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Report finds stark outcomes for Māori in state care system
11 Jun 2025The Independent Children's Monitor has found Māori children overrepresented in Oranga Tamariki's systems, with outcomes as they grow up painting a "paint a stark picture".
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'Come for the haka, stay for the healing': Auckland celebrates haka without the competition
10 Jun 2025Tāmaki Makaurau came alive as haka took centre stage at Spark Arena.
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'Happy tears': Students graduate with qualifications in carving and weaving
10 Jun 2025Nine tauira graduated from the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua.
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'Flipping the script' - record number of PhD scholarships granted in Māori Cancer Researcher Awards
One of the recipients of the Māori Cancer Researcher Awards lost her mother to cancer as a child, and still remembers how exclusionary the process was for her whanau.
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Taranaki council rebuffs calls to oppose seabed mining
10 Jun 2025Trans-Tasman Resources has approval to vacuum up 50 million tonnes of sand annually from the South Taranaki seabed for 35 years.
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'Nothing short of disastrous': Seabed mining project another 'muru raupatu' for Taranaki
9 Jun 2025About 500 people braved icy waters off the New Plymouth coast on Sunday to protest against the Pātea seabed mining project. Audio
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'We are living a nightmare': Parent's plea after teen's death
10 Jun 2025Just weeks before his 16th birthday, Kaea Karauria was fatally stabbed at a birthday party. Video
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Labour keeps door open for Te Pāti Māori, but urges focus
10 Jun 2025Chris Hipkins says Te Pāti Māori needs to focus on important issues such as jobs, health and homes, like Labour is. Audio
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'You can't scale chaos': Sector leader urges overhaul as builders face mental health crisis
8 Jun 2025There's a deepening mental health crisis in Aotearoa's construction sector, according to one business leader who says reform is urgently needed.
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Rangatahi-led project explores health benefits of kūmara vines
8 Jun 2025Darius Martin-Baker has combined with Callaghan Innovation scientists to study the medicinal qualities of kūmara.
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Suspended Te Pāti Māori MPs to embark on national tour
6 Jun 2025Te Pāti Māori says it will continue to stand its ground as three MPs begin their record suspensions. Audio
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'If I don't, who will?': Kara-France on making history
8 Jun 2025The Kiwi mixed martial artist will step into the octagon this month with the chance to become the first ever Māori UFC flyweight champion.
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Te Tai Tokerau comes out on top at 2025 Ahuwhenua Trophy awards
10 Jun 2025The Excellence in Māori Sheep and Beef Farming and the Young Māori Farmer awards both went to Northland-based farmers.
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This year's Te Matatini biggest yet
5 Jun 2025The festival brought just under $24 million into Taranaki.
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Iwi protest sale of ancestral mountain
3 Jun 2025"At the end of the day our final outcome, the only outcome, is for that mountain to be back in Māori hands, Māori ownership."
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Karakia and waiata open long-awaited Manawatū-Hawke's Bay highway
7 Jun 2025The Ahu a Turanga Highway will not be open for traffic until next week but a few locals had the chance to drive over the southern Ruahine Ranges on Saturday.
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Tāmaki Makaurau to celebrate te ao Māori with kapa haka showcase
7 Jun 2025Haka fans will come together this weekend to celebrate te ao Māori through haka, waiata and whanaungatanga at Tāmaki Hakangāhau. Video
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Tribunal urges crown to engage with Māori on coastal rights funding changes
6 Jun 2025The Waitangi Tribunal says the government waited too long before it declined to up Takutai Moana's funds.
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Te Pāti Māori co-leaders suspended from Parliament for 21 days
5 Jun 2025Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi have been suspended from Parliament for 21 days and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been suspended for 7 days.
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Matariki takes to the water for 2025 festival
3 Jun 2025Auckland's Matariki Festival will invite visitors to paddle waka and experience kapa haka, as the city celebrates the Māori lunar new year.
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'I've had to reconcile that' - Ngāti Hine leader reflects on King's Birthday tohū
3 Jun 2025Ngāti Hine leader Pita Tipene says the words of esteemed Māori leader Sir James Henare were ringing in his head when he was told he had been nomintated for a King's Birthday Honour.
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Joe Conrad - 'I just do what I do'
2 Jun 2025The waka kaupapa champion has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori. Audio
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'This is not a recognition I carry alone' - Māori honoured in King's Birthday list
2 Jun 2025Rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this year's list.
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'What a load of crap': Chris Bishop seen 'ranting' during Stan Walker performance
31 May 2025Renowned musician Don McGlashan confronted the Cabinet minister over his comments at the event on Thursday night.
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