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Te Matatini economic forecast fantastic for Taranaki
21 Feb 2025Thousand's are expected to converge on New Plymouth for the kapa haka competition, which is projected to bring in $27 million for the region, its chief executive says. Audio
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Solar hybrid system to power Te Matatini stalls
22 Feb 2025The hybrid unit uses a 60kWh battery unit with a standard diesel generator - designed to be quiet, efficient and sustainable.
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Parihaka matriarch Maata Wharehoka dies at age 74
21 Feb 2025Wharehoka was an expert in marae arts, raranga and karanga, and the caretaker of the marae at Parihaka for nearly 30 years. Audio
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Seven arrests at sewerage pipeline protests
25 Feb 2025Police said about 80 officers met protesters at Lake Rotokākahi. Audio
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Emotional powhiri initiates Te Matatini o te Kāhui Maunga
24 Feb 2025Te Matatini officially got underway in New Plymouth
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Māori-owned kai business to cater Te Matatini
19 Feb 2025Hāwera's Tika Restaurant, Cafe, and Catering owner Kiri Erb said it was an honour to be one of two catering companies dishing out kai at the upcoming event.
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Te Matatini a shot in the arm for Taranaki economy
24 Feb 2025Te Matatini - the national kapa haka championships - kick off in New Plymouth tomorrow, the first time the event has been held in Taranaki for more than 30 years.
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Tauranga Moana haka group represent Aotearoa in Samoa
19 Feb 2025It was the first time most of the group had been to another country.
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Mihi's Place the place to be during Matatini
17 Feb 2025New Zealand's only Māori-owned airport business - and its mirimiri clinic - has brought in extra hands to prepare for the Matatini mayhem.
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Watch: Meet Bosco, the surfing dog spreading aroha
21 Feb 2025Watch: Balancing on his surfboard, the kurī became a joyful show of support.
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Behind the Banner: Inside the hīkoi mō te Tiriti
23 Nov 2024Over nine days, rangatahi and veterans of past hīkoi walked shoulder-to-shoulder to take their message to Parliament. Ella Stewart and Cole Eastham-Farrelly were there.
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What you need to know about Te Matatini 2025
17 Feb 2025The national kapa haka competition returns on 25 February, hosted this year in Ngāmotu/New Plymouth.
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'I feel for my peers': Māori businesses perform strongly despite economic hardship
16 Feb 2025A report shows Māori tourism contributed $1.2b to the NZ economy in 2023.
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Te Matatini: Members, Taranaki iwi meet to bless mahau ahead of festival
12 Feb 2025Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga kicks off in two weeks and will pull together Aotearoa's finest haka rōpu for the week-long festival.
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Fake rūnanga photo draws the ire of Ngāpuhi chairperson
11 Feb 2025The post, which was taken from X and shared on Facebook, features an artificial image of a Māori man with a facial moko standing in front of a red ute and a visible rūnanga logo.
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Whangārei hāpu set to go back to court to battle housing development on sacred site
A Whangārei based hāpu are going back to court for the latest in a legal saga spanning 30 years. Audio
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Moriori ancestors returned to Aotearoa
16 Feb 2025Two repatriations earlier this week marked a signifcant milestone for the Moriori community, and was marked with a special pōwhiri and ceremony at Te Papa.
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Labour critical of $270k staff cost over Treaty Principles Bill hearings
14 Feb 2025However, the minister behind the bill defends it as the "best possible use of Parliament's funding".
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Former National minister says Treaty bill 'irretrievably flawed'
13 Feb 2025Hekia Parata has told a select committee the bill is "unnecessary" and a waste of resources and tolerance.
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Treaty bill's promise of 'equal rights' ignores democracy's blind spots
31 Jan 2025This rhetorical and ideological vagueness obscures a pivotal point: there is no such thing as a singular form of democracy, writes Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll.
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Aotearoa music legend Toni Huata dies
10 Feb 2025Huata was a champion of Māori music and te reo, and released much of her music in her mother tongue.
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Development to bring stories of historic pā site to life
"The story of Pukerangiora will now be heard from our Pukerangiora uri," hapū chairperson Nardia Lichtwark said.
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Māoriland Film Festival to showcase more than 100 films from 86 Indigenous nations
12 Feb 2025The te reo Māori version of Dreamworks classic animation Shrek will premiere among the 86 films screening at Māoriland Film Festival.
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Backlash after false claim warriors at Waitangi had ankle monitors
11 Feb 2025A photo shared on social media claiming to be from Waitangi Day celebrations was taken at a different event last year, a tourism operator says.
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