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One of two Te Pāti Māori factions willing to meet - iwi leaders
4 Nov 2025Te Pāti Māori's leadership is willing to meet with its estranged MPs.
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Rawiri Waititi blames two 'rogue' MPs for turmoil within Te Pāti Māori
4 Nov 2025A process is in play for whether Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris are expelled from the party, Rawiri Waititi says. Audio
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Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
4 Nov 2025"Every child has a right to know whose land they stand on."
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Te Pāti Māori will 'shortly' consider whether to expel MPs - Tamihere
4 Nov 2025Iwi leaders will meet with party leadership today in an effort to put a stop to extraordinary infighting. Audio
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'Greed, avarice, and entitlement' - Te Pāti Māori president urges MPs to quit
3 Nov 2025Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere has told MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris to "do the honourable thing" and quit Parliament.
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Freshwater allocation system degrading water quality and shutting Māori out, court hears
3 Nov 2025A group of Māori landowners taking the government to court over freshwater rights.
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School curriculum 'will perpetuate racism and ongoing inequity in our schools'
3 Nov 2025The new school curriculum makes Māori people, knowledge and culture invisible and prioritises European knowledge, say Māori education leaders.
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Landmark Māori freshwater rights case in court this week
3 Nov 2025Wai Manawa Whenua is challenging the Crown in the High Court, saying decades of inaction have failed to protect Aotearoa's waterways.
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Generations celebrate at 25th Te Mana Kuratahi
2 Nov 2025Sixty-two groups are set to perform at the 25th anniversary of Te Mana Kuratahi, the National Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition.
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New platform gives Waiariki control over its own health data
1 Nov 2025Te Taura Ora o Waiariki Iwi Māori Partnership Board is changing how Māori health data is accessed, understood, and used for its people.
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Iwi lands on 'tapu' islands in protest over law change
31 Oct 2025Members of a Northland iwi have sailed to the Poor Knights Islands to raise a flag and erect a carved pou.
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: Māori economist says capital gains 'weak' but 'overdue'
31 Oct 2025Matthew Roskruge (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama), Professor of Economics at Massey Business School and the Associate Dean Māori, says Labour's proposed capital gains tax makes sense in principle but does…
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Māori man seeking citizenship for kids should be granted it, Waitangi Tribunal finds
31 Oct 2025The Citizenship Act 1977 limits citizenship by descent to one generation, something the tribunal says should change.
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People going to Tauranga kapa haka event asked to take measles precautions
30 Oct 2025A Māori health coalition is asking those attending the National Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition to take precautions to prevent measles from spreading.
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Iwi leaders unveil AI safeguards to protect Māori data
30 Oct 2025The framework introduces safeguards to prevent harm, including regular monitoring, accountability and transparent algorithm use.
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'Breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi': Racial discrimination worsening in NZ - report
29 Oct 2025The UN-bound report says the current government is "actively and profoundly aggravating NZ's constitutionally racist foundation in a way we have not seen for at least half a century".
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'A remarkable confluence of events' - 50 years on from the Māori Land March
29 Oct 2025The Māori Land March entered Parliament grounds on a rainy day 50 years ago this month, led by then 79 year old Dame Whina Cooper. Audio
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Unions and Māori come together for Rā Whakamana
28 Oct 2025The mobilisation coincided with the 190th anniversary of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand) and the first Labour Day…
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One of New Zealand's founding documents celebrates 190 years
28 Oct 2025He Whakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, usually translated as the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, was signed at Waitangi on October 28th 1835.
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Hundreds gather across Aotearoa calling on government to honour Te Tiriti
28 Oct 2025The organisers describe the gathering as a tikanga-led stand for cultural wellbeing, mana wāhine, rangatahi, workers' rights, and tino rangatiratanga.
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Te Pāti Māori to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi - reports
27 Oct 2025Te Pāti Māori members have voted to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, according to Waatea News.
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Te Karere news has budget slashed by 60%, The Hui receives no funding
24 Oct 2025Funding for the long-standing Māori news bulletin Te Karere has been slashed, while current affairs programme The Hui has had their funding cut completely. The announcement comes from Māori media...
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Historic waka 'Hinepāpara' emerges from Far North's Ōmahuta Forest
26 Oct 2025History has been made in the Far North, where a waka has been shaped in the forest for the first time in almost a century. On Friday, Bay of Islands...
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