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Candle making: a personal journey of whānau, loss and reclamation
For one Te Kūiti businesswoman, pouring candles became a way to process grief and to reconnect with who she was beyond motherhood.
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'Hurt spills over': Te Pāti Māori apologises for MP's social media post
4 Sep 2025Labour MP Willie Jackson has come out swinging at comments by Tākuta Ferris.
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Marae must be resourced to be able to respond to natural disasters - researcher
5 Sep 2025Marae are often on the front line of natural disasters, opening their doors to shelter the community and at times hit hard by floods themselves. Audio
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Māori ready to do business with other nations
4 Sep 2025There should be less government and less dependency on the Crown and more tino rangatiratanga, Waikato-Tainui kaikōrero Tukoroirangi Morgan said.
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Kāi Tahu rangatahi champion leadership at Koroneihana
4 Sep 2025Rangatahi called upon other young people to protect the environment and preserve te reo Māori.
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'Got to wait it out' - Māori Language Commissioner confident te reo can survive political headwinds
4 Sep 2025From school books and government agencies to teacher training and even passports, the place of te reo is under intense scrutiny.
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Pacific community pay their respects at Koroneihana celebrations
4 Sep 2025Hundreds of Pacific leaders gathered at Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia.
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Koroneihana: Prominent whānau call on rangatahi to rise
4 Sep 2025A prominent whānau Māori are calling on rangatahi to help shape the future.
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New chairs announced for Te Mātāwai
4 Sep 2025Te Mātāwai has appointed new co-chairs Brenda Soutar and Mātai Smith, putting te reo Māori revitalisation at the forefront.
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Thousands arrive to celebrate accession of Māori queen
4 Sep 2025Marae staff were doubled in number to cater for about 9000 guests.
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Stanford rejects claims Treaty being removed from school documents
4 Sep 2025Principals and teachers have repeatedly told RNZ there have been noticeably fewer Māori words and Treaty references.
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Waitangi Treaty, Māori dropped from new English, maths curriculums, teachers say
Teachers and principals warn the government was erasing decades of progress.
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Māori carvings at Australian museum repatriated to Aotearoa
3 Sep 2025The pou had been in the South Australian Museum's collection since 1891 - but are now coming home.
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1000 perform at Bay of Islands kapa haka festival
3 Sep 2025It was a day-long celebration of culture and togetherness.
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Māori Queen inspires rangatahi at her first Koroneihana
3 Sep 2025As thousands descend on Turangwaewae, the next generation of leaders reflect on their role in sustaining Kiingitanga traditions.
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Pro-equity programmes still needed to fix health workforce inequities - doctor
3 Sep 2025A study has found Māori and Pacific medical students going through a long-standing admissions programme are graduating at a higher rate than students in other faculties.
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Subway's biggest fan and why they gave away their $10,000 prize
3 Sep 2025A former social worker has been crowned the sandwich chain's top fan.
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Roads, rates and Māori wards: What's on a small northern town's mind
2 Sep 2025About 50 people turned out in Tangiteroria, midway between Dargaville and Whangārei, to hear from four would-be mayors.
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Thousands pour into Tūrangawaewae Marae for Koroneihana celebrations
Tūrangawaewae Marae heaved under the weight of Tainui Waka today, as thousands flooded into Ngāruawāhia for the annual Koroneihana celebrations.
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Koroneihana 2025: Rangatahi on what the Māori Queen means to them
2 Sep 2025One year since Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po became the head of the Kiingitanga, rangatahi Māori reflect on what the Māori monarchy means to them in 2025.
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'Bro vs sis' in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election
1 Sep 2025Labour's counting on its track record to win back Tāmaki Makaurau, while Te Pāti Māori says its voice is needed to "push boundaries". Audio
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'This is about us celebrating us' - A year of mourning for Kiingi Tuheitia
1 Sep 2025The first Koroneihana of Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po promises to be an "extravaganza" lifting the mourning period exactly one year on from the passing of Kiingi Tuheitia.
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'Stealth vaping is everywhere', new research finds
28 Aug 2025A researcher has found the design of vaping devices makes it easy to puff in secrecy.
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Human rights law blocking Māori authority, researcher says
28 Aug 2025"It's about power, who holds it and who gets to decide what justice looks like in this country," says Associate Professor Andrew Erueti.
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