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At the heart of the issue is a system struggling to balance cultural preservation with operational realities.

Empty classrooms, silent language: Kōhanga reo faces a crisis

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Our legendary guide is back to help you through another silly season.

Kirihimete gift guide 2024: cool stuff from Māori and Pasifika-led brands

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With funding stagnant since 2008, the broadcaster is racing to adapt to a digital world – but at what cost?

With its daily news bulletin scrapped, what’s next for Whakaata Māori?

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New documentary gives insight into what is driving the country's youth to carry out ram raids and why prison might not be the answer.

Review: Ram Raid Mums provides a blueprint for breaking the cycle

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Remain respectful, bear in mind that tikanga Māori is central to all proceedings, and you’ll be fine.

The Spinoff guide to life: How to attend a tangi

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Whatever the practice, the end goal is the same: to provide connection to Māori and indigenous women in a post-colonial world.

Review: A decolonial trip through femininity in Ngahuia Murphy’s Intuitive Ritual

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A take on land ownership that challenges how we often think about property, access and our connection to the whenua.

A new tool maps Aotearoa with a Māori lens

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The tension between law enforcement and Māori communities came to a head last week at a gang tangi in Matapihi, sparking questions about respect, overreach and trust.

Armed police at gang tangi: Who’s intimidating who?

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It's the first Disney film in an indigenous language to premiere at the same time as its English equivalent – and it could be a game-changer for Aotearoa.<br />
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Moana 2 Reo Māori makes history

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It was his last time leading an All Blacks haka and TJ Perenara was sure it sent a message.

All Blacks haka controversy: A bold statement or brand risk?

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Media estimates of the crowd size ranged from 17,000 to 100,000+, but one thing we can say for sure – it was bloody massive.

Was the hīkoi New Zealand’s largest-ever protest?

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From 'cede deez nutz' to 'be more demure Seymour', Pōneke protesters raised the bar as they descended on parliament.

The best signs from the final day of the Toitū Te Tiriti hīkoi

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Speeches have ended outside parliament as question time gets under way in the debating chamber.

Live updates: Hīkoi concludes as attention shifts to inside parliament

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A new generation is leading the hīkoi for tino rangatiratanga and Māori self-determination.

Ka tuku te rākau: Handing over the baton of protest to a new generation

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When the Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi hit Auckland, Aotearoa's most multicultural and (arguably) fashionable city rose to the occasion.

Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi fits: Savage style for seasoned steezers

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Spectators in the public gallery joined in.

House suspended as haka interrupts first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill

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The overwhelming feeling (other than exhaustion) was that we had protected our tīpuna and mokopuna.

‘Whaka round, find out’: When the hīkoi came to Auckland

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Deaf Māori are often isolated from their culture and community due to a critical shortage of trilingual interpreters fluent in te reo Māori, English, and New Zealand Sign Language.

As te reo Māori grows, so does the search for trilingual interpreters

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Hīkoi (v.24)

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Despite reo Māori music’s success right now, a shortage of Māori music managers is limiting artists' growth.

Behind the mic: Why Aotearoa needs more Māori music managers

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Was it a false measurement, a full-blown conspiracy or just some mild incompetence? 

How was Maddi Wesche’s final shot put throw not over 20m? A Spinoff investigation

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The NZ Media Council upheld the complaint under principle four: comment and fact.

NZ Media Council upholds complaint against The Spinoff article on Palestine exhibition 

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I was one of hundreds of people who lost my government job this week. Here's exactly how it played out.

What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of Education

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How is it so important that it's mentioned in every safety video?

Why can’t I pick up my own dropped phone on a plane?

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Why do those Lange-Douglas years cast such a long shadow 40 years on?

Juggernaut: The ghosts of 1984

Madeleine Chapman

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Our reviewers debate a new novel about a grieving copyeditor in London.

A hater and an enthusiast review The Royal Free by Carl Shuker

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Christmas is often lonely, hard and full of unreasonable expectations. Here's how to make it easier on yourself. 

Survive to 25 (December, that is)

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It would be a more wonderful time of year if I knew there was no exploitation under the Christmas tree.

All I want for Christmas is modern day slavery legislation

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As he makes a surprise return to Shortland Street, actor Craig Parker takes us through his life in television.

‘We were as famous as Tom Cruise’: Craig Parker on 90s Shortland St fandom

Families come in all different shapes and sizes. But when the British came to New Zealand they decided Māori families were the wrong shape.

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In this episode of Kaupapa on the Couch, we have a look at what family means in different cultures and the effects of colonisation on whānau and whakapapa.

Do family and whānau mean the same thing? | Kaupapa on the Couch

Written and presented by Leonie Hayden (Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara, Ngāti Rango)

Watch all the Kaupapa on the Couch episodes 

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ĀteaSeptember 7, 2019

Kaupapa on the Couch: Do family and whānau mean the same thing? (WATCH)

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ĀteaSeptember 7, 2019

Kaupapa on the Couch: Do family and whānau mean the same thing? (WATCH)

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