Awerangi Tamihere, the Chief Operating Officer of the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, has been awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in the King's honours list, for her outstanding contributions to Māori health.

By Bridie Witton and Shilpy Arora, Stuff

ACT Party leader David Seymour has painted his party as the one to unite the nation under equal opportunities in a speech which hit out against Wellington bureaucrats, red tape, and accused the government of accelerating the “drift towards separatism”.

Seymour announced a policy to create a new minister and Ministry of Regulation to police red tape, and create a new law which would make sure regulation is underpinned by lawmaking principles, during a rally in Auckland.

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Merepeka Raukawa-Tait has questioned whether the National Party is "trying to pitch Māori as being public enemy no. 1" during a panel discussion on Newshub Nation on Saturday.

The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency chair made the comments while with Stuff reporter Andrea Vance discussing the controversy over bilingual road signs sparked by National.

Top New Zealand chef Rex Morgan will host a new social-content series that promotes te reo Māori in the kitchen.  Source / NZ Herald

By Jaxin Daniels, Te Rito journalism graduate

Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air

My Food Bag has teamed with Kiwi chef and former MasterChef judge Rex Morgan to launch a series that will encourage te reo Māori in the kitchen.

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Dune Kennings (Ngāti Maniapoto) and Kehu Butler (Ngāi Te Rangi) have had flying starts to the ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador, a primary qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, but have work to do if they are to progress further.

Kennings, 27, and Butler, 23, who are part of a six-member New Zealand team that includes Billy Stairmand, Paige Hareb, Saffi Vette and 16-year-old Pia Rogers, got the juices flowing with a team haka at the opening ceremony on Wednesday (NZ time).

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By Brodie Stone, Northern Advocate

IBF women’s world heavyweight champion Lani Daniels has been welcomed home in Whangārei after her community organised a special homecoming.

Droves of whānau, friends and community supporters crowded Pīpīwai Rd on Friday to welcome Daniels (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine) home, who won the heavyweight title at Eventfinda Stadium in Auckland last Saturday.

The show’s former host Graham Bell claimed “wokeness killed Police Ten 7”.  Robyn Edie / Stuff

By Antje Deckert, Auckland University of Technology and Juan Marcellus Tauri, Macquarie University

When TVNZ cancelled reality TV show Police Ten 7 earlier this year, it certainly rattled some law-and-order cages.

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About 700 homeowners with cyclone-damaged homes across the country will receive buyout offers from government and council, Cyclone Recovery Minister Grant Robertson announced today. 

A further 10,000 homes will require investment in flood mitigation so they are protected against similar events, an NZ Herald report said. 

Consultation with affected Hawke’s Bay property owners will begin today and in Auckland from about June 12.

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) are warning people in Auckland to steer clear of huge plumes of smoke coming from an enormous scrap metal fire in Ōtāhuhu.