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January 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand New Plymouth District Councillor and Te Maruata co-chair Dinnie Moeahu. Supplied / NPDC Te Maruata – the national committee of Māori elected members within LGNZ – is celebrating the largest ever cohort of Māori elected members in local government. But it is also looking towards the challenges ahead in the next ... <a title="Māori local councillors set direction for the next three years." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/20/maori-local-councillors-set-direction-for-the-next-three-years/" aria-label="Read more about Māori local councillors set direction for the next three years.">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Kaupapa Māori GP Manu Ora founders Dr Sara Simmons (left) and Dr Rachel Inder (right). Supplied/Chris Brooks – Motive Digital Marlborough’s only kaupapa Māori general practice, Manu Ora, has received funding for the next three years with evidence showing it’s early intervention model benefits both its patients and the wider healthcare ... <a title="Marlborough’s only kaupapa Māori GP receives funding to address critical gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/15/marlboroughs-only-kaupapa-maori-gp-receives-funding-to-address-critical-gap/" aria-label="Read more about Marlborough’s only kaupapa Māori GP receives funding to address critical gap">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A collective of chefs is working to revive classical Māori cooking knowledge and reconnect Māori to traditional sources of kai. That includes teaching people to forage for edible native plants including the spicy horopito, fragrant tarata or lemonwood, and kawakawa with its range of culinary and medicinal uses, as well as ... <a title="‘Our food culture wasn’t destroyed, it was buried’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/14/our-food-culture-wasnt-destroyed-it-was-buried/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our food culture wasn’t destroyed, it was buried’">Read more</a>
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January 13, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Ngāti Korokī Kahukura kaumātua and staunch supporter of Waka Ama, Karaitiana Tamatea. Supplied/Waka Ama Aotearoa NZ Waka Ama paddlers and officials have paid tribute to Ngāti Korokī Kahukura kaumātua and staunch supporter of waka ama, Karaitiana Tamatea. Tamatea, of Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Te Aitanga a Mahaki, died on Saturday – ... <a title="Waka Ama pays tribute to one of its pillars at 2026 Nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/13/waka-ama-pays-tribute-to-one-of-its-pillars-at-2026-nationals/" aria-label="Read more about Waka Ama pays tribute to one of its pillars at 2026 Nationals">Read more</a>
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January 12, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Public roads, even if they are unformed, shouldn’t be locked shut RNZ / Tracey Neal Up to a third of Māori land is considered landlocked, meaning owners have no physical access to land they own without obtaining the consent of neighbouring owners. The Outdoor Access Commission Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa released ... <a title="‘How do the people break through?’ – third of Māori land considered landlocked" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/12/how-do-the-people-break-through-third-of-maori-land-considered-landlocked/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How do the people break through?’ – third of Māori land considered landlocked">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The new sign for Kaipātiki Hot Springs. Supplied/Te Poari o Kaipātiki ki Kaipara As 2025 ticked over into 2026, Parakai Springs near Helensville officially became Kaipātiki Hot Springs, the traditional name for the area which reflects the whakapapa of tangata whenua Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara. The change comes as Te Poari ... <a title="Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/09/popular-auckland-hot-springs-gets-name-change/" aria-label="Read more about Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Thomas Charles Roa has become a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori language and education RNZ / Pokere Paewai The Minister for Māori Development is praising those named on the New Year Honours list. Māori who have been recognised for 2026 include Companions, Officers, ... <a title="Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/01/02/maori-recognised-for-2026-in-new-year-honours-list/" aria-label="Read more about Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Thomas Charles Roa has become a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori language and education RNZ / Pokere Paewai The Minister for Māori Development is praising those named on the New Year Honours list. Eighteen Māori have been recognised for 2026, and include Companions, ... <a title="18 Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/18-maori-recognised-for-2026-in-new-year-honours-list/" aria-label="Read more about 18 Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list">Read more</a>
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December 31, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Thomas Charles Roa has become a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori language and education RNZ / Pokere Paewai The Minister for Māori Development is praising those named on the New Year Honours list. Sixteen Māori have been recognised for 2026, and include Companions, ... <a title="16 Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/31/16-maori-recognised-for-2026-in-new-year-honours-list/" aria-label="Read more about 16 Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wiremu Keretene (Ngāti Hine) holds a sleeping child during the waka display at Tii Beach this morning. RNZ / Peter de Graaf After the rollercoaster year that was 2024 te ao Māori may have expected that to continue into 2025 and in many ways it did with so many stories making ... <a title="Ngā Kaupapa Hirahira o te Tau: A look back at the year that was in Te Ao Māori" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/30/nga-kaupapa-hirahira-o-te-tau-a-look-back-at-the-year-that-was-in-te-ao-maori/" aria-label="Read more about Ngā Kaupapa Hirahira o te Tau: A look back at the year that was in Te Ao Māori">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii A new report published by Te Mātāwai has highlighted the narratives of Māori individuals grappling with language loss and trauma. An earlier study by Dr Raukura Roa and Professor Tom Roa (2023), defined te reo trauma as ‘the emotional, psychological, physical and spiritual harm and distress experienced ... <a title="Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with ‘te reo trauma’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/21/study-shows-the-experience-of-maori-grappling-with-te-reo-trauma/" aria-label="Read more about Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with ‘te reo trauma’">Read more</a>
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December 19, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand By Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee-Mather Te Pāti Māori’s leadership isn’t trusted by nearly half of Māori voters and many would prefer Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke to take over, a new poll suggests. Almost half of those surveyed in the Mata-Horizon Research poll believe the party is heading in the wrong direction, and ... <a title="Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/19/hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-tops-list-of-favoured-candidates-to-lead-te-pati-maori-in-new-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll">Read more</a>
