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Marlborough’s only kaupapa Māori GP receives funding to address critical gap

The Blenheim based practice was established in mid-2021 by Dr Sara Simmons and Dr Rachel Inder in partnership with Te Piki Oranga a Māori health services provider in Te Tauihu.

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Politics

State of the Nation - PM promises to ‘fix the basics’ sets agenda for election year

The Prime Minister has used his State of the Nation speech in Tāmaki Makaurau today to frame 2026 as an election year focused on economic recovery, law and order.

20 hours ago

New Zealand-founded company, Rocket Lab closely aligns with US military, set to benefit from its spending push

A New Zealand-founded space company is being publicly positioned as a future beneficiary of a major increase in United States military spending, after the US Secretary of Defense

4 days ago

Government claims mental health staffing crisis is easing - but patients still waiting

New Zealand's mental health and addiction workforce has expanded, with vacancy rates falling across key frontline roles

5 days ago

Green Party candidate Tania Waikato turns Hobson’s Pledge political attack into campaign funding

A post labelling Green Party candidate Tania Waikato as a "Witch-Hunter General" is being turned into t-shirts to fund the ex Te Pāti Māori Lawyer's campaign.

6 days ago

Traci Houpapa: Venezuela must lead its own future amid US intervention

Traci Houpapa, chair of the Federation of Māori Authorities, has raised concerns over the recent US intervention in Venezuela

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Indigenous

Ōtara parents question pool ‘manu’ restrictions ahead of World Championships

Parents in Ōtara are voicing concern that restrictions on jumping and “water bombing” at the local pool are stopping children from practising manu ahead of the World Championships.

1 day ago

‘A no is a no’: Coastal First Nations tell Carney they won’t change stance on pipeline, oil tanker ban

The group which advocates for nine member nations, including Haida, Heiltsuk, and Nuxalk First Nations along B.C.’s coast, said they’ll never support the lifting of the Oil Tanker.

2 days ago

‘Whakatinana i te pepeha’ Te Hikutū uri mark 40 years of Outward Bound

For four decades, uri of the northern Hokianga hapū Te Hikutū have gathered each summer at Whirinaki to pass on kōrero tuku iho.

4 days ago

Turbulence in the sprint to Singapore

An unexpected turn for the Waka Ama Worlds 2026 qualifiers at Karāpiro

5 days ago

Māori journalist and playwright Aroha Awarau dies aged 49

Following a short battle with cancer, friends of Aroha took to social media to announce his passing saying he ‘slipped away’ peacefully at Hospice surround by care and love.

5 days ago

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Mana whenua, DOC step up summer protection of Hauraki Gulf

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Battered regions brace for more heavy rain after severe floods and slips

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Family’s harrowing night escaping raging flood-waters in Northland

Regional | Kaupapa Māori

Marlborough’s only kaupapa Māori GP receives funding to address critical gap

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State of the Nation - PM promises to ‘fix the basics’ sets agenda for election year

New Zealand-founded company, Rocket Lab closely aligns with US military, set to benefit from its spending push

Government claims mental health staffing crisis is easing - but patients still waiting

Green Party candidate Tania Waikato turns Hobson’s Pledge political attack into campaign funding

Traci Houpapa: Venezuela must lead its own future amid US intervention

Ōtara parents question pool ‘manu’ restrictions ahead of World Championships

‘A no is a no’: Coastal First Nations tell Carney they won’t change stance on pipeline, oil tanker ban

‘Whakatinana i te pepeha’ Te Hikutū uri mark 40 years of Outward Bound

Turbulence in the sprint to Singapore

Māori journalist and playwright Aroha Awarau dies aged 49

Marlborough’s only kaupapa Māori GP receives funding to address critical gap

Mana whenua, DOC step up summer protection of Hauraki Gulf

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Family’s harrowing night escaping raging flood-waters in Northland

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