A leading Māori legal scholar is calling for a fundamental rethink of New Zealand’s constitutional system, arguing its current structure fails to adequately protect Māori rights, Te Tiriti o Waitangi ...

Dan Te Whenua Walker Māori technology leader Dan Te Whenua Walker says Māori and Indigenous communities need to help shape artificial intelligence rather than simply become consumers of technology […] ...

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi is seeking to turn criticism from Hobson’s Pledge into political momentum, arguing opposition to his party is evidence its kaupapa is gaining greater attention ...

Independent Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is taking her newly registered Te Tai Tokerau Party into the 2026 election, positioning the movement around tino rangatiratanga, stronger local ...

Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono is putting affordability, public services and environmental protection at the centre of the Greens’ pitch to voters as the party rolls out its 2026 election […] ...

Poet, GP and Hikoi 4 Health co-founder Dr Glenn Colquhoun has been travelling across Aotearoa, listening directly to communities and health workers about what they believe needs to change in […] ...

The Public Service Association says the cancelled pay equity claim covering around 65,000 care and support workers remains ready to settle, arguing the evidence of longstanding undervaluation did not ...

Immigration, belonging and the future of Aotearoa’s ethnic communities will come under the spotlight at a major cross-party election discussion in Tāmaki Makaurau this month. Shakti is bringing ...

New Zealand’s latest provisional suicide figures show 602 people died by suspected suicide in the year to June 2026, reinforcing calls for suicide prevention to remain a national priority. Figures […] ...

Waikato transport leaders are calling for a closer examination of why major infrastructure projects are becoming increasingly expensive, as councils grapple with rising costs and growing pressure on ...

A new report from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is warning of a dramatic deterioration in Aotearoa’s labour market, with Māori, Pacific peoples and rangatahi […] ...

Nearly 2,000 young kauri have been planted across five sites in the Waitākere Ranges, marking a major milestone in the long-term effort to restore and protect one of Aotearoa’s most […] ...