1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (649+ words) Two Rotorua-led tourism collaborations have secured about $1.8 million in the latest round of Government funding aimed at enticing more overseas travellers to regional New Zealand. The funding backs two initiatives involving Rotorua Lakes Council’s tourism arm, RotoruaNZ, and aimed at…...

4+ day, 4+ min ago   (469+ words) Te Arikinui marks her second Koroneihana; politicians are challenged at Tūrangawaewae, and Māori leaders face criticism over their decision to join a delegation to Israel. The show opened with the divided reaction to Te Arikinui Kuini Ngāwai Hono i te…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (331+ words) He pūrongo tēnei nā Rukuwai Tipene-Allen o Te Kūkupa. The Awanui community mobilises against the opening of the fourth vape store in their community. Brian Joyce put out a call on social media, and the community responded. He says they’re…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (785+ words) Te Arawa Lakes Trust, the organisation responsible for most of Rotorua’s lakebeds, will cut staff as it scales back operations after warning it is on the brink of exhausting its operating funds. The trust has blamed what it described as…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (460+ words) Taranaki Regional Council has agreed to help build a new management plan for Te Papa-kura-o-Taranaki national park. The plan dictates how the former Egmont National Park is protected, restored, accessed and used. It is being created by Te Tōpuni Kōkōrangi,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (442+ words) I whaka putahia tēnei atikara e RNZ. New Zealand First says it will be campaigning for conservation land to be opened up for economic development. The party’s deputy leader and resources minister Shane Jones said he fought hard to retain…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (408+ words) A new laundromat at Wainuiomata Marae aims to create a sustainable space for whānau while generating a new source of income for the community. Te Arohanui Laundromat was built on a portion of marae land to support the marae financially…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (603+ words) The government says newly updated gender pay gap figures show the issue remains at bay, but advocates warn that differences in calculation could show the gap may be widening overall and that Māori women are still being left behind. Minister…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (48+ words) Te Ao Māori News Te Rā loan extension renews hopes of permanent return Sunday, August 30, 2026 Te Rā will remain in Aotearoa until 2029, renewing hopes the last surviving traditional Māori sail could eventually return home permanently....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (801+ words) I whakaputahia tēnei ātikara e RNZ. The National Aerospace Centre’s new policy on what to launch into space would say yes to the New Zealand Defence Force but think hard about any request from, say, the Pentagon to put a…...