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Māori beaten for using te reo deserve apology - Dover Samuels
18 Sep 2025The former government minister says the Crown still has not said sorry - 10 years after he called for a formal apology.
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'The missing piece': Rangatahi on reclaiming te reo Māori
16 Sep 2025Rhoen Hemara is part of a generation reclaiming a taonga that was stripped from his grandparents.
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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori celebrates 50 years
15 Sep 2025Māori Language Week has kicked off, with a parade, webinar series and a time capsule planned. Audio
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Te Pāti Māori president defends MP's controversial comments
16 Sep 2025Labour leader Chris Hipkins says that position - if held more broadly - would make it "very difficult" to work with Te Pāti Māori.
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Wellington hīkoi celebrates 50 years of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
15 Sep 2025Students, teachers and whānau filled Wellington's waterfront with waiata and banners in support of te reo Māori.
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Taiaha lessons: 'It teaches you to be humble, it teaches you to be resistant'
16 Sep 2025About 150 Māori and Pakeha aged from 6 years old to over 60 are picking up the taiaha to learn mau rākau in Hawke's Bay.
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Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Kiwi publisher aims to help raise one million bilingual children
15 Sep 2025The people behind a new children's book publisher says they are "proud to be part of a growing movement to normalise Te Reo in everyday life".
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Iwi setting up own Māori authority to combat 'health crisis'
14 Sep 2025Māori health authority Te Aka Whai Ora was disestablished by the government earlier this year.
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Burger Wellington winner wants more celebration of kai Māori
13 Sep 2025Te Papa Cafe's Āhuru Kai Kōhua Poaka burger was inspired by the Māori food tradition of a boil-up, Āhuru.
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'Not good enough': Greens call for Māori ward referendum extension
12 Sep 2025Candidate profiles were left out of voting packs in three districts.
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Iwi's history brought to life on waterfront
12 Sep 2025Ten tohu whenua have been installed along Te Aka Ōtākou, the walking and cycling path that follows Otago Harbour's.
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Swirling steam, laser lights, and geysers: Rotorua's newest attraction
It's a new way to see the geothermal valley of Te Puia, one visitor said.
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Major sponsorship question as WOMAD 2026 cancelled
11 Sep 2025The decision on whether the two main WOMAD partners stay on or not is yet to be made. Audio
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Law changes will further sideline Māori in health sector select committee told
The Health Select Committee has been hearing public submissions on amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.
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Three districts exclude Māori ward candidates' profiles
11 Sep 2025A Local Government New Zealand committee says the omission is disappointing and concerning, especially given the referendum on Māori Wards.
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'Gutting': Māori ward candidate profiles excluded from voting booklet
10 Sep 2025The country's Electoral Officer has admitted the mistake occurred in "the proofing and printing process".
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Part of Miramar Peninsula gets reserve status 14 years after promise
10 Sep 2025The government says the prominent landmark has enormous historical and cultural significance.
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Te Pāti Māori MP doubles down on controversial post about race
10 Sep 2025Tākuta Ferris has doubled down, at odds with his party's earlier apology.
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Mike McRoberts: 'I wasted seven years of my life'
9 Sep 2025The broadcaster has been open about his struggles to reclaim his ancestral language. Audio
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Goodbye Z Kennedy Road, kia ora Z Mataruahou
10 Sep 2025A Z service station in Ahuriri, Napier has been gifted a new name from Ngāti Pārau. The site formally known as 'Z Kennedy Road', has officially been changed to 'Z...
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'Fears unfounded': Māori wards referendum begins today
9 Sep 2025Many councils chose to set up Māori wards at the 2022 elections, but under new legislation, councils must now ratify them by referendum or abolish them.
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Australian marae gains $1m from Australian government
8 Sep 2025Construction of Australia's first ever marae could start in a few months after support from the Australian federal government.
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Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: A race marked by tributes
8 Sep 2025The tragic death of Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Tarsh Kemp defined much of the campaign for the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election, writes Lillian Hanly.
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Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: Low turnout not a surprise, says political scientist
8 Sep 2025While the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election turnout was low, it could have been worse, a political scientist says. Audio
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