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It's out there, you just gotta look

There's an overall embrace of the lifestyle the Māori had before white settlers . I wonder how the entire U.S. would be different if we celebrated our ... View article...

Soft-on-crime Labour puts public safety last

“It's a shame the same can't be said for Labour's MPs and their mates in the Greens and Te Pati Māori ... Māori , of dumping violent offenders out ... View article...

Pūtātara: Revolutions in Māori Art

In Pūtātara: Revolutions in Māori Art, Matariki Williams and Jamie Tahana journey through the history of Māori art, starting at Ngā Puna Waihanga  ... View article...

Celebrating Māori Intellectual Property at the Winter Olympics

Exceptional IP in the form of indigenous Māori cultural expressions has been proudly showcased by the New Zealand Winter Olympics team. View article...

How to teach 74 years of New Zealand history in 15 hours

The despair quickly followed as I thought of my fellow teachers, professionals who are experts in their subject knowledge and in the art of teaching, trying to deliver an excruciatingly prescriptive curriculum in unachievable timeframes. View article...

Major General Rose King's initiative to incorporate Māori cultural interests is to be ...

Army chief's Māori cultural move should be commended Given that in Aotearoa New Zealand , the ratios of non-believers , monotheistic and ... View article...

Hipikins speech like 'lump of jelly' filled with sentiment, says Willis

If Labour does not come up with policy, "the Greens and Te Pāti Māori are ready to go", says National's deputy leader. View article...

Ruapehu Mayor welcomes $3.5m to restore fire-scarred Tongariro

Local iwi Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro is working alongside the Department of Conservation to implement Maunga Ora , a restoration plan combining ... View article...

Dog attacks spark calls for change

“A study on caregiver perspectives showed that while dogs are highly-valued within NZ communities, they can also cause harm to ... View article...

Bill to make English an official language of NZ introduced to Parliament

The legislation would see English be recognised as an official language alongside Te Reo  Māori  and New Zealand Sign Language. It would not affect the ... View article...

Māori grief and Church faith meet in new film Holy Days

Tainui Stephens is encouraging Māori storytellers not to limit themselves, saying it's possible to tackle even the deepest issues with humour. View article...

10 great road trips to get the most out of New Zealand

Ease into natural hot pools at Kaikohe's Ngawha Springs before journeying to New Zealand's northernmost point at Cape Reinga. For Māori, the meeting ... View article...

University of Waikato AI voice project backs Māori-led 'sovereign AI'

The Waikato University AI Institute co-director says Māori must retain control over their own language, knowledge and data as artificial intelligence ... View article...

Māori culture and scientific progress fuel Christchurch's post-conference growth

Delegates ranked  Māori  heritage and values among the highest-rated impacts, describing Indigenous-led programming as “transformative”. This research ... View article...

Stark differences in COVID-19 vaccination rates between Māori and non-Māori, research finds

A new study analyzing COVID-19 vaccine uptake has found markedly lower vaccination rates among  Māori , which researchers link to existing ... View article...

The Public Works Act and Its Enduring Impact on Māori

From the 1860s onwards, earlier versions of public works legislation were used extensively to take Māori land for railways , roads , defence purposes  ... View article...

Indigenous teen kayaks the entire Klamath

“I come from a beautiful place and a beautiful family of hard workers,” said Keeya, who is of Yurok and Māori descent. “We know what's right, and ... View article...

How Indigenous ideas about nonlinear time can help us navigate ecological crises

However, many Indigenous peoples—including Māori , the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand —experience time nonlinearly. Rather than picturing ... View article...

In Mārama, Yorkshire Gothic meets te ao Māori as Victorian England gets a bloody reckoning

It's set mostly in 1859 Yorkshire , to where a young Māori woman has been invited with the promise of being told what happened to the whānau who ... View article...

Big Gay Out: protests erupt with the politicians' panel getting cut short

The protester, who wished to remain anonymous, told Te Ao Māori News they did not regret going on stage. “Politicians must be reminded that they ... View article...