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May 2, 2025 | News
Ngāti Kahungunu miss out on bid to reclaim ancestral maunga Kahurānaki
Ngāti Kahungunu have failed to reclaim their ancestral mountain, Kahurānaki, after missing the tender for Kahuranaki Station.
March 14, 2026
April 28, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Tihikura Hohaia | Organisers of Ōpunake Beach Protesting Seabed Mining
Te Ūkaipō Moana Wānanga issued a call to action at Ōpunake Beach in Taranaki over the weekend to protest fast-tracking and seabed mining.
March 18, 2025 | News
Seven Face Assault Charges After Protest
Seven people faced assault charges in the Waitākere District Court today related to a protest during last month's Pride Festival. The group, linked to Destiny Church, is accused of disrupting a children's event at the Te Atatū Library on February 15.
March 5, 2025 | News
Bream Bay mining endangers eco systems
Tāngaro Tuia te Ora Endangered Species Foundation co-chair Tawera Nikau says sand mining in Bream Bay threatens their entire ecosystem.
March 5, 2025 | News
Tawera Nikau fights Bream Bay sandmining
Rugby league star and environmental advocate Tawera Nikau takes a 14,000-signature petition to Parliament today, opposing a controversial sandmining project at Te Akau Bream Bay.
February 18, 2025 | News
Cook Islands-China deal sparks public outcry and confussion
A prominent Cook Islands broadcaster says the recently signed comprehensive strategic partnership with China has divided communities back home.
February 5, 2025 | News
Haukainga Protest David Seymour at Waitangi
ACT Party leader David Seymour faced opposition from some of the haukainga during his whaikōrero at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
January 22, 2025 | News
National Iwi Chairs Forum to meet in Waitangi ahead of Waitangi Day
In the lead-up to Waitangi Day, the National Iwi Chairs Forum will convene at Waitangi from February 3-4 to set its goals for 2025.
December 4, 2024 | News
Māori communities more fulfilling than Australia for Māori nurses
A veteran Māori nurse says Australia is not the land of milk and honey that Māori nurses believe it to be.
November 25, 2024 | News
All Blacks haka supports Treaty protest
Before the All Blacks claimed a win over Italy, departing All Black halfback TJ Perenara slipped a message of support for protests surrounding the Treaty of Waitangi hikoi in the team's performance of Ka Mate.
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