Te Ao Māori News

31/07/2025

A bid to retain Māori representation at Taranaki council tables kicked off on the weekend with a call for whānau-level pushback against what campaigners say is deliberate disinformation.

New Plymouth councillor Dinnie Moeahu called the hui, saying misinformation was causing misunderstanding and fear, while disinformation was dividing communities.

31/07/2025

Māori voters are taking to social media to express frustration after discovering their enrolment records are missing from the system, a concern heightened ahead of the upcoming Tāmaki Makaurau by-election.

Māori voters are taking to social media to express frustration after discovering their enrolment records are missing from the system

30/07/2025

Kōhi Māori ward councillor Toi Iti says he will not be standing for reelection for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, citing central Government meddling among his reasons.

Kōhi Māori ward councillor Toi Iti says he will not be standing for reelection for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, citing central Government meddling among his reasons.

30/07/2025

“When I left prison, I was completely broken. Eleven months into my sentence, my son, my only child passed away and it was the support from the women inside that got me through that time,” she said.

Awatea Mita uses her lived experience as a tool for change. She was among several advocates present at the Aotearoa launch of the Global Freedom Scholars Network

30/07/2025

Kua tahuri te Kawana ki te pīra i te aukati hinu me te harehu, mai nga whakarereke ka riro te mana whakahaere ki ngā minita e rua.

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30/07/2025

Daniel Nganeko, aged 37, was punched in the head in what police say was an unprovoked attack outside the Tukapa clubrooms on Gladstone Road on Saturday evening.

30/07/2025

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned of strong currents and surges that could cause injuries or drowning.

All of Aotearoa’s coastal areas are under a Tsunami warning after an 8.7 earthquake struck off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia at 11:25 am NZT.

30/07/2025

Te Tai Tokerau’s first human milk bank, He Piripono Waiū, has opened at Whangārei Hospital to provide safe, pasteurised donor breastmilk to the region’s most vulnerable pēpi.

He Piripono Waiū, Northland’s first milk bank, has opened at Whangārei Hospital to provide safe donor breastmilk for vulnerable pēpi across Te Tai Tokerau.

29/07/2025

Surrounded by the strength of their tūpuna, wāhine from across the motu gathered at Rehua Marae in Ōtautahi for Tīhei Waitaha - a wānanga dedicated to exploring and protecting the sacred taonga of karanga.

At the heart of the kaupapa was the revitalisation of karanga, not just as an art form, but as a living tikanga.

29/07/2025

Henare O’Keefe has been nominated to stand in the upcoming local body elections as a Hastings District Councillor, marking a return to a role he stepped away from three years ago.

Henare O’Keefe returns to stand as Hastings District Councillor, aiming to address key issues like living costs and housing in Flaxmere.

29/07/2025

Te ngākau titikaha o te whaea ki hono ki tana tamāhine e pakia ana e te mate whakatīmohea, i tu ai te Whare Haumaru Puoro o Hineraukatauri, hei āwhine i te maha o ngā tamariki, pakeke atu, e mate hauāuki.

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29/07/2025

Anahera Nin (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Huia), former Principal Policy Analyst of the Ministry for the Environment, said NZ’s current climate polices are not aligned with this ICJAO or the Paris Agreement.

The ICJ says states must act on fossil fuels, a duty NZ is breaching through coal expansion and offshore oil and gas exploration