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Why the Chatham Islands' devastating history always leaves visitors in shock
“I’ve spent 40 years of my adult life trying to have the truth told.”

D-Day nears for Māori wards disestablishment bill
The public have until tomorrow to have their say on council bill.

Toitū Te Tiriti confirms call for strike on Budget Day
Organisers call for all Māori and Tangata Tiriti to go on strike this Thursday.

Welcome home as new CEO starts taiwhenua in Napier
Mat Mullany has been working in Wellington for 20 years.

'Unsupported by evidence': Auckland Council opposes fast-track bill
It comes after hundreds marched on Parliament to protest the bill.

Māori All Blacks name new coach
Ross Filipo will lead the team, starting with two matches against a Japan XV.

Māori entertainer wants to hip-hop his way to Touch World Cup in UK
Music man Tihei Harawira is trying to get to London.

Health experts warn of RSV risks for older Kiwis, Maori and Pasifika
People living in lower socioeconomic areas at greater risk of catching flu-like disease.

John Tamihere: The big winners of next week's Budget are not Māori
OPINION: There's not much for Māori to celebrate in Budget 2024.

Celebration for Māori as honours handed out in Wellington
Māori astronomer among award recipients.

Maori high-tech awards handed out at Spark Arena
Drone company takes award for top Māori company.

Audrey Young: 'Targeted extermination' - tensions high over controversial bill
OPINION: Te Pāti Māori didn't hold back in the House - neither did Act's Karen Chhour.

Willie Jackson channels David Lange at Oxford debate: ‘I can smell the colonialism on your breath’
MP uses historic - and victorious - Oxford appearance to call for the return of mokomokai.

More than half of jobs to go at Te Rūnanga-A-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi
The Northland rūnanga has been running at a loss of $500,000 a year.

John Tamihere on next week’s Budget: ‘I don’t have any hope’
The Whānau Ora chief executive predicts little Budget money will go to Māori.

Karen Chhour: I am not a puppet or a sellout to Māori
OPINION: Section 7AA has had unintended consequences for our tamariki.

Willow-Jean Prime: I urge Chhour to put an end to this bill and work with Māori
Trust has been hard won, let's not erase it.

Empowering rangatahi Māori: New research project scores ‘golden’ grant
A new research project is under way that uses the voices of rangatahi from the East Coast to help co-design initiatives to make positive changes during a climate change crisis.

Election hopeful accused of 'dog-whistle politics'
Response to complaint about page user's moko kauae 'barcode' comment criticised.

Avondale scheme Manawa: 728 apartments proposed, 10 levels tall
One wall in a block was redesigned from a sheer drop with a mural to curved with windows.

Last man standing at 99: Sir 'Bom' Gillies revisits Monte Cassino
'It was a full expression of our emotions for our young soldiers.'

Scathing Kāinga Ora report highlights huge and ever-growing debt
Housing advocate Huri Dennis fears backlash for Kāinga Ora tenants.

Huia tail feather has set a new benchmark for feather prices
Huia tail feather becomes the world's most valuable feather

'She's fighting': Whānau plead with Govt to allow 12yo to try new cancer treatment
Meila Davis' grandmother has appealed to David Seymour to help her granddaughter.

Leaders ‘hōhā’ at lacking tikanga Māori at Monte Cassino
NZDF have done what they’re supposed to, but left Māori out - Ngāti Kahungunu chairman.

Audrey Young: Inside David Seymour's inner circle; the surprise MPs who inspired him
The Act leader received memorable advice after watching a Mexican drug movie.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: The fear of failing mokopuna Māori
OPINION: By Māori, for Māori, with Māori is the solution.

Oranga Tamariki: Bill repealing section of act passes first reading in Parliament
The pledge to repeal the section was part of Act’s coalition agreement with National.