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Former Waitangi Tribunal chair says next generation must decide on its future
11 Oct 2025Sir Eddie Taihakurei Durie was chair of the tribunal for nearly 20 years.
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Te Pāti Māori leaders claim broken trust abruptly ended media stand-up
10 Oct 2025After this week's 'reset', Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discussed their future with Mata host Mihingārangi Forbes.
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Iwi leader speaks out after ejection from Parliament during tense foreshore debate
10 Oct 2025Aperahama Edwards says the government has no authority to push through a law that would make it harder for Māori to win customary marine title to the foreshore and seabed.
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Waitangi Tribunal's half-century: 'How can you provide a place for both peoples?'
10 Oct 2025A former chair says the country has seen a 'seismic' cultural shift over the tribunal's 50 years. Audio
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'We've made a seismic shift in New Zealand' - 50 years of the Waitangi Tribunal
9 Oct 2025Former Waitangi Tribunal chairperson Sir Eddie Durie joined dozens of other tribunal members to commemorate its creation.
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Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara: 'I covered stories and now I choose to change them'
9 Oct 2025Kaipara, a former broadcaster, has given her first ever speech in Parliament this afternoon.
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Parliament suspended after public gallery haka
9 Oct 2025Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew about the haka, after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.
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Rangatahi call for housing justice and youth-led solutions
10 Oct 2025An advocacy group says youth homelessness is often misunderstood and many young people are leaving homes because they're unsafe.
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Te Pāti Māori want to put turmoil behind them
9 Oct 2025Oriini Kaipara makes her maiden speech today, as the party announces a reset it hopes will distract from the turmoil of recent months. Audio
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'Where are the apologies?': Te Pāti Māori blasts government, media for 'constant attack' on Treaty
8 Oct 2025Co-leader Rawiri Waititi pointed the finger during a blistering speech in Parliament.
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Māori Ward councillors campaigning hard to retain Māori wards
7 Oct 2025Nelson's incumbent Māori Ward councillor Kahu Paki Paki said despite running unopposed, this election has "been harder than you could probably ever imagine".
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Jobseeker changes 'out of touch', youth homelessness group warns
7 Oct 2025A kaupapa Māori youth homelessness group says benefit changes will increase whānau stress and push more rangatahi onto the streets.
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'Not plausible': Woman wants investigations into excavated waka halted
5 Oct 2025Catherine Sixtus says the waka, found in the Chatham Islands, may have come from Germany.
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Natural elements didn't stop Te Tarata 160-year commemorations
6 Oct 2025It has been 160 years since the battle of Te Tarata - now eighth-generation descendants live to tell the story their tūpuna endured.
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'Never too late': Social worker's journey to reclaim Māori identity
5 Oct 2025A wahine who has reclaimed her cultural identity is urging more Māori to pursue a career in social work.
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New book explores reimagined life in Taranaki in 1940s
3 Oct 2025Airana Ngarewa has just released his third book, 'The Last Living Cannibal', inspired by Ngāruahine leader Tītokowaru. Audio
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Inclusive marae experience open to all
3 Oct 2025"All whānau" have the opportunity to immerse themselves in activities and traditions well-known to te ao Māori at three Hawke's Bay marae.
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Te Papa showcases moko kanohi or facial tattooing in action
2 Oct 2025A group of tā moko artists have studied over 200 toi moko, or Māori ancestral heads with the hope of identifying their iwi and eventually returning them home.
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'Advance te reo Māori revitalisation': Māori entities get new leaders
1 Oct 2025Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka made the announcement.
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The City to Sea Bridge and legacy of architect Rewi Thompson
5 Oct 2025The fate of the bridge described as a turning point for Māori architecture has swung back and forth over the past few months. Audio
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Kapa-Kingi rules out rival political party after Te Pāti Māori split
4 Oct 2025The activist hopes the split will spur Te Pāti Māori into creating genuine change from the inside. Audio
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Former Māori Party co-leader backs Toitū Te Tiriti split
3 Oct 2025"It's a split and it doesn't mean to say that there's not compatibility or alignment with kaupapa." Audio
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Iwi-led conservation project awarded $6m funding boost
30 Sep 2025But other conservation programmes were also relying on that same funding.
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Te Rangimaheu Te Heuheu Tūkino IX named as successor of Tā Tumu Te Heuheu Tūkino VIII
30 Sep 2025Gerrard Te Rangimaheu Te Heuheu Tūkino IX will takeover from his father, signalling a continuation of the legacy.
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