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July 31, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Hone Matthews on why we need to enrol to vote and how
Local body elections in Aotearoa New Zealand are your chance to have a say in how your community is run, […]
April 21, 2026
October 16, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Hone Mathews | Chief Māori Advisor for the Electoral Commission
The Māori Party is calling for an investigation into the Electoral Commission calling the election a nightmare. Major concerns include the electoral online system down on Election Day, booths running out of voting papers around the country,
September 20, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Hone Mathews | Chief Māori Advisor for the Electoral Commission
Do you think the Electoral Commission can do more to ensure Māori are enrolled to vote and know their voting rights? And that when they get to the voting booths that those working there are aware of the rights of Māori voters
June 28, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Hone Mathews | Chief Māori Advisor for the Electoral Commission.
Time is running out for Māori voters to choose which electoral roll they want to be on for this year’s general election – the Māori roll or the general roll.
June 1, 2023 | Te Reo News
Ko ngā nekehanga o ngā rārangi pōti
He nui ake te hunga e huri ana ki te rārangi poti Maori, i ērā o ngā hunga ki ngā […]
- Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae in Mangere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.
