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Māori chocolatier debuts at prestigious chocolate event in Paris
Many children grow up dreaming of living in a world of chocolate, but Thomas Netana Wright has made it his reality.
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'They don't know the history' - NZers know more about foreign wars than our own
27 Oct 2023Experts say commemorations of the New Zealand Wars are at risk of passing by unnoticed outside of Māori circles.
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Auckland Council's votes against Māori seats
26 Oct 2023Auckland Council has today voted to reject Māori seats for the city.
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How Ngāruahine plans to bring financial focus back home
25 Oct 2023Ngāruahine iwi is changing the way it spends and invests to bring more benefits back home to its whānau and the local area.
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Far North occupation highlights wider problem of hoons on dunes, iwi ranger says
24 Oct 2023An iwi ranger on the Far North's Karikari Peninsula says a furore over a beach access road is highlighting wider problems of vehicle damage to dunes and sacred places.
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Whanganui District Council votes for Māori wards
24 Oct 2023Whanganui is the last council in the Manawatū-Whanganui region to establish Māori wards.
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'We're on the precipice of change' - Remembering Aotearoa's history
24 Oct 2023Tauranga is hosting this year's Te Pūtake o te Riri - the national commemoration of the New Zealand Wars. Audio
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Maramataka the focus of new Puke Ariki Museum exhibition
22 Oct 2023The Māori lunar calendar and traditional practices of māra kai are the focus of a new exhibition at Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth.
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Surge in support secures four Māori electorates for Te Pāti Māori
15 Oct 2023Te Pāti Māori have secured four of the seven Māori electorates and will return to Parliament, which will be fronted by a National-led government.
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Majority in favour of Māori wards in Whanganui – council survey
17 Oct 2023The majority of those who took part in a council survey want to see Māori wards introduced in Whanganui.
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Māori sports app shares veteran broadcaster's vast dictionary
18 Oct 2023After decades of collecting and developing te reo Māori words for sports terms, sports commentator Hemana Waaka discovered he'd come up with something like an encyclopedia. Audio
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'We were horrified': Hapū occupy site to stop access road
18 Oct 2023An occupation is under way in the Far North where hapū are upset about a landowner's plans to put an access road through sand dunes they say are wāhi tapu.
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Watch Mata: Surveying the new political landscape
17 Oct 2023Tau Henare, Morgan Godfery, and a range of politicians discuss the election results and what the future looks like for Māori.
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Te Pāti Māori hoping for more seats once special votes counted
16 Oct 2023Te Pāti Māori's election haul could have a knock-on effect on coalition arrangements if special votes fall in its favour. Audio
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Nanaia Mahuta: taking stock and spending time with whānau
15 Oct 2023Defeated Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta says she hopes the gains for Māori over the last two Labour terms will not be wound back.
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Māori electoral commission needed for 'shambolic' voting system - Te Pati Māori
14 Oct 2023Te Pati Māori has called the voting system "shambolic" after many booths ran out of ballots, some closed early and the online system collapsed.
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Long-running dispute between iwi and boaties ends up in court
9 Oct 2023An estuary has long been used due to its safety and proximity to fishing grounds. But local iwi oppose vehicle access as the area is of cultural significance.
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Election could bring massive change for Māori health services
12 Oct 2023Māori health services are waiting nervously for the election, after National and ACT pledged to scrap the independent Māori Health Authority.
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Takutai Moana Act breaches Treaty principles - Waitangi Tribunal
6 Oct 2023Report sets out a raft of recommendations but warns the Crown against 'cherry-picking' select findings.
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'Get behind it': Expert urges parties to give Māori Health Authority a chance
11 Oct 2023The centre right parties' plans to dump the agency will be a massive step backwards in trying to improve Māori health outcomes, a man who has worked in the sector for years says. Audio
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Iwi and Taranaki Regional Council seek help from nature for flooding
11 Oct 2023Ngaa Rauru is joining up with Taranaki Regional Council to search for "nature-based solutions" to flooding of the Waitōtara River catchment in the face of climate change.
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Why Māori and young voters sometimes don't vote in elections
5 Oct 2023As election day draws nearer, Māori and young people tell RNZ what it will take for them to be more engaged in the voting process.
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Far North mayor to receive award for being one of world's top young politicians
4 Oct 2023Moko Tepania - who was "blown away" and hoped just to be nominated - was due to receive his award in Belfast, Ireland on Wednesday evening.
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Te Tai Tokerau: Te Pāti Māori trails Labour in new poll
5 Oct 2023Labour deputy leader and incumbent MP Kelvin Davis has opened up a six-point gap over his Te Pāti Māori rival in the race for Te Tai Tokerau electorate.
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