The course in Maori performing arts, or Te Ao Haka, will be available for about 900 students at more than 30 schools - for all three NCEA levels.

The performance-based art form is grounded in Maori culture, language and heritage.

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29 Oct: Former Te Pati Maori staffer Eru Kapa-Kingi, son of Te Pati Maori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, says he is engaging legal counsel over what he claims is "false korero" impacting his family

20 Oct: Toitu te Tiriti activist Eru Kapa-Kingi has doubled down on claiming Te Pati Maori has dictatorship-style decision making

15 Oct: Te Pati Maori MPs don't appear united, about an email sent to members, containing serious allegations

14 Oct: Documents released by Te Pati Maori accuse former party vice president Eru Kapa-Kingi of making "threats of physical violence"

07 Oct: A Christchurch Maori immersion school is finally getting a new home, after a 16-year battle with the Ministry of Education over leaky classrooms

05 Oct: Fisheries New Zealand is stepping in with new bylaws to protect nine West Coast areas, exclusive to local Maori

01 Oct: ACT says Auckland University should pay back thousands of students - who did compulsory Treaty of Waitangi and Te Ao Maori courses

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