カテゴリー: Māori
Thousands of Kiwis turn out early to mark 181st anniversary of founding documentLeaders from all walks of New Zealand life have commemorated the country’s national day with a dawn service at Waitangi in the culmination of almost a week of celebrations,…
Māori memories of past epidemics meant iwi were instrumental in forcing Jacinda Ardern’s government to act quicklyIn the space of a few days in 2017 New Zealand’s Labour caucus made Jacinda Ardern their leader. In the space of a month the country made …
Jacinda Ardern had pledged to make Matariki a holiday in the 2020 election; it will be celebrated for the first time on 24 June 2022New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has fulfilled her election promise of making the Māori new year celebratio…
Coronavirus risk at events being managed amid trickle of cases in quarantineCelebrations for Waitangi Day are pressing ahead, with the Labour party’s Māori caucus arriving on Tuesday afternoon, after New Zealand logged the fifth consecutive day with no…
Three years after the prime minister asked Māori to hold her to account, many are disillusioned with her governmentIn an oft-repeated story New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has recalled how growing up in the small, largely Māori town of Mu…
The New Zealand foreign minister’s moko has become international news, but beyond an identifier, our tatau are a link to ancestors, a vessel for our cultures’ stories, and a tribute to those who have gone beforeShortly before my interview with six Euro…
Navigating this year’s Waitangi Day celebrations is proving a challenge for Jacinda Ardern amid fears of a Covid-19 outbreakTensions between Jacinda Ardern’s government and Māori interests over Waitangi have been highlighted before it has even begun, f…
Indigenous methods of tackling ecological problems were developed by dint of necessity – there is no better impetus for successWhen I was taught how to trap possums, I was encouraged to combine the traditional knowledge of my Māori ancestors with moder…
While the departure of the child welfare boss is welcome, social justice for Māori children in the state care system is a long way offThe resignation of Oranga Tamariki boss Gráinne Moss signals the end of a protracted ideological dispute over child pr…
Purchase ends decades-long land dispute in which protesters resisted private developer’s plansLand claimed by Māori and once slated for large-scale private housing development has been brought by the crown, bringing an end to a decades-long land disput…
Outlet promises to ‘do better in the future’, admitting that it seldom treated Māori fairlyNew Zealand media giant Stuff has issued a public apology for its portrayal of Māori it says has ranged from blinkered to racist, from its first editions until n…
New foreign minister promises to carve a path for women, Māori and for the countryWhen Jacinda Ardern appointed the veteran politician Nanaia Mahuta as New Zealand’s foreign minister, many seasoned political watchers were taken by surprise – as was Mah…
Pania Tepaiho Marsh leads hunting weekends for women that are now so popular she has a long waiting listThe first time Pania Tepaiho Marsh went hunting in the bush, the jabbering and chattering of her busy mind fell unexpectedly still.Equipped with a h…
The Mana Motuhake policy is a 25-year plan to improve the outcomes of whānau Māori that the mainstream major parties have failed to deliver onIn an election campaign that has so far been largely a bidding contest over who can fund the most “shovel-read…
Vodafone and communications agency DDB respond after calls on companies to use the reo termOne of New Zealand’s biggest telecommunications companies has heeded an exhortation to use the country’s original, Indigenous name of Aotearoa, joining others th…