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PM's Evasion On Māori Electorates Exposes Govt Disarray
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 7:30 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori will entrench the Māori seats. We will not allow Māori representation to be reduced to a negotiating tactic or referendum threat. More >>
Māori Seats Are Constitutional, Not Conditional
Friday, 13 February 2026, 1:52 pm | Te Pati Maori
The Māori electorates belong to te iwi Māori. They cannot be voted away by those who fear our political strength. More >>
Oriini Kaipara: Te Kāpehu Whetū - Tāmaki Opens New Pathways For Rangatahi Māori To Thrive In CBD
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 1:08 pm | Te Pati Maori
“Too many of our rangatahi have been asked to succeed in systems that were never designed for them. Te Kāpehu Whetū turns that around by building its foundations on Māori potential, knowledge, and excellence,” Ms Kaipara said. More >>
Seabed Mining Banned In Aotearoa Under Reintroduced Member’s Bill
Sunday, 8 February 2026, 3:25 pm | Te Pati Maori
The Bill has been prepared for lodging in the Members’ Bill ballot this week. More >>
Fast-Track Fails As Seabed Mining Proposal Declined
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 8:52 pm | Te Pati Maori
In its 436-page report, the Expert Panel found the project should be declined because the adverse effects on the environment and tikanga Māori values outweighed the benefits. More >>
Oriini Kaipara: Prime Minister’s ‘Progress’ Ignores Housing Crisis Facing Māori And Rangatahi
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 8:52 am | Te Pati Maori
Ms Kaipara criticised what she described as two years of anti-Māori and anti-Tiriti policies that have stripped away rights, undermined te reo and tikanga Māori, and worsened the housing crisis. More >>
“If You’re Not Trying To Abolish Prisons In Aotearoa, What Are You Doing In Parliament?” - Rawiri Waititi
Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 12:50 pm | Te Pati Maori
Prisons don’t work because they do nothing to address the root causes of crime: poverty, inequality, unemployment, homelessness, racism, poor mental health, and trauma. More >>
Luxon Announces His Retirement Date
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 2:02 pm | Te Pati Maori
With the election date officially announced, the power is now in our hands. Māori will determine the formation of the next government. More >>
Fixing The Basics? Building A Future Without Māori Is Not A Future At All
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 5:01 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Tiriti o Waitangi is not a footnote. It is the founding agreement of this country. It is the source of political authority. It is the basis of Crown legitimacy. It is the foundation of our democracy, Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says. More >>
Rawiri Waititi Says NZ India Free Trade Agreement Fails Te Tiriti And Māori
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 11:13 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is calling for the full public release of the agreement to allow for independent scrutiny before ratification and the inclusion of enforceable Te Tiriti o Waitangi protections. More >>
Te Pāti Māori AGM To Proceed Despite Legal Challenge
Friday, 5 December 2025, 8:19 pm | Te Pati Maori
“We are facing the most destructive government in our history. Individual ambition, and ego cannot be placed above the interests of our people” said co-leader Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi On Reinstatement To Te Pāti Māori
Friday, 5 December 2025, 5:28 pm | Te Pati Maori
The past few months have been deeply challenging for me, my whānau, and our people of Te Tai Tokerau, said Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Needs Investment In People, Not More Prison Beds
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 4:21 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said the expansion highlights the gap between what whānau want and what the Government is delivering. More >>
Dave Samuels Scrutiny Exposes Whānau Ora Smear Campaign
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 10:05 am | Te Pati Maori
There was no misuse, yet the Government still smeared providers, cancelled contracts and destabilised services. This was political sabotage, not accountability: Te Pāti Māori co leader Debbie Ngarewa Packer More >>
Te Pāti Māori Warns: Regional Council Reforms Could Be One Of The Biggest Power Grabs In Aotearoa Modern History
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 10:34 am | Te Pati Maori
Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says the proposed reforms, when combined with the Fast-Track Approvals Amendment Bill, point to a coordinated agenda that puts Ministers above local authority. More >>
Govt Puberty Blockers Ban Is State-Sanctioned Harm Against Trans Rangatahi
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 11:53 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori stands with trans, takatāpui and rainbow communities, with health professionals, and with every whānau who will be hurt by this decision. More >>
“Te Pāti Māori Calls On Aotearoa To Stand As The Moral Compass”
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 5:13 pm | Te Pati Maori
The report draws on independent evidence from B’Tselem, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, UNOCHA, UNRWA, MSF, ITV and The Guardian. More >>
Fast Track Amendment Bill Reveals Government’s Real Intent
Monday, 17 November 2025, 12:08 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori will continue to advance a Tiriti based system that protects Māori rights, communities and the taiao. More >>
Te Tiriti O Waitangi Is The Regulatory Standard
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5:01 pm | Te Pati Maori
This Bill is a direct assault on the constitutional foundations that protect all New Zealanders from exploitation. Our rights as Māori are now considered rules by this government to deregulate as they see fit, said co-leader Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Backs Kura, NZEI, And Iwi Defending Te Tiriti In Education
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 4:09 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori condemns the Minister of Education’s handling of this change, rushed through Parliament without consultation and without honesty. More >>
