Tangata whenua need to share stories about their ties to freshwater – because other groups will certainly be telling theirs, says Ōhiwa Harbour Implementation Forum chairman Toi Iti.

Whānau in the Bay of Plenty are partnering with a University of Waikato science scholar, in the hopes of netting profits in the aquaculture industry by getting ika in the mood.

The swarm of earthquakes plaguing Bay of Plenty residents could continue for weeks, a GNS seismologist says.

Closures on some of Mauao’s walking tracks are likely as authorities work to remove and research a “much larger scale” of Myrtle rust found in several small areas of the mountain.

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By Roimata Mihinui, Rotorua Daily Post

Our senior athletes, including some in their 90s, are counting down to the Te Arawa Kaumātua Olympics at the Rotorua Events Centre next Friday.

Organiser Dr Laurie Morrison (Ngāti Whakaue) said the response was almost overwhelming with 38 teams making the deadline. She had anticipated that Cyclone Gabrielle would affect entries.

The inaugural Te Arawa Kaumātua Olympics was held in 2019.

Sport NZ board member and inaugural chair of Te Taumata Māori, Karen Vercoe (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Mākino).  Photo / NZ Herald

Aotearoa will realise its full potential in sport when Māori are able to participate and succeed as Māori, says Sport NZ.

The kaitiaki for Aotearoa's 'play, active recreation and sport system', this week established Te Taumata Māori to provide Sport NZ and High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) with leadership as they "work towards achieving their Te Tiriti commitments".

Paraone Gloyne says he often hears non-Māori slipping te reo words into their speech.  Photo / File

By Pokere Paewai, RNZ

The Oxford English Dictionary updates every three months, and this month includes a significant number of te reo Māori words.

Forty-seven new New Zealand words have been added to the dictionary, they include 'hooning,' (noun) "The action or practice of engaging in antisocial, aggressive, or irresponsible behaviour considered typical of a hoon."

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The behind the scenes reality of grassroots Māori Wardens is set to be revealed in a documentary to screen on Whakaata Māori.

Māori Wardens follows them in their daily lives across Aotearoa.

“Like many people, I didn’t know what Māori Wardens really did,” the documentary's producer and director Susan Leonard (Te Arawa, Rangitāne) says.

“I saw them as guardian angels, kind people, keeping the peace, but after working on this documentary I realise they are all that and more."

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By Maryana Garcia, Rotorua Daily Post

Veteran broadcaster Julian Wilcox says he was “hugely honoured and quite emotional” about receiving a Ngarimu VC and 28th Māori Battalion Memorial Scholarship in Rotorua yesterday.

Ten future leaders of Māoridom gathered at Te Papaiouru Marae in Ōhinemutu for what was the scholarship’s first award ceremony in Rotorua and the second time in the scholarship’s nearly 80-year history that the ceremony took place outside of Parliament in Wellington.

A new portrait mural in Glen Innes, Auckland was revealed last week but it has already run into trouble.

it’s a collaboration between mural artist Owen Dippie and respected activist/artist Emily Karaka. It shows Karaka with a list of some of her activities and connections.

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Thousands of Māori with dyslexia, which affects a person's ability to read, write and spell, are not being diagnosed, experts say.

"Māori are disproportionately disadvantaged by our current regime in New Zealand," dyslexia specialist Mike Styles has told 1 News.

"It would be in the tens of thousands of people in New Zealand who are missing out. And here's the thing. It is an equity issue for Māori. And it is, I believe, a treaty issue."

Diagnosis can cost up to $1500, which is out of reach for many Māori.

One person is dead after an alleged serious assault in Ngāruawāhia on Wednesday night.

Police responded to the incident at a residential address in Cavan Street shortly before 9.30pm.

"One person has been taken into custody and charges are being considered," Police said in a statement.

"Enquiries into the circumstances of the incident are underway and further information will be released proactively when it is available."