A separate Māori Health Authority has been dismantled, for example. It was set up by the previous centre-left government to tackle health inequalities that mean indigenous people live seven years less ...

One of New Zealand's most celebrated voices has embraced te reo Māori for his new album, arriving during a tumultuous time ...

New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal will mark 50 years. It was formed to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty guaranteed ...

Tasmania reveals new leaders for education, disability and prisons; Victoria turfs VCAA board, New Zealand's treaty ...

Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics is a weekly, mostly satirical column on politics that appears on listener.co.nz on ...

Whanganui-raised Justine Smith has been appointed chief executive of the Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana: Te ...

Operation Grapple was a series of thermonuclear/hydrogen weapons tests conceived and conducted by the British government in ...

Statement from Andrew Little Andrew Little today announced he will stand for Mayor of Wellington in the 2025 local elections.

Later, the 1852 Constitution provided Māori with considerable autonomy and created provinces. The autonomy was never pursued and the provinces were abolished in 1876. New Zealand became increasingly ...

Deputy Public Service Commissioner Rebecca Kitteridge today announced the appointment of Ms Justine Smith as the Chief Executive, Office of Treaty Settlements.

Protest against New Zealand’s moves to abolish Maori rights in the name of equality ...

already enacted, directed public agencies to stop targeting policies to specifically redress Māori inequities. Luxon also agreed to consider and either replace or repeal mentions of the Treaty of ...