Data will always have an important role to play in shaping policy, but this requires a broader perspective. Data offers a ...

Wairoa A&P Society’s president says there’s a feeling of sadness that the town’s showgrounds will be lost to a flood spillway ...

From Whānau Ora and foreign policy to frozen (or scalding) school lunches, political veterans Nanaia Mahuta and Tau Henare ...

A reader inquired if the support lost by the major party of Government since the election is a record. I didn’t think so, but have now gone and checked the data. This compares the 1st 1 News poll of ...

Hosted at Te Paepae - the cultural heartbeat of the festival - groups of about 20 at a time are being encouraged to connect with te ao Māori through games and drills.

The Government’s decision announced Friday to unceremoniously dump the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, resulting in hundreds of job losses and upheaval for thousands of whānau ...

Whanau Ora Minister Tariana Turia, of the Maori Party, in her office at Parliament, Wellington, in 2014. Photo / Mark Mitchell Helen Leahy is Pou Ārahi of Ngā Waihua o Paerangi Trust.

Te Pāti Māori extends our deepest aroha to the 500 plus Whānau Ora workers who have been advised today that the govt will be dismantling their contracts. For twenty years , Whānau Ora has been ...

The changes we are making will target our investment to where it can make the biggest difference: • More front-line delivery of services to whānau • More focus on those whanau in need • Better data ...

Waatea is hearing that hundreds of jobs are on the line as contracts worth tens of millions are changing hands – Waatea has approached Minister Potaka for comment The following statement has been ...

“I am deeply proud of what we have accomplished together as a whanau and business ... while upholding the values and traditions of its Maori heritage. Miraka chair Bruce Scott acknowledged Gradon’s ...

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