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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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Luxon should have accepted Waitangi challenge - trust chair
20 Dec 2024"As heated as it may get, we have to keep up those conversations and not stop talking with each other," Pita Tipene told Morning Report. Audio
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'Mind-blowing' amounts of stolen pounamu recovered in drug raids
19 Dec 2024Stolen pounamu ranks as the commodity second most traded for drugs, after cash, according to a hapū.
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Māori All Blacks kaumātua Luke Crawford dies
16 Dec 2024He dedicated his life to serving his people through his police work, and was Kaihautū Māori of the entire New Zealand Rugby organisation.
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Cultural star compass on Mt Maunganui vandalised
13 Dec 2024Tauranga mayor Mahé Drysdale says it is a "despicable and disrespectful act". Audio
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Buttabean's kaupapa Māori approach to reducing reoffending
13 Dec 2024Former heavyweight boxer and founder of Buttabean Motivation (BBM), Dave Letele, is bringing his kaupapa of hope and transformation to young people in custody.
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Ngāti Toa purchases 80 hectares of school land in Hutt Valley
13 Dec 2024The acquisition is part of the iwi's Deferred Selection Properties arrangement, a strategic investment tool for both cultural and economic reclamation.
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Whooping cough campaign a success, says Health NZ director
18 Dec 2024"We've seen (vaccinations) increase from about a 1000 per week to 2000 per week." Audio
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Rare pounamu to be sold publicly for the first time
18 Dec 2024The sale marks a "momentous moment" for West Coast hapū Ngāti Māhaki.
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Waitangi Day: 'Why would the prime minister not come?'
18 Dec 2024The Waitangi National Trust chair hopes Christopher Luxon makes his way to the Treaty grounds for the annual commemorations.
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PM a 'drop-nuts' if he doesn't attend Waitangi - Rawiri Waititi
17 Dec 2024The prime minister not attending Waitangi Day would show he "has no balls and may be a drop-nuts", Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says.
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Wellington Council moves ahead with submission against Treaty Principles Bill
17 Dec 2024One councillor called it a waste of time and ratepayers' money, saying the council should keep out of "central government barn politics".
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Wiki Hā to cap off final day with hīkoi through Christchurch
13 Dec 2024More than 1500 students from schools across the country will take part in a hīkoi through central Christchurch this morning.
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Māori leaders ask King Charles to intervene over 'attack' on Te Tiriti
12 Dec 2024Hundreds have signed an open letter asking the King to step in over the government's policies relating to Māori.
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Auckland kid grows to lead Taranaki-Whanganui iwi
9 Dec 2024A descendant of Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi born and raised in Auckland is the new tumu whakarae to lead the board of the iwi agency Te Kaahui o Rauru.
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Iwi-owned seafood processing factory opens in Porirua
The Wellington Kaimoana Hub will process seafood products like snapper, blue cod and crayfish for international markets.
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Gang member hopes bread business will inspire grandkids
11 Dec 2024Vonz Kaukau, a Mongrel Mob member of 27 years, has gone from living in his car to running a flourishing rēwana bread business. Audio
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Wiki Hā: More than 1500 students in Christchurch for celebration of sport and te reo
One of the biggest events on the Māori school calendar is on now in Ōtautahi/Christchurch.
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Taranaki council quashes Treaty talk despite Seymour's debate call
11 Dec 2024Taranaki councillors have shut down a discussion on the Treaty Principles Bill, despite the legislation's cheerleader wanting everyone to read and debate it.
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ECan speaks out against Treaty Principles Bill
13 Dec 2024Canterbury's regional council has added its voice to opposition to the bill.
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Te Arawhiti confirms axing of 49 roles
12 Dec 2024The agency's interim chief executive says 28 of the roles are already vacant.
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Iwi leader 'cuts out middle man' with open letter to King Charles III
12 Dec 2024He said Charles is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria - the reigning monarch at the time the treaty was signed - and had the mana to intervene.
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NZ's oldest uni marae reawakened after years-long closure
8 Dec 2024The marae will again provide "shelter and warmth" to students, as it has done for nearly four decades.
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