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Far North mayor to receive award for being one of world's top young politicians
4 Oct 2023Moko Tepania - who was "blown away" and hoped just to be nominated - was due to receive his award in Belfast, Ireland on Wednesday evening.
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Te Tai Tokerau: Te Pāti Māori trails Labour in new poll
5 Oct 2023Labour deputy leader and incumbent MP Kelvin Davis has opened up a six-point gap over his Te Pāti Māori rival in the race for Te Tai Tokerau electorate.
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Police bias: Judge rules two Māori men profiled in stop
5 Oct 2023Serious charges against two young Māori brothers stopped and searched by police because they looked like gang members have been dismissed, and the officers' actions condemned.
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What is 'race-baiting' and who decides?
Analysis - A policy is labelled racist. Then that accusation is itself called racist. Are we getting anywhere with any of this?
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Nanaia Mahuta facing a strong challenge in Hauraki-Waikato, new poll shows
3 Oct 2023The incumbent MP is just four points ahead of one of the youngest candidates in this year's general election, a poll conducted for Whakaata Māori is revealing.
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Rotorua council agrees to return reserve land to Ngāti Kearoa Ngāti Tuara
4 Oct 2023The reserve on Tarewa Street was part of Rotorua Lakes Council's Heads of Agreement to transfer land back to the iwi.
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Bike trail bridge connects National Park and new ecosanctuary
3 Oct 2023The longest suspension bridge in Aotearoa will be built as part of the infamous "missing link" of the Mountains to Sea trail in the central North Island.
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Climate change 'challenge of our lifetime' - Ngāi Tahu
1 Oct 2023Ngāi Tahu is starting to see insurance retreat affect its marae and papakāinga homes.
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'A timeless taonga': Only known customary Māori sail Te Rā returns to Aotearoa
29 Sep 2023Te Rā is believed to be over 200 years old and will be on display at Tāmaki Paenga Hira, the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Audio
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Hundreds gather to farewell Māori leader Sir Patu Hohepa
26 Sep 2023One of Ngāpuhi's greatest scholars has been laid to rest at Waimā in the Far North.
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From 'pebble in the shoe' to future power broker – the rise and rise of Te Pāti Māori
22 Sep 2023In 2020, Rawiri Waititi told his fellow MPs his job was to be a change agent for Māori. Three years later, how does the party grow its platform and base, Annie Te One asks.
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Ikaroa-Rāwhiti: Labour defector Meka Whaitiri trails in latest poll
21 Sep 2023A third of voters remain undecided in the Māori electorate of Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, a new poll is showing.
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'Absolutely ridiculous': Iwi health provider pays for staff health insurance
19 Sep 2023It was an "absolutely ridiculous" situation, the boss of Whakatāne's Ngāti Awa Social and Health Services admitted.
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Labour, Te Pāti Māori in tight race for Te Tai Hauāuru
19 Sep 2023Soraya Peke-Mason holds a slim lead in the electorate contest over the Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer in a new poll released tonight.
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Mahuru Māori: Month for speaking te reo returns for 2023
16 Sep 2023Mahuru Māori, the month-long kaupapa aiming at normalising te reo in everyday, situations is back for 2023.
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'We are hoping to wrap our pēpi in their culture from birth'
15 Sep 2023Last year Joelle Holland invested all of the money she had saved for a home deposit and put it into a baby product business called Hawaiiki Pēpi.
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Community group opposes concreting in creek where eel live
15 Sep 2023Plans to concrete in one of the last creeks in Auckland's Te Atatū Peninsula to turn it into a stormwater pipe are being questioned by a community group.
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Māori Language Commission believes NZ can surpass 1 million speakers
15 Sep 2023Demand for te reo courses has surged over the past few years, but teachers and students still face some challenges. Audio
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Taonga species planted at Ruatōria aerodrome to increase flood protection
15 Sep 2023Two thousand native trees have been planted by Ruatōria locals to protect their aerodrome from flooding.
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Miriama McDowell: 'Te reo Māori was calling me'
14 Sep 2023Playing a prominent Māori leader on screen has prompted successful Kiwi actor Miriama McDowell to turn her back on her career in favour of learning te reo Māori.
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How Māori are keeping te reo flourishing overseas
With podcasts, online classes, kapa haka and kōhanga reo all around the world, whānau living overseas are doing their best to keep te wiki o te reo Māori thriving. Video
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Tearepa Kahi: 'I want to normalise te reo Māori'
13 Sep 2023The director of Muru, New Zealand's highest grossing film of 2022, says it has helped normalise and showcase the unique te reo Māori dialect spoken by the people of Tūhoe.
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Whakamana Whānau programme boosts Māori and Pasifika health workforce
11 Sep 2023A pathway into work in health for Māori and Pasifika has been so successful, whānau and friends of participants are signing up too.
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Kruze Tangira: 'I now feel more confident about being Māori'
12 Sep 2023Two years ago, Kruze Tangira could only read his pepeha off his phone. Now he's building a new career as a TV presenter on daily Māori news show Te Karere.
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