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Election 2023: Labour deputy leader Kelvin Davis endorses Greens and Te Pāti Māori as coalition partners

Electorate rivals Hūhana Lyndon and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi earn plaudits.

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Election 2023: Labour in Te Tai Tonga driver's seat but Te Pāti Māori not fazed by the numbers

Polls show Labour secure in Te Tai Tonga but Te Pāti Māori unshackled.

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New District Court Judge Ian Carter welcomed to Whanganui

New District Court Judge Ian Carter welcomed to Whanganui
12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kahurangi Simon (right) welcomes Judge Ian Carter (third from right) to Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Judge Ian Carter was welcomed to his new role at Whanganui District Court with a mihi whakatau on April 12.
He arrived with his wife, son and friends, called into Courtroom 1 by a karanga.
Kahurangi Simon gave the welcome speech on behalf of Whanganui Iwi, with briefer replies from Judge Carter and Chief District Court Judge Heemi Taumaunu.
The newcomers were then greeted in a hongi/hariru line before taking their seats on the other side of the courtroom.

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Northland printmaker Paora Tiatoa's exhibition launch a success

Northland printmaker Paora Tiatoa's exhibition launch a success
12 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Paora Tiatoa performs in front of his piece "All in all we're just another TINO in the wall". Photo / Liam Rātana
Paora Tiatoa performs in front of his piece "All in all we're just another TINO in the wall". Photo / Liam Rātana
Northern Advocate
By: Liam Rātana
Paora Tiatoa (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Raukawa) opened his Beauty and the Beast exhibition at the Hihiaua Cultural Centre last Friday night. Around 50 people attended the opening, which began with a moving karakia and whakatau.
Those in attendance had a chance to win some of Tiatoa's work, with a raffle-like giveaway taking place for three of his prints. Tiatoa then conducted a provocative performance, featuring him wearing a sugar-skull mask and dancing with hammers to Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2).

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Killer Beez patched member Dean Whakatau jailed for 7 years for teen-sex offending

Killer Beez patched member Dean Whakatau jailed for 7 years for teen-sex offending
18 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Dean Whakatau has 110 previous convictions. Photo / File
Just two months after being released from prison for kidnapping and sexual offences against a teenage girl, a Rotorua patched gang member started grooming another young girl.
Dean Wayne Whakatau, 41, is on the Child
Sex Offender Register and has told authorities his disregard for the law is a "part of gang life".
During the latest sexual encounter against a girl, he gave her cannabis and afterwards an unknown drug he called "crack".
The former Black Power gang member and now Killer Beez member is back behind bars after he was jailed for seven years on 13 charges, including four charges of having unlawful sexual connection with a girl aged under 16.

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