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Iwi resolute in protecting waterways
By working together, Ngati Kahungunu and other iwi hope to send a strong message about the state of Hawke's Bay's waterways. Today
By working together, Ngati Kahungunu and other iwi hope to send a strong message about the state of Hawke's Bay's waterways. Today
Circle_see_more_DP.epsHAKA: Many people gathered to send prayers to Standing Rock in North Dakota down at the Rotorua Lake Front
A deed of settlement has been reached between a Hawke's Bay hapu and the Crown. The Ahuriri hapu will receive $19.5 million for financial
A hundred metres away from the mayoral pomp and ceremony of Phil Goff being sworn in, a group of homeless men were bedding down for the night.
A year's worth of practice will pay off for Wairarapa school children tomorrow as they attempt to set the haka Guinness World Record.
Digging up the body of a young Christchurch father five years after his death would be a "significant breach" of Maori custom, a court
The teenage son of a Christchurch man at the centre of a five-year exhumation row today made an emotional plea in court to say, 'Please leave my Dad in the ground'.
Digging up a young Christchurch father five years after he died would be "really unpleasant" and "devastating" for his whanau, a court
Date chosen to commemorate land wars has special significance for those who say Maori never ceded sovereignty.
Howie Tamati will stand for the Maori Party in Dame Tariana Turia's former seat of Te Tai Hauauru and is hoping his profile will help win the seat back.
The new Vulnerable Children's Ministry wants to recruit 1000 more foster parents in a dramatic bid to improve the quality of state care for children.
A proposed voluntary code on advertising to children features explicit restrictions on advertising of "occasional" foods and beverages.
Dame Tariana Turia has accused the Government of spending more money on locking people up than on combating poverty. The former Maori
Young people in state care will soon have a right to stay in or return to care until they turn 21.
A partnership agreement was signed yesterday as delegates of the Chinese Government group were hosted in Hokitika for the day.
Four of NZ's leading women have designed a bespoke bed to raise money for Breast Cancer.
The Union was the essential element and the core that held everything together, and protected our interests. There was a mental
The latest inductee into the Central Hawke's Bay College Honours is Sir Pita Sharples. Sir Pita attended Central Hawke's Bay College's
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Scientists have revealed new insights into the ancestors of Maori, confirming that the first people to settle in Pacific were from Asian farming groups.
COMMENT: To reduce inequality, politicians need to ensure Maori views are not frozen out by mono-cultural agencies and majority decisions.
COMMENT: We have no right to look back and judge past eras by our standards.
PM says it is too early to make a call on his return to Waitangi as elders propose shifting the powhiri from the controversy of Te Tii Marae.
COMMENT: Perpetuating the myth that young brown men are only able to achieve success on sportsfield seems to me to be just another kind of casual racism.
Former National Party leader Don Brash says a new anti-separatist campaign may end up donating to one of his old enemies, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
The Minister for Primary Industries has approved a customary fishing reserve in Otago Harbour following an eight-year consultation and proposal process.
COMMENT: The disproportionate amount of Maori in our criminal justice system is among the most serious problems facing New Zealand.
Kia Aroha is one of the only secondary schools in the country that doesn't "do" exams.
Data shows students at underprivileged high schools are less likely to sit exams than those from wealthy families.