With Māori unemployment climbing to its highest level in more than a decade, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says the upcoming general election represents a critical opportunity for Māori to strengthen their political voice and push for structural change. Speaking with Radio Waatea, Waititi linked the latest labour market figures to broader issues of…

The discovery that almost one million cervical screening reminder notifications were not sent has reignited concerns about New Zealand’s cervical screening programme, with leading Māori health researcher Professor Bev Lawton (Ngāti Porou) warning the failure has the potential to deepen long-standing inequities for wāhine Māori. Professor Lawton, one of Aotearoa’s foremost experts in Māori women’s…

New Zealand’s housing crisis is no longer confined to Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, with new research from The Salvation Army showing growing housing pressure across regional communities as affordability, rental shortages and homelessness continue to affect more whānau. The findings are contained in Home Truths: What Recent Data on New Zealand’s Housing is Telling Us,…

Northland continues to face some of the toughest economic challenges in Aotearoa, with rising unemployment hitting Māori communities particularly hard, even as the region demonstrates resilience in recovering from severe weather events and navigating a rapidly changing political landscape. Speaking with Radio Waatea, Green Party MP Huhana Lyndon said Northland is once again carrying a disproportionate…