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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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'Deliberate strategy to erase us': Iwi prepare for national hui
16 Jan 2024Whanganui and neighbouring iwi will travel to Ngāruawāhia to meet with the Kiingitanga over concerns about the new government.
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Luxon defends decision not to attend nationwide hui
19 Jan 2024"It's not actually a political event, per se," the PM says, adding he's "very supportive" as iwi gather to discuss the new government.
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Mass protests 'just the beginning' as iwi prepare
19 Jan 2024Iwi leader Ken Mair says the turnout in Whanganui of hundreds of people in December is just the start.
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Nationwide hui to be 'touch point' for 'many, many years to come'
19 Jan 2024Final preparations are underway for Waikato Tainui as they get ready to host the masses for a hui prompted by concerns over coalition government policy. Audio
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Ngāti Kuri ancestral knowledge rescues endemic species from extinction
19 Jan 2024Far north iwi Ngāti Kuri will inject more resource into its successful environmental restoration projects with a $6.6 million Foundation Far North Grant.
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Flaws in Crown's land legislation caused Taihape landlocking - Waitangi Tribunal
18 Jan 2024The Crown failed to remedy the problem of landlocking where Māori have no legal or physical access to lands they own, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
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'A rangatira was once a rangatahi': Youth encouraged to attend Māori King's Hui ā Motu
17 Jan 2024Rangatahi Māori are being encouraged to join the national hui at Turangawaewae Marae to make their voices heard.
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