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'This really isn't just about the demise of Te Aka Whai Ora'
26 Aug 2025A landmark High Court challenge over the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora - taking place in Wellington this week - is about "the ability and the right of Māori to look after ourselves", say the…
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The struggle to solve Māori youth homelessness
23 Aug 2025Youth homelessness advocates are calling for more to be done to help vulnerable young people who do not have safe, stable accommodation. Audio
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Autaia a feast of haka theatre
23 Aug 2025Students from 12 Auckland, Northland and Waikato schools will each give a performance blending kapa haka, theatre and storytelling.
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Auckland University waka ama team to represent Aotearoa in Hawai'i
23 Aug 2025Waipapa Taumata Rau brings together Māori and Pasifika paddlers from across the university.
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'It's been a failure right across the board' - Peeni Henare
22 Aug 2025Labour's Peeni Henare and Te Pāti Māori's Oriini Kaipara discuss the issues facing whānau in the biggest Polynesian city in the world.
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Gisborne council approves Ngāti Oneone land return investigation plan
23 Aug 2025Eight parcels of land in Kaiti are prioritised for potential purchase by the hapū.
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Around 60 roles cut in Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 'redesign'
21 Aug 2025The tertiary institute has announced plans for an 'organisational redesign,' with around 60 roles affected by the proposed changes.
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Many seats filled unopposed for Waikato councils
20 Aug 2025Government legislation and abuse of councillors are among factors making people reluctant to stand, one councillor says.
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Should Māori born overseas automatically be NZ citizens?
18 Aug 2025John Bryers Ruddock is Ngāpuhi and recently returned to Aotearoa with his three children, he is now navigating the process of having them recognised as citizens. Audio
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Rotorua hapū trust expand affordable rental initiative
18 Aug 2025An affordable rental initiative is being expanded by a Rotorua hapū trust, which hopes to get more of its whānau into home ownership.
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Māori coastal rights Supreme Court decision could set precedent - lawyer
15 Aug 2025The court found riverbeds deemed to be part of the marine area can be included in Māori customary marine title orders.
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Review: Geneva AM's uplifting new album Pikipiki will make you want to dance and sing
15 Aug 2025You don't need to be fluent in te reo to feel welcomed by the Waiheke Island-based musician's new album.
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Riverbeds part of Māori customary rights, Supreme Court rules
15 Aug 2025It comes as the government forges ahead with a law change.
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Council's $52,000 report slammed as 'anti-Māori'
15 Aug 2025Mayor Craig Jepson claimed the document would serve as a guide for staff, councillors and the public
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Lifting the tapu: Māori women who carve
17 Aug 2025It's commonly assumed that Māori women don't carve, but one group of wāhine are creating an environment to support others who want to learn the craft.
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'We will not stand by while Māori are quietly scrubbed from the roll'
15 Aug 2025Whānau being moved off the main roll without consent is an attack on "our mana and our rights", Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says.
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Removing te reo Māori from children's books breaches Treaty, human rights
A leading Māori studies academic says the education minister's decision is "a dangerous move".
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More Māori nurses needed to meet population and health needs - report
14 Aug 2025It would mean increasing the number of Māori nurses entering the workforce from 300 a year to almost 1650.
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Treaty of Waitangi non-fiction wins at children's book awards
Māori writer and historian Ross Calman unpacks the complexities of Aotearoa / New Zealand's founding document in an accessible way.
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Principal slams Stanford's scrapping of Māori words in readers
14 Aug 2025A Māori educator says children shouldn't have to wait until year 2 to learn Māori words. Audio
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Expert warns GP funding changes will worsen outcomes for Māori
13 Aug 2025GP clinics will soon receive funding based on factors such as age, sex, rurality, socioeconomic deprivation and morbidity, but not ethnicity.
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Minister bans Māori words from future kids' books
The near-total ban in 5-year-olds' books was driven by concern it would be confusing, documents show. Audio
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Is Māori Media in for a shake-up?
Could the idea of a national hub for Māori news become a reality?
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Te Arawa Lakes Trust calls for stronger partnership to protect Rotorua lakes
12 Aug 2025The trust says it has no "exclusive seat at the table" when it comes to Crown-led water management.
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