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We’re spending all our money on roads that suck

The Tino Rangatiratanga and New Zealand flags wave behind carved Māori wooden figures and a traditional gateway against a patterned blue background.

On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira

Four students in school uniforms and aprons work on cooking or baking projects at a table, using rolling pins and utensils. The background is light blue with horizontal lines.

Home economics is about nourishing a nation. So why is it being scrapped?

People stand in a crowded, fenced corridor with metal bars, waiting to pass through a security checkpoint with a turnstile gate in an old, worn building with arched ceilings and exposed lights.

Ceasefire is not the end – what six months in Palestine showed me

a black and white close up image of a door handle and a door slightly ajar

The urgent need for more residential rehab programmes

Elizabeth Cracroft

Inner-city homelessness has become an economic emergency

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RIP Metro magazine: 1981 – 2025

Madeleine Chapman

A dark, cartoonish dinosaur wearing sunglasses grins widely against a red and purple background. White subtitle text partially reads, “that wasn’t very HE WAKA EKE NOA of you.”.

Unity isn’t the destination – it’s the journey

Three people against a peach background with white abstract lines. The man on the left and the woman in the center speak about Māori identity. The man on the right has a traditional Māori facial tattoo and asks, "Does speaking Te Reo make you more Māori?.

Reo and rage: why I’ve stopped taking the bait

Vincent Olsen-Reeder

Two animated characters sail a small wooden boat with a tan sail marked "māori" across vivid blue waves, with tall misty mountains and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

Far from kotahitanga: the unravelling of Te Pāti Māori