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Echo Chamber: Politics is all fun, games and ‘wet farts’

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

Two Māori individuals with traditional facial tattoos are being interviewed by reporters holding microphones. The man wears a tan jacket, hat, and sunglasses; the woman wears a maroon blouse. The background is black and white.

A month on from its reset, what exactly has Te Pāti Māori changed?

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

A man in black stands in front of a large crowd holding a banner that reads "TOITŪ TE TIRITI ME TE WHAKAPUTANGA." People in the crowd wave flags and wear hats and sunglasses on a sunny day with trees in the background.

Eru Kapa-Kingi: The first declaration of Māori sovereignty and why it still matters

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

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

The under-the-radar law change that critics say will ‘torch’ Māori–Crown relations

Catherine McGregor

A man with facial tattoos wearing a bowler hat and tuxedo stands against a bold red and purple painted background. Next to him is a black-and-white poster of himself with the word "MANA" in bold red letters.

After ‘70 fucking bloody years’, Tāme Iti is ready to tell his story

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

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

Two women and two men captured from the chest up, all looking to the camera. One young man has his arm around an older woman (his mother) and both are smiling. There is a red plain background

An incomplete timeline of the Kapa-Kingi/Te Pāti Māori allegations

The reset that wasn’t: Te Pāti Māori promises mostly business as usual

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith