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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...

Stats NZ Implements Fee-Based Data Request Fines

The organisations that submitted included five iwi and other Māori organisations (including one Māori youth organisation), five public sector ... View article...

Community grants programme open again

... Māori cultural heritage. The Hibiscus and Bays Local Board has also opened the second round of its 2026 local grants, providing funding for arts ... View article...

Kōanga Festival returns to Tāmaki Makaurau

Kōanga Festival, Aotearoa's annual celebration of Māori performing arts, has revealed its full programme for 2026. View article...

Haka to Dragon Boat: Māori and Chinese cultures meet across the Equator

The image of Māori warriors paddling dragon boats alongside Chinese teams, and Chinese visitors joining in the Haka, lingers long after the ... View article...

How the Māori seats could hold the key to this election

“The idea is, if you add, say, seven extra MPs from the Maori electorates, then you'd have seven more left-leaning MPs, and they would help make ... View article...

5 New Marine Reserves to Protect Dolphins and Kelp Forests off New Zealand's South Island

The reserves will be managed in partnership with the local Māori community, and be exclusive "no-take" areas. View article...

New Zealand tells 'snivelling wokesters' to accept Captain Cook ferry

But the decision to name one vessel after Cook , who killed Māori when he and his crew landed on the country's shore in October 1769, has raised ... View article...

Rawiri Waititi Urges Māori to Join Māori Roll Before Electoral Option Closes

Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Rawiri Waititi is urging Māori across Aotearoa to check their enrolment details and consider joining the Māori Roll before ... View article...

Mana Whakahono ā Rohe: Let's replace the myths with the law

He is also co-chairperson of Te Maruata , a Local Government New Zealand committee which promotes increased representation of Māori as elected members ... View article...

'Thousands of lives can be saved': Politicians urged to put public health ahead of industry profits

Māori are about twice as likely to smoke as non- Māori . Health Coalition Aotearoa interim co-chair Jason Alexander said prevention was essential to ... View article...

Will light pollution disrupt our connection with Matariki?

Victoria University of Wellington lecturer Dr Bridgette Farnworth told RNZ light pollution in New Zealand is increasing, on average, at a rate of 3.2 ... View article...

Wai Ariki Hot Springs and Spa marks three years and celebrates thriving Māori workforce

For many applicants, a significant number whakapapa (trace their genealogy) to Māori and some directly to Ngāti Whakaue . For some people, the ... View article...