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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 >>
Māori Democracy Undermined Again: Wairarapa Repeat Of Whanganui Failures
Thursday, 11 September 2025, 4:15 pm | Te Pati Maori
The error, confirmed by electoral officer Warwick Lampp, saw profiles of South Wairarapa Māori ward candidates Andrea Rutene and Whitu Karauna missing from voter information packs. More >>
Electoral Commission Failure Disenfranchises Māori Voters In Whanganui
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 11:19 am | Te Pati Maori
The official candidate profile booklet sent to voters in Whanganui has excluded every single Māori Ward candidate profile. This comes after earlier failures where Māori were wrongly removed from the Electoral Roll. More >>
‘Unprecedented’- Te Tai Hauāuru Forced Back Into Fast-Track Seabed Mining Fight
Monday, 8 September 2025, 5:44 pm | Te Pati Maori
“This shows the sheer scale of concern across iwi, hapū, marae, communities and sectors who all know how destructive seabed mining will be” says Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
“Being Māori Is The Sweetest Victory Ever”: A Victory For Tāmaki Makaurau And Te Iwi Māori
Sunday, 7 September 2025, 12:55 pm | Te Pati Maori
Oriini Kaipara has been given only six weeks to launch herself into the most intense of campaigns. Against a veteran politician, she has stood tall and shown the courage, humility, and determination of a true advocate. More >>
Waititi: Shane Jones’ Attack On Ngāti Kuku A ‘Disgrace’
Monday, 25 August 2025, 12:06 pm | Te Pati Maori
"Not only are these words immature, but they are also a disgrace. They diminish the mana of Ngāti Kuku and completely undermine their role as kaitiaki of Tauranga Moana” said Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Government’s Attack On Māori Health Is Pure Evil
Monday, 25 August 2025, 9:21 am | Te Pati Maori
Māori die up to seven years earlier than non-Māori and carry higher rates of preventable disease. These inequities are the direct result of systemic racism, chronic underfunding, and being locked out of decisions about our own health. More >>
Judith Coloniser – A Warmonger Backing War Crimes
Friday, 22 August 2025, 1:23 pm | Te Pati Maori
“While Palestinian whānau are being bombed, starved, and slaughtered, Collins is opening the door to doing business with the very weapons companies making it possible. She is no longer complicit to genocide; she is participating in it.” More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Jones’ Own Words Expose Corrupt Seabed Mining Agenda
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 2:51 pm | Te Pati Maori
“This statement exposes his absolute disregard for transparency and due process” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Government Fails Women, Unions Forced To Court
Monday, 18 August 2025, 8:29 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is calling for urgent action to settle pay equity claims, respect the leadership of unions, and uphold the rights of women in workplaces across Aotearoa. More >>
Update On Voter Deregistration
Friday, 15 August 2025, 1:49 pm | Te Pati Maori
In a formal reply to Te Pāti Māori, the Commission blamed the dormant roll process, where voters are shifted off the main roll if mail is returned and they cannot be contacted. By law, the Commission is meant to make reasonable efforts to contact ... More >>
98.7% Of Submitters Voices Ignored In Regulatory Standards Bill Recommendations
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 5:38 pm | Te Pati Maori
Recommendations presented to select committee should be reflective of submitters concerns, instead of prioritising the execution of a Ministers Bill. More >>
Genocide Won’t Wait, Neither Should New Zealand
Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 7:21 am | Te Pati Maori
“Recognition cannot wait, and it must be accompanied with action. Without sanctions, without consequences, and with no intention of holding Israel accountable for genocide, the recognition of statehood is hollow” Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Māori Wards Are Democracy In Action, Not A Privilege
Monday, 11 August 2025, 1:46 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The real ‘special privilege’ is the status quo, where Māori voices have been excluded from local decision making for generations. Māori wards are about making the step towards balancing the table, so our underrepresented voices are finally ... More >>
Govt Resumes Theft Of Foreshore And Seabed
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 11:15 am | Te Pati Maori
“Te Pāti Māori was born from the uprising of our people against the Foreshore and Seabed Act; we will not stand by while this government wages the same attack on our people again” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Acknowledges 60 Years Of Self Government In Rarotonga
Tuesday, 5 August 2025, 11:06 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori proudly celebrates the people of Rarotonga today, past, present, and future, who have never wavered in their mission to remain true to themselves. More >>
