New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
Who is Adrian Orr, the RBNZ governor who quits with reputation as a maverick?
Adrian Orr, who unexpectedly resigned as New Zealand's central bank governor on Wednesday, had a reputation as a maverick ...
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Māori Wards Byelection an Opportunity for Māori
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust Chair highlights the upcoming Māori wards by-election in Tauranga as an opportunity to ...
New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country’s Māori name in Parliament
The speaker of New Zealand’s Parliament has told lawmakers that he will not consider further complaints about the use of the ...
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A Maori cancer expert group is accusing the Government of intentional, institutionalised racism
It's lowering free bowel screening eligibility to 58, using funds set aside by the last Government for targeting Maori and Pasifika - who die disproportionately from the disease. This Government ...
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...
New Zealand’s foreign minister berates Mexico-born MP for use of nation’s Maori name
Winston Peters, who is Maori, objected to Ricardo Menendez March calling New Zealand by its Maori name, ‘Aotearoa’, in ...
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Geothermal bills advance
State proposals to pursue geothermal development on the Big Island are still going strong.
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A Maori cancer leadership group is slamming today's announcement on bowel screening
Health Minister Simeon Brown says free screening will soon be available to everyone 58 and over, reducing over time to 45. It's re-purposing funding the last Government set aside for lowering the age ...
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New Zealand lawmakers told to stop complaining about use of the country's Māori name in Parliament
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The speaker of New Zealand ’s Parliament told lawmakers he would not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Māori name, Aotearoa, in Parliament ...