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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 >>
Te Pāti Māori National Council Expels Mariameno Kapa-Kingi And Takuta Ferris
Monday, 10 November 2025, 11:06 am | Te Pati Maori
The Party is refocused on uniting to make this a one-term Government More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Invited To Speak In Hawaii On Indigenous Sovereignty And Climate Action
Sunday, 26 October 2025, 3:03 pm | Te Pati Maori
Ngarewa-Packer’s visit aligns with Te Pāti Māori’s kaupapa of mana motuhake, climate justice, and Indigenous-led solutions across Aotearoa and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. More >>
Senior Green And Labour MPs Back Hana-Rawhiti's Members’ Bill
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 5:52 pm | Te Pati Maori
Maipi-Clarke says the Bill builds on Treaty obligations already placed on public servants under the Public Service Act 2020, addressing a key gap where those obligations don’t extend to MPs. More >>
10,000 People Call On Governor-General To Withhold Royal Consent From Takutai Moana Bill
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 1:33 pm | Te Pati Maori
The letter, delivered by Te Pāti Māori, calls on the Governor-General to “protect the constitution of Aotearoa and uphold the mana and tino rangatiratanga of your Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners, Te Iwi Māori.” More >>
Government To Wipe Out Population Of Invercargill In 2026 Election
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 9:27 am | Te Pati Maori
In a briefing from the Electoral Commission, the committee was told that cutting voter enrolment 13 days before election day will eliminate 58,000 votes in the 2026 election, surging to more than 100,000 over the next three election cycles. More >>
Ferris Calls On Governor General To Block Foreshore And Seabed Confiscation
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 2:07 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori will return the foreshore and seabed to the rightful ownership of mana whenua when elected into government. More >>
Rawiri Waititi Heads To China For Global Indigenous Arts Festival
Monday, 13 October 2025, 3:07 pm | Te Pati Maori
The invitation was extended by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC), one of China’s leading cultural institutions promoting artistic and cultural exchange between nations. More >>
Chief Judge Rejects Govt Plan To Strip Tribunal’s Power - Ferris
Friday, 10 October 2025, 11:09 am | Te Pati Maori
“Disempowering the Waitangi Tribunal would itself be a breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Renaming it to a commission would cause constitutional chaos, and deem the tribunal under Crown control,” said Ferris. More >>
Government’s Refusal To Recognise Palestine Entrenches Colonial Double Standards
Saturday, 27 September 2025, 1:30 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders said Palestinians do not need lessons in democracy from a government that continues to benefit from its own colonial project here in Aotearoa. More >>
The People Have Spoken: Oriini Kaipara Wins Tāmaki Makaurau With Overwhelming Mandate
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 6:18 pm | The Maori Party
“Our strategy proved that you don’t need the biggest budget, you need the biggest heart and the clearest vision” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “We went directly to our people, listened to their concerns, and offered real solutions ... More >>
