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Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom

December 29, 2024

By Ella Stewart, (Ngāpuhi, Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao Māori On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties from Tainui shook and waved fronds of greenery as they called manuhiri onto Tuurangawaewae Marae. More than 10,000 people had responded to a rare call for unity from the Māori ... <a title="Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/29/hui-protests-kotahitanga-and-a-new-kuini-a-historic-year-for-maoridom/" aria-label="Read more about Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year for Māoridom">Read more</a>

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Ngāti Kahungunu becomes NZ’s first iwi to call for a Gaza ceasefire

May 1, 2024

Asia Pacific Report Ngāti Kahungunu in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Hawkes Bay region has become the first indigenous Māori iwi (tribe) to sign a resolution calling for a “ceasefire in Palestine”, reports Te Ao Māori News. Reporter Te Aniwaniwa Paterson talked to Te Otāne Huata, who has been organising peace rallies each Sunday at the Hastings ... <a title="Ngāti Kahungunu becomes NZ’s first iwi to call for a Gaza ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/01/ngati-kahungunu-becomes-nzs-first-iwi-to-call-for-a-gaza-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāti Kahungunu becomes NZ’s first iwi to call for a Gaza ceasefire">Read more</a>

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PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots

January 26, 2024

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner David Manning has been reinstated after being stood down following riots and looting on January 10. That rioting — branded as Black Wednesday — was sparked by a police protest after unannounced deductions from their wages, which the government blamed on a glitch. The protest led to a ... <a title="PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/26/pngs-police-chief-david-manning-reinstated-after-black-wednesday-riots/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots">Read more</a>

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate

September 27, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false. Why was he left unchallenged? In the TVNZ leaders’ debate last night, Luxon and Labour’s Chris Hipkins had a testy exchange over Māori healthcare. Hipkins held firm on the creation ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/27/nz-election-2023-exposing-national-leader-christopher-luxons-maori-health-falsehood-in-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate">Read more</a>

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NZ election 2023: Truth behind National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate

September 20, 2023

ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false. Why was he left unchallenged? In the TVNZ leaders’ debate last night, Luxon and Labour’s Chris Hipkins had a testy exchange over Māori healthcare. Hipkins held firm on the creation ... <a title="NZ election 2023: Truth behind National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/20/nz-election-2023-truth-behind-national-leader-christopher-luxons-maori-health-falsehood-in-debate/" aria-label="Read more about NZ election 2023: Truth behind National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate">Read more</a>

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Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at NZ’s Parliament

March 27, 2023

By Johnny Blades, RNZ The House journalist An increased appetite to learn te reo Māori among members and staff from different parts of the Parliamentary system means the work of Parliament’s Māori Language Service is in demand more than ever. Compared to several years ago there’s now also significantly more acknowledgement of and referral to Māori ... <a title="Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at NZ’s Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/keeping-the-flow-the-use-of-te-reo-maori-at-nzs-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at NZ’s Parliament">Read more</a>

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Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses

February 10, 2023

By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel the reality is setting in for many. Mother of four Kataraina Toka’s Mount Roskill home is yellow-stickered after being damaged by flooding on January 27. For now, she is living ... <a title="Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/aucklands-great-flood-if-you-think-it-was-bad-before-its-worse-now-whanau-cope-with-losses/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s worse now’ – whānau cope with losses">Read more</a>

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Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree

June 14, 2021

ANALYSIS: By Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology While I am always happy to celebrate any accolades my country and city might garner on the international stage, seeing Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau awarded the top ranking in a recent “most liveable cities” survey left me somewhat flummoxed. In particular, I would argue that many Māori whānau in ... <a title="Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/14/auckland-is-the-worlds-most-liveable-city-many-maori-might-disagree/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland is the world’s ‘most liveable city’? Many Māori might disagree">Read more</a>

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Jacinda Ardern on health, Ihumātao, Matariki, housing and Māori issues

October 7, 2020

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Three years ago, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern campaigned on kindness and transformation. NZ ELECTIONS 2020 – 17 October As New Zealand heads to the voting booths this month, Te Ao host Moana Maniapoto on Māori Television sat down with the Leader of the Labour Party and asked her about ... <a title="Jacinda Ardern on health, Ihumātao, Matariki, housing and Māori issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/07/jacinda-ardern-on-health-ihumatao-matariki-housing-and-maori-issues/" aria-label="Read more about Jacinda Ardern on health, Ihumātao, Matariki, housing and Māori issues">Read more</a>

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Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19

May 19, 2020

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand’s border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua’s oldest tourism business, Whakarewarewa Village, forcing its people to re-invent its services in order to survive. Ngāti Wāhiao has opened its doors to tourists there for more than 120 years, offering tours ... <a title="Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/19/whakarewarewa-a-silence-not-heard-in-100-years-thanks-to-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Whakarewarewa: A silence not heard in 100 years thanks to covid-19">Read more</a>

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A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings

May 17, 2020

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer You might not know his face, but Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most valuable and memorable contributors to the daily Covid-19 briefings. He explains what it has been like covering a pandemic in a still Pākehā-dominated press gallery. The near-daily media briefings on Covid-19 often ... <a title="A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/17/a-lone-maori-voice-raising-te-ao-issues-at-the-covid-19-briefings/" aria-label="Read more about A lone Māori voice raising Te Ao issues at the covid-19 briefings">Read more</a>