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November 19, 2025 | Opinion: Matthew Tukaki
Are our apprentices being hung out to dry?
The construction industry has been hit by the downturn. Following a Cabinet decision late in 2023, Government ministers decided to […]
April 12, 2026
November 5, 2025 | Featured News
Unemployment Crisis Deepens As Costs Soar And Government Stalls
Stats NZ reports 160,000 unemployed as Māori joblessness nears 25% of that total. Economist warns rising costs and stagnant wages are driving hardship and poverty.
May 22, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Craig Renney | The Council of Trade Unions Director of Policy
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi shows that the health service is likely to be underfunded by between $1.2bn to $2bn at the Budget.
October 2, 2024 | News
Pay equity progress stalls
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi says wahine Maori will be working for free from October 14 because of the gender pay gap.
September 4, 2023 | News
Luxon no duce says Bishop
National Party campaign chair Chris Bishop is crying foul over newspaper ads and billboards featuring leader Chris Luxon in a Mussolini-type grimace.
- 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.
