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New poll shows coalition would retain power

The poll assumes Te Pāti Māori would keep its six electorate seats , despite the recent changes to its membership. It means the ... View article...

Discovering Maori culture in Rotorua

The Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Act has established at Te Puia the National Wood Carving , Stone and Bone Carving and Weaving Schools . The guided ... View article...

Iwi leader and Education Minister front joint press conference despite opposing views on Treaty issue

Both were united in wanting to lift Māori achievement with Papa saying the parties agreed on the goal but not necessarily how to get there. The forum ... View article...

Bowl hits new high for Maori art sold in New Zealand

A record has been set for a Maori work of art sold at auction in New Zealand . The late 19th century carved lidded presentation bowl or kumete whakairo  ... View article...

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...