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Māori Party wants to move to Covid-19 alert level 4
The Māori Party is calling on the government to move to alert level 4.
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Northland businesses fear another full lockdown
Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai says business owners in Northland are already bracing themselves for another lockdown.
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Iwi considers placing alert level 4 rules over rohe
Leaders of Te Whānau a Apanui are considering placing alert level 4 restrictions over their rohe, including setting up checkpoints.
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Wellington convention centre named Tākina, botanic gardens area named Paekākā
The council has unanimously approved the name, and formally accepted the name Paekākā for the area around the botanical gardens.
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Whānau, funeral homes 'confused' about tangihanga rules
Funeral home directors in Auckland are unsure what to tell whānau who have planned funeral or tangihanga services over the weekend.
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New partnership aims to increase Māori home ownership
Wellington iwi are hopeful a new housing partnership with the Hutt City Council will get more Māori in the city owning homes.
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Raukūmara Forest restoration with $34m fund: 'The state of it is scary'
After years of lobbying successive governments, local iwi on the East Coast have finally received funding and support to heal the ancestral Raukūmara Forest.
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Stomach cancer gene testing guidelines for Māori will save lives - survivors
Whānau who suffer from a rare genetic mutation that leads to stomach cancer have said new international guidelines making it easier for Māori to get tested will save hundreds of lives.
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Mātauranga Māori 'crucial' to protecting biodiversity
The government's latest plan to save New Zealand's wildlife and plants promises to have te ao Māori at its heart, including holding mātauranga Māori in the same regard as Western science.
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Iwi 'fully divided' on Treaty settlement negotiations
At least three hapū have written formal requests to Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little to stop negotiating the Whakatōhea Treaty settlement with its pre-settlement trust.
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Oranga Tamariki fronts up to Waitangi Tribunal hearing
"I have a daughter and I don't want the state caring for her." Oranga Tamariki's bosses have appeared at the Waitangi Tribunal today.
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Government allocates $1.5m funding for 19 marae across Wairoa
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa descendants are overjoyed they can do up their wharenui, while also attracting their rangatahi back to their marae, with more than $1.5 million from the Provincial Growth…
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Oranga Tamariki report: 'Something is rotten in that organisation'
Māori leaders say they have no faith in Oranga Tamariki and the chief executive needs to go after the latest report into the organisation found it was routinely taking newborns without whānau… Audio
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Ngāpuhi hapū preparing to occupy Bay of Islands public reserve
Ngāpuhi hapū in a small Bay of Islands town are gearing up to occupy a public reserve to stop a neighbouring boatyard owner from using it.
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Brewery apologises for 'Huruhuru' Māori beer name
The co-founder of a Canadian brewery that has been mocked online for naming its New Zealand pale ale 'Huruhuru', has apologised to anyone who felt disrespected.
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Positive start to Ōpōtiki’s first Tuia Programme
Ōpōtiki's first Tuia Programme is already producing positive results amongst the community's youth.
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Oranga Tamariki baby removal the 'default position' - Chief ombudsman's inquiry
An investigation into Oranga Tamariki has found the ministry has been routinely removing newborn babies from their parents under a "without notice" court order, rather than in exceptional cases only. Video
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Māori unemployment rate drops by 2 percentage points
The unemployment rate for Māori has dropped significantly in the three months to June, falling to 6.7 percent from 8.7 percent last quarter.
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Ngāpuhi hapū to get funding for Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement
Hapū of Ngāpuhi preparing their claims for Treaty of Waitangi settlements will soon be able to access upfront funding from the government, the minister for treaty negotiations has said.
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Māori doctors urge self-swab cervical cancer tests
Māori doctors are urging the Ministry of Health to reconsider postponing a self-swabbing cervical cancer programme they say is more effective, less invasive and more affordable. Audio
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Scientists find clues to tuatara's secret to living over 100
The New Zealand scientist who went looking for the Loch Ness monster has unlocked the genetic makeup of the tuatara. Audio
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Reo Māori expert urges seeking advice over names, brands
A Wellington leather store's Māori name mishap has been described as easily avoidable. Audio
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Oranga Tamariki partners with Māori Women's Welfare League
The Māori Women's Welfare League has agreed to work with Oranga Tamariki to reduce the number of tamariki Māori going into state care.
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A close-up lesson in white privilege
He came home from school one day and told his mother he no longer wanted to be brown. Peter Meihana talks life as a Māori in a Pākehā world, and then as a Pākehā in a Māori world. Audio
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Pasifika on Census 2023: 'Should we even bother?'
Pasifika researchers are dismayed at the government's choice of a relatively cheap way of running the next census in 2023.
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Māori, Pasifika scientists under-represented in NZ universities
Māori and Pasifika remain severely under-represented in university science departments, making up less than 5 percent of staff, a study shows. Audio
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Iwi takes over council's functions for first time in NZ
For the first time in New Zealand a regional council has transferred some of its functions to an iwi.
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Oranga Tamariki Waitangi Tribunal hearing: Social workers describe frustrations
Social workers on the frontline trying to prevent children being taken into state care have told the Waitangi Tribunal of their frustrations and anguish when working with Oranga Tamariki social…
