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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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Unions and Māori come together for Rā Whakamana
28 Oct 2025The mobilisation coincided with the 190th anniversary of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand) and the first Labour Day…
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One of New Zealand's founding documents celebrates 190 years
28 Oct 2025He Whakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, usually translated as the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand, was signed at Waitangi on October 28th 1835.
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Hundreds gather across Aotearoa calling on government to honour Te Tiriti
28 Oct 2025The organisers describe the gathering as a tikanga-led stand for cultural wellbeing, mana wāhine, rangatahi, workers' rights, and tino rangatiratanga.
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Te Pāti Māori to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi - reports
27 Oct 2025Te Pāti Māori members have voted to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, according to Waatea News.
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Te Karere news has budget slashed by 60%, The Hui receives no funding
24 Oct 2025Funding for the long-standing Māori news bulletin Te Karere has been slashed, while current affairs programme The Hui has had their funding cut completely. The announcement comes from Māori media...
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Historic waka 'Hinepāpara' emerges from Far North's Ōmahuta Forest
26 Oct 2025History has been made in the Far North, where a waka has been shaped in the forest for the first time in almost a century. On Friday, Bay of Islands...
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Sporting banter or disrespect? Is it ever ok to boo the haka?
24 Oct 2025Māori and Sāmoan voices say there's a clear line between sporting rivalry and cultural disrespect.
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History and archaeology 'chose me' - Professor Atholl Anderson
22 Oct 2025For decades the Ngāi Tahu archaeologist and historian has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific. Audio
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Researchers say NZ parks still carry colonial scars
21 Oct 2025Is it time for parks and reserves to better uphold Te Tiriti? Two researchers believe so.
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Meet the whānau bringing Minecraft and te reo Māori together
21 Oct 2025One whānau is taking a creative approach to ensure te reo Māori has a space to thrive online.
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Final results confirm axeing of more than half of Māori wards
21 Oct 2025Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum voted to remove them.
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'Not ever been overspent': Te Pāti Māori MP hits back at allegations
20 Oct 2025Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says she has taken "some time" to decide how to respond to the claims by Te Pāti Māori's leadership.
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'When we first set up you'd be lucky to have one Māori writer published a year'
20 Oct 2025Author Becky Manawatu has taken out the top prize at the 2025 Pikihuia Awards for her novel Kataraina.
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The 21-year-old rangatahi who won a council seat
18 Oct 2025Keshaan Te Waaka will sit on the Tararua District Council for the next three years and is already looking ahead.
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Ngāti Toa Rangatira celebrates return of sacred maunga
17 Oct 2025Ngāti Toa Rangatira has bought back 53 hectares of land at Whitireia, 177 years after it was gifted to the Anglican Church.
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