Te Ao Māori
Report says RMA has failed to deliver for Māori
The report also says the RMA has failed to deliver for Māori and is making a raft of recommendations of how the resource management system can better reflect Te Tiriti and to engage with mana whenua.
…Creswell defends bid to take from aquifer: 'there is no loss of mauri'
Supporters of an appeal to stop a major water bottling consent heckled from the public gallery of the High Court today.
Renewed calls for electoral switch option ahead of voting day
National Party MPs have stopped singing from the same song sheet on whether Māori should be allowed to switch electoral rolls at any time.
Māori health providers prepare to expand services
Thousands are set to benefit from a collective of Māori health providers rolling out an indigenous approach to mental health and addictions services.
There have been consistent calls for increased… Audio
Fight to stop water bottling expansion reaches High Court
The fight to stop a major international company from taking a billion litres of water a year from the Awaiti Aquifer near Whakatāne has reached the High Court.
Māori families feel ignored by Family Court judges - report
Most whānau Māori going through the Family Court feel ignored by judges and are left to navigate a confusing system without support, a new report has found.
GWRC to consider Māori seat at table
Greater Wellington Regional Council will discuss introducing a Māori seat at its top table for its 2022 election.
Fight to stop water bottling expansion reaches High Court
The fight to stop a major international company from taking a billion litres of water a year from the Awaiti Aquifer near Whakatāne has reached the High Court.
Ngāti Awa is appealing the Bay of… Audio
Fable: 'Shout out to anyone working the nine to five'
Fable, a genre-blending futurist from Papakura, has just released his first EP, and it's an ode to repping your home town and making music for the working class. Audio
'The hard stuff' needs to happen to improve Māori health - trainee doctor
The power sharing, trusting Māori, and the funding of Māori initiatives will need to occur to achieve better health outcomes for Māori, says trainee doctor Emma Espiner. Audio
Emma Espiner: Witnessing a health system that fails Māori
How does it feel to become part of a system that fails Maori? In her new podcast Getting Better: A Year in the Life of A Maori Medical Student, trainee doctor and award-winning writer Emma Espiner… Audio
Census 2023: Iwi leaders want government to give Māori much more say
Iwi leaders are urging the government to set new priorities for the next census that give Māori much more say.
Some Māori frustrated they can't switch electoral rolls until 2024
Māori trying to switch electoral rolls ahead of the election are frustrated they will not be able to do so until 2024, and are left with poor candidate choices in their current electorate as a result.
South Island social service agencies move to living wage
Over 90 percent of the health and social services that work with the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency have agreed to pay their staff a living wage.
Wahine Māori exposes landlord racism with name change
A landlord who had initially rejected a woman's rental requests - but responded after she used a Western name - told her he did not want Māori in his house. Audio
Ihumātao: One year since eviction notice served
It has been a year since occupiers of disputed land at Ihumātao were served with eviction notices prompting thousands of people to flock there to support the occupation and halting Fletcher Building's… Video
Worry NZ First may block plan for Māori tender rights
A plan to give Māori tendering rights is widely supported by Māori leaders, but there is frustration that New Zealand First may be blocking it.
Marlborough's plan to honour its mighty Wairau River
The banks along Marlborough's Wairau River are set to be transformed into a regional park, to honour the river as a taonga for Māori, while securing its future as a major regional resource.
The success of mobile testing clinics for Māori
Mobile clinics have helped drive high Covid-19 testing rates for Māori, and Māori health providers want them to become a regular part of primary health care practice.
Hundreds protest landfill in Dome Valley
Hundreds of opponents to a massive landfill earmarked for Auckland's Dome Valley marched through the city centre today with some messaging for mayor Phill Goff: scrap the dump, or relocate it.