19+ hour, 21+ min 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…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (548+ words) What began as a forgotten collection tucked away in an English attic has become a powerful story of taonga finding its way home. Now held again by Ngāi Tahu, the Shortland Pounamu collection is reconnecting the iwi with an old…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (121+ words) Te Ao Māori News Māori Leaders in Israel: Opportunity or Misstep? He Aha Te Whakatau? | Episode 4 Te Arikinui marks her second Koroneihana; politicians are challenged at TÅ«rangawaewae, and Māori leaders face criticism over delegation to Israel. NgÄ…...

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5+ day, 21+ 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…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1048+ words) A Cook Islands-descended Greenpeace spokesperson has hit back at Winston Peters after the Foreign Minister accused the environmental group of “pure racism” and “white colonialism” over its opposition to a US and New Zealand-funded port in Tongareva. Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson…...

6+ day, 21+ hour 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, 9+ hour 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, 17+ hour 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, 4+ day ago   (723+ words) Two Māori candidates are among five vying for a vacant Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council seat following the death of long-serving Eastern Bay councillor and former Kawerau mayor Malcolm Campbell. Campbell died in May after a short illness,…...