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What is in the Budget for Māori?
31 May 2024From changes to health, education, housing and kapa haka, here's what the budget will mean for Māori.
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What the Census tells us about the Māori population
29 May 2024The 2023 Census marked a shift in how Māori census data is stored - and 20 percent of the population is of Māori descent.
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Budget Day action: Strikes or protests?
30 May 2024Police suggest people work from home as nationwide protests are planned for Thursday, while employees planning to strike risk disciplinary action. Audio
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Te Matatini kapa haka competition extended to five days
A record number of teams qualifying has meant the national kapa haka competition Te Matatini will be extended.
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Opinion: Budget 2024 does not fulfil te Tiriti obligations
31 May 2024Opinion - Māori whānau will get far less in this Budget than Pākehā, writes Julia Whaipooti. How can we strive for equality when our starting point is so different?
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Whangārei Budget Day hīkoi draws 1300
30 May 2024More than 1300 people have marched through Whangārei as part of a national day of action protesting government policies affecting Māori.
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As it happened: Thousands protest against government's policies
30 May 2024A crowd marched on Parliament in Wellington, where inside the country's leaders were ushering in this year's Budget.
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Time for talking over, Māori leader says
27 May 2024Ahead of the latest National Hui on Friday, Ngāti Toa Rangatira chief executive Helmut Modlik says it's now time to do the mahi.
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Professor who led Matariki drive awarded NZ Order of Merit
24 May 2024Interest in Matariki continues to grow, says the man who led the drive for it to become a public holiday.
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Willie Jackson appeals for return of mokomokai in historic Oxford Union debate
24 May 2024He is the first MP since former prime minister David Lange to be asked to debate at Oxford.
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Parliament's Speaker doubles down on interrupting karakia
29 May 2024He has also criticised the opposition parties for demanding an apology, saying it was "highly disorderly".
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Government using 'scare tactics' to discourage protests - Te Pāti Māori
29 May 2024"We have a pākeha government, who will announce a pākeha budget for a pākeha economy," Rawiri Waititi says.
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Māori strike: 'We've allowed them to domesticate us' - Te Pāti Māori
29 May 2024Te Pāti Māori leaders Deb Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi talk to Mihingarangi Forbes about their nationwide activation to disrupt Budget 2024.
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Parliament's Speaker refuses to apologise after accusations of broken tikanga
28 May 2024A moment of unity in Parliament has been tainted by accusations of broken tikanga, with the assistant speaker facing calls to apologise from all opposition parties.
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What seems like 'just a small ceremony' is 'righting some wrongs'
23 May 2024Mayor Tory Whanau says the new street name correctly recognises chief Hōniana Te Puni.
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Painting of leading activist wins 2024 Adam Portraiture Award
22 May 2024Taranaki artist Maryanne Shearman has been announced as the winner of the Adam Portraiture Award for her portrait of climate champion Tuhi-Ao Bailey.
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'Cloaks are really sacred to our people': Possum pelt exchange fosters indigenous bond
22 May 2024An Aboriginal delegation of possum skin cloak knowledge holders have shared information with Māori of an animal which is sacred in Australia but a pest in Aotearoa.
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Thousands turn to rongoā Māori for treatment of their injuries
21 May 2024There's been massive growth in people opting for traditional Māori healing practices for their rehabilitation through ACC.
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Value of close ties between regional councils, Māori on freshwater stressed
21 May 2024Building meaningful and enduring relationships between iwi, hapū and regional councils is vital, a new report finds.
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Survey doesn't support claims Treaty sowing division
14 May 2024New research shows New Zealanders - especially younger ones - see the Treaty largely as a positive symbol, Olli Hellmann writes.
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Kaumātua's vow to stay on island as DOC tells him to leave his home
23 May 2024The Department of Conservation has ordered Matutaera Te Nana Clendon to dismantle his illegal dwelling but he says he's not going anywhere. Audio
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Watch: Fleeced - Perpetual Leases and Māori Land
22 May 2024As New Zealanders debate the notion of 'one law for all', what's the intergenerational impact of perpetual leases on Māori landowners?
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Returned Wairoa land to be used for cyclone recovery workers
21 May 2024Iwi and hapū in Wairoa are celebrating the first return of whenua to their hands.
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Wahine Māori set to lead global public health body
21 May 2024Emma Rawson-Te Patu said the immediate priority for her two-year tenure at international organisation was decolonising public health globally.
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