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Personhood for whales a 'legacy' of late Kiingi Tuheitia
A few months before his death, the Māori King stood with indigenous Pacific leaders, calling for whales to be given personhood.
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Tribunal findings on customary marine title changes no surprise to iwi leader
13 Sep 2024The Waitangi Tribunal has hit out at the government for blindly adhering to its coalition agreement by making it harder for Māori to get customary marine title.
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Rangatahi Māori launch 'musical assault' on colonisation
13 Sep 2024Theia's latest waiata is "a call to action", and it's not the only one. Video, Audio
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'Just being Māori - all day, every day': Ngā Manu Kōrero winner
12 Sep 2024Te Kanawa Wilson has won best male speaker at the national secondary schools' speech competition for Māori students, with a stirring kōrero about covenants and signings between Māori and Pakeha. Audio
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TIME mag nod for preserving te reo through AI
8 Sep 2024Peter-Lucas Jones has been recognised alongside some of the biggest tech players in the world.
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Gang member's legal bid to stay at beach exhausted
14 Sep 2024The Supreme Court has declined to hear Kevin Moore's appeal and his removal from the Rohutu Block appears imminent.
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‘Bitter disappointment’: Iwi, councils rally around mill workers
11 Sep 2024Ngāti Rangi says the community has drawn together, the iwi had fought to find a way to keep the mills going.
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Officials warned government against Treaty Principles Bill
11 Sep 2024The Ministry of Justice told the coalition the bill isn't "grounded in the Treaty" and isn't supported by evidence.
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Ngāti Whātua takes Māori ward fight to High Court
11 Sep 2024The iwi has launched a legal challenge against the Kaipara District Council, which last month voted to abolish its Māori ward.
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Epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori
9 Sep 2024As one Māori monarch was farewelled and a new one appointed this week, it was aired in perhaps the longest multimedia coverage of any event in this country's history. Video
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The day Māori culture came to New York City
It has been 40 years since a revolutionary exhibition put te ao Māori on the global stage. Audio
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Hope new Kuini will be voice for rangatahi
6 Sep 2024"As a rangatahi she'll be able to connect with our other rangatahi across the motu." Audio
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Far North council votes unanimously to keep Māori ward
6 Sep 2024The council's strongly worded resolution also called on the CEO to explore the legal implications of not holding a binding poll as required.
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Māori wards: Councils resentful about funding a binding poll
11 Sep 2024All but three of 45 councils which established the seats without a public referendum elected to retain the wards.
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Northland council's decision to abolish Māori ward goes to High Court
11 Sep 2024Ngāti Whātua iwi is calling on the High Court to overturn Kaipara District Council's decision. Audio
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Treaty Principles Bill to go through six-month select committee process
11 Sep 2024That will take the ACT-led debate past Rātana celebrations and Waitangi Day next year - when the government will likely be challenged again on the issue.
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'Out of line': PM slams doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika
"We have a very simple approach to healthcare which is based off need, not ethnicity or race," Christopher Luxon says after the government stepped in at Hawke's Bay .
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Shane Reti concerned about tone Treaty debate will take
10 Sep 2024The health minister is worried about the tone and nature it might take in coming months as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill heads to Parliament.
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Treaty Principles Bill to now include specific mention of hapū and iwi
10 Sep 2024Cabinet has agreed on the outline of the Treaty Principles Bill that will be introduced to Parliament, with a change to include specific acknowledgement of the rights of hapū and iwi. Audio
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Treaty Principles Bill going to Cabinet today
9 Sep 2024The move comes after months of criticism of the Bill, which seeks to redefine the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
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440 Christian leaders call on MPs to vote down Treaty Principles Bill
9 Sep 2024Religious organisation says the Treaty of Waitangi is a covenant, and "we believe God takes covenants seriously". Audio
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New Kuini takes on father's mantle
6 Sep 2024All eyes are now on how Kuini Nga Wai Hono i Te Po will continue her father's call for Māori to unite against government policies. Audio
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An advisor explains how the new Māori Queen was picked
6 Sep 2024Tekaumaarua chairperson Che Wilson says the hui to decide who would replace Kiingi Tuheitia was focused on necessary attributes for the role. Audio
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A new generation of the Kiingitanga begins on a sunlit spring day
5 Sep 2024Tears of joy mingled with those shed in sorrow as thousands of people at Tuurangawaewae - and across Aotearoa - farewelled one Māori monarch and welcomed another.
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