Politics

Edward Ellison (Ōtākou, Ngāi Tahu) has been appointed as the Māori Heritage Council chair and also deputy chair of the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Board.

There is fear a normalised "toxic environment" will impact representation.

This interview was conducted after Te Ao With Moana spoke with the couple from ‘reverse uplift’, a story Chhour has used many times to justify her decision to repeal s7AA.

“There are times when politicians will speak up for the communities, during public meetings, regardless of the rules and that’s essentially what happened,” Lani Kereopa said.

Rotorua’s council faces “quite limiting” options as the coalition Government’s bid to reverse rules around Māori wards passes its third reading.

A Kāinga Ora tenant says from his point of view nothing has changed since the government asked for a crackdown on unruly tenants.

The Tertiary Education Commission has told the national institute of skills and technology it did not believe it had the capability to make the necessary changes.

Anae Arthur Anae told RNZ Pacific it "was outright racism" that National did not back Teanau Tuiono's Restoring Citizenship Removed by Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982 Bill.

The Human Rights Commission is calling on the government to include ethnicity when tackling pay gaps.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters said the policy would "make it more affordable for families to live the way that suits them best".