Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
Journalist at Waatea News
Producer at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
Articles
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1 week ago |
radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
Associate Minister for Energy Shane Jones has vowed to fix the "the most destructive decision in the history of New Zealand's industry" by restarting the oil and gas industry. His comments came from a scrutiny hearing which quickly turned into an opportunity to attack the previous government - particularly former prime minister Jacinda Ardern and former energy minister Megan Woods - and for banning oil and gas exploration in 2018.
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1 week ago |
teaonews.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
This article was first published on RNZ. The Māori Development Minister has defended attacks by the opposition arguing he allowed targeted Māori funding to disappear under his watch. Speaking in the Māori Affairs select committee for scrutiny week, Labour MP and former Māori development minister Willie Jackson said specific funding for Māori initiatives had fallen significantly since Tama Potaka took over.
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1 week ago |
radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
The Minister for Treaty Negotiations says the government is open to dealing with multiple Ngāpuhi groupings to get a settlement done. Successive governments have been trying to get a settlement with the country's largest iwi for decades but have struggled to settle with the sprawling iwi under a single mandate. However, speaking to the Māori Affairs committee, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Paul Goldsmith said the government's stance was softening.
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2 weeks ago |
radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
The Waitangi National Trust's Pita Tipene is stepping down as trust chair after serving on the board for almost a decade. Tīpene has been a member of the board for nine years, the maximum length set out in the Waitangi National Trust Board Act 1932 before board members must step down. Fellow board members Jane Fletcher and Mita Harris will also close out their time with on the board.
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2 weeks ago |
radionz.co.nz | Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira
It is Men's Mental Health week and a Māori clinical psychology researcher is calling on men to challenge Aotearoa's harmful "harden up" mentality. Soften Up Bro co-founder and a PhD candidate Heemi Kapa-Kingi told RNZ the idea for Soften Up Bro came around 5 years ago when he and a close friend found themselves going through a difficult time mentally. Talking openly with eachother, Kapa-Kingi said, was "therapeutic, "useful" and "quite pragmatic".
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