A hikoi (march) to deliver a petition to the prime minister over the Ihumātao land protest in Auckland in 2019. Getty Images

Decolonising the news: 4 fundamental questions media can ask themselves when covering stories about Māori

A Treaty framework developed for New Zealand On Air offers a way for journalists to critically evaluate their own work and promote more accountable and equitable day-to-day reporting.
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How digital marketing of legal but harmful products escalates health threats to the most vulnerable

So-called ‘limbic capitalism’ uses social media to target the brain’s reward centres. In the process it escalates health threats to the most vulnerable consumers.
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Putting te Tiriti at the centre of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public policy can strengthen democracy – here’s how

David Seymour says misinterpretation of the Treaty risks creating an ‘ethno-state’. But ‘Critical Tiriti Analysis’ aims to enhance democracy by ensuring a Māori voice at the heart of policy making.
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Recession hits Māori and Pasifika harder. They must be part of planning New Zealand’s COVID‑19 recovery

Māori knowledge, memory and cultural strength will only enhance New Zealand’s economic recovery planning – if they are listened to.
The campaign to protect Ihumaatao for its cultural values shows how such landscapes continue to fall through the cracks of New Zealand’s heritage system. Qiane Matata-Sipu

How a bias towards built heritage threatens the protection of cultural landscapes in New Zealand

Built colonial heritage represents more than 80% of the sites on New Zealand’s national heritage list. This leaves some 700 years of Indigenous settlement significantly under-represented.
Supporters of the campaign to stop commercial development at Ihumaatao. Qiane Matata-Sipu

Local Māori urge government to address long‑running dispute over rare cultural heritage landscape

New Zealand is the last major landmass to be settled. One of the sites of earliest occupation is under threat from development, despite its cultural significance for Māori.
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Māori and Pasifika leaders report racism in government health advisory groups

Māori and Pasifika leaders’ experience of racism in government advisory groups suggests ongoing inequities in New Zealand health policy.

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