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Iwi file urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry over education Treaty changes
3 Dec 2025The claimants argue the legislative and curriculum changes are inconsistent with Te Tiriti o Waitangi and cause "significant and irreversible prejudice" to Māori.
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Study exposes gaps in prison data and support for Māori
3 Dec 2025Māori are being undercounted by around six percent, masking the true scale of incarceration and its impact on whānau, a new study says.
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How police lost two houses, and an iwi's trust
1 Dec 2025Iwi offered to fix up the unused former Police houses. Instead, a 'miscommunication' led to a $138,000 taxpayer bill to get rid of them.
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Leaving treaty out of geothermal strategy a breach - Waitangi Tribunal
The Crown strategy aims to double New Zealand's geothermal energy by 2040.
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Advocate hits back as minister alleges 'nasty' pressure on schools
28 Nov 2025The Education Minister says "very unfair" pressure has been put on schools.
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Māori Queen launches new multi-million-dollar 'Kotahitanga Fund'
29 Nov 2025Te Arikinui said she was proud to launch the initiative as a "declaration" that Māori were ready to invest.
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Researchers link Māori housing inequities to 180 years of restrictive building laws
30 Nov 2025Experts say restoring Māori building autonomy could improve housing outcomes.
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Construction of controversial Rotorua pipeline back in court
27 Nov 2025The Rotokākahi Board of Control is taking the council to court over the Tarawera Sewage Scheme.
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Māori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences
27 Nov 2025People of Māori descent are over-represented at every stage of the criminal justice system.
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Hāmama returned to Rānana Marae after more than 100 years
27 Nov 2025The tekoteko Hāmama arrived back at Rānana Marae in the Whanganui district in November. Audio
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Regional council revamp 'pretty serious attack' on Treaty rights - Little
26 Nov 2025The coalition's proposals would impact Māori representation that's been guaranteed under the Treaty of Waitangi, Wellington's mayor says. Audio
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NZ's track record of racial equality under review at the UN
26 Nov 2025Māori leaders have told a UN committee that racism against Māori has escalated under the current government.
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Mayors can't represent Māori - West Coast iwi chair
26 Nov 2025Paul Madgwick has rejected the idea that mayors would represent Māori interests on the government's proposed new boards.
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Ousted MP alleges 'despicable' treatment of dying colleague
25 Nov 2025Tākuta Ferris has levelled a series of allegations against his former party, which its president has dismissed as "innuendo".
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NZ government 'creating unprecedented harm', Māori health leader tells UN
25 Nov 2025"The coalition government has escalated discrimination against Māori, spread misinformation, and overridden constitutional norms," says Lady Tureiti Moxon.
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'This is possible': First indigenous woman to study at Oxford inspires Māori Rhodes Scholar
23 Nov 2025Naianga Tapiata will study at Oxford from 2026, following in the footsteps of Mākereti (Maggie) Papakura.
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Iwi has called for Te Pāti Māori president to step down, ousted MP says
24 Nov 2025Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says she received an email from the Parliamentary Services Office that she was within her Parliamentary budget - by $1.
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Hawaiian waka makes historic return to NZ
23 Nov 2025A Hawaiian waka will be on display for people to see at Mangonui's main wharf in Northland.
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Over 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Treaty
21 Nov 2025It comes after the government removed Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
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Iwi vs iwi at Taranaki Tū Mai festival
More than 5000 uri of the eight iwi of Taranaki are expected to come together in Ōpunakē to celebrate their unity through cultural activities and friendly sporting competition.
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Māori ethnic population nears one million
21 Nov 2025Latest estimates from Stats NZ show around 932,000 people, or 18 percent of the population, identify as Māori.
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'Letting the world know we're still here': Te Matatini champion on power of kapa haka
22 Nov 2025Kereama Wright (Te Arawa) says kapa haka is a form of rongoā, healing body, mind and spirit.
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Te Pāti Māori turns down hui offer
Te Pāti Māori is risking "political suicide" by not showing up to a Te Tai Tokerau hui, the chair of Ngāpuhi says.
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Chatham Islands' waka dated back to 1400s
20 Nov 2025The waka was unearthed by father and son Vincent and Nikau Dix.
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