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Iwi reject Shane Jones' claim hui will be a 'moan session'
The NZ First deputy leader says a national hui on the government's plans for Māori could turn into a "monumental moan session". Audio
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Kaumātua Anaru Rangiheuea dies
11 Jan 2024Anaru Rangiheuea, one of the most senior kaumātua of Te Arawa, has died at the age of 88.
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New Year Honours: Dedicated to developing Māori opportunities in business
30 Dec 2023Pania Tyson-Nathan has received one of the most prestigious New Years Honours in recognition of her contribution to Māori and business.
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PM meets Kiingi Tuuheitia days before national hui
15 Jan 2024Iwi across the country are set to converge to work out a unified response to the government's policies.
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'Unacceptable' Waikato Tainui takes govt to court over 'blatant disregard' for te reo Māori
It says it's the only way to stop the language being denigrated. Audio
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Submissions quadruple on iwi bid to rename National Park village
11 Jan 2024Submissions have more than quadrupled on an iwi proposal to change the name of National Park village and railway station in the central North Island.
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Whakatāne district on course to be more than 50 percent Māori
9 Jan 2024Whakatāne District Council has improved relationships with Māori but more work needs to be done just to keep up with legislative requirements and population growth.
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Cyclone no obstacle to bringing home gold again - Gisborne waka ama coach
9 Jan 2024A Gisborne waka ama club is still hoping to dominate the National Sprint Championships despite all the disruptions from Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Thousands of photos of leading Māori saved from US landfill
9 Jan 2024National Library has acquired parts of the former Fairfax image archive, which spans over 100 years of NZ history.
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Chinese Kiwis to visit Waitangi, ancestors' graves at Hokianga
7 Jan 2024More than 100 young Chinese New Zealanders will be travelling to Northland next month to attend Waitangi Day commemorations and pay respects to Chinese ancestors buried in Hokianga.
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Rangitāne ancestor Whatonga sculpture disfigured by vandals
3 Jan 2024A six-metre-tall statue in the Manawatu Gorge has been attacked by vandals who used steel-cutting equipment to cut off its phallus.
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'People want these laws' - more calls to keep Smokefree amendments
2 Jan 2024A health provider is calling on the government to ditch plans to repeal smokefree law, in order to improve health outcomes for Māori and the general public.
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New Year Honours list 2024: The 151 recipients
30 Dec 2023Screen and stage fixture Ian Mune is one of five new knights and dames appointed.
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The 'affirmative action' scheme that ACT wants reviewed
18 Dec 2023A review of the long-standing admissions programme for Māori and Pasifika medical students is either 'pointless' or 'perfectly sensible', depending on who you ask.
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Crown move a 'blatant disregard' of Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles - advocates
22 Dec 2023Māori health advocates say a Crown memo opposing an urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry demonstrates a 'blatant disregard' of Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.
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'It started from a place of need': Making bread with Māori values
A Māori-owned bakery in Wellington is bringing pretzels, rēwena bread and manaakitanga to its new store in the eastern suburbs.
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'Fanaticism and barbarism': 'Offensive' Whanganui war memorial to be removed
23 Dec 2023The country's oldest war memorial will be removed from an historic Whanganui reserve following objections to an inscription condemning upriver Māori for "fanaticism and barbarism".
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Auckland Marae's Christmas drive prioritises helpers in need
21 Dec 2023A Papakura marae is inviting whānau doing it tough and already working with the marae to the Christmas drive.
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'Wānanga' must be protected term - Minister
21 Dec 2023Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds wants to restrict the use of the term 'wānanga'.
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Rotorua Lakeland Queen owner told to build, gift, then lease new jetty
18 Dec 2023The paddle boat was once a common sight on the lake but has been sitting on dry land for the last three years. Local Democracy Reporting's Laura Smith finds out why.
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Shane Jones' 'pixie-like' hapū comment labelled arrogant by iwi
A South Taranaki iwi has described Shane Jones' comments describing hapū members as "pixie-like" for their resistance to seabed mining as unbecoming and arrogant.
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New pods in marae to help prepare for natural disasters
19 Dec 2023Emergency pods will be set up at 24 marae in the South Island in a bid to be better prepared in the face of a natural disaster.
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi exhibition will be 'renewed', Te Papa says
19 Dec 2023Te Papa co-leaders say the exhibition, which has been at the museum since opening day in 1998 "needs to change to meet the needs of today".
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Rangatahi Māori activist wins Amnesty International award
19 Dec 2023Te Matahiapo Safari Hynes wants to create new online resources that inspire and inform.
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