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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07 Dec: A reshuffle in Te Pati Maori is likely on the cards, with the party's AGM today

02 Dec: Changing dynamics in our prisons - as Corrections works with more older Maori offenders

29 Nov: Labour's leader is not shying away from a campaign in the Maori seats

27 Nov: Maori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences – with lasting consequences

19 Nov: Activist and former MP Hone Harawira says two MPs ousted from Te Pati Maori should be re-instated

18 Nov: Nearly one in five living in New Zealand, identify as Maori

12 Nov: Removing Treaty responsibility from school boards undoes decades of progress

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