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History and archaeology 'chose me' - Professor Atholl Anderson
22 Oct 2025For decades the Ngāi Tahu archaeologist and historian has explored the origins and historic migration of peoples around the Pacific. Audio
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Researchers say NZ parks still carry colonial scars
21 Oct 2025Is it time for parks and reserves to better uphold Te Tiriti? Two researchers believe so.
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Meet the whānau bringing Minecraft and te reo Māori together
21 Oct 2025One whānau is taking a creative approach to ensure te reo Māori has a space to thrive online.
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Final results confirm axeing of more than half of Māori wards
21 Oct 2025Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum voted to remove them.
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'Not ever been overspent': Te Pāti Māori MP hits back at allegations
20 Oct 2025Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says she has taken "some time" to decide how to respond to the claims by Te Pāti Māori's leadership.
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'When we first set up you'd be lucky to have one Māori writer published a year'
20 Oct 2025Author Becky Manawatu has taken out the top prize at the 2025 Pikihuia Awards for her novel Kataraina.
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The 21-year-old rangatahi who won a council seat
18 Oct 2025Keshaan Te Waaka will sit on the Tararua District Council for the next three years and is already looking ahead.
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Ngāti Toa Rangatira celebrates return of sacred maunga
17 Oct 2025Ngāti Toa Rangatira has bought back 53 hectares of land at Whitireia, 177 years after it was gifted to the Anglican Church.
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Nail-biting win for Māori seats at Horizons Regional Council
19 Oct 2025Horizons Regional Council will keep its two Māori constituencies after special votes pushed a paper-thin margin to a comfortable majority.
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'It's worse than 2004': Veteran Māori activist slams new marine title bill
16 Oct 2025The government is intent on progressing the legislation next week despite a petition being delivered to Parliament, the Justice Minister says.
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'Essential integrity': Bolger believed in doing 'the right thing' by Māori
Jim Bolger often stood up to his own team when overseeing the fractious process that led to a Treaty settlement, a Ngāi Tahu leader says. Audio
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Kupu Māori Writers Festival returns for 2025
16 Oct 2025The line-up of speakers at the festival includes Patricia Grace, J. P. Pomare, Monty Soutar and Hinemoa Elder among many others.
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NZer of the Year calls for free cervical cancer screening for all
16 Oct 2025Currently, the National Cervical Screening Programme, which includes self-testing, is the only national screening programme that is not free for all New Zealanders.
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Kapa-Kingi has 'no regrets' about turning on Te Pāti Māori
15 Oct 2025The prominent activist says he knew he would be "dragged through the mud".
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Brownlee plans crackdown on Parliament's standards after maiden speech, haka
14 Oct 2025The Speaker suspended Parliament briefly last week after Oriini Kaipara's speech was followed by a waiata, then haka.
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'Not clear how many Māori Parties there are' - Labour leader
14 Oct 2025"It seems that there are a number of different segments to the Māori Party," says Chris Hipkins, "and it's unclear whether they actually form a cohesive whole at this point."
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'Mean-spirited': Sykes joins calls to halt coastal rights law change
14 Oct 2025Veteran Māori lawyer Annette Sykes says the government has to stop a law making it harder to get customary marine title.
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'We really need Māori wards to ensure representation'
14 Oct 2025Two dozen districts have voted to scrap their Māori wards, while 18 voted to keep them.
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Victoria Police officer becomes first with moko kauae
14 Oct 2025Marlene Drummond is the first Victoria Police officer to wear moko kauae, visually representing who she is as a wāhine Māori of Ngāpuhi.
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'Pretty cool': Northland playground tells stories of Ngāti Rēhia
13 Oct 2025The name, Te Amo Pūtoro, could be loosely translated as "a place where children can safely play and discover".
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First-ever Moriori language week a 'long time coming'
13 Oct 2025Moriori people, tchakat henu (tangata whenua) of Rēkohu, the Chatham Islands have much to celebrate with the first-ever Moriori language week kicking off this November. Hokotehi Moriori Trust…
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Former Waitangi Tribunal chair says next generation must decide on its future
11 Oct 2025Sir Eddie Taihakurei Durie was chair of the tribunal for nearly 20 years.
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Te Pāti Māori leaders claim broken trust abruptly ended media stand-up
10 Oct 2025After this week's 'reset', Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discussed their future with Mata host Mihingārangi Forbes.
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Iwi leader speaks out after ejection from Parliament during tense foreshore debate
10 Oct 2025Aperahama Edwards says the government has no authority to push through a law that would make it harder for Māori to win customary marine title to the foreshore and seabed.
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