How Tūhoe is rethinking the future of Lake Waikaremoana – and asking trampers for patience while they do it. As a young dad, Tūhoe’s Tamati Kruger spent months living off-grid with his family deep in Te Urewera. They lived in a rough slab hut and foraged and hunted off the land. He even delivered his son there. Years later, when Kruger tussled with former prime minister John Key on the need to include the care and management of Te...

It's been two months since a video of a newborn baby being taken from its mother in Hastings sparked national outrage.   Since then, four inquiries have been launched and the Ministry for Children, Oranga Tamariki, has promised to do better.   And despite seething anger from many in Māoridom, iwi are still willing to work with the department.   Mitch McCann travelled to Tūhoe country, where a...

Tūhoe and Oranga Tamariki will work together to move at-risk children out of state care and into safe, loving homes connected with their wider whānau, under a Relationship Agreement signed in Tāneatua yesterday. View...

More families will be putting their hand up to provide safe homes for children after Tūhoe signed an agreement with Oranga Tamariki, an iwi leader says. Under the agreement, Oranga Tamariki will notify the iwi of any tamariki with Tūhoe whakapapa coming into their care. View...

Last night a strategic partnership to see less children in state care was signed between Oranga Tamariki and Tūhoe. Tāmati Kruger told John Campbell he's not proud it's required but it's time for Tūhoe to address the issue of Māori tamariki in care. Watch video...

Iwi-Oranga Tamariki agreement to ensure ‘culture of care’.   A new agreement between Tuhoe and Oranga Tamariki aims to stop Maori children ending up on a “never-ending treadmill of state care”. Tuhoe iwi and the Ministry for Children, Oranga Tamariki, will be “working on the ground together” to “share responsibilities” after signing a relationship agreement last night in...