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3 weeks ago | 
nzherald.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
The ribbon being cut at the formal opening of Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatū Tararua Highway. Photo / RNZBy Pokere Paewai of RNZ A long-awaited highway connecting Manawatū and Hawke’s Bay has had its official opening – eight years after the old highway closed. The road does not open to traffic until next week, but a few locals had the chance to take a test drive over the southern Ruahine Range on Saturday.
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3 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
The Waitangi Tribunal wants the Crown to make a genuine effort to engage with Māori when making changes to the funding scheme that allows Māori groups to seek recognition of their coastal rights. The Tribunal released its Stage 2 report into planned amendments to the Marine and Coastal (Takutai Moana) Act on Friday, the report relates to allegations by claimants that the Crown breached Treaty Principles through mismanagement of the Takutai Moana Financial Assistance Scheme.
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3 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
A new impact evaluation report on this year's Te Matatini shows that the 2025 festival was the biggest to date. The report showed that Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga held in February in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, brought just under $24 million into Taranaki - $3 million less than forecasted but still the highest contribution from a festival to date. Tane Morgan is a director of New Plymouth based Proof & Stock Coffee which had a stall at Te Matatini.
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3 weeks ago | 
teaonews.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
This article was first published on RNZ. Members of Hawke’s Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu gathered earlier this week at Kahurānaki Station to protest the recent sale of the station, which includes the ancestral mountain of the same name. Kahurānaki Station - a 1156 hectare sheep and beef farm south of Havelock North - came up for sale earlier this year, the first time the station had been on the market for over 100 years.
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3 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
Members of Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu have gathered on Monday at Kahurānaki Station to protest the recent sale of the station which includes the ancestral mountain of the same name. Kahurānaki Station - a 1156 hectare sheep and beef farm south of Havelock North - came up for sale earlier this year, the first time the station had been on the market for over 100 years.
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4 weeks ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
Rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this years King's Birthday Honours List. Thirty-one Māori received honours this King's Birthday, making up 16 percent of the list. Read the full list of King's Birthday Honours recipientsWhangārei-based breast cancer surgeon Dr Maxine Ronald is to be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to breast cancer treatment and research.
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4 weeks ago | 
radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira |Pokere Paewai
Rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this years King's Birthday Honours List. Thirty-one Māori received honours this King's Birthday, making up 16 percent of the list. Read the full list of King's Birthday Honours recipientsWhangārei-based breast cancer surgeon Dr Maxine Ronald is to be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to breast cancer treatment and research.
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4 weeks ago | 
radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira |Pokere Paewai
Rugby superstar Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, former Labour Minister Dover Samuels, and waka stalwart Joe Conrad are among the Māori on this years King's Birthday Honours List. Thirty-one Māori received honours this King's Birthday, making up 16 percent of the list. Read the full list of King's Birthday Honours recipientsWhangārei-based breast cancer surgeon Dr Maxine Ronald is to be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to breast cancer treatment and research.
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1 month ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
A new documentary has been launched tracing the history of Māori tobacco control, beginning with Captain Cook's arrival all the way up to the repeal of Aotearoa's world-leading smokefree laws. Tupeka Kore: The Whakapapa of Māori Tobacco Control in Aotearoa NZ was launched at Wainuiomata Marae, Lower Hutt on Friday by Te Roopu Tupeka Kore, the Māori Tobacco Control network as part of World Smokefree Day on Saturday.
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1 month ago | 
rnz.co.nz | Pokere Paewai
A symposium run by Māori tertiary institute Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is giving Māori men the chance to discuss their health and well-being. Around 200 men gathered at Te Mānuka Tūtahi marae in Whakatāne on Tuesday to listen to several leading figures in Māori health speak about men's well being. Speakers included former All Black Dallas Seymour, clinical psychologist Dr Luke Rowe and CEO of Te Wānanga o Raukawa Professor Meihana Durie.
