Racism

The inaccurate comment about the estimated 5000 people crossing the bridge has attracted significant negative attention online.

Lorraine McLeod’s new book Leave Your Big Boots at the Door: Pākehā Confronting Racism Against Māori came after a challenge by Tā Toby Curtis for her to write about racism.

Sixty per cent of Australians rejected the proposal for a Voice to Parliament, with each state and territory, excluding the Australian Capital Territory, voting against it.

“Mātauranga Māori is tokenised and treated as an afterthought in professional training,” a Māori participant said.

Three Aboriginal serving police officers in the Northern Territory are alleging racial vilification and an unequal system of pay and promotion.

“I’ve had people come up to me and ask, ‘why have you got that barcode on your face’,” Whakatāne District Council’s Kāpū Te Rangi Māori ward councillor said.

The revelations come in the newly-released report, New Zealand’s Security Threat Environment, the second annual report by the security agency charged with protecting Aotearoa.

Manawatū-Whanganui councillors in Palmerston North on Tuesday affirmed their two Māori constituencies for the 2025 election.

The elimination of so-called 'race-based' policies by the coalition government to placate their right-wing voter base simply says, 'We couldn't care less about addressing racism'.

Tina Makereti who has just released her third novel, says she’s been thinking a lot about why Māori writing is gaining international interest.