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Parents need to ask schools to teach te reo
6 Nov 2025Some teacher and principal groups have reacted angrily to the government's sudden change which took them by surprise.
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Diluting history curriculum risks 'leaving our past to chance' - Academic
The government has released the full draft of its new year 0-10 curriculum, which proposes dropping Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories and adding more international topics.
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Crown breached Treaty principles with te reo policies - Waitangi Tribunal
6 Nov 2025The Tauranga iwi that brought the claim against the government says the fight for te reo Māori is not over yet.
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Crown apologises for leaving iwi 'virtually landless'
5 Nov 2025Around 500 iwi members travelled to Parliament to witness the third reading of the Ngāti Pāoa Claims Settlement Bill.
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How a teen son's passion for Māori wards led to a shock win for his mum
5 Nov 2025Mawera Karetai did not erect a single billboard or spend a cent on her Māori ward election campaign in the Bay of Plenty, so it came as a shock when she actually won.
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'Let's get to a hui': Optimism Te Pāti Māori crisis can be sorted
5 Nov 2025While two factions are at loggerheads, the problems will only be sorted if they start talking to each other, the National Iwi Chairs Forum says. Audio
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One of two Te Pāti Māori factions willing to meet - iwi leaders
4 Nov 2025Te Pāti Māori's leadership is willing to meet with its estranged MPs.
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Rawiri Waititi blames two 'rogue' MPs for turmoil within Te Pāti Māori
4 Nov 2025A process is in play for whether Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris are expelled from the party, Rawiri Waititi says. Audio
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Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children's rights to local histories
4 Nov 2025"Every child has a right to know whose land they stand on."
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Te Pāti Māori will 'shortly' consider whether to expel MPs - Tamihere
4 Nov 2025Iwi leaders will meet with party leadership today in an effort to put a stop to extraordinary infighting. Audio
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'Greed, avarice, and entitlement' - Te Pāti Māori president urges MPs to quit
3 Nov 2025Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere has told MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris to "do the honourable thing" and quit Parliament.
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Freshwater allocation system degrading water quality and shutting Māori out, court hears
3 Nov 2025A group of Māori landowners taking the government to court over freshwater rights.
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School curriculum 'will perpetuate racism and ongoing inequity in our schools'
3 Nov 2025The new school curriculum makes Māori people, knowledge and culture invisible and prioritises European knowledge, say Māori education leaders.
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Landmark Māori freshwater rights case in court this week
3 Nov 2025Wai Manawa Whenua is challenging the Crown in the High Court, saying decades of inaction have failed to protect Aotearoa's waterways.
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Generations celebrate at 25th Te Mana Kuratahi
2 Nov 2025Sixty-two groups are set to perform at the 25th anniversary of Te Mana Kuratahi, the National Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition.
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New platform gives Waiariki control over its own health data
1 Nov 2025Te Taura Ora o Waiariki Iwi Māori Partnership Board is changing how Māori health data is accessed, understood, and used for its people.
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Iwi lands on 'tapu' islands in protest over law change
31 Oct 2025Members of a Northland iwi have sailed to the Poor Knights Islands to raise a flag and erect a carved pou.
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: Māori economist says capital gains 'weak' but 'overdue'
31 Oct 2025Matthew Roskruge (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama), Professor of Economics at Massey Business School and the Associate Dean Māori, says Labour's proposed capital gains tax makes sense in principle but does…
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Māori man seeking citizenship for kids should be granted it, Waitangi Tribunal finds
31 Oct 2025The Citizenship Act 1977 limits citizenship by descent to one generation, something the tribunal says should change.
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People going to Tauranga kapa haka event asked to take measles precautions
30 Oct 2025A Māori health coalition is asking those attending the National Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition to take precautions to prevent measles from spreading.
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Iwi leaders unveil AI safeguards to protect Māori data
30 Oct 2025The framework introduces safeguards to prevent harm, including regular monitoring, accountability and transparent algorithm use.
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'Breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi': Racial discrimination worsening in NZ - report
29 Oct 2025The UN-bound report says the current government is "actively and profoundly aggravating NZ's constitutionally racist foundation in a way we have not seen for at least half a century".
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'A remarkable confluence of events' - 50 years on from the Māori Land March
29 Oct 2025The Māori Land March entered Parliament grounds on a rainy day 50 years ago this month, led by then 79 year old Dame Whina Cooper. Audio
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