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Hundreds to gather to remember Battle of Te Kahika
9 May 2025Organisers say the event is as pertinent today as it was 180 years ago.
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ACC backs down over Māori, Pasifika injury targets after ACT pressure
ACT had accused the ACC of not complying with a directive that public services be delivered on the basis of need not race.
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Aboriginal and Māori groups call for apology after 'dispespectful' treatment of cultural ritual
7 May 2025On Anzac Day, an Aboriginal Bunurong Elder, Uncle Mark Brown was heckled at Melbourne's dawn service.
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'We haven't finished yet' - iwi misses out on bid to buy back ancestral mountain
6 May 2025Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu says its connection to Kahurānaki will always remain.
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'As long as it takes' - iwi calls for unused land return in Gisborne protest
6 May 2025Protesters marched through Gisborne, calling for the return of land taken from Ngāti Oneone nearly a century ago.
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Volunteers warn more is needed to halt invasive seaweed species
3 May 2025A hapū tackling the invasive seaweed caulerpa warns it will spread to the rest of the country, devastating coastal environments and economies, unless more is invested in stopping it short where it is…
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Regulatory Standards Bill claim accepted for urgency by Waitangi Tribunal
1 May 2025The group behind last year's Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti has been granted an urgent hearing at the Waitangi Tribunal regarding the Regulatory Standards Bill.
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First indigenous woman to study at Oxford receives posthumous degree after 100 years
30 Apr 2025Mākereti Papakura died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis, almost 100 years later she will be awarded her degree.
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Te Wānanga o Aotearoa celebrates 40 years
29 Apr 2025O-Tāwhao Marae in Te Awamutu was founded in 1985 and built with help from some of the Wānanga's first students.
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Pharmac's move to drop Māori Directorate slammed by union as Treaty breach
29 Apr 2025A union says a Pharmac proposal to disestablish a specialist Māori advisory team is an abandonment of its commitment to Māori health.
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Tauranga Māori ward byelection winner announced
30 Apr 2025Tauranga City Council has released the final result for the Te Awanui Ward byelection.
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'A rich world': Marlon Williams brings healing te reo Māori journey to cinemas
30 Apr 2025Marlon Williams has sung in te reo Māori his whole life, but never felt confident enough to write a full album in the language - until something shifted with his first waiata, Aua Atu Rā.
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Prisoner voting ban 'punches down', former inmate says
30 Apr 2025"Rather than stripping their rights away we could use humanising approaches," Awatea Mita says. Audio
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What it means to carry the name of bringing peace
25 Apr 2025Fabric artist Maungarongo Te Kawa was born shortly after World War II ended. His family name means 'to bring peace'.
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Hundreds gather at marae for Anzac Day 'special occasion'
25 Apr 2025"This is a pretty special place and people like coming out here," the RSA president says.
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Subdivision battle ends in victory for Whangārei hapū
24 Apr 2025A Whangārei hapū is celebrating the end of a controversial development on land they consider tapu, or sacred after the developer dropped their appeal.
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'The vibes are good': 'Vibrant' atmosphere for paddlers' national champs
25 Apr 2025More than 1000 people from 59 clubs all over the country have gathered in Porirua for the event.
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Te Pāti Māori MPs defend haka in Privileges Committee written submissions
23 Apr 2025The MPs refused to appear in person, citing a lack of fairness and disregard for tikanga Māori.
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It’s ok to make mistakes - cooking show aims to inspire te reo learners
24 Apr 2025A pilot cooking comedy in te reo Māori hopes to provide a safe place for learners to make mistakes.
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Fewer tangihanga on the marae: Families 'don't feel really connected'
23 Apr 2025More Māori are choosing to have tangihanga at home instead of marae, says the Funeral Directors Association. Audio
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Privileges hearing: MPs object to lack of fairness, disregard for tikanga
23 Apr 2025Te Pāti Māori MPs have again declined to turn up to a hearing over their haka protest, but this time they have lodged a written submission in their absence.
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Court case against big NZ polluters remains focused after ruling
Iwi leader Mike Smith is hailing the High Court's refusal to expand his "internationally significant" case against big New Zealand polluters to thousands of other companies as a victory.
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'This is an incredible one for me as a Māori woman': Byllie-jean on her Taite Music Prize
19 Apr 2025Days after her debut solo EP won the Best Independent Debut Award, Christchurch musician Byllie-jean chats about overcoming shame and the caravan that keeps her housing anxiety at bay.
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Te Hui Ahurei celebrates Tūhoe identity
18 Apr 2025A dawn pōwhiri kicked off the country's longest running iwi festival in the Bay of Plenty with at least 20,000 expected to attend over Easter weekend.
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