200,000 Sign Up For Historic Māori Language Moment
New Zealanders will set a record this Māori Language Week as more than 200,000 people are already signed up to celebrate te reo as part...
If Reducing Harm Is The Goal, A Cost-benefit Analysis Shows Cannabis Prohibition Has Failed
The case for a referendum on New Zealand’s cannabis law was already urgent in 2015 when the supposedly more pressing issue was whether we...
Māori Voices Matter TVNZ
John Tamihere is pleased TVNZ has come to its senses and included the Māori Party into the multi-party political leaders’ debate. The...
Labour's Promise For Matariki Public Holiday 'Really Significant' - Dr Rangi Mātāmua
A Labour Party promise to make Matariki a public holiday from 2022 if re-elected has got many in te ao Māori excited, including one man...
New Science Scholarship A Pathway For Future Māori And Pasifika Academics
A significant bequest by the late Emeritus Professor Peter Holland has paved the way to an exciting new postgraduate scholarship at the...
"It's Ok to Korero" and make a daily difference when it comes to suicide prevention -
The Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council, Matthew Tukaki, who has also been a long-standing advocate of suicide...
Maori Council urges politicians to focus on the economy
The Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council, Matthew Tukaki, has today warned the Government and Opposition parties that they...
We must turn our attention to the economy and focus on stimulus
The world has changed in a little less than a year with the advent of COVID19. In Aotearoa people have now endured a series of staged...
Tukaki calls for more action on suicide rates
The Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council has said the latest suicide data released by the Chief Coroner is still an...
Māori Demanding Better From Electoral Commission 2020
Whatever new arrangements may be put in place in response to Covid 19 for the General Election 2020, the Electoral Commission have been...
Māori Public Health Echo Calls For Strong Māori And Community Led Responses To COVID-19
Hāpai te Hauora is once again calling for the Government to honor its Tiriti Partnership, and echoes calls for strong Māori leadership to...
Ngāti Maru Set To Vote On Treaty Of Waitangi Settlement
Te Runanga o Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Trust is a step closer to finalising its Treaty of Waitangi settlement claim with the Government....
Māori Party Backing Parents, Teachers Concerns With Level 3 Education Rules
Māori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is shocked with the Ministry of Education’s decision today to...
Ten things that WILL help you land that job!
When I applied for my first job at McDonalds in the city where I grew up at 15 I was knocked back. Apparently there were other people...
Aucklanders need to stay home – pressure on Northland & health services is arrogance
“Calls on “arrogant” holiday homeowners to stay put…” The Executive Director of the New Zealand Maori Council has warned Aucklanders not...
