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Te Ao Māori headlines with summaries.
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Iwi 'disgusted' by Kaipara District Council scrapping Māori ward
14 Sep 2024"I really don't believe that they give a hoot about Te Tiriti o Waitangi," one critic says.
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Kapa haka festival for Taranaki children celebrates 30 years
14 Sep 2024Te Huihuinga o Ngā Tātarakihi was established in 1994, and is now run by Rangimokai Knuckey and other volunteer kaiako.
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Shrek becomes latest film to get a te reo Māori makeover
17 Sep 2024It is the first time a DreamWorks animation is being adapted into the language. The re-imagined version will be released in 2025.
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A 'forever language' - te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress
17 Sep 2024A forever language still needs to be fought for, especially in the current environment where the government has moved to minimise the official use of te reo.
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Organisers cut prices for haka record attempt at Eden Park
16 Sep 2024The event aims to bring 10,000 New Zealanders together to perform Ka Mate.
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Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga Festival 2025 to launch on Friday
16 Sep 2024It is one of the largest cultural events in te ao Māori.
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'I've only been here five minutes' - Youngest MP gets global honour
13 Sep 2024Maipi-Clarke says the award is an honour, as is her day job. Audio
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Waitangi Tribunal finds failings in govt's handling of marine Act changes
13 Sep 2024Changes to customary marine title showed a blind adherence to pre-existing political commitments at the expense of Māori, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
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Waiata released for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024
14 Sep 2024The waiata was written in 1984 by the late Te Pikikōtuku 'Piki' Kereama. Video
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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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