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Former Race Relations Conciliator Wally Hirsh dies
1 Jan 2025Brought to this country by his German Jewish refugee parents in 1938, Hirsh said his membership of a minority gave him special sensitivity to race issues.
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Intricate carving found washed up in Northland
5 Jan 2025Mystery surrounds a large, ornate Māori carving found washed up on a Northland beach.
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'It's huge that my community picked me' - Gisborne deputy mayor to step aside
2 Jan 2025After 11 years in local government, while raising four kids as a single dad and co-parenting two, Gisborne's deputy mayor will not be seeking re-election in 2025.
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Dame Tariana Turia suffers a stroke, surrounded by family
2 Jan 2025The former politician is surrounded by her whānau after suffering a stroke earlier this week.
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Te Pāti Māori co-founder Dame Tariana Turia has died
3 Jan 2025The former politician suffered a stroke earlier this week.
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Whangārei hapū wins appeal against subdivision
23 Dec 2024The judges who threw out a consent for a Whangārei subdivision say it is one of the clearest cases they have ever seen of a site that should not be developed because of its significance to Māori.
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Treaty law submission help honed for future Bills
22 Dec 2024Sessions to help Taranaki whānau have their say on the Treaty bill moving through Parliament are being fine-tuned to help address future legislation affecting Māori rights and interests.
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Z Energy renames stations with 'correct' kupu
23 Dec 2024"This is not about ticking a box per se, this is about a bigger sort of commitment that we have to te reo Māori."
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Signs of the hīkoi: More than just 'words on cardboard'
22 Dec 2024The placards seen at the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti conveyed "huge kōrero with immediacy", expert says: "People know the power of the word."
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Mongrel Mob member's rēwana bread helping feed hungry whānau
21 Dec 2024Support from the community will see 20 loaves of Vonz Kaukau's bread added to an Upper Hutt foodbank ahead of Christmas.
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PM skipping Waitangi 'good first step' - hīkoi organiser
"There's no point in speaking to ears that will not listen to, minds that will not change," Eru Kapa-Kingi says.
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Moves to prevent misappropriation of Māori and indigenous design
13 Dec 2024Analysis - It has long been a problem but two new treaties address some interests of Indigenous peoples, Jessica C Lai writes.
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Vandalism of pou whenua on Great Walk being investigated
24 Dec 2024The pou whenua - carved posts marking out boundaries or places of significance to Māori - were at Medlands Beach, close to Bark Bay, and at Marahau.
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Govt ends bowel cancer screening programme for Māori and Pacific
20 Dec 2024Health leaders say the move is shocking, given the high bowel cancer death rates among Māori and Pacific communities.
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Hapū hails housing ban on Onoke Pā
24 Dec 2024A Whangārei hapū is describing an Environment Court decision to quash consents for a housing development on significant land as "the best Christmas present ever".
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Moana Maniapoto on the sound of the 80s to world-class journalism
24 Dec 2024From being the headline to creating them, Moana Maniapoto has walked a rather rocky road of swinging between both sides of the media.
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Minister rejects bid to change Petone's name to Pito One
19 Dec 2024Chris Penk has said no to the change after it received backing from the council and local iwi.
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Māori asthma hospitalisation rates fall
18 Dec 2024Asthma hospitalisations among Māori have decreased, according to a new study, but experts warn there is still a long way to go.
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Te Mātāwai head Poia Rewi steps down from role
18 Dec 2024Poia Rewi is stepping down as the tumu whakarae of Te Mātāwai, the group dedicated to te reo Māori revitalisation by iwi and whānau Māori.
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$36k raise for sick Māori ward councillor
19 Dec 2024Māori ward councillor Mikaere Sydney has been in hospital since July.
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New housing development in Wairoa welcomes its first tenants just before Christmas
17 Dec 2024The Kitchener St development will feature 30 larger whānau homes and 13 transportable kaumātua-sized homes.
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The tikanga dos and don'ts of pounamu
16 Dec 2024Want to gift someone pounamu - or buy it for yourself? Here's what master carvers and other kaitiaki would like you to know.
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Whānau's quest for answers in mum's unsolved murder
20 Dec 2024"We feel like they have been holding back on information," farmer Joanna Sione-Lauaki's daughter says. "Mum was in the wrong place at the wrong time and someone took advantage of that." Audio
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'It's empowering': Expanded foodbank manages to find recipe for survival
19 Dec 2024"Because we are iwi led we are more connected and that's where our strength comes from," a manager says. Audio
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