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Taipa fishing competition protesters vow to continue demonstrations
26 Jan 2024The protest organiser says "It's now time for Māori to rise up, to intensify the struggle and make a stand".
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Hīkoi ki Waitangi: 'The purpose is to protect Te Tiriti'
25 Jan 2024Controversy over proposals about the Treaty of Waitangi is expected to breathe new life into an annual hīkoi.
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Māori artist and broadcaster Selwyn Muru dies, aged 86
24 Jan 2024One of his best-known works was 'Waharoa', a 7m-high wooden gateway that stands in Aotea Square.
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Take aim at commercial boats, not local fishers - Taipā competition organiser
28 Jan 2024The fishing competition organiser says a boat jetty protest by iwi members was misdirected.
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'Rhetorical hyperbole': Shane Jones on Treaty debate
Voters shouldn't fear debate when it comes to the Treaty Principles Bill, the NZ First minister says. Audio
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Historical site in danger of becoming a scrap yard, iwi member says
26 Jan 2024The owner of Rotorua's iconic Lakeland Queen paddle steamer has been given six months to move.
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'Māori will not sit idly by': PM warned against 'meddling with te Tiriti'
24 Jan 2024Rāhui Papa, a representative of the Kiingitanga and Waikato-Tainui, says they are watching the rhetoric coming out of the Beehive very closely.
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David Seymour skipping Rātana 'absolute ignorance' - Opposition MPs
24 Jan 2024Opposition MPs from the Green and Labour parties have called out ACT leader David Seymour's no-show at Rātana today, saying it is a display of ignorance about the Māori world.
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Luxon repeats 'No intention, no commitment' to ACT's Treaty Principles Bill
24 Jan 2024There may be no commitment or intention to support it past the first reading at this point, but the PM has repeatedly refused to categorically rule out further support for it.
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In pictures: 2024 Rātana celebrations
24 Jan 2024Politicians from almost every party in Parliament appeared at Rātana Pā on Wednesday. The PM acknowledges he was challenged, but says he enjoyed the discussions.
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Rātana celebrations begin, politicians set to arrive
24 Jan 2024Larger numbers are expected to attend celebrations, to continue talks which began last week,
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Mitre10 changes bathroom product names 'out of respect for te reo'
The home improvement chain's 'Legacy' brand used te reo Māori names for items such as toilet seats, toilet roll holders, robe hooks, grab rails and towel rails.
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Coalition government 'committed to misreading' the relationship between Māori and Crown - Treaty expert
22 Jan 2024Lawyer Dayle Takitimu says there needs to be a clarification about Māori rights under the Treaty, not a debate. Audio
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'Your voices are valued': Airing Rangatahi views key aspect of hui at Ngaaruawaahia
22 Jan 2024A workshop was dedicated solely to the voices, ideas and aspirations of rangatahi Māori, who have been identified by Kiingi Tuuheitia as a priority.
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Rangitīkei, Whanganui councils send strong message of support at Rātana
24 Jan 2024Local government leaders have addressed the paepae at Rātana with messages of support, laying down a plea for Māori to make their political views understood.
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'Ridiculous': Luxon rejects accusations of 'white supremacist' approach
23 Jan 2024The PM says Māori Party claims about the government's policies towards Māori are "baseless", "divisive and unhelpful". Audio
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Treaty partnership a 'misinterpretation', Seymour believes
22 Jan 2024The ACT party leader says his party does not regard Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a partnership between Māori and the Crown.
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Treaty Principles bill 'unhelpful and divisive' - Tama Potaka
22 Jan 2024The Māori Development Minister says a historic hui was positive and constructive, and National would not support ACT's push for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
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'Mana motuhake is ours, it will last forever' - Kiingi Tuuheitia
20 Jan 2024Kiingi Tuuheitia has thanked the estimated 10,000 people who answered his call to come together to participate in a national hui at Tuurangawaewae Marae.
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Urgent inquiry granted into plans to end Māori Health Authority
The Waitangi Tribunal has granted an application for an urgent inquiry into government plans to disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority.
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Greens and Te Pāti Māori criticise Luxon's non-attendance at hui
19 Jan 2024The Māori and Green parties say the prime minister should have attended the Kiingitanga's national hui, but Labour - whose own leader is also not attending - has brushed off concerns.
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'The wairua brought them'
21 Jan 2024Analysis - RNZ contributor Mihingarangi Forbes reflects on the highlights and historic discussions from the weekend's 12,000-strong hui in Ngaaruawaahia.
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Māori film festival in Taranaki for first time
21 Jan 2024The Kiriata Māori showcase will present a selection of documentaries, short films and moving image artworks made by Māori filmmakers.
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In photos: Hui aa motu at Tuurangawaewae Marae
20 Jan 2024An estimated 10,000 people answered Kiingi Tuuheitia's call to gather at Tuurangawaewae Marae for a national hui.
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