3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (533+ words) For some Māori leaving prison, walking through the gates can be just the beginning of another battle. Finding a place to live, getting access to healthcare, securing an income, and finding work can all become immediate challenges, and a lack…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (946+ words) ACT is promising to strip the Waitangi Tribunal of its power to scrutinise contemporary Crown decisions and abolish the institution once its remaining historical claims have been completed. The party has unveiled its Treaty and settlements policy, proposing to amend…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (830+ words) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wants Māori identity and those connections to the Pacific showcased when New Zealand hosts the Pacific Islands Forum next year, despite ongoing criticism of his government’s relationship with Māori. Asked whether there was a contradiction between…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1484+ words) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says soaring fuel costs, climate risks and regional security are among the major concerns being raised with him by Pacific leaders as they head behind closed doors for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Retreat in Palau....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (580+ words) Eleven iwi-led partnership processes across the Horizons region will be ditched because they cannot be completed before the Government scraps the legal framework underpinning them. Horizons Regional councillors have agreed to wind down the Mana Whakahono ā Rohe (MWāR) processes…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (478+ words) Te Pāti Māori has unveiled its “Kiwi Tax Plan”, pitching it as a policy for everyone, with zero tax on the first $30,000 earned by every New Zealander. It estimates that under the plan, 4.5 million people will pay less income tax....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1581+ words) ACT is taking another swing at how Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tikanga Māori operate in New Zealand law, unveiling a sweeping constitutional policy a Treaty law expert says appears to be an attempt to “re-litigate” its failed Treaty Principles…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (111+ words) Te Ao Māori News Iwi deliver 150 homes for TÅ«ranga whānau Sunday, August 23, 2026 For four years, Melo Hauiti’s whānau have shared one wardrobe and spent precious money at the laundromat. Soon, she will have her own wardrobe,…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (834+ words) Forever chemicals have been detected in Lake Rotorua, prompting calls for urgent testing and renewed questions about the safety of food gathered from the lake. Investigators found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS or forever chemicals, moving through groundwater…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (368+ words) After almost a century uniting Taranaki’s eight iwi, the Taranaki Māori Trust Board is handing the reins to a new body set up under the region’s Maunga Treaty agreement. The Trust Board began in 1930, after the Sim Commission found confiscation…...