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Māori led research needed to better understand poverty determinants - Meihana Durie
23 Feb 2024The government should be focusing on the causes high poverty among tamariki rather than dismantling the work of past Māori leaders, an academic says.
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Waitangi Tribunal to launch urgent inquiry into scrapping of Māori Health Authority
The Waitangi Tribunal will go ahead with an urgent inquiry into the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority.
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Cancer research awards: 'We are disproportionately not meeting the needs of Māori'
17 Feb 2024Three Māori researchers are receiving funding for their research into improving cancer care and addressing health inequities which see cancer disproportionately affect Māori.
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Chelsea Winstanley: 'I was married to someone who was on their own buzz'
23 Feb 2024The Award-winning film producer opens up to Anika Moa about life, love and following her own path in the first episode of a new RNZ podcast.
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Gang members 'laughing' about patch ban, social worker says
26 Feb 2024The police minister says the government is sending a message, but some of those on the ground don't think gangs will hear it.. Audio
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Gisborne mayor 'doesn't get iwi and she never will'
24 Feb 2024The chief executive of Te Aitanga a Māhaki says his iwi has cut off all future engagement with Rehette Stoltz.
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'Changes the meaning': Council criticised for omitting macrons
16 Feb 2024Missing macrons in an Invercargill City Council report has led to a request from mana whenua to do better.
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Kura Reo courses sell out in minutes as demand grows
21 Feb 2024Demand for Kura Reo - intensive, week-long, full immersion reo courses - has soared and securing a spot can be as tough as any concert, with some selling out in minutes.
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'Scary to be them' - warnings over whalebone theft
21 Feb 2024The theft of whale jawbones and teeth has left a Taranaki iwi fearful for the wellbeing of the thieves.
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Waitangi Tribunal to hold inquiry on climate policy
The Waitangi Tribunal is to hold a "priority" kaupapa inquiry into government climate change policy.
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Debate on scrapping GST on kai heads to Parliament
18 Feb 2024Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi's members' bill to scrap GST on food has been drawn from the ballot, but a National MP says the government has other plans.
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Fast-track consents plan won't derail fight over seabed mining - iwi
14 Feb 2024An iwi will continue to oppose to seabed mining even if the government introduces a fast-track consenting regime for significant infrastructure and development projects.
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Far North hapū to mark biggest signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
12 Feb 2024Hapū from around the Far North are expected to gather by the shores of Hokianga Harbour today to mark the second, and biggest, signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Marae kōrero reveals knowledge gaps on Te Tiriti
9 Feb 2024Five generations on from the Treaty being signed, many people aren't informed about its contents, councillor says.
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Iwi leader gets his day in court against seven major emitters
7 Feb 2024Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven big polluters for their role in causing climate change, in a Supreme Court ruling delivered this morning.
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Waitangi Day 2024: Thousands of visitors, one clear message
6 Feb 2024Tens of thousands of people walked in the footprints of those who first signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the sun-drenched treaty grounds today, but there was one clear message coming through - Toitū te…
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'Truly devastating' - Whānau still in limbo after Cyclone Gabrielle
14 Feb 2024Tangoio Marae in Te-Matau-a-Maui north of Napier was left blanketed with silt when Gabrielle hit. The clean-up took months but the marae still can't be used.
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'Our people are moving': Hundreds mark significant Treaty signing
12 Feb 2024It was more significant than usual given the "disruptive and dishonest" interpretation of Te Tiriti being promoted by some, a a hapū kaikōrero says
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Do New Zealanders really want a Treaty referendum?
11 Feb 2024A new poll shows "opinion is polarised" about whether there should be a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
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As it happened: Waitangi Day 2024 commemorations
6 Feb 2024Tens of thousands flocked to Waitangi for the annual commemoration this year, with a solemn dawn service, the return of the Hīkoi and gridlocked traffic. See how the events of the day unfolded with…
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Case against major NZ emitters garners international interest, lawyer says
8 Feb 2024A lawyer says a Supreme Court ruling on an iwi leader Mike Smith's climate case may open a new avenue in climate law.
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Macrons added to street signs in Marlborough
9 Feb 2024Three years after agreeing to put macrons on more than a dozen incorrect te reo Māori street signs in Marlborough, most of them have been fixed. It is pleasing progress,...
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Taranaki leaders fear maunga deal at risk
7 Feb 2024Leaders say they fear their deal with the Crown over Taranaki Maunga will not withstand the new government.
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'We will not be supporting that bill': Luxon on Treaty Principles
7 Feb 2024The prime minister has clearly ruled out his party supporting the Treaty Principles Bill beyond Select Committee.
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