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Systemic racism is at the heart of New Zealand's current council Māori wards debate, according to a leading campaigner for their establishment who spoke in Whangārei last night.

First Person - I shouldn't have been checking my work emails. It was a Saturday night at my grandparents' house. Before I had time to comprehend what I'd read, there was another ping, writes RNZ…

A Manukau Ward councillor is echoing the call for more youth workers in the area, following a spate of shootings over the weekend.

"If not now, then when," deputy mayor Josh Wharehinga said as tears of joy flooded the public gallery after an extraordinary meeting at Gisborne District Council this morning.

A wahine Māori has overcome constant pain from a serious car accident to complete her nursing degree, and she credits her whānau and a Māori health workforce programme for getting her through.

Gisborne has voted in its youngest-ever councillor after a by-election for the city ward.

Hundreds of Northlanders opposed to Māori wards have already signed up to New Zealand's biggest opposition polling demand campaign.

There were tears, anger and frustration last night and the public walked out as Hawke's Bay Regional Council debated bringing in Māori wards.

Despite most councillors believing Ōpōtiki District Council has no need for Māori wards, they have decided to ask the community what it thinks and will be undertaking a poll at the 2022 elections.

The Crown has been accused of yet again ignoring Māori rights to the foreshore and seabed in response to its submissions on a ironsand mining civil appeal before the Supreme Court.

A leading New Zealand Māori wards advocate, Andrew Judd, is calling on the prime minister to take immediate action over a major impediment to their establishment in Northland.

Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi has supported calls for a review of New Zealand's traffic signs, saying he believes the rules are "absolutely" racist.

Three Whakatāne women who led the charge for Māori wards in the district are ecstatic legislation change has been signalled.

Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta is vowing to remove a requirement for public polls when councils want to create Māori wards.

Increasing numbers of professionals, working families and older people are being shut out of the Auckland housing market, a new report says.

Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai is calling on the community to support her council's decision to bring in Māori wards.

Analysis - This inquiry into historical abuse continues to reveal the differences between the abused, and their representatives, David Cohen writes.

An investigative journalist who has extensively written about how Māori children end up in state care has told the Waitangi Tribunal that Oranga Tamariki are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff…

The Human Rights Commission is calling on the government to stand by its promises to make New Zealand fairer for all people.

Any Māori-run alternative to Oranga Tamariki must not just turn a "white bureaucracy to a brown bureaucracy", former wards of the state say.

Northland Regional Council today voted to bring in new Māori constituencies - in a controversial move that led to a long-term councillor resigning.