1981 Springbok Tour: Former cop recalls being on duty for Hamilton match
"The few police on the embankment were brushed aside like feathers."
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Leigh-Marama McLachlan: 'We refuse to let hate speech slide'
There will be consequences for hate speech, writes Leigh-Marama McLachlan.
Rob Rattenbury: How pervasive is white supremacy in NZ?
OPINION: White supremacists do exist in our country, though hopefully not in great numbers
Rob Rattenbury: How New Zealanders could show their patriotism
"I love my country... but I have never felt the need to shout it from the rooftops."
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Puanga celebrations good for the soul
Puanga or Matariki has always been a big part of Māori society from early on.
Comment: A passion for our people, our culture and our reo
It was in the house next door that the very first broadcast for Awa FM took place in 1991.
Comment: Why our education system needs to address racism
A Whanganui writer addresses the contentious issue of "unteaching" racism in schools.
Debbie Ngārewa-Packer: Māori past, present and future centre stage at kapa haka
Kapa haka - where intergenerational Māori healing, pride and empowerment has centre stage.
Comment: Why I'm happy to see Harete Hipango return as MP
Comment: 'We must be more accepting of each other'
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Why I'm excited about the future of Aotearoa
OPINION: From the tired old race-based debate, a positive new force is emerging.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Speak up when what's yours is mined
Mining operation underestimated extent of iwi and community determination and resilience.
Rob Rattenbury: A reckoning is coming over the history of New Zealand
COMMENT: Many will feel ashamed about what they learn, writes Rob Rattenbury.
Is this NZ's most remote Anzac service?
96 returned WW1 soldiers took up land in the Mangapurua soldier settlement scheme.
We must fight vaccine misinformation
Editorial: To repeat any of these falsehoods is to risk giving them legs.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Māori in fight of our lives against cancer
OPINION: Crisis often reveals how strong we can be when we have to be.
Comment: What a mission getting in and out of Wellington
Our two-hour journey can be increased to nearly three if we pick the wrong time to travel.
Comment: Why I will be getting the Covid-19 vaccine
"I get the impression the ministry was severely underprepared for this process."
Rob Rattenbury: Why names are important - it's about respect
This is not about a cultural difference; it is about respect and thoughtfulness.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: We need more Māori on TV - and not on Police Ten 7
OPINION: Racism is a disease that should not spread to children.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Castlecliff's sense of community is contagious
Making new memories in an old Castlecliff home.
Teuila Fuatai: Are flexible work conditions Covid's silver lining?
OPINION: While many struggle, for others, Covid has reinvented work.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Small signs of progress 26 years on from Pākaitore
An important stand by local Māori took place in 1995 and it was not about just one issue.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: What defiance over tie symbolises
Rawiri Waititi's defiance is an important and timely stand and is hugely symbolic.
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: As much as wearing somethng is a form of activism, so is choosing not to wear it
How we dress can be one of the most powerful symbols of who we are.
Dawn Picken: Inequity hurts everyone - it's time to fix the whare
Opinion: We are still living in the house colonialism built and it's time to fix it.
Dawn Picken: Advice for a 17-year-old in a new world
Opinion: For a teenager, postponement looks permanent. But this pause is not forever.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Iwi checkpoints about protecting communities
'Stop moaning about iwi checkpoints and let Māori leadership help us through.'
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Rātana without politicians a welcome break
It will be a different Rātana event at the end of the month with no politicians.
New opportunity to be 'good Treaty partner'
Tāwhiao McMaster says history must reflect Māori as well as Pākeha versions of events.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Christmas not the day it used to be for many Kiwis
Christmas is terrible for putting pressure on families to buy gifts and spend up large.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Comfort in the way we handle death as Māori
'I have found comfort in the way we handle death as Māori'.
Best of 2020: Leigh-Marama McLachlan: Good people smoke cannabis
Taking a punitive approach to cannabis does not work, writes Leigh-Marama McLachlan.
Leigh-Marama McLachlan: The major issues our newly elected MPs need to deliver on
Comment: The pressure is on for Labour to deliver real change over the next term.
Comment: Judith Collins needs to rein in her renegade MPs
A National MP is doubling down on posting a fake Ardern quote and Collins needs to act.