Education crisis:
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May 3, 2023Auckland’s Papakura High School principal
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May 1, 2023Students lose over 100 teaching hours in 12 months
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May 1, 2023Māori language educator Wally Penetito
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May 1, 2023Te Pūkenga hopeful work-based funding change
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April 30, 2023Further comparison of English and Māori verbs
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April 30, 2023Bananas and 'woke nonsense'
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April 30, 2023'It's surreal': Descendants of NZ's Māori Warriors remember the Anzacs at Gallipoli
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April 30, 2023Shane Jones:
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April 30, 2023Most bosses call Auckland home
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April 28, 2023Treatment of grandparents raising grandchildren
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April 28, 2023New iwi-led plan
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April 28, 2023Making the Grade:
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April 28, 2023Whakaata Māori
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April 27, 2023Crown intent on absorbing kura kaupapa
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April 27, 2023Emotional haka
Led by the New Zealand Defence Force, they were embraced by the descendants of the Māori Battalion, including one 87-year-old who was determined to make her ancestors proud. Under the April sun in Turkey, New Zealanders embarked on an Anzac mission - making the steep eight-kilometre walk up from Anzac Cove to the New Zealand national memorial at Chunuk Bair.Link to video and article: Emotional haka concludes Anzac commemorations in Gallipoli (msn.com)...
April 27, 2023New iwi-led plan paves way for child support
When Oranga Tamariki attempted to uplift a newborn baby from its mother in Hawke's Bay Hospital in 2019, it was filmed and became the basis of an exposé on the Newsroom website, sparking an outcry and a national debate.In direct response to that, Oranga Tamariki on Wednesday handed back power to local iwi Ngāti Kahungunu to look after the welfare of their own tamariki with their own support networks.Link to video and article: New iwi-led plan paves way for child support after Oranga Tamar...
April 27, 2023Whānau Ora sign ground-breaking deal
A ground-breaking first was signed between Whānau Ora Tāmaki collective, Te Pae Herenga o Tāmaki and Māori business network, Whāriki to improve the Māori Auckland economy.Te Pae Herenga’s lead partner, Te Whānau o Waipareira CEO, John Tamihere is pleased that within two months these two entities have a common goal, to make life easier for whānau.“To now have in-depth access into the Tāmaki Māori business sector is invaluable for us as a collective because we will accelerate our vis...
April 27, 2023A man and his dog:
Halfway through a six-week tour of the South Island, Gary Anderson and his dog Kairo have been overwhelmed by the support they have received on their fundraising ride.Anderson has been riding his Yamaha XJR 1300 with a sidecar for his furry friend to sit in, from the East Coast down to Stewart Island, then back up to Lake Takapō/Tekapo and Wānaka, before heading to Picton.He is a member of Taranaki Riders Against Teen Suicide (RATS), a non-profit group working to support people through difficu...
April 27, 2023The nurses ditching New Zealand
It took Kiwi nurse Sandra McMullan more than 24 hours to get to her first job in Australia and there was no one to meet her at the airport, but she cannot stop smiling.To start her nursing stint in Bamaga - the northernmost town on Australia's mainland - she first had to call the hospital to be picked up from the little airport and, when she arrived at the office, someone handed her some sheets and pointed her to her house. Shortly after, she started her work in wound care.Link to video and arti...
April 27, 2023'You cannot get rid of the mould':
Once a swamp, always a swamp - that is what one Kāinga Ora tenant says about the home she's lived in for decades, built next to a creek in Auckland.The house is among more than 4000 in the state housing provider's Auckland portfolio that were built on flood prone land.Oakley Creek winds through the Auckland suburb Mt Roskill, where many state houses straddle the waterway.Kāinga Ora tenant Elizabeth Gedye has lived next to the creek for 41 years and said her back yard regularly flooded.She did ...
April 27, 2023Teachers complain of racism, bullying, unsafe practices
A support group for early childhood teachers is gathering evidence of what teachers say are traumatic and horrific experiences at a small number of early childhood services.The Teachers Advocacy Group, a support network run by teacher Susan Bates, has been told of bullying, racism, and breaches of regulations designed to protect children's health and safety.Bates said teachers had described centres that had poor or no resources, unsupervised children and stressed babies.There were also consisten...
April 27, 2023French delegation returns WWI taonga
More than 100 years since a te reo Māori message was carved into chalk tunnels under the French town of Arras during World War I, a delegation has returned the taonga to descendants of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.On Monday, the eve of Anzac Day, a mayoral delegation from the city of Arras in northern France returned a framed print of the message left by members of the 43 Māori Battalion Pioneers in World War 1.Receiving it on behalf of the group, known as Kia Maumahara Māori Pioneers ...
April 26, 2023Far North Lotto winner
A man from Kaitāia is celebrating his “crazy” win of $18,611.His win — one of sixteen nationwide to come away with nearly $20,000 from Lotto second division drawn on Saturday, April 15 — was outdone by only three players who also won Powerball for total wins of $25,196, one of them from Whangārei.The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he plays Lotto “now and then”.He had bought his ticket on MyLotto and didn’t check it until nearly a week after the draw on Friday, April 21...
April 26, 2023People who need modified public housing have to wait
If you're disabled and looking for accessible public housing, you will wait 90 days more compared to non-disabled people.The average wait time for public housing is 344 days, according to data released under the Official Information Act (OIA) by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), which manage the Public Housing register.However, the average wait time for people who have requested a modified house is 434 days.MSD does not record the nature of the housing that a client has entered, but the ...
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