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November 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po has launched the new ‘Kotahitanga Fund’. Kiingitanga Māori Queen Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po has launched the ‘Kotahitanga Fund’, a new multi-million-dollar Māori investment platform. Te Arikinui made the announcement at the inaugural Ōhanga ki te Ao Māori ... <a title="Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/29/maori-queen-launches-multi-million-dollar-investment-platform/" aria-label="Read more about Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The tino rangatiratanga haki (flag) outside Parliament on the day of the Treaty Principles Bill introduction. RNZ / Emma Andrews Campaigners have rejected statements from the Education Minister that schools are being pressured to reaffirm their commitment to Te Tiriti. As of 27 November, more than 1300 schools have publicly reaffirmed ... <a title="Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/28/advocate-rejects-mps-claims-schools-were-pressured-to-reaffirm-commitment-to-te-tiriti/" aria-label="Read more about Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tina Ngata. Supplied/Sarah Sparks Māori leaders have told the UN Committee on Eliminating Racial Discrimination (CERD) that racism against Māori has escalated under the current government. New Zealand is signed up to the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). This requires the government to ... <a title="New Zealand’s track record of racial equality under review at the UN" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/new-zealands-track-record-of-racial-equality-under-review-at-the-un/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s track record of racial equality under review at the UN">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lady Tureiti Moxon in Geneva. Supplied/Sarah Sparks The government has “escalated discrimination against Māori”, health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon has told the UN in Geneva. Moxon (Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Kai Tahu) presented her complaint to the United Nations Committee on Eliminating Racial Discrimination (CERD) in the early ... <a title="Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon delivers complaint to UN in Geneva" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/maori-health-leader-lady-tureiti-moxon-delivers-complaint-to-un-in-geneva/" aria-label="Read more about Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon delivers complaint to UN in Geneva">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The late Tāmaki Makaurau MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp was subjected to “the most despicable behaviour” by Te Pāti Māori leadership, expelled Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris claims. Takutai Tarsh Kemp, who died in June, underwent treatment for kidney disease in the first half of this year. In an extended interview ... <a title="Tākuta Ferris alleges ‘despicable’ treatment of dying MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/takuta-ferris-alleges-despicable-treatment-of-dying-mp-takutai-tarsh-kemp/" aria-label="Read more about Tākuta Ferris alleges ‘despicable’ treatment of dying MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says an iwi has called for the party’s President, John tamihere, to step down at a Te Tai Tokerau hui at the weekend. Te Tai Tokerau was calling on Te Pāti Māori to reinstatement their MP Kapa-Kingi, and ... <a title="Iwi calling for Te Pāti Māori president John tamihere to step down, ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/iwi-calling-for-te-pati-maori-president-john-tamihere-to-step-down-ousted-mp-mariameno-kapa-kingi-says/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi calling for Te Pāti Māori president John tamihere to step down, ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly That came from a hui called for by Te Rūnanga Nui Ā Ngāpuhi where more than 200 people packed into Kohewhata Marae in Kaikohe to speak with Kapa-Kingi face-to-face and decide on their response to her and Tākuta Ferris’ expulsion from the party this month. ... <a title="‘We want it to end’; Hui on Te Pāti Māori schism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/we-want-it-to-end-hui-on-te-pati-maori-schism/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We want it to end’; Hui on Te Pāti Māori schism">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand University of Waikato student Naianga Tapiata has been named a Rhodes Scholar and will attend the University of Oxford. Supplied/University of Waikato A Māori Rhodes Scholar says Mākereti (Maggie) Papakura, believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at Oxford, was a huge inspiration behind his choice to study at the ... <a title="First indigenous woman to study at Oxford inspires Māori Rhodes Scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/first-indigenous-woman-to-study-at-oxford-inspires-maori-rhodes-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about First indigenous woman to study at Oxford inspires Māori Rhodes Scholar">Read more</a>
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November 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Friday’s formalities open up three days of cultural and sporting events. Supplied / Quentin Bedwell It will be a case of iwi versus iwi at the Taranaki Tū Mai festival over the weekend. More than 5000 uri of the eight iwi of Taranaki are expected to come together in Ōpunakē to ... <a title="Iwi vs iwi at Taranaki Tū Mai festival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/23/iwi-vs-iwi-at-taranaki-tu-mai-festival/" aria-label="Read more about Iwi vs iwi at Taranaki Tū Mai festival">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 1000 schools have now publicly reaffirmed they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act. As of 21 November, 1007 schools have been added to Te Rārangi Rangatira, a growing list of public commitments made by ... <a title="‘Expression of kotahitanga’: More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/expression-of-kotahitanga-more-than-1000-schools-reaffirm-commitment-to-te-tiriti-o-waitangi/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Expression of kotahitanga’: More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Projections indicate the Māori population is likely to cross the million mark in 2033. RNZ Around 932,000 people, or 18 percent of people living in Aotearoa, identified as Māori as at 30 June 2025, according to estimates released by Stats NZ. The latest projections indicate the Māori population is likely to ... <a title="Māori ethnic population nears one million" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/maori-ethnic-population-nears-one-million/" aria-label="Read more about Māori ethnic population nears one million">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. VNP / Phil Smith The chairperson of Te Rūnanga Ā Iwi o Ngāpuhi says he is “extremely disheartened” by Te Pāti Māori declining an invitation to meet with Te Tai Tokerau voters. Rūnanga chair Mane Tahere had invited the national executive of Te Pāti Māori to ... <a title="Te Pāti Māori turns down hui offer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/te-pati-maori-turns-down-hui-offer/" aria-label="Read more about Te Pāti Māori turns down hui offer">Read more</a>
