With only one Māori woman ever elected as a mayor in New Zealand, the pressure is on for wahine Māori to increase that number.
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Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, a woman unafraid to fight for what she believes in
Hilda Halkyard-Harawira has been involved in mobilising people power movements for many years, unafraid to call out racism and Treaty breaches whenever and wherever she sees them.
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Māori-designed luxurious blankets about to launch
Blankets hold great cultural significance in many indigenous cultures and are used as a gesture of gratitude, for trade, and a way to record important histories.
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New film highlights NZ’s failed housing crisis and state care system
The Justice of Bunny King follows the character of Bunny King, played by actress Essie Davis, who is recently released from prison and fighting to regain custody of her children.
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Ngāpuhi mother carves up again at national butchery awards
For her second year in a row, mother Cherise Reddin of Ngāpuhi has had a major win at the National Butchery Awards.
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Indigenous studies professor first Māori to be elected to prestigious American academy
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, of Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Tuhourangi, is the first Māori academic on the list and joins late biologist David Lloyd and former Prime Minster Helen Clark as the only New Zealanders in the academy.
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'Claim your ancestry and wear it like a Crown'
Tracy Tangihaere has been appointed chief executive at EIT in Gisborne.
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Mana Wahine claim heard at Tūrangawaewae marae
Claimants talked about the social, economic, environmental and cultural loss that has occurred from a loss of recognition of wahine rangatiratanga.
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University student president from Te Arawa shortlisted for Women of Influence award
Tori McNoe's long-term goal is to work in police intelligence with a focus on youth justice.
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Mana wāhine prominent at Waitangi
180 years ago women were assumed to have been less outwardly involved in signing the Treaty of Waitangi and now our history has gone full circle. Māori women, in particular, are more prominent than ever, and an example of that was displayed by northern leader Mere Mangu who challenged the status quo on Waitangi marae.
