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Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand says job cuts at the Education Ministry will have a big impact on Māori. Almost 600 jobs are set to go in the Government’s hunt for cash to fund its tax cuts, including 100 regional and frontline roles. Nikki Parsons, the organisation’s general manager of learner & workforce engagement, says it makes no sense to cut people who play a critical role in supporting tamariki, especially those with disability or behaviour issues. “They’ve signalled increased focus on education but cutting human resources just goes against everything they have been prom ..read more

Rugby league legend Tawera Nikau says the Warriors scored a massive coup in signing Kiwis’ captain and prop James Fisher-Harris on a four-year deal. And it comes at the perfect time for the Auckland-based club as formidable prop Addin-Fonua Blake heads back to Australia for whanau reasons at the end of the year – while Fisher-Harris is doing the same but in this direction. “Fantastic, I think it’s great for the Warriors. Great for New Zealand rugby league – but more importantly I think great for James Fisher-Harris in being able to bring his whānau back to Aotearoa and be able to bring his ch ..read more

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is trying to play down the risks of New Zealand getting swept up in the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal between Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. The alliance is seen as a counter to growing Chinese influence, and there is a fear New Zealand being seen as too closely aligned could damage Maori exports to China. Former Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday hosted a seminar on whether New Zealand should sign up for Pillar 2 of AUKUS, which is supposedly focused on access to cutting-edge defence technology including artificial intelligence and cyber ..read more

Arts Foundation laureate Tame Iti is stomping the country sharing his story about how art and activism can come together. Foundation manager Jessica Palalagi says it’s for an initiative All in for Art; He waka toi e eke noa nei tatou, aimed at fostering the arts at community level. She says about 200 people turned up for a breakfast in Rotorua last week to hear his korero. “He went back into his back catalogue and talked about all these performance art pieces he had done, setting cars on fire. That’s part of a wider art history movement, happenings. I think even though he’s been on his own jo ..read more

It’s been six months since the Maui wildfires that decimated the town of Lahaina.   The post Shane Kahalehau | Program Director at KPOA Radio in Maui appeared first on Waatea News: Māori Radio Station ..read more

The Aotearoa Art Fair has launched this week at the Viaduct Events Centre and it kicked off with a very special collaboration between ringatoi Anton Forde and kaiwhatu Shiree Reihana welcoming visitors to the fair – the collaborative work comprises six of Forde’s Pou cloaked in Reihana’s contemporary Kākahu, installed in a kaokao / chevron formation.   The post Shiree Reihana | Kaiwhatu and Ringatoi Māori appeared first on Waatea News: Māori Radio Station ..read more

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The inaugural ACC Rongoā Māori Conference in Rotorua next month aims to bring together rongoā Māori practitioners and health providers within te ao rongoā to whakawhanaunga.   The post Eldon Paea | ACC Head of Māori Health Partnerships appeared first on Waatea News: Māori Radio Station ..read more