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Charles Finny: TPP deserves praise from Maori, not condemnation
Former MP Hone Harawira has stated some complete falsehoods about Trans Pacific Partnership, Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi, wirtes Charles Finny.
Former MP Hone Harawira has stated some complete falsehoods about Trans Pacific Partnership, Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi, wirtes Charles Finny.
A column of intense white light is shooting skyward from Rangitoto Island this weekend.
Fittingly, New Zealand's political year always begins with formalities on marae, first at Ratana, then at Waitangi.
Prime Minister John Key is expected to be given a message of caution about the Trans Pacific Partnership when he arrives at Ratana Pa later this morning.
"I just burst into tears when I saw in the mirror that I had no teeth."
The Te Ara Rangatu o te Iwi o Ngati Te Ata Waiohua Inc Society will receive $10,000 from Auckland Airport's 12 Days of Christmas campaign this year.
A man claiming to be the mind behind Miss World New Zealand's haka performance at the Miss World competition in China has taken to social media to defend her.
Beauty queen proud of performance that's been slammed as "disgraceful and offensive".
Ngarimu Blair, 40, is credited with being one of Auckland's most influential Maori leaders.
Labour leader Andrew Little has dismissed Tukoroirangi Morgan's criticism of his demotion of Nanaia Mahuta as politically motivated "cant".
Maori youth are not speaking in Te Reo Maori because it lacks the "cool" factor and expressions for social media, a Massey University study has found.
One of NZ's most famous Maori tribes, Tuhoe, is negotiating to take over social services for its people in an ambitious bid to end welfare "dependency".
Welfare, says Tuhoe leader Tamati Kruger, is a "disease" that has sapped the motivation of his people.
Ngati Whatua Orakei Whai Rawa turned around from a loss last year of $304,773 to $2.2 million profit in the latest period.
Ngati Whatua soon to announce intensive housing proposal on North Shore holdings.
Two Maori Television receptionists will have to prove they are fluent in Te Reo Maori to keep their jobs.
It's rare for politicians to admit their mistakes. Particularly one as recent as Auckland Council's unelected Maori Statutory Board, writes Brian Rudman.
Homeless carver Robert Marriner has finally found someone to hear his story after 52 tormented years.
The teeth of a dog may provide new insight into how humans migrated across the world's largest ocean to New Zealand, and where they came from.
You live overseas for a few years and come to realise it's quite an advantage being part-Maori.
Work is to start on removing human bones from a restaurant building site at Auckland's Long Bay Regional Park.
Kaihatu Te Kenehi Teira, of Heritage New Zealand, said a wahi tupuna is a place important to Maori for ancestral significance and cultural and traditional values.
Ngarimu Alan Huiroa Blair of Ngati Whatua appears to have been predestined to be a leader.
Auckland's point of difference is not the glories or supremacy of one ethnicity over another, but our place in the Pacific as a smorgasbord of cultures and ethnicities, writes Brian Rudman.
Collectivist beliefs may be holding back Maori economic success, three economists say.
Sir Pita Sharples needs to lighten up, writes Rodney Hide.
Kura hourua is just one of a number of initiatives aimed at lifting Maori educational achievement but compared with other models it provides much greater autonomy and freedom.
Maori fulltime workers feel they have better work-life balance than workers in six other cultures globally, a new study has found.
Mr Jackson mounted legal action in 2013 when he was not chosen as one of the Auckland Independent Maori Statutory Board's two Mataawaka - urban - representatives.