4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (946+ words) ACT is promising to strip the Waitangi Tribunal of its power to scrutinise contemporary Crown decisions and abolish the institution once its remaining historical claims have been completed. The party has unveiled its Treaty and settlements policy, proposing to amend…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (830+ words) Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wants Māori identity and those connections to the Pacific showcased when New Zealand hosts the Pacific Islands Forum next year, despite ongoing criticism of his government’s relationship with Māori. Asked whether there was a contradiction between…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (580+ words) Eleven iwi-led partnership processes across the Horizons region will be ditched because they cannot be completed before the Government scraps the legal framework underpinning them. Horizons Regional councillors have agreed to wind down the Mana Whakahono ā Rohe (MWāR) processes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (478+ words) Te Pāti Māori has unveiled its “Kiwi Tax Plan”, pitching it as a policy for everyone, with zero tax on the first $30,000 earned by every New Zealander. It estimates that under the plan, 4.5 million people will pay less income tax....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (45+ words) Te Ao Māori News Rise in tauira Māori at Te Herenga Waka Monday, August 24, 2026 The number of tauira Māori at Te Herenga Waka has grown to 2,000 - a 1.5% increase from 2022....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (1581+ words) ACT is taking another swing at how Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tikanga Māori operate in New Zealand law, unveiling a sweeping constitutional policy a Treaty law expert says appears to be an attempt to “re-litigate” its failed Treaty Principles…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (455+ words) A North Canterbury mayor looks forward to partnering with Ngāi Tahu on local government reform, but is not so keen on the iwi’s proposed structure. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu last week unveiled its own Head Start proposal for local…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (368+ words) After almost a century uniting Taranaki’s eight iwi, the Taranaki Māori Trust Board is handing the reins to a new body set up under the region’s Maunga Treaty agreement. The Trust Board began in 1930, after the Sim Commission found confiscation…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1029+ words) Critics of ACT’s proposed public service overhaul say removing what the party calls “race-based” employment requirements could have implications well beyond Māori, affecting ethnic and minority communities, women and people with disabilities. ACT says the changes would restore a public…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (412+ words) New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones is warning the Waitangi Tribunal that sweeping change is coming should his party return to government following this year’s election, telling the body that “if you continue to thwart the democratic mandate of…...