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Māori roll grows by almost 15,000 voters since last election

Enrolled Māori voters wanting to switch between electoral rolls have until midnight on Thursday (August 6) to decide before this year's election. View article...

Unhealthy food marketing targets Māori youth: How advertising drives type 2 diabetes rates

Māori youth see over 68 unhealthy food ads daily. Researchers urge a return to ancestral eating and mātauranga Māori to combat rising type 2 ... View article...

Reconciliation or recolonization? What Canada can learn by looking abroad

Anti- Maori rhetoric has emerged from across the coalition government to justify this legislative overhaul. The governing National Party has ... View article...

Māori film pioneer Leo Koziol dies aged 57

The New Zealand screen industry is mourning the death of Māori filmmaker and festival founder Leo Koziol, who has been remembered as a tireless ... View article...

Taranaki councils look to work with Māori after merger

She said mana whenua and council must build on strong relationships regardless. “Because the enduring relationships will last after the ... View article...

Racism inquiry hears of hurtful 'white fraud' comments and Tasmanian Aboriginal division

A national inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Nations people has come to Hobart to hear from the state's Aboriginal groups and ... View article...

Te Matatini o Ngā Taniwha: Live draw set for Tūrangawaewae marae

A revamped draw format will determine performance schedules for 57 kapa haka ahead of next year's national festival. View article...

Yolngu star and Māori rapper forge a healing, feel-good anthem

The collaboration between an Arnhem Land musician and a Sydney-based Maori rapper has delivered a healing song described as a 'merging of ... View article...

Ten-stop walk in midtown: new art, trees, transport links blended with history

Deep narratives from te ao Māori (the Māori world) have been brought into the everyday life of the city. Wāhine and Horotiu create a dialogue ... View article...

Te Aka Whai Ora may be shut down but Māori health leaders are continuing its work

What was disestablished in 2024 was a Crown entity with a name, a board and a budget. The institution of Māori leadership in decisions about ... View article...

Archaeological find suggests evidence of early Māori, colonial settlements near Kāeo

As earth movers carve a new floodway through Kāeo in Te Tai Tokerau, layers of history are being unearthed, revealing unprecedented archaelogical ... View article...

Disciplining 'little shits', cash for babies and a Māori Education Authority

It was a busy weekend for new policy, with Act, Te Pāti Māori and NZ First (respectively) promising classroom discipline, Māori education reform ... View article...

How can Indigenous knowledge reshape AI development?

As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes a part of ecological monitoring , a growing body of research suggests integrating Indigenous ... View article...

10 Best Cities To Retire In New Zealand

Dunedin keeps housing costs low and its center stays walkable. Palmerston North keeps its streets flat and its river paths close. Invercargill sits at ... View article...

English to become official language of NZ alongside Te Reo Māori and sign language

New Zealand First got the bill into the coalition agreement, and speaking at the third reading, MP Casey Costello said the bill was important to the " ... View article...

New Zealand is investing $202 million in a mega-operation aimed at restoring three islands ...

New Zealand has launched one of the largest ecological restoration projects in its history along with the Maori natives of the ... View article...

More accessible and secure research data

A critical aspect of the research data capability on Tuwhera Research Repository is that Māori Data Sovereignty and Indigenous data governance  ... View article...

Green candidate's unconventional tactic to boost the Māori roll

Green Party candidate and former Te Pāti Māori lawyer Tania Waikato says nobody should be surprised her bikini-clad photos are boosting her ... View article...

New Medical Council appointee calls impact of colonisation on Māori 'hugely controversial'

Health minister Simeon Brown has confirmed four new appointments to the Medical Council , six weeks after changing the authority's leadership. View article...

Human Rights Commission Calls for Treaty Law Review Proposals to Be Abandoned

“At its heart, this issue is simple. The Government says it wants clarity, but many Māori , legal experts, the Waitangi Tribunal, the Human Rights  ... View article...