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2 weeks ago | teaonews.co.nz | Tini Molyneux

Whānau Ora marked its 10-year milestone in Auckland on Wednesday, bringing together leadership, staff and 116 Commissioning Agency partners from across Te Ika-a-Māui. The event featured speeches and reflections on the initiative’s impact over the past decade. Former Minister Willie Jackson praised Whānau Ora’s success, describing it as a source of pride and a testament to Māori-led solutions. “I was the inaugural chair of the Urban Māori movement of MUMA.

1 month ago | teaonews.co.nz | Tini Molyneux

Nicola Willis says Māori should have confidence that tomorrow’s budget will deliver for them and their whānau. “This is a budget that delivers sound economic management, investments, and things New Zealanders need and a recipe for growth,” said Nicola Willis. Giving a preview, she said the savings are being invested in education services, better health services, funding the police, and rebuilding New Zealand’s defence capability.

1 month ago | teaonews.co.nz | Tini Molyneux

Ko te kupu ‘tikanga’ kāore i te pai. He komekome tēnei kua ara mai i roto i te kaha whakahē a te minita i ngā take aorere, a Winston Peters. Ka mutu, he tūāhuatanga tēnei e tohea nei e ngā tāngata maha huri noa i te motu. I te hōtaka a Mike Hoskings, i rere ngā kōrero mō tēnei take. “The Māorification of New Zealand, so the tikanga-led story, this was MFAT, Winston Peters getting upset about a tikanga-led type job,” te kī a Hoskings.

1 month ago | teaonews.co.nz | Tini Molyneux

MPs from across the political divide have reacted to the Privileges Committee’s decision to recommend an unprecedented 21-day suspension for Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rāwiri Waititi and Debbie Ngārewa Packer. Labour leader Chris Hipkins described the sanction as disproportionate. “Yes, there should be some sanction. One of those MPs has already been sanctioned again. I think it’s a distraction, and we should get back to the proper debate,” he said.

1 month ago | teaonews.co.nz | Tini Molyneux

Arā a Aotearoa e whanga mai nei mō te rā e whakaputa ai i te Kāwanatanga te tahua pūtea mō te tau pūtea te haere ake nei. E ai ki te Kāwanatanga, he pūtea hou kua penapenahia mō te tahua pūtea, hei whakamohoao i ngā hua pūmau. “We know it’s been a tough time for New Zealanders, we have turned the corner,” te kī a te Pirimia a Christopher Luxon.