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May 19, 2025 | Featured News
#budget2025 Māori Wardens get funding boost
#budget2025 Māori Wardens get funding boost Ive been a supporter of the mahi of the Wardens for years now – […]
April 23, 2026
May 17, 2025 | Featured News
Māori Wardens secure additional funding
The Maori Wardens have received additional funding in the budget. “Māori Wardens offer a friendly face when times are tough. […]
November 22, 2024 | News
Māori wardens foster success for Manaaki Tangata
Māori Wardens are credited with the success of a new Auckland Central homelessness day space, Manaaki Tangata.
November 21, 2024 | News
Unity inspires whānau at Parliament activation
The Chief Māori Warden for Porirua says Tuesday's Toitū Te Tiriti Parliament activation was marvellous, inspiring whānau to discuss voting.
November 21, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Heniaka August | Branch Chief Coordinator for Ngāti Toa Māori Warden
In May this year Heniaka August dedicated her QSM to her late husband, a fellow Māori warden who served the people of Aotearoa.
June 7, 2024 | News
Wardens bring aroha to tough streets
The coordinator of the Auckland Māori wardens, Mataora Smith, says respect and cultural exchange could make central Auckland safer at night.
October 27, 2023 | News
Māori warden says outsiders are causing rough sleeping disorder
Māori wardens patrolling the Auckland central business district say it is outsiders, not local rough-sleepers or homeless that are causing the most problems.
October 19, 2023 | News
Māori wardens join water safety promotion
Gisborne’s harbourmaster has teamed up with Māori wardens to promote water safety this summer.
August 8, 2023 | News
Māori wardens spot concealed guns
An Auckland Māori warden says too many people are carrying concealed weapons into the heart of the city.
March 2, 2023 | News
Marae answers call after hostel fire
Hamilton police say a marae was the only place they could find willing to take in 47 tourists left on the street after a fire at their hostel late on Tuesday night.
- 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.
