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The cost of Labour's four-party coalition

Chris Hipkins has handed the Greens, Te Pāti Māori and Opportunity the upper hand by promising to form New Zealand's first four-party coalition by ... View article...

New Zealand voter enrolment rate falls below previous election levels

Among voters of Maori descent, the provisional enrolment rate was 85.9 percent, with 603,968 Maori voters enrolled, up from 567,012 in 2023, according ... View article...

Crown breached Treaty by stripping school boards of Tiriti duty, tribunal finds

In a report on the Government's education reforms, the Tribunal called for a formal Crown apology to Māori and the full restoration of the Treaty ... View article...

Final health report before watchdog role scrapped: One in four Māori in Waiariki missing out ...

One in four Māori in Waiariki is not enrolled with a GP, while fewer than seven in 10 Māori children are fully immunised by age two, according to ... View article...

Young Māori are asking for more than political personalities

Beyond political personalities, the poll highlights rangatahi Māori's concerns about finding work, housing and affording essentials, ... View article...

Jobs, jobs, jobs - the difficult issue facing rangatahi

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke says that's the stark reality for young constituents in Hauraki-Waikato during this election. “Rangatahi Māori have never ... View article...

When home feels hostile: Navigating a year of anti-Indian hate

There was also a conscious effort, he says, not to confuse the protesters with Māori more broadly. In March, Māori and Sikh communities came ... View article...

Late Te Pāti Māori MP faced investigation over charity money

MP Takutai Kemp was under investigation at the time of her death last year for funnelling thousands of dollars of charity money into Te Pāti Māori ... View article...

'They'll make me disappear': Candidates hit by surge in online racism

Anti- Māori racism has also increased. Dutta said the rise was not a blip but a trend, and one that some politicians were helping to fuel. He said ... View article...

Māori and First Nations unite for Western Sydney Airport's historic opening

Māori performers and Australian First Nations groups united to celebrate cultural visibility and community connection at the grand opening of ... View article...

Every voice matters as Māori prepare for Aotearoa's election

Rangatahi (young people) Māori are being encouraged to enrol and vote in Aotearoa's (New Zealand) upcoming election, with decisions on housing, e. View article...

Vote for health: From Labour to ACT, how will (or won't) our politicians fix safe staffing?

... Māori workforce and training opportunities. Māori health professionals are more likely to remain in Aotearoa, practice in rural locations, and ... View article...

Beyond the Honey: Blanche Morrogh is building Māori wealth without giving away her whenua

Māori businesswoman Blanche Morrogh is proving that Indigenous economic success does not have to come at the expense of ownership, cultural ident. View article...

Government funding deal for Māori Wardens breached law, High Court finds

The High Court found the Crown could not directly fund Māori Wardens through a separate trust without involving statutory Māori councils. View article...

Māori university staff call for job security and fair pay at historic tertiary strike

... Māori staff to build careers and strengthen support for Māori students. Baker-Jones is a member of the TEU and has worked at the university for ... View article...

Kaipara and Leoni clash over gang pad visit in heated debate showdown

Te Pāti Māori incumbent Oriini Kaipara launched a fierce defence of her visit to a Mongrel Mob gang pad during a fiery Whakaata Māori election ... View article...

Kāingaroa voices call for change at the ballot box

Frustration with political promises runs deep in Kāingaroa, but one resident is urging the community to turn that frustration into votes as the ... View article...

Taranaki Retreat to offer counselling programme for state care abuse survivors

The report also highlighted the state's failure to respond to signs of systemic abuse along with the disproportionate impact suffered by Māori , ... View article...

Labour candidate warns Te Pāti Māori gang photos hand right wing ammunition

Party's Tāmaki Makaurau candidate Kerrin Leoni says rival Te Pāti Māori's campaign photos with the Mongrel Mob are being weaponised by the right. View article...

Ngāpuhi economic future in focus as Treaty settlement remains unresolved

Evans has worked across the Māori -Crown space throughout her career and was deputy chair of Tupu Tonu, the Crown-owned Ngāpuhi investment fund ... View article...