Te Matatini 2025: 12 groups qualify from Mātaatua, Ngāti Kahungunu and Te Tauihu regionals
Twelve kapa groups from Mātaatua qualify for Te Matatini 2025.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromMaori
How can we help our precious kaumātua?
What our kaumātua need is a happy smile, a helping hand and a listening ear.
Window into the world before Christianity restored after lost taonga found 200 years later
There are more than 16,000 taonga Māori in overseas museums.
Mākutu may have led to return of taonga stolen from museum
Kaitāia’s Te Ahu Museum may increase security after a taonga was stolen.
Realtor refusing Māori values course told to 'get amongst it' by Harcourts agents
Even hesitant agents said they learned something from the course about Māori tikanga.
'An ugly thing': Maōri groups divided over planned Auckland waterfront marae
A long-held desire to build a marae in Te Atatū is closer after the local board votes.
Realtor faces five-year ban for refusing Māori values course she calls 'woke madness’
The one-and-a-half-hour course was compulsory for all real estate agents in 2023.
Proud moment for Ngāti Kahungunu as hosts of Dannevirke kapa haka competition
It’s the first time the event has been held in Dannevirke.
Will new ministers push back over 'incoherent' $16.5m plan to stop Milford Sound over-tourism?
Tourism Minister says some of the Milford Opportunities Project plans are 'incoherent'.
'He put his whole heart into most things Māori': Respected Hawke's Bay artist Phil Belcher remembered
Phil Belcher is being remembered as a man of great skill and mana.
Far North folk asked how they want to be represented on council
The Far North's review is a chance for people to say how they want to be represented.
Auckland Museum plans to shift from 'colonial museum' to 'Te Tiriti-led museum'
Museum will operate as a social impact organisation under its draft annual plan.
Top kapa haka performers ready to compete this weekend
Te Matatini champions to take the stage at Mātaatua senior regionals.
Property Insider: Heartbreak from The Ridge apartment purchase
From apartment hell to apartment opening: The Ridge and The Greenhouse span the spectrum.
Uni students blindsided by late cancellation of teaching course
'I thought this would be the start of a brand new pathway and a way of giving back...'
Funeral Guides collective helps whānau cut costs
Whakatāne-based group aims to help whānau reclaim traditional death-care practises.
Shingles vaccine programme needed to support NZ’s ageing population
Older Kiwis and Māori are the most at risk from the virus.
Waitangi Tribunal puts Government's plans to scrap Māori Health on hold
Waitangi Tribunal tells the Government to stop the Māori Health disestablishment.
Deadlocked: Child sex abuse trial derailed for member of prominent activist family
Allegations were made in the 1980s but police didn't get involved until 2019.
Restocking of pseudoephedrine is in direct contradiction to advice of officials - Eketone
OPINION: This is the second time in three months I'm in the sick role.
Ngāpuhi hapū emboldened to start Treaty negotiations with new minister
Face-to-face meetings at Waitangi are the first step in the settlement process.
Devolving Māori health from government to community must come with a cautious approach
Devolving services to community is okay if they have ability to deliver.
Māori immersion school moving in sparks controversy in tight-knit community
Residents claimed the move will create stormwater, noise, sewerage and traffic issues.
Debate on scrapping GST on kai heads to Parliament
Waititi says removing GST from kai would be the start of 'the radical shake-up'.
In conversation with Patricia Grace: Mythology, creativity and modern realities
'All good writing needs to be political, or to examine and explain the human condition.'
Māori, Whangārei Harbour and the quest for customary titles
The hearing is expected to last three months and call multiple witnesses.
'Break those barriers down': More legal clinics coming to Whangārei
Nearly a year since the clinics first launched, more are on the way.
Claire Trevett: Luxon's hunt for mid 40s in the polls
His Prime Manager routine has served him well in coalition handling, but has limits.
Council under fire over missing macrons in report
Mana whenua have requested Invercargill Council do better with the use of macrons.
Emails reveal concerns within Waka Kotahi about name change
Simeon Brown first ordered the name change in late November.
First Māori to play at Wimbledon honoured with global accolade decades later
Dame Ruia Morrison is still regarded as one of New Zealand’s best players of all time.
By-election in Hastings after two councillors resign
Third-term councillor Redstone and first-termer Renata Nepe have both resigned.
Rude CEO swore at employee and ridiculed her in front of others
An HR manager also bullied the woman, who has now been awarded $36k in compo.
Gisborne remembers as Gabrielle's wounds still impact communities
Crowds acknowledge a year since Cyclone Gabrielle struck Tairāwhiti.