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Matariki Events Bring Art, Culture, and Celebration to Northland

Environment · New Zealand

Matariki Events Bring Art, Culture, and Celebration to Northland

75% Center coverage: 8 sources

Puanga and Matariki is a time to encourage whanaungatanga, or family connections, and to share stories and kai. It also marks the beginning of the Māori New...See the Story

Celebrated New Zealand author Maurice Gee dies at 93

Cricket · New Zealand

Celebrated New Zealand author Maurice Gee dies at 93

67% Center coverage: 6 sources

One of New Zealand’s most distinguished and prolific writers, Maurice Gee, has died in Nelson. He was aged 93. News of his death has been reported by Stuff....See the Story

Kicked Out for Coming Out: More than Half of LGBTIQ+ Roommates Face Discrimination for Their Identity, Finds Study

Housing · New Zealand

Kicked Out for Coming Out: More than Half of LGBTIQ+ Roommates Face Discrimination for Their Identity, Finds Study

67% Center coverage: 3 sources

People who belong to the LGBTIQ+ community say shared housing is fraught with difficulties that go well beyond learning new routines and sharing space with strangers.See the Story

Counting on the Census

Coverage: 2 sources

One of the great pillars on which modern New Zealand society is based has been scrapped by the government in a move which has shocked many.Oceania · New Zealand See the Story

Devilskin, Matariki events and theatre – here's what's on in Waikato

Coverage: 2 sources

● Mānawatia a Matariki event , June 20, 3pm at Innes Common, Hamilton Lake Hamilton City Council’s Mānawatia a Matariki event is back for 2025. Wrap up warm,...New Zealand · New Zealand See the Story

Star Wars jokes and surgeries, not strategies: Inside scrutiny week, part two

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The vibes were tense as ministers and officials got a grilling in the final two days of scrutiny week.New Zealand · New Zealand Read Article

How Kōkā put a Matariki twist on the classic road movie

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Alex Casey talks to Kōkā director Kath Akuhata-Brown about crafting an intergenerational road movie like no other. On a frantic search for a last minute location on the East Cape, Kath Akuhata-Brown (Ngāti Porou) was driving around aimlessly until a silhouette stopped her dead in their tracks – a single towering pōhutakawa tree atop a giant hill the middle of a field. “We were standing on the road, and we looked at each other and said ‘that’s w…New Zealand · New Zealand Read Article

Why Homo sapiens are Auckland Zoo’s priority species

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Auckland Zoo is involved in dozens of conservation projects, but one species is paramount – us. Naomii Seah visits the Zoo to find out why. On a mild winter’s night, by the light of the full moon, a group of Auckland Zoo staff and mana whenua pick their way carefully through the thick native bush. Beneath their boots, the damp undergrowth gives off a rich, earthy aroma of rotting bark and leaf litter. Spying a marker tied to an ancient pōhutakaw…Species · New Zealand Read Article

Slashed Matariki funding threatens to leave communities in the dark

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Government funding for Matariki events was cut by nearly half this year. With some festivals now cancelled or scaled back, Liam Rātana investigates what’s been lost – and what’s still happening. Just four years after Matariki became a public holiday, the future of our public celebrations is looking less certain. In Budget 2024, the coalition government slashed funding for Matariki events by 45% – dropping from $5.5m to $3m. For many communities,…New Zealand · New Zealand Read Article

The Greens have broken dramatically with the James Shaw era

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

The party's new fiscal strategy envisages government borrowing at roughly three times the level backed by the former co-leader.New Zealand · New Zealand Read Article

‘I’m still searching for Wally’: Donovan Te Ahunui Farnham’s childhood favourite

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Donovan Te Ahunui Farnham, author of Whānau: Reo Māori phrases to share with the people you love. The book I wish I’d written I’m very fortunate that I get to work alongside highly proficient speakers of te reo Māori and, while my passion lies in normalising te reo and I believe that Whānau has something to offer spea…New Zealand · New Zealand Read Article

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