Aotearoa New Zealand Collected News Links - 1 January to 30 June 2022

Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is welcoming the government's health reforms as an important first step to improving Māori and Pasifika health in south... Keep Reading

Credit / nrl.com (Twitter) The Warriors have received a rapturous welcome home in front of a packed house at Mt Smart Stadium in Tāmaki Makaurau on Sunday,... Keep Reading

Chanel Clarke (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Waikato, Ngāti Porou) was the first Māori curator at Tāmaki Paenga Hira in 2000 and this week she was recognised for it.... Keep Reading

Whaingaroa-based roots band Lost Tribe Aotearoa have just released their new single and music video called Lost Generation 2.0 from their new EP Lost and... Keep Reading

After two years of preparation a caring service for people with special needs in Rotorua, Saint Chads, is teaching its clients the Māori language, Māori... Keep Reading

Whānau Whanake is a community-based social enterprise based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, which has been supporting whānau in their community for over 10 years. ... Keep Reading

Whānau ora and Te Whānau o Waipareira chief executive John Tamihere says the new Māori Health Authority is a game-changer.  “It’s one of the most radical... Keep Reading

Otago Polytechnic students are celebrating after a year of campaigning to get the Tino Rangatiratanga flag flown over their Dunedin campus. Ezra Tamati (Te... Keep Reading

PHOTO / SUPPLIED A student from Te Tai Rāwhiti has won a prize at the national Race Unity Speech Awards for 2022  with a speech entirely in te reo Māori.... Keep Reading

Thirty years ago there were no waka hourua, no ocean-going canoes and no surviving knowledge of celestial navigation in Aotearoa but thanks to Sir... Keep Reading

A range of Māori land will be free from rates in New Plymouth if district councillors approve a revamp of the current rules. Keep Reading

The Government is teaming up with Toitū Tairāwhiti to build up to 150 new homes in the Eastern Bay of Plenty / Tairāwhiti region. The iwi-based organisation has already built 51 homes. The agreement signed this morning at Parliament follows […] Keep Reading

Former regional development minister Shane Jones says the full fruits of the Provincial Growth Fund are now becoming apparent, more than a year after he was ousted from Parliament. ACT leader David Seymour has promised to get rid of the […] Keep Reading

Party-hopper Donna Pokere-Phillips has joined anti-vax lawyer Sue Grey’s Outdoors and Freedom Party as co-leader. Ms Grey is standing for the party in the Tauranga by-election. Ms Pokere-Phillips first stood for election in Port Waikato for the Alliance in 1999. […] Keep Reading

A Māori politics expert says Māori wards could be a game-changer in October’s local body elections – so it’s important Māori get out and vote. Dr Lara Greaves from the University of Auckland says there will be some debate about […] Keep Reading

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the naming and branding of stations on the new City Rail Link will tell people they’re nowhere else than Tāmaki Makaurau. The station at Mt Eden will be Maungawhau, Karangahape Rd is Karanga ā Hape, […] Keep Reading

The gloves were off today as Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson fired shots at Act leader David Seymour following his announcement that he would scrap... Keep Reading

Agencies 'feast off the dysfunction that the system has created' among Māori, MP says. Keep Reading

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi say they'd find it hard to work with ACT or National. Keep Reading

League legend Ruben Wiki has a daughter, Mackenzie Wiki, following in his footsteps. She aims to play professional league in the WNRL and also in this year's... Keep Reading

Māori asset managers want help switching kiwifruit production to gold. Willie Te Aho has helped land trusts at Raukokore near East Cape develop 15 hectares of orchard, says they missed out last year on licenses for the Sun Gold variety […] Keep Reading

Photo / Supplied NZ's largest Māori-owned fishing company Moana New Zealand is claiming the government has "seriously neglected" Māori interests in plans to... Keep Reading

New Zealand's youngest regional councillor received a facial tā moko in January. He's faced relentless insults since. Keep Reading

His whānau, dignitaries and other Defence Force personnel witnessed the historic ceremony. Keep Reading

An Australian politician is consulting with iwi on how they gained the protection of legal personhood for the Whanganui River with the aim of extending protections across the ditch. Keep Reading