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'There is no deal' - Waikato-Tainui leader
Waikato-Tainui and the Kiingitanga are shutting down claims that they are about to buy back Ihumātao.
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Tūhoe sign agreement with Oranga Tamariki
Oranga Tamariki will notify the iwi of any tamariki with Tūhoe whakapapa coming into their care, a model the iwi hopes will mean more Tūhoe families providing… Audio
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Protesters banned from Parliament for singing despite warning
A group of students, including some Youth MPs, have been banned from Parliament for a year, after singing a waiata in the public gallery in support of the… Video
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Reports of Waikato-Tainui buying Ihumātao is speculation - Pania Newton
One of the leaders of the Ihumātao occupation says reports that Waikato-Tainui is going to buy the disputed land is only speculation.
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'We'll take steps ourselves': Iwi want action after marae crash
Iwi in the Far North have renewed calls for the speed limit outside Mahimaru Marae to be slashed in half, after a car crashed into the marae ātea.
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New programme to target Māori smoking rates
A new tobacco research programme has been launched that aims to eliminate disparities in smoking rates between Māori and non-Māori.
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Kaumātua learn te reo basics to shore up iwi's knowledge gap
A Wairarapa iwi is on a mission to lift the number of Māori language speakers among its kaumātua.
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Māori King: Opposing mana whenua at Ihumātao need space to consider future
Kiingi Tūheitia says he is encouraged by the progress between opposing mana whenua at Ihumātao.
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Iwi leader says Māori prison plan 'heroic', but adds warning
An iwi leader has lauded a new strategy to reduce the Māori prison population as heroic and brave, but warns it won't succeed if Corrections is left to do it alone.
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Hōkai Rangi: The plan to reduce Māori in prison
The Department of Corrections has launched a major new strategy that aims to cut the number of Māori in prison from 52 percent down to 16 to match the overall Māori population. Audio
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Hikoi to present 20,000-name petition urging PM to visit Ihumātao
Protesters occupying land at Ihumātao will begin a four-hour hikoi to Jacinda Ardern's constituency office at Mt Albert on Thursday to present a petition calling on the Prime Minister to visit.
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Treaty expert on Ihumātao battle: 'Crown playing dictator of iwi'
An expert on the Treaty of Waitangi is supporting the protesters at Ihumātao, saying what is happening is a consequence of New Zealand's colonial past and the Crown's inability to treat Māori fairly.
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Boats removed from Okahu Bay: 'The mauri has been restored'
As part of a restoration project by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei to bring life back to Okahu Bay in Auckland, 154 licensed moorings and boats have been removed.
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Watch: Ihumātao protesters say PM 'has a responsibility' to visit
Hundreds of Ihumātao protesters, including a 73-year-old kaumātua, marched for six hours through heavy rain and strong winds to deliver a petition to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's electorate office. Audio
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Word limits on Māori translations 'institutional racism'
Strict word limits for Māori translations of local body election candidate profiles is a form of "institutional racism" and should be changed, a candidate says.
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Recap: Ihumātao hīkoi delivers petition to PM's office
Around 300 people taking part in the hīkoi from Ihumātao have been met by a group of 100 outside the Prime Minister's electorate office.
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Hōkai Rangi: 'We have to try and do things differently' - PM
Jacinda Ardern says she backs Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis as being best placed to comment on racism in the prison system. Audio
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Walls Bay: Call to keep Pākehā name until tribunal ruling
Māori claimants in the Bay of Islands are objecting to a name change for Walls Bay, at Opua.
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Police dramatically reduce presence at Ihumātao
All the police cars and Fletcher Building contractor vehicles have left the front line at Ihumātao, leaving fewer than 10 officers.
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Meet or we'll march: Ihumātao protesters urge PM over visit
A petition has been launched calling on the Prime Minister to visit Ihumātao, which hundreds of people have been occupying to oppose a new housing development.
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Ngāpuhi elder 'shocked' by conditions at Ngawha Prison
Hone Sadler says he is shocked to find inmates at Northland's Ngawha Prison are denied water and forced to relieve themselves in the exercise yard. Video, Audio
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The health science diploma with a Māori worldview
A Rotorua-based polytechnic is trying to turn around the region's poor health outcomes by offering the first health science diploma with a Māori worldview.
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'They didn't listen' - Iwi leader on botched census
The country's biggest iwi says the botched 2018 census has left Māori without accurate data which will affect how much government funding iwi can get.
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Former police officer jailed for stealing $500k from his hapū
Members of a Te Ātiawa hapū stood up one after another in a New Plymouth court room to pour scorn on a former police senior sergeant who stole almost half a million dollars from his own relatives.
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Northland hapū prepared to occupy mountain
Hapū in Northland are willing to occupy a mountain, and be arrested if necessary, in order to stop the construction of a cell phone tower.
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Ombudsman: Northland prison conditions breached Convention against Torture
The chief ombudsman's highly-critical report on Northland's Ngawha prison found - among a series of issues - that it breached Article 16 of the Convention against Torture. Video
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Māori families 'feel as if they don't rate', Oranga Tamariki inquiry hui told
The government has come under harsh criticism at a hui in Hamilton called to help plan the terms of reference for a Māori independent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki. Audio
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Council to pay for urupa maintenance
It's been a 10-year struggle for recognition of Māori burial grounds in the Taranaki region, a local kaumatua says.
