The first issue of MAI Journal for 2016 - Volume 5, Issue 1 - is now available online. This is a general issue which contains six articles that cover themes including ethnic-specific equity programmes in New Zealand universities, Māori values in the workplace, mental health support for Māori following the Christchurch earthquakes, digital media with Māori-language interfaces, representations of Māori and smoking in media, and discourses around mahinga kai, Māori food-gathering sites and practices.