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Rob Campbell: Those fighting for the environment are worlds apart but intrinsically linked
OPINION: The distance between the NZ Yacht Squadron HQ and the District Court is not far.

Empathy missing in action as MPs take pay rise
OPINION: On what planet would MPs think they deserve a big pay rise while others struggle?

Kea Kids: Māori Minecraft competition builds community through creativity
We’re at Te Ahi Orokohanga, where over 140 kids are competing in a Minecraft speed-building competition entirely in Te Reo Māori!

Hapū and council to consider rāhui at Abbey Caves
The caves were closed for a month after the tragic death of Karnin Petera.

Judge delivers verdict on early NZ justice system
Justice David Collins points to early miscarriages of justice in colonial New Zealand.

Letters: Tikanga Māori has no place in our secular legal system
OPINION: 'The role of the judiciary is to interpret our law, not to make new law.'

Watch live: Question time - School lunches scheme gets new, cut-back funding
The free school lunch programme was initially launched by Labour in 2019.

New data sought to support the Māori workforce and services
Survey data will help support kaimahi and the kaupapa Māori service they provide.

Willie Jackson follows in the footsteps of David Lange
The Labour MP will become the first Māori MP to debate at Oxford Union.

King’s Counsel files complaint over tikanga Māori in NZ law courses, Peters agrees
King's Counsel describes incoming requirement as 'symptomatic of a dangerous trend'.

‘They felt I was portraying myself as Pākehā'
Mihi Sorensen has always had high expectations of herself.

They carry their own tapu: Māori carver reaches out to thieves for return of stolen chisels
Far North carver Renata Tane is gutted after the theft of dozens of his chisels.

Hamilton Māori ward councillor resigns, triggering second byelection this year
Councillor Melaina Huaki has resigned effective immediately.

JT thought maybe a couple hundred protesters would front -wrong
OPINION: Willie Jackson recalls the day the hikoi came to Wellington

NGOs raise concerns about child abuse reporting to Oranga Tamariki
Research suggests requests are commonly met with delayed decisions or silence.

May be the month to kick smoking for good
Hapai Te Hauora is using art to help whānau stop smoking.

Microsoft enters ‘groundbreaking’ Māori data sovereignty deal that could have global implications
Te Tumu Paeroa CIO Ruth Russell described Māori data as a 'taonga'.

'These MPs coming in kind of like we’re subservient to them'
Iwi leader lashes out at Ministers who attend Iwi Chairs Forum.

Minister doesn’t want Māori caught up in ‘green gullibility’ over changes to Crown Minerals Act
Shane Jones and Tama Potaka want to hear Māori views on changes to mining rules.

Rugby flashback: The story of Ron Lockwood
Waikato locals may remember Lockwood for his decades of service as a property valuer.

Simon Bridges says NZ wasn't ready for a Māori PM: 'I didn’t think enough about race relations'
The former National leader stepped away for a quiet life away from politics,. Or has he?

‘Māori Seabed, For Shore!’ - Two decades on from the largest hīkoi in a generation
Twenty years on from the biggest protest in Aotearoa, how far have we come?

Ngai Tahu defends Māori sites amid Grey District protest
Ngāi Tahu has defended Māori sites of significance in the Grey rohe.

'Let those who have seen evil speak of good': The debate about Māori and museums
Commemorating the wartime contributions of Māori - in museums and schools.

‘Everything all good’: Defiant realtor who refused course on Māori values back at work
Lawyers won interim court order over licence ahead of judicial review later in the year.

Revised book on TW Ratana to hit shelves next week
It’s 100 years since Ratana travelled but his work is etched in the UN's walls.

Artist and his pōhutukawa waka were 700 years in the making
Anton Forde has spent four years carving the waka that can now be seen by the public.

Claire Trevett: Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s; method in Shane Jones' fast-track madness
Stanford's education shift has shades of the 1980s about it, but it might work.

British aristocrat 'thrilled' to become New Zealand citizen
'I feel very proud, very grateful and very happy.'