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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 11h
Dr Reuben Collier has received his CNZM insignia, recognising more than 30 years of service to Māori, education, broadcasting and research.
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Dr Reuben Collier: Preserving Māori voices, reo and knowledge
Dr Reuben Collier has received his CNZM insignia, recognising more than 30 years of service to Māori, education, broadcasting and research.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 15h
Pedestrians and bikers will be the only people able to see the sun rise from Titirangi Maunga after Gisborne District councillors voted to impose an overnight road closure.
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Gisborne council votes to close Titirangi Maunga roads to vehicles overnight
Pedestrians and bikers will be the only people able to see the sun rise from Titirangi Maunga after Gisborne District councillors voted to impose an overnight road closure.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 19h
Two professional psychology organisations have apologised to Māori for the harm caused by racism within the discipline of psychology.
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‘Deeply sorry’: Psychology groups apologise for racism towards Māori
Two professional psychology organisations have apologised to Māori for the harm caused by racism within the discipline of psychology.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It follows the rejection of his appeal to bring a case of genocide personally against King Charles.
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Uncle Robbie Thorpe wants to take his case of genocide in Australia to the international courts
It follows the rejection of his appeal to bring a case of genocide personally against King Charles.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ACT has pledged to ban resource consent conditions requiring people to take part in or pay for religious or spiritual ceremonies, such as karakia, if elected.
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ACT pledges to ban compulsory karakia from resource consents if elected
ACT has pledged to ban resource consent conditions requiring people to take part in or pay for religious or spiritual ceremonies, such as karakia, if elected.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Auckland “hot spots” will be closely monitored by police for any anti-social behaviour when Pacific teams play in the Rugby League World Cup in the next two months.
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Police gear up for Rugby League World Cup gatherings in Auckland
Auckland “hot spots” will be closely monitored by police for any anti-social behaviour when Pacific teams play in the Rugby League World Cup in the next two months.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new exhibition explores the life of trailblazing Māori drag queen and activist Carmen Rupe, highlighting her fight for takatāpui rights
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Arohanui Carmen: Wellington exhibition shines a light on trailblazing drag queen
A new exhibition explores the life of trailblazing Māori drag queen and activist Carmen Rupe, highlighting her fight for takatāpui rights
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The complaint identifies legislation blocking Mike Smith’s climate case against some of New Zealand’s largest emitters as the tipping point in a wider pattern of climate policy.
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‘They killed the case before it was heard’: Smith backs EU climate complaint
The complaint identifies legislation blocking Mike Smith’s climate case against some of New Zealand’s largest emitters as the tipping point in a wider pattern of climate policy.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, iwi from around the country and politicians mourn the loss of Adrian Rurawhe.
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Kiingitanga pays tribute to former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe
Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, iwi from around the country and politicians mourn the loss of Adrian Rurawhe.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Non-elected members of Taranaki council committees, including Federated Farmers, will lose voting rights, while iwi representatives protected by Treaty settlements retain theirs.
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Treaty settlements preserve iwi votes on Taranaki committees
Non-elected members of Taranaki council committees, including Federated Farmers, will lose voting rights, while iwi representatives protected by Treaty settlements retain theirs.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The names used in a new housing development at Stoneham Park in Kawerau tell the story of the area’s history and whakapapa.
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Kawerau subdivision names honour iwi ancestors
The names used in a new housing development at Stoneham Park in Kawerau tell the story of the area’s history and whakapapa.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Johnnie Kapua has become the first-ever Māori singer to compete on The Voice USA. He recently shot to fame after his audition, which now has more than one million views online.
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First Māori singer competes on The Voice US
Johnnie Kapua has become the first-ever Māori singer to compete on The Voice USA. He recently shot to fame after his audition, which now has more than one million views online.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Labour is promising a new Fair Go law to ban hidden fees and “junk” insurance products it says are pushing whānau further into debt.
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Labour vows crackdown on hidden fees and junk insurance
Labour is promising a new Fair Go law to ban hidden fees and “junk” insurance products it says are pushing whānau further into debt.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Whānau and mourners from across Te Kāhui Maunga have gathered at Whangaehu Marae to pay their respects to former Speaker and Te Tai Hauāuru MP Rt Hon Adrian Rurawhe.
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Te Kāhui Maunga gather to farewell Adrian Rurawhe
Whānau and mourners from across Te Kāhui Maunga have gathered at Whangaehu Marae to pay their respects to former Speaker and Te Tai Hauāuru MP Rt Hon Adrian Rurawhe.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ruapehu District Council is tightening controls on Raetihi’s water supply after an abatement notice exposed historical consent compliance failures.
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Raetihi water breaches expose wider Ruapehu consent problems
Ruapehu District Council is tightening controls on Raetihi’s water supply after an abatement notice exposed historical consent compliance failures.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tui Ora pou tū kūrae (chief executive) Alana Ruakere says whānau are often impacted by factors beyond the influence of her team.
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Taranaki health leader’s multi-generation housing vision
Tui Ora pou tū kūrae (chief executive) Alana Ruakere says whānau are often impacted by factors beyond the influence of her team.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
More than 250 hectares of weed control has been carried out and 91 deer removed from Tongariro National Park since fires destroyed thousands of hectares of alpine ecosystems,
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‘We’re pulling out all the tools’: Tongariro recovery effort continues after massive fires
More than 250 hectares of weed control has been carried out and 91 deer removed from Tongariro National Park since fires destroyed thousands of hectares of alpine ecosystems,
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Labour's Te Pūoho Kātene and National's Coral Raukawa go head to head in second Whakaata Māori whakatau2026 debate
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A RARE RED BLUE SHOWDOWN IN TE TAI HAUĀURU
Labour's Te Pūoho Kātene and National's Coral Raukawa go head to head in second Whakaata Māori whakatau2026 debate
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Analysis of the latest Te Tai Hauāuru poll: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leads Te Pūoho Kātene, but a shift in party votes signals a tight race for the seat.
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The race for Te Tai Hauāuru is certainly one to watch
Analysis of the latest Te Tai Hauāuru poll: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leads Te Pūoho Kātene, but a shift in party votes signals a tight race for the seat.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leads Te Tai Hauāuru as cost of living tops voter concerns. Labour leads party vote.
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Cost of living crisis top priority for Te Tai Hauāuru voters
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leads Te Tai Hauāuru as cost of living tops voter concerns. Labour leads party vote.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NZ political leaders unite in tribute to former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe, honoring his dignity and fairness as Whangaehu Marae prepares to receive his tūpāpaku.
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Politicians pay tribute to Speaker Adrian Rurawhe
NZ political leaders unite in tribute to former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe, honoring his dignity and fairness as Whangaehu Marae prepares to receive his tūpāpaku.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A leading Māori health advocate says efforts to abolish or limit the Waitangi Tribunal are an attempt to “bury” a body that exposes Treaty breaches.
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Coalition parties want to ‘bury’ Waitangi Tribunal for exposing Treaty breaches - Lady Tureiti Moxon
A leading Māori health advocate says efforts to abolish or limit the Waitangi Tribunal are an attempt to “bury” a body that exposes Treaty breaches.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Poll shows Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leading Te Tai Hauāuru, but high undecided and campaign pause keep race open; cost of living leads issues, Greens gain in party vote.
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leads Te Tai Hauāuru poll
Poll shows Debbie Ngarewa-Packer leading Te Tai Hauāuru, but high undecided and campaign pause keep race open; cost of living leads issues, Greens gain in party vote.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former Speaker and Labour MP Adrian Paki Rurawhe has died after illness. A respected Rātana and Ngāti Apa leader, he served as MP 2014–2024, including Speaker in 2022–23
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Former Speaker Adrian Rurawhe passes
Former Speaker and Labour MP Adrian Paki Rurawhe has died after illness. A respected Rātana and Ngāti Apa leader, he served as MP 2014–2024, including Speaker in 2022–23
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Te Tai Tonga candidates found themselves in the shadow of Tākuta Ferris’ expulsion from Te Pāti Māori, during the opening salvos of Whakaata Maori’s first Whakatau 2026 debate.
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Poll battleground: Te Tai Tonga candidates in long political shadow
Te Tai Tonga candidates found themselves in the shadow of Tākuta Ferris’ expulsion from Te Pāti Māori, during the opening salvos of Whakaata Maori’s first Whakatau 2026 debate.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Whare Wairua opens in Whangaparāoa, blending te ao Māori and neurodivergent-led care for holistic whānau wellbeing.
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‘Finding a home for our spirit’: New whare for neurodivergent whānau opens in Auckland
Whare Wairua opens in Whangaparāoa, blending te ao Māori and neurodivergent-led care for holistic whānau wellbeing.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Analysis: Polling in Te Tai Tonga points to shifting party support, split-voting trends, and a possible Labour comeback in Māori electorates
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Te Tai Tonga: Is the Māori vote shifting back to Labour?
Analysis: Polling in Te Tai Tonga points to shifting party support, split-voting trends, and a possible Labour comeback in Māori electorates
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The preferred candidates for Te Tai Tonga electorate, Tākuta Ferris plummeting behind, Te Tiriti the highest priority for the next government, are among the findings of a new poll.
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Ramsden takes lead in Te Tai Tonga as voters rank Te Tiriti top priority
The preferred candidates for Te Tai Tonga electorate, Tākuta Ferris plummeting behind, Te Tiriti the highest priority for the next government, are among the findings of a new poll.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Chris Hipkins has outlined Labour’s position on the Waitangi Tribunal, Māori-Crown relations and Te Pāti Māori’s proposal for a new Te Tiriti Commission.
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Chris Hipkins on Te Tiriti and Labour’s position on a Treaty Commission
Chris Hipkins has outlined Labour’s position on the Waitangi Tribunal, Māori-Crown relations and Te Pāti Māori’s proposal for a new Te Tiriti Commission.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For the people behind an iwi-led conservation project on Aotea Great Barrier Island, that relationship sits at the heart of the mahi.
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Bringing Aotea back to life through a te ao Māori lens
For the people behind an iwi-led conservation project on Aotea Great Barrier Island, that relationship sits at the heart of the mahi.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The French import permits were granted on departure day, while New Zealand’s export permits arrived the day before.
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Whale bone taonga make it to France despite CITES hurdles
The French import permits were granted on departure day, while New Zealand’s export permits arrived the day before.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A Te Tai Tonga poll puts Labour ahead, while Tākuta Ferris faces mixed approval ratings and voters prioritise honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Whakaata Māori-Curia poll reveals major shift in Te Tai Tonga race
A Te Tai Tonga poll puts Labour ahead, while Tākuta Ferris faces mixed approval ratings and voters prioritise honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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The powerful have figured out how to work together. Journalists need to catch up
Analysis: It was a set of interviews I did on the Māori delegation to Israel for Te Ao with Moana recently – and the release of the Nicky Hager book Dirty Work – that took me back
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A local iwi is preparing for a “once-in-a-lifetime” event for Tairāwhiti.
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Historic Tairāwhiti Poukai: 800 visitors expected at Te Poho-o-Rāwiri Marae
A local iwi is preparing for a “once-in-a-lifetime” event for Tairāwhiti.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Administration of a popular Lake Tarawera reserve will be transferred to iwi as Rotorua Lakes Council approves a long-running proposal after a spiky debate.
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‘Time to grow up’: Rotorua councillors clash over reserve transfers
Administration of a popular Lake Tarawera reserve will be transferred to iwi as Rotorua Lakes Council approves a long-running proposal after a spiky debate.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Frode Fjellheim, the voice behind the opening music of Disney’s global hit Frozen. Beyond the screen, he is helping to ensure the sound of joik is preserved for generations.
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World’s only professor of joik shares experience composing for Frozen
Frode Fjellheim, the voice behind the opening music of Disney’s global hit Frozen. Beyond the screen, he is helping to ensure the sound of joik is preserved for generations.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Government had no clear alternative plan for Māori health when it scrapped Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority.
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Waitangi Tribunal finds Crown had no clear plan for Māori health after scrapping Te Aka Whai Ora
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Government had no clear alternative plan for Māori health when it scrapped Te Aka Whai Ora - the Māori Health Authority.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A central North Island iwi has delivered a public dressing-down to Manawatū-Whanganui’s regional council over its handling of conflict-of-interest complaints.
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Ngāti Rangi blasts Horizons over complaints process after young iwi leader cleared of conflict concerns
A central North Island iwi has delivered a public dressing-down to Manawatū-Whanganui’s regional council over its handling of conflict-of-interest complaints.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rāhui organisers on the western Taranaki coast are proposing a unique local advisory group to help shape future kaimoana reserves.
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Local advice call for Taranaki kaimoana reserves
Rāhui organisers on the western Taranaki coast are proposing a unique local advisory group to help shape future kaimoana reserves.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Black Ferns Sevens great Sarah Hirini is returning four months after giving birth, with her sights set on a possible fourth Olympics in 2028.
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Former Black Ferns Sevens captain returns four months after giving birth
Black Ferns Sevens great Sarah Hirini is returning four months after giving birth, with her sights set on a possible fourth Olympics in 2028.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board members have defended their draft plan’s support for rainbow communities and te reo Māori after a resident challenged both during a public forum.
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‘It’s not about dividing people’: Auckland local board defends rainbow and te reo commitments
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board members have defended their draft plan’s support for rainbow communities and te reo Māori after a resident challenged both during a public forum.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung Senator Lidia Thorpe says there must be a “clear prohibition” on shackling incarcerated people during labour and childbirth, without exception.
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Thorpe introduces bill to end shackling of women during childbirth in prison
Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung Senator Lidia Thorpe says there must be a “clear prohibition” on shackling incarcerated people during labour and childbirth, without exception.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For the people behind an iwi-led conservation project on Aotea Great Barrier Island, that relationship sits at the heart of the mahi.
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Bringing Aotea back to life through a te ao Māori lens
For the people behind an iwi-led conservation project on Aotea Great Barrier Island, that relationship sits at the heart of the mahi.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Te Wharekura o Ruatoki marks 130 years. Discover how Aotearoa’s first bilingual kura built a legacy of Tūhoe leadership through state opposition, raids, and resilience.
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Te Wharekura o Ruatoki: 130 years of whānau, resilience and culture – Aotearoa’s first bilingual school
Te Wharekura o Ruatoki marks 130 years. Discover how Aotearoa’s first bilingual kura built a legacy of Tūhoe leadership through state opposition, raids, and resilience.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A kaupapa Māori antenatal education service says a $5000 grant will help ease distress and suicide amongst new mothers.
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Council funding will help curb suicide risk for Taranaki māmā
A kaupapa Māori antenatal education service says a $5000 grant will help ease distress and suicide amongst new mothers.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Principals and a Māori language advocate are angry and disappointed by the Education Ministry’s treatment of te reo Māori and the secrecy that has surrounded it.
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Māori words in curriculum shouldn’t be controversial, principals say
Principals and a Māori language advocate are angry and disappointed by the Education Ministry’s treatment of te reo Māori and the secrecy that has surrounded it.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ngā Manu Kōrero puts young Māori voices at the centre of the national stage. But once the speeches are over, are those voices being heard in the decisions shaping their own town.
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Beyond the Manu Kōrero stage: Are rangatahi being heard?
Ngā Manu Kōrero puts young Māori voices at the centre of the national stage. But once the speeches are over, are those voices being heard in the decisions shaping their own town.
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As Parliament ends, a recap of fiery moments, heavy use of urgency, key Treaty bills, legislation stats, party slogans, and rangatahi voices at Ngā Manu Kōrero shaping future hopes
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He Aha te Whakatau? Parliament wraps: The moments, the bills and the campaign begins
As Parliament ends, a recap of fiery moments, heavy use of urgency, key Treaty bills, legislation stats, party slogans, and rangatahi voices at Ngā Manu Kōrero shaping future hopes
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Recap of what has happened with all the Māori MPs in New Zealand's 54th Parliament
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54th Parliament: 34 Māori MPs started, 39 served, 32 remain
Recap of what has happened with all the Māori MPs in New Zealand's 54th Parliament
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Te Ao Māori News - 🤖 (unofficial) @teaonews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With 71% of Māori children fully vaccinated by age 2 compared to 84% of non-Māori, Health New Zealand has launched a whānau-story campaign to boost rates.
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Health NZ launches whānau-focused campaign to lift Māori immunisation
With 71% of Māori children fully vaccinated by age 2 compared to 84% of non-Māori, Health New Zealand has launched a whānau-story campaign to boost rates.
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