Māori
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‘Our people are thriving’: New Zealand Māori population hits million mark
Once regarded as ‘dying out’, Māori families celebrate population milestone and share their hopes for the futu…
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How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn from it
Big tobacco ‘working in the shadows’ blamed for killing off NZ’s pioneering plan to protect future generations…
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The Māori climate activist breaking legal barriers to bring corporate giants to court
In a landmark case, Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven of the country’s biggest companies over their al…
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Amid jeers and boos, strained Māori relations with government dominate national holiday
Record crowds gather for country’s national day as fears of a wind back of Māori rights lead to angry exchange…
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New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi explained in 30 seconds
Government to review principles of founding document, raising fears over rollback of Māori rightsThe Treaty of…
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New Zealand’s Māori king has called a rare nationwide meeting. Here’s why
Māori leaders and others are expected to attend a rare national meeting due to concerns about the new governme…
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‘Charles’ or ‘skin rash’? Māori MPs’ oath of allegiance to king sparks translation debate
At the opening of parliament, lawmakers for New Zealand’s Māori party used a word for Charles that can also be…
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New Zealand: thousands protest against new government policies that unravel Māori gains
The new government recently announced it would dial back use of Māori language in government organisations, an…
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‘A massive unravelling’: fears for Māori rights as New Zealand government reviews treaty
Critics say nation ‘under attack’ as coalition plans to review Te Tiriti o Waitangi and other policies that pr…
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Moana vocalist in push to revive threatened Pacific languages through song
Olivia Foa’i and Lorde are among those using indigenous language in music to build culture and connectionAs a …
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‘There’s a huge problem’: New Zealand searches for new ways to tackle family violence
Mental health apps focusing on personal history part of a wider push to support men and address high rates of …
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New Zealand’s warming seas threaten Māori food sources relied on for generations
Māori tribes record changes to lands and oceans, with some food-gathering practices that have sustained commun…
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Logged toff: Māori artist’s web plugin replaces king’s coronation with Indigenous news
Hāmiora Bailey says wall to wall Charles III coverage is unappealing to Indigenous people and has devised a so…
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My Cyclone Diary: amid the cleanup, the true meaning of home and community emerges
In the third instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath , Anna Rankin talks to thos…
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‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged
Ecologists say some bodies of water may already have passed the tipping points from which they may never recov…