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In the 1990s, our realities and our Māori laws barely featured in the Western-biased law school curriculum. I wanted to help make positive change.

Commission for Tauranga City Council welcomed in pōwhiri 11 Feb, 2021 10:20 PM 2 minutes to read Commissioners Shadrach Rolleston, Bill Wasley, Anne Tolley and Stephen Selwood at Hairini Marae. Photo / Supplied The four commissioners appointed to lead Tauranga City Council last week were welcomed to their roles in a pōwhiri yesterday. The commission - chairwoman Anne Tolley and fellow commissioners Bill Wasley, Stephen Selwood and Shadrach Rolleston - took up their roles on Tuesday having bee...

STUFF These photos from US real estate agent Bryan Abrams, show Kiwi director Taika Waititis four bedroom home as it was when he bought it in 2019. IMAGES: BRYAN ABRAMS FOR COMPASS/RICHARD HORN Kiwi filmmakers Taika Waititi (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) and Chelsea Winstanley (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai Te Rangi), who are now separated, are selling their LA property. According to celebrity watchers The Dirt, the director-producer A-team listed the Mid-Century LA home they bought in May 2019 for US$2.75mi...

We already know what needs to change to improve the wellbeing of Māori, but the Crown needs to be courageous, researcher says.

“You go back to the 1960s and 70s when New Zealanders invited the Pacific workforce to fill the booming manufacturing industry, the freezing works and the forestry and you trace where the people were in South Auckland, in the Waikato regions in Tokoroa, Rotorua and up north, and you will find people who descend from relationships during that workplace,” he says. “Now that our communities have migrated to the regions, they are settled, they’ve got jobs and are really putting their roots ...

Brainy, bold and bicultural: The new Māori-Pasifika generation thats changing the face of Aotearoa 6 Feb, 2021 08:07 PM 11 minutes to read Hine Funaki: "I cant turn off the fact that I walk in these multiple different worlds." Photo / Supplied Hine Funaki: "I cant turn off the fact that I walk in these multiple different worlds." Photo / Supplied RNZ Theres a brown, bi-cultural generation changing the face of New Zealand. Thats according to the Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio,...

Liz Davies: The tide is turning for better understanding of te ao Māori 5 Feb, 2021 08:00 PM 4 minutes to read OPINION I am sensing an encouraging turning of the tide with regard to a better understanding and appreciation of te ao Māori. On what basis have I come to this conclusion? - The overwhelming support for the transfer of Panepane Point from Western Bay of Plenty District Council to the original owners of the land, the five local hapū of Matakana Island and the trans...

Four commissioners appointed to lead Tauranga City Council 2 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Stephen Selwood, left, Shadrach Rolleston, Anne Tolley and Bill Wasley the four-strong commission to lead the troubled Tauranga City Council. Photo / File A former National MP, two town planners and an infrastructure sector leader have been appointed to lead the troubled Tauranga City Council. Former long-serving East Coast MP Anne Tolley will chair the four-strong commission, Local Government Mini...

Source: Massey University New students being led onto Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, Massey’s School of Māori Knowledge, for their pōwhiri. Te Utangakiwhangaparaoa Tautuhi Ana-Marie Kawana A record number of students have risen to the challenge to increase the number of Kura Kaupapa Māori teachers in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Massey University says this is the largest first year intake to its Kura Kaupapa teaching programmes since they began in 2012. Massey runs, the country’s only post gr...

Nigel Borell says there are challenges when it comes to allowing Māori to have authority over their works. Photo: RNZ / Laura Bootham Nigel Borell has claimed "major issues" over the level of control he had surrounding his landmark exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora. He said ensuring diversity was still a challenge for all arts institutions. Borells resignation was a shock to many, as he had a pioneering role in exhibiting over 300 pieces of indigenous art pieces by more than 100 artists in Toi T�...