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Around 75,000 New Zealanders have been sentenced for a cannabis-related offence since 1975. With the drug more popular than ever, is it time we let the evidence guide our decisions?
The latest decision in the Civic Creche case highlights a gap in the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s ability to look at appeals from beyond the grave.
There are repeated calls for agency to be run by Māori and focused on improving Māori health, but so far nothing has been done.
Exclusive: the recent discovery of probably the oldest known surviving photograph of a Māori sheds light on the remarkable subject of Taika Waititi’s new film project.
Will police accept the challenge of ending
Māori over-representation at every stage of the criminal justice system in Aotearoa-New Zealand?
Māori knowledge, memory and cultural strength will only enhance New Zealand’s economic recovery planning – if they are listened to.
When our COVID-19 lockdowns end, we can’t afford to stop caring about collective well-being. NZ is well positioned to show the world how it’s done – if we listen to Māori and other diverse voices.
A new report on New Zealand’s lakes and rivers confirms that many freshwater ecosystems are in decline and warns that climate change will exacerbate existing threats.
Should lakes, rivers and other resources have legal rights? New Zealand, Ecuador and other countries have taken this step. Now Toledo, Ohio is a US test case.
New research shows that Māori and Pasifika scholars are significantly under-represented in New Zealand’s universities, making up only 5% and 1.7% of the academic workforce, respectively.
In New Zealand, sovereignty is disputed, but the Maori case for sharing it with settlers underscores the limits of First Nations consultation in Canada.
The New Zealand government’s strategy to import teachers from the UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia and Fiji will do little to improve representation for indigenous Māori in the teacher workforce.
Changes to Australian immigration law have resulted in a sharp increase in deportations, particularly among New Zealanders of Maori and Pacific Island descent.
Māori business is booming thanks to entrepreneurs with a strong sense of cultural identity and a willingness to take risks.
The Indigenous in New Zealand have fared better than First Nations in Canada in terms of self-determination. Why? It’s about a lot more than geography, land mass and language.
While the Maori Party got wiped out in this weekend’s New Zealand election, there’s still a Maori presence in the country’s political system. That’s why Canadian First Nations should take note.
As New Zealanders head to the polls this week, there are lessons for Canada in the country’s electoral system — in particular how it gives Indigenous people a greater role in governing.
The latest census data confirm it’s become more difficult for New Zealanders living in Australia to become citizens.
Guaranteed representation reduces the distance between policymakers and the people for whom policy is made.
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Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer and Programme Director - Comparative Tribal Constitutionalism Research Programme, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer in Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Political Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate professor, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Researcher in Maori Studies, Massey University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Māori Language Revitalisation, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Massey University
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Coordinator (Māori Teacher Education), University of Otago
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Associate Dean Māori, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Vice-Chancellor, Massey University
