leader Tamati Kruger says the iwi does not want to be defined by its negative past, but rather look to the future. He also talked about the comparison with the iwi wishing to not be held by what happens in Wellington, with what is happening in Spain with Catalonia wishing to be independent, and the unsuccessful move of Scotland to try to break away from...

There are few places in New Zealand where you’d be this excited to get out of the rain. At Ruatāhuna, roofs are going on and walls are closing in allowing the team to work undercover inside. This image shows the Tribal Office building in the foreground, store and café building tucked behind and chalets in the distance. The chalet buildings are closing in nicely, with durable and cost-effective corrugated metal cloaking the roof...

Ten years ago, armed police stormed the tiny Bay of Plenty settlement of Rūātoki, in what became known as the Urewera raids. The trauma visited upon the people of Rūātoki that day was the third time in 150 years the Crown had invaded Tūhoe. A decade on from the raids the relationship between Crown and the tribe known as the 'Children of The Mist' is still shrouded in mistrust and mamae. Resident Huka Williams remembers...

It's been a decade since armed police swooped on Bay of Plenty locals believed to be involved in military style training camps.   TVNZ...

Te Kura o Waikaremoana has been making progress according to the Education Review Office team. The team visited the kura in the second term of this year and said while progress had been made since the 2014 ERO report there were still...

Te Kura o Waikaremoana teacher and national te reo Maori speech winner, Te Kewena White has finally received his winning speech certificate. Last year Mr White was invited to participate in the national te reo Maori speech competition by Nga Pae o te Maramatanga which is New Zealands Maori Centre of Research...