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Language is a ‘central element in being Maori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point
However, unlike English, te reo Maori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% ...
New Zealand reckons with its own divisive culture war
New Zealand is deeply divided over the Treaty Principles Bill, which seeks to reinterpret the de facto constitution. Now the ...
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New Zealand is up in arms over Maori rights bill
But opponents say this "strikes at the core of the country's founding principles and dilutes the rights of Maori people." The proposal has caused backlash on both sides of Parliament after it was ...
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Physicians are coming down hard on the Government's evidence being used to prop up their changes to bowel cancer funding
Royal Australasian College of Physicians's Dr Matt Wheeler says a claim that bowel cancer risk is similar across all groups at the same age, isn't true. Wheeler says the peak age of diagnosis is ...
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Caithness churchgoer dons Maori costume to mark World Day of Prayer
A churchgoer wearing a traditional Maori costume played her part in one of the 2025 World Day of Prayer services held in ...
Brown rejects officials advice to lower bowel screening age
Health Minister Simeon Brown rejected advice from health officials to lower the bowel screening age to 58 for the general population and 56 for Maori and Pacific people. According to projections that ...
New Zealand’s foreign minister berates Mexico-born MP for use of nation’s Maori name
Winston Peters, who is Maori, objected to Ricardo Menendez March calling New Zealand by its Maori name, ‘Aotearoa’, in ...