Māori
The Lion King translated into te reo Māori in New Zealand
Film is second released in indigenous language, after Moana, and reaches theatres for first national holiday marking Māori new year
Tess McClure in Auckland
24, Jun, 2022 @1:55 AM
Matariki: ‘historic’ moment as New Zealand celebrates first Indigenous public holiday
Maori new year legally recognised for first time, prompting excitement and debate over how best to mark the day
Tess McClure in Auckland
23, Jun, 2022 @10:27 PM
Māori moko facial tattoos revived by a new generation with designs on the future
After brutal colonial-era efforts to suppress Māori culture, symbols of Indigenous identity are flourishing once more
Tess McClure in Auckland
10, Jun, 2022 @7:00 PM
‘Pivotal’ Māori leader Tipene O’Regan made member of Order of New Zealand
Champion of Māori rights honoured by Queen for life of work dedicated to improving ‘economic, cultural and social standing of Māori communities’
Eva Corlett in Wellington
06, Jun, 2022 @1:52 AM
New Zealand’s next kingmakers: who are the Māori party?
After an unexpected return to parliament, Te Pati Māori has grabbed headlines with its bold and uncompromising stances
Tess McClure in Wellington
31, May, 2022 @3:54 AM
NZ Māori party rules out right-wing coalition after next election
Co-leader Rawiri Waititi, whose party is expected to become kingmakers, accuses Act of ‘emboldening racism across the country’ through its rhetoric
Tess McClure in Wellington
31, May, 2022 @1:47 AM
New Zealand’s presbyterian church will offer future land sales to Māori iwi first
The major landowner says it has been on the ‘other side of history’ and wants to honour treaty
Tess McClure in Auckland
13, May, 2022 @12:29 AM
New Zealand’s dairy industry should stop using Māori culture to pretend it’s sustainable | Philip McKibbin
Dairying is not simply unsustainable, it also violates Māori values – including those that call for us to respect the natural world
Philip McKibbin
12, May, 2022 @8:00 PM
Whiti Hereaka wins New Zealand’s Ockham fiction prize for novel subverting Māori myth
Kurangaituku, 'an epic poem of a novel’, won the Jann Medlicott Acorn prize at a ceremony that delivered ‘loads of surprises’
Rafqa Touma
11, May, 2022 @9:00 AM
In New Zealand, Māori co-governance is already underway – referendum or not
Instead of ripping apart the fabric of society, co-governance arrangements are already in place and largely pass without notice
Morgan Godfery
23, Apr, 2022 @8:00 PM
‘A brilliant mind’: pioneering Māori lawyer and activist Moana Jackson dies
Born in 1948, Dr Jackson was a champion of Indigenous rights and influenced legal reform in New Zealand
Ollie Neas in Wellington
31, Mar, 2022 @2:32 AM
Moana Jackson was the most articulate, original and forceful intellectual of his generation | Morgan Godfrey
The lawyer, teacher and activist was without equal. New Zealand is so much poorer for his passing, but so much richer for his life
Morgan Godfery
31, Mar, 2022 @2:10 AM
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