Tauranga is set to host the next National Iwi Chairs Forum from 1 to 3 May.

The hui will bring together iwi leaders from across Aotearoa to deliberate on issues affecting Māori and the wider nation.

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An urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the repeal of Treaty of Waitangi commitments within Oranga Tamariki is under way.

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An iwi-led drought relief programme is changing lives in the Far North, one water tank at a time.

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Kiingi Tuuheitia will attend the inaugural meeting of Traditional Pacific Leaders in Hawai'i in June where climate change and environmental protection are likely to be at the top of discussions.

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A United Nations indigenous rights expert has made a special visit to the top of the South Island to learn about the Nelson Tenths case and the Crown's breach of its legal obligations to Māori.

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REVIEW | Mokotron, a Ngāti Hine producer based in Tāmaki Auckland, is specific about what underpins his mix of breaks and taonga puoro: his perspective as an urban Māori, and an interest in decolonisation.

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A small sentence in the National-New Zealand First coalition agreement could speed up development of papakāinga and address overcrowding, builders say.

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🔍 History Matters is a collection of videos, podcasts and radio features that tell the stories of Aotearoa and our Pacific neighbours.

Explore all the chapters of the award-winning NZ Wars series, Untold Pacific History, All Blacks at War and more.

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Gisborne District Council has shown its support for retaining Māori wards as the government looks to bring back binding referendums.

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Reversing councils' ability to decide on Māori wards is 'complete overreach by central government', Local Government New Zealand says.

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Ngāi Tahu wants to work with councils to find solutions for ageing water infrastructure - a move that has the support of North Canterbury's mayors.

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Councils that brought in Māori wards without polling residents will need to hold one - or scrap the wards they had set up, the government says.

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Historian Scott Hamilton on Aotearoa’s dark history of segregation and panelists Tina Wickliffe and Shane Te Pou discuss opposition to affirmative action, the surge in anti-trans protests, the government’s 36-point plan and we rate our new Māori MPs.

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Former co-leader of the Green Party and an MP for 15 years, Metiria Turei joins Emile Donovan to share whakataukī that resonate with her.

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LISTEN | More than 1000 people took part in the 160th commemorations of the battle of Ōrākau yesterday.

It comes as the process to return the battle site near Te Awamutu to iwi hands nears its end.

Pokere Paewai was at Ōrākau.

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Māori and Pacific leaders have signed a declaration seeking to grant tohorā, or whales, legal personhood.

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It's a long way from Motatau to America - but it's a journey a group of kids from this remote Northland valley are determined to make to compete with the best in underwater robotics.

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Raised in the countryside, north of Tamaki Nui-A-Rua and Dannevirke in the lower North Island, Nui Stretch has the distinction of having two parallel careers in wood.

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'Everyone felt like we have to do as much as we could to prove that it could survive and thrive. That's the vibe that kept us going every day.'

Thursday marks 20 years of operations for Whakaata Māori, formerly Māori Television.

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A group of Hawke's Bay hapū are calling for the knowledge of Māori communities to be at the forefront of emergency management plans.

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