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18 hours ago

From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story

Tāme Iti’s colourful memoir covers his decades-long fight for Indigenous rights in New Zealand and takes aim at ‘saboteurs’ in the government

There are so many ways to begin telling the story of Tāme …

17 days ago

UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori

UN committee to consider claim by prominent Māori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have harmed Indigenous people

The United Nations has agreed to hear an urgent complaint against…

22 days ago

‘Reframes history’: fears Māori knowledge diluted in plan to revise New Zealand curriculum

Minister rejects claims Māori history is being sidelined in rewrite which includes cutting some references to the Treaty of Waitangi

As cows grazed sleepily in a nearby paddock, then-14-year-old Leah …

32 days ago

Backlash after New Zealand government scraps rules on incorporating Māori culture in classrooms

Minister says obligations for school boards to ‘give effect’ to the treaty are unfair while critics argue the move will sideline Indigenous education

  • New Zealand’s Treaty of Waitangi – explained in 30…

38 days ago

The Spin | Sophie Devine’s impact on women’s cricket should be measured in more than statistics

The New Zealand legend played with joy and fun, but was also a true fighter who spanned eras in the women’s game

As the Women’s World Cup has progressed, sanding down the edges and turning up the four…

49 days ago

51 days ago

Jim Bolger, former New Zealand prime minister who drove reconciliation with Māori, dies at 90

Tributes flow from across political spectrum for man known for high ideals but also remembered for controversially slashing welfare and health spending

Former New Zealand prime minister Jim Bolger, wh…

53 days ago

65 days ago

Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured

Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today

More than 100 years ago, a Māori wo…

2 months ago

‘Massive, cosmic, untethered’: Lisa Reihana’s hypnotic world shimmers in major survey

The Māori multimedia artist has helped shape contemporary New Zealand art, and with her exhibition in regional NSW she wants to ‘entice and mesmerise’

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