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Te Matatini 2027 won't be held in Nelson, organisers looking for new host
12 May 2025The largest kapa haka competition in the world will not be hosted in Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui / Nelson in 2027.
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'It's in our DNA': Why cultural protocol Welcome to Country is not topic for debate
8 May 2025Welcome to Country is a sacred ceremony practised by the world's oldest continuous cultures- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples - dating back 65,000 - 70,000 years. An Aboriginal…
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The small regulatory shift that could have big impacts on mokopuna Māori
Teachers say removing requirements to recognise cultural identity in early childhood centres is recolonisation, and a backward step.
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'Mighty tōtara': Fred Graham's mark on the art world vital
9 May 2025Sculptor and renowned arts icon Fred Graham died aged 96, just weeks out from his latest exhibition, but his legacy remains.
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Hundreds to gather to remember Battle of Te Kahika
9 May 2025Organisers say the event is as pertinent today as it was 180 years ago.
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ACC backs down over Māori, Pasifika injury targets after ACT pressure
ACT had accused the ACC of not complying with a directive that public services be delivered on the basis of need not race.
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Aboriginal and Māori groups call for apology after 'dispespectful' treatment of cultural ritual
7 May 2025On Anzac Day, an Aboriginal Bunurong Elder, Uncle Mark Brown was heckled at Melbourne's dawn service.
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'We haven't finished yet' - iwi misses out on bid to buy back ancestral mountain
6 May 2025Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu says its connection to Kahurānaki will always remain.
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'As long as it takes' - iwi calls for unused land return in Gisborne protest
6 May 2025Protesters marched through Gisborne, calling for the return of land taken from Ngāti Oneone nearly a century ago.
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Volunteers warn more is needed to halt invasive seaweed species
3 May 2025A hapū tackling the invasive seaweed caulerpa warns it will spread to the rest of the country, devastating coastal environments and economies, unless more is invested in stopping it short where it is…
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Regulatory Standards Bill claim accepted for urgency by Waitangi Tribunal
1 May 2025The group behind last year's Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti has been granted an urgent hearing at the Waitangi Tribunal regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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First indigenous woman to study at Oxford receives posthumous degree after 100 years
30 Apr 2025Mākereti Papakura died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis, almost 100 years later she will be awarded her degree.
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Te Wānanga o Aotearoa celebrates 40 years
29 Apr 2025O-Tāwhao Marae in Te Awamutu was founded in 1985 and built with help from some of the Wānanga's first students.
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Pharmac's move to drop Māori Directorate slammed by union as Treaty breach
29 Apr 2025A union says a Pharmac proposal to disestablish a specialist Māori advisory team is an abandonment of its commitment to Māori health.
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Tauranga Māori ward byelection winner announced
30 Apr 2025Tauranga City Council has released the final result for the Te Awanui Ward byelection.
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'A rich world': Marlon Williams brings healing te reo Māori journey to cinemas
30 Apr 2025Marlon Williams has sung in te reo Māori his whole life, but never felt confident enough to write a full album in the language - until something shifted with his first waiata, Aua Atu Rā.
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Prisoner voting ban 'punches down', former inmate says
30 Apr 2025"Rather than stripping their rights away we could use humanising approaches," Awatea Mita says. Audio
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What it means to carry the name of bringing peace
25 Apr 2025Fabric artist Maungarongo Te Kawa was born shortly after World War II ended. His family name means 'to bring peace'.
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Hundreds gather at marae for Anzac Day 'special occasion'
25 Apr 2025"This is a pretty special place and people like coming out here," the RSA president says.
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Subdivision battle ends in victory for Whangārei hapū
24 Apr 2025A Whangārei hapū is celebrating the end of a controversial development on land they consider tapu, or sacred after the developer dropped their appeal.
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'The vibes are good': 'Vibrant' atmosphere for paddlers' national champs
25 Apr 2025More than 1000 people from 59 clubs all over the country have gathered in Porirua for the event.
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Te Pāti Māori MPs defend haka in Privileges Committee written submissions
23 Apr 2025The MPs refused to appear in person, citing a lack of fairness and disregard for tikanga Māori.
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It’s ok to make mistakes - cooking show aims to inspire te reo learners
24 Apr 2025A pilot cooking comedy in te reo Māori hopes to provide a safe place for learners to make mistakes.
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Fewer tangihanga on the marae: Families 'don't feel really connected'
23 Apr 2025More Māori are choosing to have tangihanga at home instead of marae, says the Funeral Directors Association. Audio
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