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Te PДЃti MДЃori wrestles with a question at the heart of MДЃori politics

At a time when many MДЃori feel particularly aggrieved by the government, parliament and politics more broadly, can Te PДЃti MДЃori find its purpose and recapture its momentum? Whe...

Tribunal hears claims of 'unrelenting assault' on MДЃori rights over Treaty reforms

An iwi leader described the coalition government as "the most racist, anti-MДЃori government ever", while experts warned the proposed Treaty reforms could be the widest breach of T...

Increasing anger over government’s approach to Māori rights

A series of actions by the coalition government has drawn criticism this week, with iwi leaders, health experts and MPs accusing it of deliberately and systematically dismantling M...

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...

Nicole McKee’s new Act leadership role means record Māori party leaders – but no one Māori voice

New Zealand has more party leaders of Māori descent in parliament than ever before. Sunday’s announcement that Nicole McKee is the Act Party’s new deputy leader means both min...

‘We’ll swallow our ego’: Te PДЃti MДЃori ponders the ultimate tactical sacrifice

Major Treaty case over return of Crown land heads to top court

Māori near Gisborne are continuing a 34-year fight involving ‘momentous’ provisions for return of Crown lands wrongly taken in breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi

MДЃori, Pacific people and youth not prioritised in mental health support

Fewer people are able to access kaupapa MДЃori primary mental health services, and funding for these services has not kept pace with other mental health investment.

Rangatahi MДЃori getting less timely help from Oranga Tamariki system - report

Tamariki in state care continue to have unmet care and protection needs, the Independent Children's Monitor says.

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%

The 200-year iwi alliance taking the Crown to court over Ruapehu concessions

NgДЃti TЕ«wharetoa and Te Pautokotoko are in court this week alleging Ruapehu concession decisions failed to consider Te Tiriti.

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...

$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

E hoa, kei hea aku huarahi hou? Te raru huarahi o te KДЃwanatanga noho puku

I oati a Nahinara i ngДЃ rori whДЃ-ara whДЃnui, heoi ko ngДЃ kЕЌrero kЕЌwhiringa pДЃremata ka rite ki te raru KiwiBuild a Reipa.

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.

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.

Ten takeaways from the Waitangi Tribunal’s treaty clause review inquiry

‘The Crown’s proposals are the most damaging collection of clear and considered legislative treaty breaches that I’ve seen,’ said one claimant. The Waitangi Tribunal hearing for it...

‘We are losing ground’: Mental health crisis deepens for Māori

A new report by Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, says the mental health crisis cannot be solved by the health sector alone.

New details emerge of Te Māngai Pāho’s vision for Māori news

An $18.5 million funding round offers the clearest picture yet of how the agency plans to reshape MДЃori journalism, as iwi radio providers continue to raise concerns about the fut...

Who gets to decide what happens to assets held on behalf of all MДЃori?

Antony Royal helped build one of the country’s largest Māori technology organisations. Now his successor must answer an increasingly difficult question. I was recently scrolling Li...

MДЃ Luxon, mДЃ Hipkins, mДЃ te kore ihi hoki e whakatere te tЕЌrangapЕ« o Aotearoa

E mate nui ana te iwi ki te aroha atu ki ngДЃ pirimia, kДЃti, nДЃ te hЕЌhonu o te numinumi kua whai wДЃhi anЕЌ a Winston Peters ki te pЕ«take o te whakaaro.

Te ao MДЃori mourns the loss of Professor Whatarangi Winiata

NgДЃti Raukawa leader and champion of te reo MДЃori Professor Whatarangi Winiata has died, aged 92.

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.