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October 3, 2025 | News
New Hikuwai Bridge to reconnect East Coast communities
Construction begins on a new Hikuwai Bridge in Tairāwhiti to restore vital access and strengthen State Highway 35 after Cyclone Gabrielle damage.
April 22, 2026
August 29, 2025 | Featured News
Liquor Law Reforms Raise Concerns Over Māori Community Voice
New alcohol law reforms will limit objections to liquor licenses to locals only, prompting fears Māori voices will be excluded from decisions affecting their communities.
July 18, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Food prices for many whanau climbing higher | Lisa Te Morenga
—Food prices in Aotearoa continue to climb, with a 4.6% annual increase to June 2025, according to Stats NZ. The […]
February 14, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Kevin Shedlock | Lecturer at The School of Engineering and Computer Science at the Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka
I focus my research expertise in community engagement with technology like: Mixed Reality (virtual reality and augmented reality); Artificial Intelligence (indigenous tribal decision-making) and Cyber Security (tribal data protection)
November 29, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Cheryl Davies | Manager at Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust
Health Research Council of New Zealand has awarded a Te Tohu Rapuora Medal to Cheryl Davies, a Marae-based health researcher for her transformative work in Māori communities, at Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours ceremony held last night in Wellington
November 4, 2024 | News
Whakatōhea challenges Police raids in Ōpōtiki
Whakatōhea leaders are voicing strong concerns over recent police raids in Ōpōtiki, and it's impacts on the future of the iwi.
November 1, 2024 | News
Police raid in Ōpōtiki ignites Te Pāti Māori concerns
Te Waiariki MP and Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says a recent raid in Ōpōtiki is another example of police operations disregarding the wellbeing of marginalized communities, particularly affecting tamariki.
April 9, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Rihi Tenana | Co-Director (Tangata Whenua), National Science Challenges – Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities
Rihi has been working in the kaupapa Māori research space for two decades committing her research ideas and knowledge to developing and empowering whānau and Māori communities to grow and maintain their agency by facilitating and building capability skills through kaupapa Māori research informed initiatives.
December 21, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Vanessa Clark | Executive Director Kanapu Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Centre of Research Excellence
A programme to aid Māori grassroots researchers has been launched and will provide practical tools, tips and advice for researchers to help Māori communities and organisations do research that addresses their priorities
November 27, 2023 | Paakiwaha
Jason Alexander I Interim Chief Executive for Hāpai Te Hauora
Hāpai Te Hauora is warning of a catastrophic impacts on Māori Communities because of decisions by the incoming Government. Jason Alexander | Interim Chief Executive Officer, Hapai Te Hauora is with us this morning to explain this dire prediction. '
- 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.
