OpinionThe resource management reform is a direct hit on te TiritiWhile there’s broad agreement that the RMA needed fixing, there’s growing unease about what its replacement will prioritise – and who it will leave out.By Nicki Wakefield | 14th April, 2025Guest writer
A new agreement to protect the Waitākere Ranges is on the table – here’s what it meansAuckland Council, the Crown and Te Kawerau ā Maki are proposing a formal agreement to protect the Waitākere Ranges.By Liam Rātana | 14th April, 2025
New report reveals public organisations are falling short on treaty settlementsThe Crown, warns a major report from the auditor general, is treating settlements as transactions – not promises.By Liam Rātana | 10th April, 2025
The Crown has been siphoning off Māori fisheries quota for decades A recent High Court ruling has raised alarm bells about the long-term integrity of Treaty settlements.By Liam Rātana | 9th April, 2025
Select committee recommends scrapping Treaty principles bill amid huge oppositionDelivering the report 40 days ahead of schedule, the justice committee has recommended, by majority, that the bill not proceed.By Liam Rātana | 4th April, 2025
Rotokākahi protectors vow fight isn’t over as court greenlights controversial pipeline'This decision does not end our obligations to our ancestors', say the opponents of the sewerage pipeline.By Liam Rātana | 3rd April, 2025Ātea editor
John Tamihere takes government to court over lost Whānau Ora contract 'What we’ve got here are competing providers, all of them steeped in te ao Māori, and a decision by the ministry simply to prefer different ones,' said the judge.By Lyric Waiwiri-Smith | 2nd April, 2025Politics reporter
What I learned from 40 hours of the Military Veterans Kaupapa InquiryThe New Zealand Defence Force has come a long way in its bicultural journey, yet it still has a long way to go.By Liam Rātana | 1st April, 2025Ātea editor
Review: The Stolen Children of Aotearoa is confronting but essential viewingAn unflinching new documentary exposes how state care became a weapon of colonisation in Aotearoa.By Liam Rātana | 31st March, 2025Ātea editor
The Māori economy is more diverse and wealthier than everOnce dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, the Māori economy is diversifying.By Liam Rātana | 18th March, 2025Ātea editor
OpinionLost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculumIs it about education, or erasing inconvenient truths?By Vincent Olsen-Reeder | 13th March, 2025Guest writer
Iwi investors enter infrastructure summit with ‘eyes wide open’Will Māori investors be treated as genuine investment partners, or simply stakeholders with interests to be managed?By Liam Rātana | 13th March, 2025Ātea editor
OpinionWhat’s behind the Whānau Ora overhaul?The first changes in over a decade have created uncertainty for 600 kaimahi – what happens next?By Gabrielle Baker | 11th March, 2025Guest writer
End of the Valley is unlike anything on televisionWhakaata Māori’s new drama is dark, twisted, and full of surprises.By Liam Rātana | 7th March, 2025Ātea editor
OpinionDear John, we can’t always blame racismJohn Tamihere’s defence of Waipareira Trust and Te Pāti Māori raises questions – when does scrutiny cross into racism, and when is it just accountability?By Liam Rātana | 6th March, 2025Ātea editor
OpinionNo penance in privatisationSelling state-owned assets to Māori isn’t the way to create economic wealth for Māori.By Tayla Forward | 24th February, 2025Guest writer
A beginner’s guide to Te Matatini 2025The Olympics of kapa haka kicks off this week. Here's what you need to know.By Liam Rātana | 24th February, 2025Ātea editor
OpinionCan Canada and the US guide the way on Indigenous child protection?With the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act looking set to go ahead, with some key changes, here's what we can learn from North America.By Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown and Kaea Hudson | 20th February, 2025Guest writer
OpinionWho is Matua Kahurangi and does it matter if he’s fake?A search for the person behind a social media account ridiculing Māori.By Liam Rātana | 17th February, 2025Ātea editor
Legal personhood for Taranaki: transformative or tokenistic?While legal recognition of the maunga is vital in the short term, true environmental justice will require more work.By Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn | 17th February, 2025Guest writer
