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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Members of the Wai Manawa Whenua coalition outside the High Court in Wellington. RNZ/Pokere Paewai A group of Māori landowners taking the government to court over freshwater rights allege the current system of water allocation is degrading water quality and shutting Māori out. Wai Manawa Whenua is seeking timely and effective ... <a title="Freshwater allocation system degrading water quality and shutting Māori out, court hears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/freshwater-allocation-system-degrading-water-quality-and-shutting-maori-out-court-hears/" aria-label="Read more about Freshwater allocation system degrading water quality and shutting Māori out, court hears">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The winners of Te Mana Kuratahi 2025 Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa. Supplied/Te Matatini Enterprises Te Wharekura o Kirikiriroa have been named Ngā Toa Whakaihuwaka, the overall winners of Te Mana Kuratahi, the national primary schools kapa haka competition for 2025. The group from Hamilton bested 62 other kapa haka from 17 ... <a title="Winner of national primary schools kapa haka competition Te Mana Kuratahi named" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/winner-of-national-primary-schools-kapa-haka-competition-te-mana-kuratahi-named/" aria-label="Read more about Winner of national primary schools kapa haka competition Te Mana Kuratahi named">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lee Tamahori has died aged 75. RNZ / Dru Faulkner Actor Te Kohe Tuhaka has paid tribute to late filmmaker and mentor Lee Tamahori, describing him as a trailblazer for Māori in cinema. In a statement his family said Tamahori died peacefully today at home surrounded by his long-time love Justine, ... <a title="Lee Tamahori ‘will be missed’ but ‘will definitely be remembered’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/lee-tamahori-will-be-missed-but-will-definitely-be-remembered/" aria-label="Read more about Lee Tamahori ‘will be missed’ but ‘will definitely be remembered’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Tohu Oranga Angitu (Lifetime Achievement) award winner Piripi Walker. Supplied/Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori A quiet trailblazer, a beloved kōhanga reo nanny and the translators behind the first-ever bilingual Olympic sporting glossary are among those recognised at Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2025, the annual Māori Language Awards held ... <a title="Trailblazers and hard workers recognised at Māori Language Awards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/trailblazers-and-hard-workers-recognised-at-maori-language-awards/" aria-label="Read more about Trailblazers and hard workers recognised at Māori Language Awards">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Lee Tamahori on location while filming “The Convert” in 2022. Supplied / Kirsty Griffin One of the biggest names in New Zealand film-making has died. Lee Tamahori from Ngāti Porou, made his directorial film debut with the ground-breaking Once Were Warriors. Born in Tawa, in Wellington he started Flying Fish, one ... <a title="Legendary Ngāti Porou filmmaker Lee Tamahori dies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/legendary-ngati-porou-filmmaker-lee-tamahori-dies/" aria-label="Read more about Legendary Ngāti Porou filmmaker Lee Tamahori dies">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Ministry says under the amended legislation schools will “be required under s127 of the Act to provide Māori language education on request of a parent or caregiver”. RNZ / Tom Furley A sudden law change means the only legal obligation for schools to teach te reo Māori is if ... <a title="Schools only legally obliged to teach te reo Māori if parents ask for it under law change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/schools-only-legally-obliged-to-teach-te-reo-maori-if-parents-ask-for-it-under-law-change/" aria-label="Read more about Schools only legally obliged to teach te reo Māori if parents ask for it under law change">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Academic Dr Alex Barnes is disappointed by proposed changes to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum. RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell Dr Alex Barnes, a Pākehā father who grew up in the kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa movement, says proposed changes to the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum risks “leaving our past ... <a title="Diluting history curriculum risks ‘leaving our past to chance’ – Academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/diluting-history-curriculum-risks-leaving-our-past-to-chance-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Diluting history curriculum risks ‘leaving our past to chance’ – Academic">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ngāi Te Rangi chairman Charlie Tawhiao. RNZ / Justine Murray Tauranga iwi Ngāi Te Rangi says the fight for te reo Māori is not over yet and that it’s going to continue promoting te reo regardless of what the government does. The Waitangi Tribunal released its Taku Kura Reo, Taku Reo ... <a title="Ngāi Te Rangi welcomes Waitangi Tribunal finding on government’s te reo policies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/ngai-te-rangi-welcomes-waitangi-tribunal-finding-on-governments-te-reo-policies/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāi Te Rangi welcomes Waitangi Tribunal finding on government’s te reo policies">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Members of Ngāti Pāoa outside Parliament after the iwi’s Treaty Settlement passed its third reading. RNZ / Pokere Paewai The Crown has apologised to Auckland and Hauraki iwi Ngāti Paoa for its actions which led to the iwi becoming “virtually landless.” Around 500 iwi members travelled to Parliament to witness the ... <a title="Crown apologises to Auckland, Hauraki iwi Ngāti Paoa for leaving them ‘virtually landless’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/crown-apologises-to-auckland-hauraki-iwi-ngati-paoa-for-leaving-them-virtually-landless/" aria-label="Read more about Crown apologises to Auckland, Hauraki iwi Ngāti Paoa for leaving them ‘virtually landless’">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand National Iwi Chairs Forum chairperson Bayden Barber is playing a role in trying to reconcile disaffected factions within Te Pāti Māori. RNZ / Kate Green Te Pāti Māori’s co-leaders and their offside MPs are set to meet on Thursday to try to find headway in their open conflict. The party is ... <a title="Optimism Te Pāti Māori crisis can be sorted at hui" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/optimism-te-pati-maori-crisis-can-be-sorted-at-hui/" aria-label="Read more about Optimism Te Pāti Māori crisis can be sorted at hui">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pati Māori co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Te Pāti Māori’s leadership is willing to meet with estranged MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, the National Iwi Chairs Forum says. Ngāti Kahungunu chairman Bayden Barber sat down with the party’s president and two co-leaders at Parliament ... <a title="One of two Te Pāti Māori factions willing to meet – iwi leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/10/one-of-two-te-pati-maori-factions-willing-to-meet-iwi-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about One of two Te Pāti Māori factions willing to meet – iwi leaders">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2025
By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, RNZ Māori news journalist Ngāti Toa Rangatira have gathered near the peak of their sacred maunga, Whitireia, to celebrate its historic return to iwi ownership. Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira has purchased 53 ha of land at Whitireia — just north of Tītahi Bay — from Radio New Zealand (RNZ) for just ... <a title="Ngāti Toa Rangatira celebrates return of sacred maunga Whitireia from RNZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/10/17/ngati-toa-rangatira-celebrates-return-of-sacred-maunga-whitireia-from-rnz/" aria-label="Read more about Ngāti Toa Rangatira celebrates return of sacred maunga Whitireia from RNZ">Read more</a>
