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Battle over Waitangi Tribunal puts Crown accountability and Kāwanatanga in focus
Lady Tureiti Moxon says ACT and New Zealand First proposals to abolish or restrict the Waitangi Tribunal would remove a mechanism for Crown accountability — as Te Kōhao Health and co-claimants await the High Court's decision on the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora.
Read the release (PDF) →Housing must be treated as health infrastructure
Representing 121,000 Māori in Tainui waka rohe, Te Tiratū releases its Tauāki Tū Position Statement on Housing, calling on leaders to treat safe, warm, affordable homes as health infrastructure and to back Māori-led kāinga development across the Waikato rohe.
Read the release (PDF) →No alternative plan for Māori health, Tribunal confirms in new report, claimants say
Lead claimants Lady Tureiti Moxon and Janice Kuka say the Waitangi Tribunal's Hautupua Part 2 report confirms the Crown never delivered a substantive alternative to Te Aka Whai Ora — and are calling for a Māori-designed, Māori-governed 'New Whare' with real decision-making power over hauora.
Read the release (PDF) →Sexual violence policy gap exposed ahead of election
Te Ōhaakii ā Hine – National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together releases its Sexual Violence Prevention Scorecard, grading seven parties on Kaupapa Māori services, sustainable funding and justice reform — and finding no comprehensive commitment from any of them.
Read the release (PDF) →Waikato rangatahi step up to shape the future of Māori health
Te Kauwhata College Year 13 rangatahi run their own leadership hui with Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Kennedy Tukuafu and Taane Aruka Te Aho, as the Kia Tū Rangatahi Māori Hauora Leadership Programme expands across seven Waikato schools.
Read the release (PDF) →X-ray gap leaves Ōtorohanga whānau travelling
Te Tiratū's Ōtorohanga Hauora Report finds the lack of local diagnostic imaging sends whānau an hour or more out of town for an X-ray, and calls for mobile imaging, transport support and dedicated diabetes and AOD services in the community.
Read the release (PDF) →Crown failing Māori in disability system, Tribunal finds
The Waitangi Tribunal's Hauwhaikaha Disability System Report finds the Crown does not adequately provide for the tino rangatiratanga and mana motuhake of Māori disabled people, reinforcing Lady Tureiti Moxon's call for a system designed and delivered with tāngata whaikaha Māori.
Read the release (PDF) →Master carvers return Black Ferns taiaha to team, reconnecting World Cup legacy
Kirikiriroa master carvers return the taiaha carved for the Black Ferns' 2010 World Cup campaign and gift a new taonga to the team, reconnecting today's players with the legacy they carry forward.
Read the release (PDF) →Bestseller author releases new guide to understanding Te Tiriti and government
Barrister Roimata Smail releases Understanding Kāwanatanga, a 36-page plain-language handbook on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, kāwanatanga and how government works in Aotearoa.
Read the release (PDF) →Māori health providers unite to scale home-based care across the central and eastern North Island
Six kaupapa Māori providers establish Te Kāhui o te Manawa Taki, strengthening whānau-centred home and community care for up to 280,000 Māori.
Read the release (PDF) →Two Māori cousins appointed to shape the future of global Indigenous education movement
Jaye Wainui and Dr Toiroa Williams appointed Aotearoa representatives on the WIPCE International Council, guiding one of the world's largest Indigenous education movements.
Read the release (PDF) →Sexual violence advocates call for reform to consent law now – not after the election
The national peak body for more than 40 specialist sexual violence organisations calls on the Government to progress affirmative consent law reform before the general election.
Read the release (PDF) →Inspiring the next generation of Māori health professionals
Fraser High School students visit Te Kōhao Health through the Te Rau Oranga Scholarship Programme to explore career pathways across the health sector.
Read the release (PDF) →New Te Kūiti Hauora Report reveals mounting pressure on rural 'health hub' serving the wider district
The 48-page Te Kūiti Hauora Report shows a young Māori population and a rural service hub carrying the health needs of communities across the wider district.
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