Joel Maxwell

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Joel Maxwell

David Seymour repeats call for referendumANALYSIS: Matariki is about looking back, mourning those we lost in the past year, savouring the present with our whānau, and looking ahead with hope. What will the coalition government, especially Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, be thinking - how hopeful will they feel - as they soak up the ? Positivity will be a challenge as National faces polling results that don’t look good in general.

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Joel Maxwell

Auckland’s Matariki Festival celebrates new year’s promiseAuthenticity and respect are key to avoid turning Matariki into just another branding opportunity, say Māori businesspeople in the run-up to the pubic holiday. Businesses could look at closing or cutting down trading hours on the holiday to allow whānau time for staff, says businesswoman Michele Wilson. They could ask themselves whether they are actually adding “value and meaning” to the event, she says.

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Joel Maxwell

Matariki Ahunga Nui - Celebration of the PresentHow do we bring the hautapu ceremony to our backyards - and why is it really about bringing our indigenous culture into our hearts. Pou Tiaki reporter Joel Maxwell explains. When the first Matariki public holiday arrived in 2022, it heralded the return of the star in the east at dawn, the Māori new year, and the arrival of a brutally early morning for many.

3 weeks ago | stuff.co.nz | Joel Maxwell

Chris Bishop defends response to Te Pāti Māori hakaANALYSIS: In 2007 Trevor Mallard, senior Labour minister and later speaker of the house, threw a punch at National’s Tau Henare after motioning for him to step outside of Parliament’s debating chamber into a lobby. Despite the fisticuffs he was not referred to the Privileges Committee, the cross-party body policing MP behaviour in Parliament.

3 weeks ago | teaonews.co.nz | Joel Maxwell

This article was first published by Stuff. His mum told him to learn the skills of the Pākehā but keep his tīpuna in his heart. New King’s Birthday honours recipient Bill Nathan speaks about a life honouring those ancestors. For decades upon decades, nearly a century, every Monday they gather - nowadays at Pipitea Marae, in the beginning at private homes - for practice, and simply for the friendship. Ngāti Pōneke, says Bill Nathan, always practises on Mondays and has done for 80-plus years.