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Using Kupe to promote beer 'highly offensive' - tikanga expert
5 Jul 2024The New Zealand IPA design features the bare-chested Polynesian navigator holding what appears to be a taiaha. Audio
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Tension rises as digger arrives on land subject to Treaty claim
4 Jul 2024A headland in the Bay of Islands was earlier occupied by hapū to stop homes being built. Now, a digger has arrived to start clearing vegetation.
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Government to fund relocation of cyclone-wrecked marae, homes on Māori land
3 Jul 2024No plans for relocation are set in stone yet, and eight months after council buyouts of other homes began, marae representatives say the process has been too slow.
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Ngāi Tahu reflect on a successful Matariki
1 Jul 2024Karakia and te reo were on full display at the national Matariki commemorations Audio
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Māori women are 'naturally funny', comedian says
1 Jul 2024A Māori comedian who has drawn flak for depicting characters "from the hood" says she is giving a voice to people just like her.
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Bringing the climate change kōrero to the marae
28 Jun 2024Part of celebrating Matariki is looking to the environment for signs for the new year - one iwi is focusing on climate change.
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King Charles sends warm wishes to Aotearoa for Matariki
29 Jun 2024King Charles III has sent a message to New Zealand for the Māori New Year, which was celebrated on Friday.
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Interactive Auckland sculpture invites people to learn waiata, make artwork 'sing'
2 Jul 2024The sculpture, Waimahara, was first unveiled in an incomplete state in December as part of an $11 million facelift for the troubled Myers Park.
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Trailblazing broadcaster reveals terminal illness
28 Jun 2024Former news presenter Joanna Paul-Robie says she has terminal cancer. Audio
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Government stands by Matariki funding cuts
28 Jun 2024As the government defends reduced funding for Matariki events, the holiday is experiencing a resurgence throughout the Pacific.
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Song fusing Tamil and Māori cultures 'breaks down barriers'
28 Jun 2024A song about kinship that blends Tamil, English and te reo Māori is forging a new cross-cultural connection. Video
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In pictures: NZers gather to celebrate Māori New Year
28 Jun 2024From Treble Cone to Bastion Point see how Aotearoa celebrated the Māori New Year.
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Northland's most flood-prone marae to receive resilience boost
28 Jun 2024The $630,000 year-long Northland flood-affected marae project starts in July.
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NASA's Hubble telescope captures Matariki
28 Jun 2024Hubble has been in continuous orbit around the Earth for 34 years and it measured the cluster at about 440 light years away from us. Audio
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Connecting with whakapapa an 'awakening'
28 Jun 2024Yanika Reed has a message for whānau with fair skin, like her: "You don't need permission to be Māori." Audio
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'A new year, a new beginning' for Wiri inmates
Matariki, with its message of new opportunities, has a special meaning for wāhine in prison.
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Māori-Chinese New Zealanders embrace their mixed heritage
27 Jun 2024As New Zealand celebrates Matariki, mixed generations reconnect with their roots.
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Century-long dispute ended as Wairarapa lakes returned to iwi
29 Jun 2024Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith called it the final chapter in a century-long dispute between the Crown, settlers and Wairarapa Māori.
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'Matariki means being on our whenua'
27 Jun 2024There was only one place that an RNZ presenter wanted to be this Matariki: her hometown Whāingaroa Raglan.
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Free entry at Waitangi Treaty Grounds will help mark Matariki
26 Jun 2024It will also be available over the school holidays to help celebrate the reopening of SH1 over the Brynderwyns.
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Matariki holiday: What's open, what's not, and when you have to pay a surcharge
26 Jun 2024Like Easter, the date of Matariki changes from year to year, but it will always fall in June or July.
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What's happening around the motu for Matariki?
26 Jun 2024The theme for this year's celebrations is Matariki Heri Kai - the Feast of Matariki. Here's what's happening across the motu to celebrate the occasion.
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Toxic clean-up refusal stalls Treaty deal
25 Jun 2024A hapū due to reclaim a Hāwera school site wants the Crown to remove toxic asbestos and lead but its' refusing.
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Can courts measure mana? Tikanga is challenging the justice system
24 Jun 2024Analysis - When the Supreme Court posthumously overturned Peter Ellis' historic convictions for child sexual abuse, it created a remarkable precedent, Rachael Evans writes.
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