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'Toitū te reo': All welcome as national Māori language festival returns
17 Jul 2025Organisers of Aotearoa's national Māori language festival want people of all ages and ethnicities to "toitū te reo" - to uphold the language - as the kaupapa returns for its second year.
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Not a dry eye in the house: Documentary tells history of Takahanga Marae
19 Jul 2025The Bones of Our Past started as a film about the marae's 30th anniversary celebrations, but became much more.
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What is the Māori economy?
The Māori economy is "thriving", recent statistics have revealed, but a new report shows Māori businesses don't always measure their success monetarily.
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Getting hands on with science creating 'good scientific citizens'
15 Jul 2025Te Tūkohu Ngāwhā - a science fair based in Rotorua - is hoping to attract more young women into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Chatham Islands waka find detailed in new report
14 Jul 2025Questions around the exact age and size of the waka remain, but experts say the find is of global significance.
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Cheaper, greener, more Māori: New Plymouth council to buy local
15 Jul 2025New Plymouth councillors reckon buying local could save money - and bring growth, green gains and more mahi for Māori.
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Labour dismisses claims it is being 'greedy' by contesting by-election
15 Jul 2025Prominent figures in Te Pāti Māori have criticised Labour's decision to run.
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Date for Tāmaki Makaurau by-election set
14 Jul 2025The byelection was triggered by the death of Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Tarsh Kemp last month.
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'Mana of Black Sox will go on': Brotherhood lifts NZ Softball back to podium
14 Jul 2025'The mana of the Black Sox will go on'
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Birth trauma - what is it and how do people heal?
14 Jul 2025Explainer - It's Birth Trauma Awareness Week - but what is it exactly and why should you know what it is?
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Sovereignty 'red line' in any future Ngāpuhi settlement message from hui
10 Jul 2025Much of hapū hui agenda taken up by discussions of sovereignty and bill which aims to impose a single settlement on Ngāpuhi.
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Black Sox fight for eighth championship in World Cup final
14 Jul 2025The Black Sox will step onto the diamond with everything on the line - a chance to reclaim their place at the top of world softball and bring home an eighth World Cup title.
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Reviewers of legislation Treaty clauses expected to report back in months
11 Jul 2025The creation of the group has been led by Justice and Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith.
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Kaipara will fight hard to retain vacant seat for Te Pāti Māori
11 Jul 2025The Te Pāti Māori co-leader says the newly chosen candidate is prepared for the battle to keep the seat in his party's hands. Audio
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Law change prompts spike in Māori electoral roll registrations
16 Jul 2025In the past two years, 31,000 votes have switched to the Māori roll and 25,000 new voters have opted for Māori enrolment.
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Black Sox brothers reach 100-game milestone at Softball World Cup
11 Jul 2025Ngāpuhi brothers Ben and Thomas Enoka have each played 100 games for the world's most successful men's softball team.
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Teen cycles from Whakatāne to Parliament for Māori wards
9 Jul 2025Jack Karetai-Barrett left Whakatāne aboard his Focus Atlas 6.7 gravel bike covering more than 894km to Wellington.
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Iwi vows not to take 'backward step' after flags ripped down
10 Jul 2025Flags flying along SH1 in the lower North Island were torn down in what a spokesperson calls a "racist" attack.
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Black Sox men off to powerful start at Softball World Cup
10 Jul 2025New Zealand are the only unbeaten team so far and will face Venezuela in their final group match.
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Iwi leader Pita Tipene to stand for Northland council
9 Jul 2025Northland iwi leader Pita Tipene has thrown his hat into the ring to stand for the Northland Regional Council at the upcoming local elections.
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Move to increase Māori participation in school board elections
8 Jul 2025School boards are where many of the most critical decisions about tamariki education are made.
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Story of Rotorua soldier brought to life in opera
8 Jul 2025Written by acclaimed New Zealand composer Dame Gillian Whitehead, it tells the true story of Roger Ingram Te Kepa Dansey. Audio
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Brett Graham speaks about the loss of his dad - artist Fred Graham
6 Jul 2025The winter season of Matariki is a time to remember those who passed away over the past year and one of those was the artist, Fred Graham, who died last month at the age of 96.
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Opponents dominate early hearings on Seymour's bill
7 Jul 2025Multiple submitters on Monday called the bill "constitutionally unsound", whilst its supporters were few and far between.
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