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'They are my whānau': Willie Apiata heads $200K fundraising effort for cyclone-hit iwi
1 May 2023The Victoria Cross recipient auctioned off his medal to help an East Coast iwi.
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Waitangi Tribunal hears urgent kura kaupapa Māori claim
30 Apr 2023Te Rūnanga Nui is seeking intervention to ensure kura kaupapa Māori can continue to express their tino rangatiratanga.
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Sports hardship fund for tamariki and rangatahi Māori to continue
30 Apr 2023A project to help remove financial barriers for tamariki and rangatahi Māori to access sporting opportunities in the South Island has been extended.
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Battle of Gate Pā commemoration held in Tauranga
29 Apr 2023In Tauranga about a hundred people have gathered to mark the 159th anniversary of the battle of Gate Pā.
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Māori language educator honoured with Te Whare Pūkenga Award
29 Apr 2023Wally Penetito was recognised for significantly impacting the lives of Māori across Aotearoa.
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Māori leaders hightlight key issues at UN forum
28 Apr 2023The impact of forestry on indigenous peoples has been discussed at a UN meeting after slash was strewn across Tai Rāwhiti's land and beaches during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Crown intent on absorbing kura kaupapa into mainstream system, Waitangi Tribunal told
26 Apr 2023A Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into inequities alleged by kaupapa Māori schools has opened in Tāmaki Makaurau.
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'It's in our genes now, the radiation' - Nuclear test veterans seek recognition
More than 500 sailors on New Zealand navy ships were exposed to tests of hydrogen bombs in the late 1950s. Newsroom's Aaron Smale spoke to one in time for Anzac Day.
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Rangiriri Pā re-opens trenches to the public, 160 years after invasion
A Waikato iwi has described a sense of healing after it opened the upgraded Rangiriri Pā trenches to public tours this week.
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Iwi partnership aims to reduce cases of children being put in care
26 Apr 2023An East Coast iwi is partnering with the government to give iwi and local groups more say in decisions about uplifiting children.
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Ancient Māori building techniques proven to withstand major earthquakes
25 Apr 2023The technique of mīmiro has proven to be able to withstand major earthquakes and will be used to rebuild an historic Bay of Plenty wharenui. Audio
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Jobs safeguarded as Kono sells seafood operation to Talley's
The food and beverage company is selling its Marlborough-based seafood business to the food manufacturing giant.
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Kura reo tailors to Māori living in Perth
22 Apr 2023The first ever kura reo in Australia kicked off on Friday in Te Urupū - Perth.
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First police station with all external signage in te reo Māori opens
21 Apr 2023A new police base in the small Bay of Plenty town of Tāneatua has opened after a fire destroyed the town's station in 2018.
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Iwi owner keen on co-management of beach reserve
21 Apr 2023The iwi that owns a Taranaki beachfront campground reserve is backing a proposal to co-manage its land with the local council.
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Te Matatini 2025: Journey begins as Te Kāhui Maunga receives mouri stone
20 Apr 2023A new process for handing over the spiritual component of Te Matatini - the premier event for Māori performing arts - has been enacted at Rātana Pā.
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Russell could be Kororāreka by end of 2023
Submissions on changing the Bay of Islands town's name to its Māori original will be presented to the Geographic Board in June, and Land Information NZ says a decision is likely this year.
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Iwi wins right to appeal multi-billion dollar Chinese water bottling consent
18 Apr 2023Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa took its fight all the way to the Supreme Court after the High Court, Environment Court and Court of Appeal dimissed the case.
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Pop up clinics for Northland Māori businesses to get support kanohi ki te kanohi post-cylone
A series of pop up clinics are being organised for Māori businesses in Northland still feeling the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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King Charles coronation: Who is going - and who isn't?
18 Apr 2023It has been confirmed that Māori King Tūheitia and his wife will attend King Charles III's coronation alongside Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in London next month.
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National standing candidate for Māori seat for first time since 2002
18 Apr 2023National List MP Harete Hipango has been selected to contest the Māori seat of Te Tai Hauāuru.
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Case of funding inequity for kura to be heard by Waitangi Tribunal
18 Apr 2023Maōri continue to be marginalised in the education system, Kura Kaupapa says, ahead of its presentation of an urgent inquiry to the Waitangi Tribunal.
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Family desperate for mother's body to join brothers at Putiki Urupā
17 Apr 2023On death, Mihi Kui Edwards wanted to be reunited with her siblings - but at the last minute, was buried elsewhere. Audio
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'Extremely high quality' level of entries to second year of art award
17 Apr 2023Almost half the 96 entries to this year's Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award have been shortlisted, with an extremely high quality level of entries, an organiser says.
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