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Māori shut out of curriculum decisions against ministry’s advice, tribunal hears

Waitangi Tribunal urges halt on Treaty clause changes

Budget 2026 boosts Māori media – but leaves many whānau to struggle

While some investments were targeted at MДЃori, critics say the government has its priorities wrong and the budget will leave MДЃori communities continuing to struggle. For all the...

‘Kei hea te tika?’: Hūhana Lyndon accuses Waitangi Tribunal of silencing wāhine Māori

A Green MP wouldn’t backdown on a request at the Waitangi Tribunal. Neither would the judge. What really happened? Last week, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon stood at Mōtatau marae in N...

How many MДЃori seats should there be in parliament?

A proposed law would prevent the number of MДЃori electorate seats from increasing until at least 2032. With a growing MДЃori population, is that fair? The government has introduce...

The further unravelling of Te PДЃti MДЃori

With Mariameno Kapa-Kingi gone and questions swirling over the future of two more MPs, the party is set for a difficult six months ahead., writes Catherine McGregor in today’s exce...

A decade of Matike Mai Aotearoa: How far have we come?

It’s been 10 years since an independent report outlined a path for constitutional transformation. Here’s a look back at what’s happened since. A decade ago, a quiet but radical pro...

Former Te Pāti Māori president’s haka targeting Act MP Parmjeet Parmar sparks backlash

This story was originally published on RNZ. Former Te Pāti Māori president Che Wilson has sparked debate following a controversial haka performed at the Tainui Regional Kapa Haka c...

Iwi leaders furious at Budget 2026, call it ‘economic apartheid’

The iwi leaders are particularity concerned about the high rate of MДЃori unemployment, which sits at 11.5%

Waitangi Tribunal begins urgent inquiry into school Treaty obligations and curriculum changes

A union will allege a pattern of Crown conduct that has "systematically undermined and dismantled" Treaty obligations in education.

Te PДЃti MДЃori in crisis, MPs could walk out ahead of election

ANALYSIS: Just six months out from the election, Stuff understands rank-and-file Te PДЃti MДЃori MPs are considering whether to break away.

Can Labour put an end to Te Pāti Māori – and does it want to?

Chris Hipkins and Willie Jackson say they want to wrest all seven Māori seats back, even if it means Labour can’t change the Government

Māori should be the kingmakers at the next election – but we need to vote

The power lies with the people. Whether we harness it is up to us. As a young Māori man, I was disillusioned with politics. I didn’t see why I should care about a system that kept...

Govt offers to take Māori to minerals party – but doesn’t have its own invite

$48m boost for MДЃori broadcasting

Pokere Paewai of RNZ A boost for MДЃori broadcasting is the one main highlight for MДЃori in this year's Budget.

The fight for the MДЃori vote

Full list of Treaty clause cuts and changes revealed

He haurehu whanoke: Me manwanui, me kЕЌrero rДЃnei?

I mua i te aroaro o tД“tahi tangata me tЕЌna piropiro nanakia, ka hura te kaituhi i te mamae o te iwi e pДЃ ana ki te pДЃpaku o te whanonga rangatira.

Racism has no place in kapa haka, or Aotearoa

A haka in the news for mocking Indian cultural elements reminds Liam Rātana of a saying about racism that we should all take note of. Our attention shouldn’t be on the haka by...

MДЃori leader and academic Sir Hirini Moko Mead has died

The NgДЃti Awa, NgДЃti TЕ«wharetoa, NgДЃi TЕ«hoe and TЕ«hourangi descendant was an educator, author, iwi leader and one of the curators of the landmark Te MДЃori exhibition.

Anzac Day on Whakaata MДЃori and MДЃori+

This Anzac Day, Whakaata MДЃori is inviting Aotearoa to take pause, remember and honour our servicemen and women and their whДЃnau. The post Anzac Day on Whakaata MДЃori and MДЃori...

Ko tД“nei te kДЃwanatanga mДЃngere rawa atu kua kitea e tДЃtou?

E kī ana tētahi tuhinga whakaaro, nā ngā koha miriona tāra i huri ai ngā rōpū kāwanatanga hei hunga “whakawhirinaki ki te toko i te ora” e mānu noa ana.

Esteemed academic TДЃ Hirini Moko Mead dies aged 99

Respected academic TДЃ Hirini Moko Mead, considered one of the leading thinkers in te ao MДЃori over the past century, was born in Wairoa in 1927.

‘Undemocratic’ and ‘racist’? Here’s what’s going on with Far North District Council

The country’s northernmost council is facing criticism for the makeup of one of its advisory councils, with allegations of racism and requests for Crown intervention. A large crowd...