カテゴリー: Māori
After brutal colonial-era efforts to suppress Māori culture, symbols of Indigenous identity are flourishing once moreMokonui-ā-rangi Smith crouches on a woven mat, deep in concentration, the sound of tapping filling the room. Rhythmically, Smith hits a…
Champion of Māori rights honoured by Queen for life of work dedicated to improving ‘economic, cultural and social standing of Māori communities’A Māori leader, educator and historian who has dedicated his life to the betterment of Māori and was instrum…
After an unexpected return to parliament, Te Pati Māori has grabbed headlines with its bold and uncompromising stancesRawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer sit down laughing. He holds a glass with a thick finger of whisky, she a handful of cheese st…
Co-leader Rawiri Waititi, whose party is expected to become kingmakers, accuses Act of ‘emboldening racism across the country’ through its rhetoricNew Zealand’s Māori party, Te Pati Māori, which could hold the balance of power at the next election, has…
The major landowner says it has been on the ‘other side of history’ and wants to honour treaty New Zealand’s presbyterian church will offer any future land sales to Māori iwi first, as the institution reckons with its role in colonisation and land conf…
Dairying is not simply unsustainable, it also violates Māori values – including those that call for us to respect the natural worldNew Zealand’s dairy industry is under pressure. It is one of our biggest earners, accounting for roughly 3% of our GDP; a…
Kurangaituku, ‘an epic poem of a novel’, won the Jann Medlicott Acorn prize at a ceremony that delivered ‘loads of surprises’A novel subverting a Māori myth has taken home New Zealand’s most prestigious writing prize at this year’s Ockham New Zealand b…
Over the past decade New Zealand’s rate of fatal police shootings has been 11 times higher than in England and Wales The night before Easter Sunday, 22-year-old Kaoss Price fell to the ground on a highway near New Plymouth, shot dead by police.Moments …
Defence force works to match medals with families of up to 500 men who served in decorated unit during second world warNew Zealand is working to get medals to the rightful homes of up to 500 men from the country’s Māori Battalion, who were not properly…
Confronting our history is not about creating discord, but rather about binding us together as a nation Anzac Day, marking the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25 April 1915, has long been a …
Instead of ripping apart the fabric of society, co-governance arrangements are already in place and largely pass without noticeOne of the ironies of David Seymour, the Act party leader who’s insisting on a referendum on “co-governance” between the crow…
The lawyer, teacher and activist was without equal. New Zealand is so much poorer for his passing, but so much richer for his lifeIt seems fitting that Wellingtonians woke to an eerie morning, mist clinging to the hills and harbour, as news broke that …
Residents of Whakarewarewa live in a unique landscape reliant on visitors for income – but that comes at an environmental cost“At the height of summer, we would get maybe 4,000 people a day,” says James Warbrick as he crosses the bridge into Whakarewar…
Māori children faced not just the physical abuse, but the trauma of being cut off from their culture, New Zealand royal commission hearsWhen Tupua Urlich – the first person to take the stand at a landmark Māori hearing on abuse in state care – is asked…
Marae embody deep connections to the land and are a statement of indigeneity – but Māori aren’t indigenous in AustraliaWhen most New Zealanders hear the term “marae” they think of the typical Māori meeting house.The angular facade, decorated in red and…