Members of the Kilbirnie mosque in Wellington want to build stronger relationships with Māori communities in the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks and also better acknowledge Māori culture within their place of worship.
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Aroha for suffering immediate priority- Wally Haumaha
Deputy police commissioner Wally Haumaha is encouraging people to focus on supporting the grieving and injured as their immediate priority. He says this process is heavy enough without shifting the focus away too soon to issues like gun control which although important will follow in their proper time.
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NewsKuia bursts with pride at woman defending te reo on trains
A 70-year-old kuia says she was filled with delight when a non-Māori woman stood up for te reo Māori on an Auckland train recently.
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Call for realignment of Māori names for lunar calendar
Māori astronomer and Associate Professor at the University of Waikato, Dr Rangi Mataamua, wants to realign the current Māori names of the week and months of the mainstream calendar by going back to the original Māori names.
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International Women's Day to focus on gender pay gap
The focus of this Friday's International Women’s Day is on achieving “Balance for Better” between genders.
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My Māori name- Readers share their experiences of discrimination
"I knew straight away it's because I'm Māori". Most Māori can tell you about a time they experienced racism, when they knew straight away they'd been treated badly because of something as simple as their name.
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Mercy, mercy me- Marvin Gaye gets US postal stamp
Māori fans of Motown legend Marvin Gaye can soon send some soul through the mail.
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Māori students march to grad despite procession being cancelled
A small group of Māori Bachelor of Nursing students marched to their Whitireia graduation ceremony today despite the planned procession being cancelled earlier this week. They were flanked by their families and tutors to celebrate the beginning of a new chapter.
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'Frozen' in the desert- figure skating Māori girl melts hearts
When a little Māori girl twirled around the ice to a te reo Māori song in the Middle East recently she had no idea that her life was about to change. In the space of 24 hours, a few thousand people around the world would share the delight of this most curious and beautiful sight.
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Oz-based Māori mum touched by NZ aroha for son
A Māori mum in Australia who is raising a child with high-care needs and his four sisters on her own is emotional that whānau back home in Aotearoa would care about her son's needs.
