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Nail-biting win for Māori seats at Horizons Regional Council
19 Oct 2025Horizons Regional Council will keep its two Māori constituencies after special votes pushed a paper-thin margin to a comfortable majority.
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'It's worse than 2004': Veteran Māori activist slams new marine title bill
16 Oct 2025The government is intent on progressing the legislation next week despite a petition being delivered to Parliament, the Justice Minister says.
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'Essential integrity': Bolger believed in doing 'the right thing' by Māori
Jim Bolger often stood up to his own team when overseeing the fractious process that led to a Treaty settlement, a Ngāi Tahu leader says. Audio
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Kupu Māori Writers Festival returns for 2025
16 Oct 2025The line-up of speakers at the festival includes Patricia Grace, J. P. Pomare, Monty Soutar and Hinemoa Elder among many others.
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NZer of the Year calls for free cervical cancer screening for all
16 Oct 2025Currently, the National Cervical Screening Programme, which includes self-testing, is the only national screening programme that is not free for all New Zealanders.
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Kapa-Kingi has 'no regrets' about turning on Te Pāti Māori
15 Oct 2025The prominent activist says he knew he would be "dragged through the mud".
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Brownlee plans crackdown on Parliament's standards after maiden speech, haka
14 Oct 2025The Speaker suspended Parliament briefly last week after Oriini Kaipara's speech was followed by a waiata, then haka.
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'Not clear how many Māori Parties there are' - Labour leader
14 Oct 2025"It seems that there are a number of different segments to the Māori Party," says Chris Hipkins, "and it's unclear whether they actually form a cohesive whole at this point."
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'Mean-spirited': Sykes joins calls to halt coastal rights law change
14 Oct 2025Veteran Māori lawyer Annette Sykes says the government has to stop a law making it harder to get customary marine title.
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'We really need Māori wards to ensure representation'
14 Oct 2025Two dozen districts have voted to scrap their Māori wards, while 18 voted to keep them.
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Victoria Police officer becomes first with moko kauae
14 Oct 2025Marlene Drummond is the first Victoria Police officer to wear moko kauae, visually representing who she is as a wāhine Māori of Ngāpuhi.
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'Pretty cool': Northland playground tells stories of Ngāti Rēhia
13 Oct 2025The name, Te Amo Pūtoro, could be loosely translated as "a place where children can safely play and discover".
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First-ever Moriori language week a 'long time coming'
13 Oct 2025Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands have much to celebrate with the first-ever Moriori language week kicking off this November. Hokotehi Moriori Trust…
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Former Waitangi Tribunal chair says next generation must decide on its future
11 Oct 2025Sir Eddie Taihakurei Durie was chair of the tribunal for nearly 20 years.
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Te Pāti Māori leaders claim broken trust abruptly ended media stand-up
10 Oct 2025After this week's 'reset', Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discussed their future with Mata host Mihingārangi Forbes.
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Iwi leader speaks out after ejection from Parliament during tense foreshore debate
10 Oct 2025Aperahama Edwards says the government has no authority to push through a law that would make it harder for Māori to win customary marine title to the foreshore and seabed.
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Waitangi Tribunal's half-century: 'How can you provide a place for both peoples?'
10 Oct 2025A former chair says the country has seen a 'seismic' cultural shift over the tribunal's 50 years. Audio
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'We've made a seismic shift in New Zealand' - 50 years of the Waitangi Tribunal
9 Oct 2025Former Waitangi Tribunal chairperson Sir Eddie Durie joined dozens of other tribunal members to commemorate its creation.
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Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara: 'I covered stories and now I choose to change them'
9 Oct 2025Kaipara, a former broadcaster, has given her first ever speech in Parliament this afternoon.
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Parliament suspended after public gallery haka
9 Oct 2025Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew about the haka, after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.
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Rangatahi call for housing justice and youth-led solutions
10 Oct 2025An advocacy group says youth homelessness is often misunderstood and many young people are leaving homes because they're unsafe.
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Te Pāti Māori want to put turmoil behind them
9 Oct 2025Oriini Kaipara makes her maiden speech today, as the party announces a reset it hopes will distract from the turmoil of recent months. Audio
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'Where are the apologies?': Te Pāti Māori blasts government, media for 'constant attack' on Treaty
8 Oct 2025Co-leader Rawiri Waititi pointed the finger during a blistering speech in Parliament.
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Māori Ward councillors campaigning hard to retain Māori wards
7 Oct 2025Nelson's incumbent Māori Ward councillor Kahu Paki Paki said despite running unopposed, this election has "been harder than you could probably ever imagine".
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