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December 4, 2025 | Featured News
Iwi and Schools Push Back: Urgent Waitangi Tribunal Claim Launched Over Education Treaty Changes
Several Northland iwi – notably Ngāti Hine and hapū Te Kapotai – have filed an urgent claim with the Waitangi […]
April 13, 2026
March 24, 2025 | News
Ngāti Hine leader calls for kaumātua support
Ngāti Hine iwi leader Pita Tipene says new research shows big problems in their communities, especially when it comes to the need for more support for kaumātua and kuia.
March 24, 2025 | News
Iwi Partner for Māori Dementia Care Centre
Iwi partnerships between The Selwyn Foundation, Ngāti Hine, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are creating a new Māori-led dementia care centre and researching kaumātua with mate wareware (dementia) in rural communities.
December 6, 2024 | News
Tihi Puanaki considers returning to North
For forty years, Tihi Puanaki of Ngāti Hine has dedicated immense time and energy to developing kapa haka in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, where she currently resides. However, she now feels it may be time to return home to the North.
October 25, 2024 | News
Kevin Prime reappointed to Waitangi Tribunal
Ngāti Hine rangatira Kevin Prime has been reappointed to the Waitangi Tribunal for a second term.
October 3, 2024 | News
Mana motuhake fears as Ngāpuhi hapū talk settlements
The chair of Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Hapū ō Ngāpuhi says yesterday's meeting with Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith was a good start to forming the relationship needed to settle claims in the north.
October 3, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Pita Tipene | Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine
Iwi and Rohe Updates from the Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine,
September 25, 2024 | News
Groundhog Day as hapū fights Ōnoke Pā plan
The Environment Court is this week hearing a challenge from a Ngāti Hine hapū to a Whangarei District Council consent for a 93-home development west of Te Kamo.
February 28, 2024 | News
Keen demand for Māori legal clinic
Ngāti Hine lawyer Keegan Jones says a year on from starting a free legal clinic in Whāngarei, demand is growing.
October 2, 2023 | Podcast: Regional News
02 Oketopa 2023 Ngā Kawepūrongo a Tainui | Te Ahiahi
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