Richard Prebble: Taskforce could destroy your local high school
COMMENT: Bureaucratic "hubs" will not run schools as well as their own boards do.
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The songwriting 'artivist' says her mission was to shove Māori into NZers' faces.
Naida Glavish: The telephone operator who risked being fired for greeting callers with 'Kia ora'
An interview with the staunch matriarch who's been leading change since the 1980s.
Round two: Bridges v Ardern on CGT did not begin well
Winston Peters makes a dig at Simon Bridges' sense of being Māori.
PM rules out rushing electoral law change
Simon Bridges is happy to talk to Jacinda Ardern about electoral law reform.
Māori feel positive about Asians, but not Asian immigration - study
Eight in 10 Māori positive about Asians but just three in 10 welcomed Asian migration
John Archer: Muttonbirds and a seaside clinic
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Russell Bishop: Govt tosses education task force hospital pass
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Govt denies plan to exempt Māori from CGT
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Rāhui lifted after human remains collected from Maketū beach
A large landslide in January unearthed the human remains from an urupā.
Tapu Misa: Time to rethink 'brown issues' in the media
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Pasifika poet: Girls 'just wanted to touch her hair'
When Selina Tusitala Marsh goes to schools young Pasifika girls come up for bear hugs.
Local Focus: Te Arawa Memorial Cast in Bronze
Not stuck in the past, new materials for the future. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Soper: Provincial Growth Fund goes where banks fear to tread
Fund agreed to pay up millions of dollars to improve forgotten, weed infested Māori land.
'I've been thrown out': Labour Party turns its back on John Tamihere
The Labour Party returned John Tamihere's membership bid and $100 donation.
Hoping Orr can see wood for the trees
COMMENT: Adrian Orr needs to keep his focus on the Reserve Bank's primary role.
The national kapa haka festival is coming to Eden Park
Te Matatini, the national kapa haka festival, will be hosted at Eden Park in 2021.
Te Matatini finalists brave wet weather
The national kapa haka festival is going ahead amid possible heavy and thundery rain.
Manager jailed for stealing $1.2m of Waitangi Trust cash
Wallace "the Tory" Te Ahuru stole $1.2 million to fund his extravagant lifestyle.
Letters: Trial by traffic light
I'll never again fall into the trap of an empty angle park when I stop for my morning brew
Tauranga Māori woman shocked by landlord's racist texts
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Eleven hour day for Te Matatini presenters
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Mercury rising: Kapa haka Bohemian Rhapsody lights up Te Matatini
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Te Matatini lights up Wellington
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Kiwis get first look at historic collection of vintage photography
This will be the first time this fascinating collection of 243 photos will be displayed.
Nursery raises seedlings and awareness
Young people grow 90,000 native plants. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Te Matatini Kapa Haka Nationals: spectator tips
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Local Ratana kapa haka group to be first on stage at nationals
The Aotea Region's best kapa haka group competes first at Te Matatini this year.
Paper license, bad rego: Supreme Court dismisses Māori jurisdiction challenge
Michael Main's driver's licence was just a piece of paper with a name and "Māori" on it.
New project enhances Kairakau memories
Rich memories of Kairakau Beach have been enhanced by a new project, writes Clive Bibby.