カテゴリー: Māori
Once regarded as ‘dying out’, Māori families celebrate population milestone and share their hopes for the future in a changing New ZealandNine-month-old Huia picks up a puzzle piece depicting a Māori god.“That’s Tāwhirimātea – god of the wind,” says hi…
Big tobacco ‘working in the shadows’ blamed for killing off NZ’s pioneering plan to protect future generationsUK politics – latest updatesWhen New Zealand announced its world-first law to ban smoking for future generations it was widely hailed as a lif…
In a landmark case, Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven of the country’s biggest companies over their alleged contributions to climate changeMike Smith stands stock still in a khaki-coloured vest, posing for a photograph against dark foliage in t…
Record crowds gather for country’s national day as fears of a wind back of Māori rights lead to angry exchangesThe Treaty of Waitangi explained in 30 secondsAs the sun arced above the Waitangi grounds, boring down on the lush green peninsula where Māor…
Government to review principles of founding document, raising fears over rollback of Māori rightsThe Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi – considered New Zealand’s founding document – was signed in 1840 by the British Crown and about 540 Māori ch…
Māori leaders and others are expected to attend a rare national meeting due to concerns about the new government’s policies on indigenous rightsAn estimated 3,000 Māori leaders, tribal representatives and a number of politicians are expected to meet th…
At the opening of parliament, lawmakers for New Zealand’s Māori party used a word for Charles that can also be used to describe skin conditionsMāori party MPs have departed from the traditional oath of allegiance to King Charles III at the opening of N…
The new government recently announced it would dial back use of Māori language in government organisations, and scrap Māori Health AuthorityThousands of Māori protesters took to the streets across New Zealand on Tuesday morning, objecting to policies o…
Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that provide for MāoriMore than 180 years after Māori leaders gathered near the banks of the Waitangi River to sign the treaty that became New Zealan…
Olivia Foa’i and Lorde are among those using indigenous language in music to build culture and connectionAs a child, Olivia Foa’i would steal into the recording studio her father had attached to their Auckland home to listen to the best Pacific musicia…
Mental health apps focusing on personal history part of a wider push to support men and address high rates of family harmJoshua Wilson* was abandoned at birth and then adopted into a family where he was sexually abused by his father and violently torme…
Māori tribes record changes to lands and oceans, with some food-gathering practices that have sustained communities for hundreds of years lostDanny Paruru crouches at the water’s edge, letting it wash over his hand. Behind him, at the far hill-line, th…
Hāmiora Bailey says wall to wall Charles III coverage is unappealing to Indigenous people and has devised a solutionA Māori artist has designed a way for the masses to tune out of royal coverage, with a web browser plugin that replaces all monarchy and…
In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to those who are still salvaging their livesMy Cyclone Diary: after the flood, the dread that replaces panicOn his third attempt, previously thwarted…
Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recoverAs David Klee nosed his boat out into the channels of Whangamarino, he saw the birds were dying. Hundreds were already dead, floating, the s…