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    Calling me home: how a Matariki anthem wrote a new chapter in the story of Maori country music
     20 August 2025
    Ever since country music spread from the US, Maori have related to its themes of longing, land, love and community. A Matariki mashup played all the right notes.
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    Maori wards: how the Hobson’s Pledge campaign relies on a ‘historical fiction’
    12 Aug: As cities and districts prepare for referendums on retaining Maori wards, a contentious claim resurfaces about the meaning and intent of the Treaty of Waitangi.... more
    Ethnicity is a powerful indicator of health needs – cutting it from a new GP funding formula is a mistake
    12 Aug: Even after poverty is taken into account, Maori and Pacific people have a shorter life expectancy and higher cancer rates compared with people from other ethnic groups.... more
    Te Pati Maori is backing Act - on a Bill aiming to ban sexually explicit deepfakes
    7 Aug: Te Pati Maori is backing Act - on a Bill aiming to ban sexually explicit deepfakes... more
    A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate
    7 Aug: A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate... more
    Labour's Peeni Henare says the Government's priorities are off, in response to efforts to redesign the passport, with the English text above te reo Maori
    26 Jul: Labour's Peeni Henare says the Government's priorities are off, in response to efforts to redesign the passport, with the English text above te reo Maori... more
    NZEI is taking legal action against the Government - over defunding Maori and literacy resource teachers in this year's Budget
    24 Jul: NZEI is taking legal action against the Government - over defunding Maori and literacy resource teachers in this year's Budget... more
    Another shot at the British and Irish Lions for 95-cap Wallaby Kurtley Beale, as he leads the First Nations and Pasifika XV squad in tonight's rugby clash in Melbourne
    22 Jul: Another shot at the British and Irish Lions for 95-cap Wallaby Kurtley Beale, as he leads the First Nations and Pasifika XV squad in tonight's rugby clash in Melbourne... more
    The Greens won't be contesting the upcoming byelection in the Maori seat of Tamaki Makaurau
    11 Jul: The Greens won't be contesting the upcoming byelection in the Maori seat of Tamaki Makaurau... more
    Iwi-owned commercial entities have outperformed some of New Zealand's largest listed companies
    8 Jul: Iwi-owned commercial entities have outperformed some of New Zealand's largest listed companies... more

     Most Popular Recent Maori News
     24 Jul: NZEI is taking legal action against the Government - over defunding Maori and literacy resource teachers in this year's Budget ++++++++++++++++++++++
     26 Jul: Labour's Peeni Henare says the Government's priorities are off, in response to efforts to redesign the passport, with the English text above te reo Maori ++++++++++++
     07 Aug: A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate ++++++++++
     07 Aug: Te Pati Maori is backing Act - on a Bill aiming to ban sexually explicit deepfakes +++++++
     12 Aug: Maori wards: how the Hobson’s Pledge campaign relies on a ‘historical fiction’ +++++++
     20 Aug: Calling me home: how a Matariki anthem wrote a new chapter in the story of Maori country music ++++++
     12 Aug: Ethnicity is a powerful indicator of health needs – cutting it from a new GP funding formula is a mistake +++++

     Maori NewsLinks
      13 Jul: Peeni henare to contest tamaki makaurau by-election for labour (RadioNZ)
      17 Jun: Govt pumps $36 million into suicide prevention and support ()
      5 Jun: Three maori mps suspended over 'intimidating' haka (BBCWorld)
      3 Jun: The maori-samoan art director championing diversity (RadioNZ)
      24 May: "south auckland to the tech world" the future isn't just in silicon valley (RadioNZ)
      20 May: Suspension debate hangs over te pati maori until june ()
      20 May: Watch: parliament debates te pati maori mps' punishment for treaty principles haka (RadioNZ)
      20 May: How the te pati maori suspension debate could play out ()
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