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Māoriland Film Festival: 'Drawing into their whakapapa' to tell stories 'from their heart'
More than 100 films and digital works from 86 indigenous nations will be screening at the Māoriland Film Festival on the Kāpiti Coast.
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Governor-General tour rolls through Whangārei
26 Mar 2025The Governor-General Cindy Kiro is on her first official tour of her home region, Northland - including visiting arts and community centres, marae, and taking…
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Tame Iti joins calls for release of Dean Wickliffe
26 Mar 2025The Māori rights activist wants his friend who is on a hunger strike to be freed after allegations of abuse by prison guards.
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You can now learn te reo Māori at Yale
26 Mar 2025In what's being hailed 'a win for all Indigenous languages', Yale is offering a course in te reo Māori - a first for any Ivy League university.
![The Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro's official Northland visit: Kaihautū [captain] Joelene Busby directs the waka tētē Whakaruru Te Hau.](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--2Gxa_Q-V--/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_576/v1742970309/4K9XTS0_PD260325GGVISIT07_1_JPG?_a=BACCd2AD)
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The underground fashion week redefining the industry
Te Wiki Āhua o Aotearoa was launched in 2024 by a group of wāhine frustrated by the lack of spaces to showcase Aotearoa's creative scene.
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From sporting honours to King Country shepherdess
24 Mar 2025Before Grace Watson left primary school, she could already drive a tractor and a manual ute - now she's a finalist for Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer of the Year.
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Petition launched against 'horrible, disgusting and inedible' school lunches
25 Mar 2025"We've just had enough," lawyer Tania Waikato told RNZ. Audio
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The softball club normalising te ao Māori on the diamond
21 Mar 2025Te Aroha Softball Club did something never seen before at the tournament - taking the diamond not just with gloves and bats, but with haka.
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Māori artist honoured at NZer Of The Year Awards
24 Mar 2025Elizabeth Ellis' tireless work as an artist and leader in Māori arts and education has landed Ellis the title of Senior New Zealander of the Year.
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Alleged beating of parolee Dean Wickliffe condemned
19 Mar 2025The alleged abuse of a 77-year-old kaumātua at a Corrections facility highlights the failure of the prison system to uphold its own commitments under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, says a prisoner advocacy…
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'They're our tīpuna' - FENZ encourages more marae to get firewise
19 Mar 2025A lot of marae around Aotearoa do not have fire alarms, and Fire and Emergency wants more marae to simply 'get in touch' to prevent a possible catastrophe.
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Jones looks to convince iwi of geothermal potential of Māori-owned land
21 Mar 2025A hui with 40 iwi groups today is so Māori land owners get an early notice of what the Crown is proposing to do, Jones says.
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'You're going to be blocked': Matariki post unleashes abuse
20 Mar 2025A mayor says his council is taking a tough stance after a social media message drew a barrage of vitriol and racist comments.
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Māori landowners hit back over concerns for river energy plans
20 Mar 2025Olympic silver medallist Luuka Jones who grew up paddling the Kaituna River says its loss for her sport will be devastating.
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Broadcaster Peata Melbourne receives 28th Māori Battalion Memorial Scholarship
15 Mar 2025She will receive a doctoral scholarship of $40,000 to complete her PhD in Māori Studies at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
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Te Matatini drops four-album record of 2025 viral festival
15 Mar 2025The albums' release follows the viral success of People's Choice Award winner Te Kuru Marutea from Te Tauihu, whose choral song, Kei Wareware i a Tātou, tallied a total of 45 million views across… Video, Audio
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Whangārei hāpu fear landowners will cut down ancient Puriri trees on Onoke Pā
Ngāti Kahu o Torongare have been in and out of court for the last 30 years to protect Onoke Pā.
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Students 'left in the dark' over delayed scholarship payments
14 Mar 2025Teaching students are struggling to meet the demands of full-time study without the money.
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Womad visitors invited to try ancient Māori martial art
14 Mar 2025Hosted at Te Paepae - the cultural heartbeat of the festival - groups of about 20 at a time are being encouraged to connect with te ao Māori through games and drills.
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Māori educators concerned by proposal to axe funding for resource teachers
13 Mar 2025The government is proposing to reinvest the funding into other "more efficient" frontline support.
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Wāhine plumber hopes more women enter trades
14 Mar 2025In a field where only 2% of certified plumbers are women, Hera Eruera - better known as She's a Māori Plumber online - is challenging the status quo. Audio
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Building future leaders in small Taranaki town
11 Mar 2025Meet the rōpū empowering rangatahi to reach their potential.
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New report highlights dramatic growth in Māori economy
Māori contributions to the economy have far surpassed the projected goal of '$100 billion by 2030,' a new report has revealed.
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Tribute to late Sir Robert Gillies at 28th Battalion Scholarship ceremony
13 Mar 2025Broadcaster Peata Melbourne is among 13 recipients of the 2025 Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship.
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Bowel cancer screening changes 'driven by ideology, not facts'
10 Mar 2025The government is being accused of sacrificing peoples' lives for ideology by delaying bowel cancer screening for Māori and Pacific people from 50 to 58. Audio
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A 'destruction of Whānau Ora by stealth' - providers
10 Mar 2025A change in direction at Whānau Ora has drawn the ire of agencies, which are set to lose their long-held positions as commissioning bodies and say up to 1000 jobs could be lost.
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HOKA shoes uses a Māori name. Why don't they say so?
12 Mar 2025One of the world's hottest sneaker brands, rarely attributes its name to Māori - but it used to.
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Kapa haka leaders at top of the South Island confident region is ready to host Te Matatini
10 Mar 2025Speculation has been rife that the Nelson-Marlborough region could miss out on its confirmed host status due to concerns over infrastructure and accommodation.
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