Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

Journalist at Waatea News

Producer at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

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Articles

'This is not a recognition I carry alone' - Māori honoured in King's Birthday list

6 days 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.
Māori housing developer not concerned by Budget 2025 funding change

1 week ago | radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

A Māori housing developer says if whānau are willing and ready, they can start building their own homes on their own whenua. On Monday, Kaingahoa Marae in Te Rāwhiti, Bay of Islands reopened with a new papakāinga, unveiling 10 new homes for whānau and kaumātua right behind the historic wharenui.
Budget 2025: Māori education gets boost, targeted funding remains tight

2 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

Māori education has seen a boost with Budget 2025, while other new targeted funding for Māori initiatives remains tight. Operational funding of $54 million and another $50 million in capital funding has been allocated to increase Māori learner success by investing in curriculum support and teacher development. The initiatives include:Training and support for up to 51,000 teachers in Year 0-13 schools to learn te reo Māori and tikanga.
Around 1000 protested proposed exclusion of Te Pāti Māori MPs

2 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

About 1000 people gathered outside Parliament on Tuesday to protest the proposed exclusion of Te Pāti Māori MPs and what they see as punishment for exercising tikanga Māori in the house. The organisers said the haka was a form of Māori expression and they objected to the MPs potentially being punished for exercising tikanga MāoriTheir activation began only minutes after a brief debate on a recommendation to exclude the MPs, which was then adjourned until 5 June.
Waitangi Tribunal recommends 'immediate halt' Regulatory Standards Bill for 'meaningful consultation' with Māori

3 weeks ago | radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

The Waitangi Tribunal has recommended the Crown immediately halt the advancement of the Regulatory Standards Bill to allow for meaningful consultation with Māori. The recommendation comes from the Tribunal's interim report into the bill, which follows a one-day urgent hearing earlier this week. Māori rights group Toitū te Tiriti have warned the introduction of the bill into law would diminish the Crown's obligations to the Treaty of Waitangi. Around 18,000 people signed their online petition.
Te Pāti Māori MPs refuse to attend Parliament's Privileges Committee hearing over haka protest

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

Three Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a tense haka in Parliament during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year say they are refusing to attend a hearing with Parliament's Privileges Committee over concerns their "fundamental" legal rights are being ignored. Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Rāwiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Waikato MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke are due to appear before the committee on Wednesday 2 April.
Tame Iti joins calls for release of hunger striker Dean Wickliffe

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

Māori rights activist and close friend of Dean Wickliffe Tame Iti is calling for his immediate release following allegations of abuse by prison guards. Wickliffe has been on a hunger strike since 10 March, after being taken to Spring Hill prison for breaking his parole conditions because he was living in his car and not at an approved address.
Prisoner Dean Wickliffe loses 17kg in hunger strike, lawyer says

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

The lawyer of Dean Wickliffe, who is on hunger strike after he says he was beaten by guards at Spring Hill Prison, is calling for his immediate release citing health and human rights concerns. The 77-year old was taken into custody on 5 March after being found in living in his car, a breach of his parole conditions, after being made homeless.
Prisoner on hunger strike alleges he was beaten by prison guards

2 months ago | rnz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

The lawyers of a 77-year-old kaumātua say he is on hunger strike at the Spring Hill Corrections Facility in the Waikato after being allegedly beaten by multiple prison guards. Dean Wickliffe, who was taken into custody on 5 March for not residing at his approved address, suffered black eyes and a three-inch gash on his forehead when he refused to be double-bunked, his lawyers said.
Whangārei hāpu fear landowners will cut down ancient Puriri trees on Onoke Pā

2 months ago | teaonews.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira

This article was first published on RNZ. A Whangārei-based hapū battling the development of houses on a sacred site are concerned the landowners will cut down ancient Puriri trees that are significant to mana whenua. Ngāti Kahu o Torongare have been in and out of court for the last 30 years to protect Onoke Pā, in the suburb of Kamo, which they say was traditionally used to bury the dead.