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Māori Queen launches major investment fund at historic cultural summit

In a landmark moment for the Māori economy, the newly-instated Queen Nga wai hono i te po , titled Te Arikinui Kuini , announced the Kotahitanga Fund  ... View article...

Education Ministry advised Stanford to consult Māori on Treaty clause changes

Education Minister was advised to consult with Māori before changing the requirement that school boards give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi, ... View article...

Incoming 25% 'funding cut' for Māori media will be 'catastrophic' - even this National MP agrees

Parliament has been warned of an imminent “ catastrophe ” for the Māori media sector , with its funding agency claiming the Government is about to slash ... View article...

NZ nature credit pilot co-governed with Maori seeks buyers

A pilot using nature credits to restore forests in New Zealand co-governed by Maori trustees is seeking buyers, they announced this week. View article...

Critics Say Amendment Bill Threatens Māori Health Equity and Development

A newly introduced amendment to the health-system overhaul law is drawing strong criticism from Māori leaders and health advocates, who argue the ... View article...

Housing pods become pathway to ownership for Wairoa whānau

Whānau in Wairoa are upskilling their financial literacy , enabling them to buy their accomodation, through shared ownership . View article...

Prostate Cancer Detection Project Launched

" Aotearoa New Zealand has some of the highest prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates worldwide and much poorer outcomes in Māori communities. View article...

'Please walk on me' NZ flag exhibition shocks Hastings councillor

Māori artist Diane Prince 's installation Flagging the Future was hastily removed from the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū in Nelson earlier ... View article...

A 'miscommunication' led to the $138,000 shock removal of two ex-police houses

The company acted like "speculators for the government," says Hyde . "That's how that land was initially moved from Māori ownership to European ... View article...

Te Pāti Māori wants electorate seats recalculated

Māori should gain another electorate seat ‒ from seven to eight ‒ on recent population data, a High Court judge has been told. View article...

Researchers link Māori housing inequities to 180 years of restrictive building laws

Researchers say the systems that displaced Māori from their kāinga still shape housing inequities today and the solutions lie in restoring Māori  ... View article...

Māori Detail State-Driven Harm as Crown Presents Misleading Picture to UN

While the Minister told CERD the government is committed to Māori health equity through a universal model, Lady Tureiti corrected this with CERD that ... View article...

Maori face harsher sentences than NZ Europeans for similar drink-driving offences

People of Maori descent account for just a fifth of Aotearoa 's population, but are overrepresented at every stage of the criminal justice system. View article...

NZ's new pay law helps workers talk but still hides the real gaps

Campaigners say the law won't close the big gaps for Māori , Pacific and ethnic women because employers still aren't required to report pay gaps . View article...

Sincere leaders will always eclipse ones who 'need' to posture

Her choice of the Maori costume was daring. But it was also praised as proof of her pride in her country, as demonstrated to its former colonial ruler ... View article...

Māori Health Providers Warn Summer Funding Delays Could Leave Communities Exposed

Māori health providers across several regions are sounding the alarm as they head into one of the busiest periods of the year without confirmation ... View article...

A fight to save ancestral lands in Indonesia

In New Zealand, the story of a young Māori Rhodes scholar, Naianga Tapiata , has become inseparable from that of a trailblazing ancestor figure: ... View article...

How much do people fear crime in New Zealand?

Māori adults were also less confident that the criminal justice system was fair regardless of whether they faced financial stress . People who had been ... View article...

Te Tai Tokerau hui backs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi amid Te Pāti Māori row

Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says there are moments when she thinks “how did we get here”. Two years ago, she beat long-standing ... View article...

Commitment to lifelong learning agreed at major distance education conference

The overarching conference theme drew from the Māori concept of ako – honouring the value of reciprocity and knowledge exchange in the teaching and ... View article...