Hokimoana Te Rika-Hekerangi Preserving the Maori language has been a life-long duty for Hokimoana Te Rika-Hekerangi, who was born and raided in Ruatahuna. Her mission to keep te reo alive has extended beyond the reaches of her own community to encompass wider New Zealand and...

Tuhoe leader Tamati Kruger has been named 2014 Maori of the Year by Television New Zealand. TV One's Marae Investigates programme named Mr Kruger, who led the negotiations that achieved the iwi's Treaty of Waitangi settlement in 2013, the supreme winner of its Maori of the Year awards on Waitangi Day, February...