In an emotional ceremony at the beginning of November, more than 60kg worth of stolen pounamu was returned to its rightful guardians Poutini Ngāi Tahu. New Zealand Customs Service and 'Ngāi Tahu ...

Ashburton Intermediate School has dropped a rule requiring students to get a uniform pass to wear a pounamu at school.

Apanui-Barr, a fellow reo Māori singer-songwriter, says they first connected through He Pounamu, a 1990s Māngai Pāho compilation of reo Māori waiata, and remained close ever since. Their last ...

A school in Canterbury has been criticised for requiring students to carry “culturally inappropriate” passes permitting them ...

“This hospital is not a ‘nice to have’, it is an absolute necessity. The people of Ōtepoti have been conned, they deserve the ...

Ashburton Intermediate has apologised after issuing a uniform pass that labelled pounamu as “incorrect uniform” and the board now plans to review the school's uniform code. The school issues laminated ...

A school in Canterbury has been criticised for requiring students to carry “culturally inappropriate” passes permitting them ...

A first-of-its-kind study has found disabled people are more likely to be stopped by police, have force used against them, ...