Podcasts about te tai tokerau

Schools are calling for greater access to specialist support amid a rise in the use of physical restraint. Ministry of Education data shows the number of restraint incidents has risen from about 2,600 a year to about 3,000 a year since 2018. Pat Newman —spokesperson for Northland's Te Tai Tokerau Principals' Association— says schools are dealing with increasingly complex needs. He told Heather du Plessis-Allan they're seeing more children affected by trauma and abuse than ever before. Newman says the number that classrooms are dealing with is unknown, but it's huge. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The race is on with four candidates now confirmed to be contesting the Te Tai Tokerau seat. Te Pati Maori announced its candidate yesterday for the Maori electorate, following the departure of Mariameno Kapa-Kingi who will run under a new party banner. But, Labour and the Greens are also in it to win it. Political reporter Lillian Hanly reports.

Questions to Ministers Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Minister for Auckland: Does he stand by all his statements and actions? CATHERINE WEDD to the Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government: Why is the Government undertaking significant public sector reform? Hon JULIE ANNE GENTER to the Minister of Transport: Can he confirm the last public estimate of the cost of the Warkworth to Te Hana road is nearly $4 billion, and why is the most recent cost estimate of the project being withheld? Hon WILLIE JACKSON to the Minister for Maori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti: Does he stand by the Government's track record regarding the Maori-Crown relationship? NANCY LU to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: What recent reports has she seen on tourism in New Zealand? MARIAMENO KAPA-KINGI to the Minister for Mental Health: Does he consider that Te Tai Tokerau region is facing a methamphetamine crisis, given Te Hiku has no detox facility and reported wait times at the region's only detox unit have increased since 2018 from six to eight weeks to 12 to 16 weeks? Hon Dr AYESHA VERRALL to the Minister of Health: Why are more patients having their referrals to a specialist declined in the seven districts for which data was released to the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists? Dr VANESSA WEENINK to the Minister for Women: What progress has she seen about improving early detection and outcomes for women with breast cancer? Hon WILLOW-JEAN PRIME to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she stand by her statement that "we have really reset the welfare system to ensure it is meeting the needs of young people"; if so, why? RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: How many families with children will be impacted by the increase in the entry threshold for the accommodation supplement, and what will be the average reduction in their accommodation supplement per week? CAMILLA BELICH to the Minister for the Public Service and Digitising Government: Which agencies will bear the largest share of the 8,700 public service roles to be cut by July 2029? KATIE NIMON to the Minister for Space: What recent announcement has he made about the Kiwi Space Activator?

It started with a young Māori man trying to help a stranger on the street. He ended up being pinned to the ground, handcuffed, locked in a cell, and a four-year court battle. Jamie Lawry ended up being found not guilty, but the case raises harder questions about racism and systemic bias in the north. Many Māori parents up north have to have what is called “the talk” - where they have to teach their kids how to act around police in order to be safe. Today on The Front Page, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon – who is based in Te Tai Tokerau – tells us about what “the talk” means in her whanau and in communities across the region – and why so many Māori families have no choice but to have these conversations. But first, NZ Herald senior writer David Fisher is with us to take us through what happened to Lawry. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea DanielsEditor/Producer: Richard MartinProducer: Jane YeeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Te Tai Tokerau is becoming the new ground zero in a fierce battle for Māori political powerMāori politics has erupted as Mariameno Kapa-Kingi launched a rival party, Te Pāti Māori fractures deepen, and the battle for the Māori vote heats upFind The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Ever wondered how farmed salmon produce the next generation? Anisha tours Akaroa King Salmon's hatchery in Canterbury, and an award-winning Māori trust-owned farm in Te Tai Tokerau has had to battle fierce flooding this year. Sally is in the farm ute touring the damage. Also, Dairy Woman of the Year Hinehou Timutimu talks about how she is inspired to farm for the community. You can find photos and read more about the stories in this episode on our webpage, here.In this episode:0:42 - Rural News Wrap7:37 - Farming takes a village15:49 - Northland's storms test award-winning farm 30:16 - Spawning day on a salmon farmGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Te Tai Tokerau is shaping up to be an electorate to watch this election. MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi is splitting from Te Pāti Māori to form her own party after months of ructions between her and the party's leaders. She'll run in her electorate under a party of the same name. Former Māori Party Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell told Mike Hosking she could win the seat as she has a foothold in an electorate already. But he says history is typically against smaller parties – particularly those wrapped around a single individual. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Early Edition with Ryan Bridge Full Show Podcast Tuesday 12th of May 2026, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi will run as an independent under the banner of Te Tai Tokerau, Otago University Law Professor Andrew Geddis tells Ryan what this will mean for the Māori party. New housing data out this morning shows, half of all first home buyers expect help from the bank of Mum and Dad, Renters United President Luke Somervell shares his thoughts. UK Labour backbencher Catherine West has pulled back from threatening a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer, but she's still telling him to go, UK Correspondent Enda Brady tells Ryan what this means for Starmer's future. Plus, it's Federal budget day in Australia, Australian Correspondent Lesley Yeomans has the latest on what to expect. Get the Early Edition Full Show Podcast every weekday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An election law expert says it could work in Labour's favour for it to not win many Māori electorate seats. Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has announced she is splitting from Te Pāti Māori and forming her own party. Otago University Law Professor Andrew Geddis says there could be overhang seats if either party wins electorates with a relatively small party vote. He says told Ryan Bridge it would then increase the number of MPs needed for a majority. Geddis says winning the Māori electorates could mean Labour falls short of being able to form a government. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Award-winning journalist Eugene Bingham tells two stories - Te Pahi's story and his own! Te Pahi is the extraordinary true tale of the first influential Maori leader to cross the Tasman. Te Tai Tokerau rangatira Te Pahi's curiosity about the Pakeha world forged alliances, saved lives and ultimately cost him his own. Eugene is one of Aotearoa's most respected investigative journalists and an internationally acclaimed podcaster. He's an athlete too! Eugene has completed dozens of marathons and ultra-marathons. Nowadays, though, he's more likely to be at the start line of a 5km parkrun. Since 2021, he's been learning te reo Maori, mostly at Te Wananga o Aotearoa, with the goal of re-introducing the language to his whanau. His book is The Chief and the Empire and he talks to Susie about why stories like this are so important today.

The Government says it won't set up another dedicated fund to reimburse marae for their work leading up to Cyclone Vaianu, but is encouraging marae to keep in touch with officials on the ground in case they need support. Among them, seven Ngati wai affliated marae in Te Tai Tokerau. Rangatira no Ngatiwai, Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Northland local government leaders are reacting cautiously to news of Te Tai Tokerau's first proposed rates freeze in a decade. The zero-rate increase has been put forward by Northland Regional Council for its 2026/2027 financial year and would affect 100,000 ratepayers. Chairman Pita Tipene told Andrew Dickens that council had been looking for savings and reductions that would not impact the services they can provide. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2024 was an epic annus horribilis for the Greens - you remember Golriz Ghahraman, Darleen Tana, Julie Anne Genter, et al. It went on and on. It was arguably the worst year on record for any political party in this country ever. But wait, hold my beer – we have a new champion. 2025 is shaping up to be an even more horribilis of an annus for Te Pāti Māori, who may well factionalise themselves into extinction. It all started so well. And by started, I'm going back to 2004 when Labour MP Tariana Turia's protest against her own government's Foreshore and Seabed Bill led to her establishing Te Pāti Māori. Despite it being pretty much a single issue party at genesis, it lasted the distance thanks to the political pragmatism and mana of Dame Tariana and Sir Pita Sharples, the other co-leader. They were able to walk in both the Pākehā world and Te Ao Māori, and they kept the party together. Te Pāti Māori winning six out of the seven electorate seats in the 2023 election was a triumph. As was its opposition to the coalition government's Treaty Principles Bill and galvanising everybody together. But since then, Te Pāti Māori has turned upon itself and the ugly mudslinging being played out in the public arena has seen support for the party plummet. This time last year, Te Pāti Māori got 7% in the 1News Verian poll. Last night in that same poll, they recorded just 1%. Bang, crash, pow, brace for impact, as Maiki Sherman might have said, but didn't, when reporting the results last night. Te Pāti Māori threw out two of its MPs amid accusations of a dictatorial style by its leadership. The dispute took a new twist in court last week though, when a judge ruled MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi should be reinstated as a party member. John Tamihere emerged from the party's AGM in Rotorua over the weekend absolutely triumphant and grinning like a Cheshire cat, the cat that's got the cream. Those opposed to his presidency simply didn't have the numbers to get rid of him. According to the party's constitution, it appears the only way Tamihere can be removed from the role of president is if there is consensus among the electorate council representatives. So he has a stranglehold on Tāmaki Makaurau, Waiariki, and Te Tai Hauāuru – Waikato seems to be neutral. Ikaroa-Rāwhiti said they weren't happy about the expulsion of Whaitiri and another MP, Ferris. Te Tai Tokerau, Te Tai Tonga, they want John Tamihere gone. But it looks like he'll be clinging on. May well be a Pyrrhic victory. If Te Pāti Māori can't find a way to work through their differences, and I don't see how they possibly can. Tamihere will be the head of a political party that isn't in Parliament, that is completely and utterly irrelevant. He'll have his toys, but no one to play with. While all of this infighting is occurring, as Christopher Luxon said, not one single piece of legislation has been crafted by Te Pāti Māori MPs to further the betterment of their constituency, of their people. As he said, not one of them has turned up with ideas, with a plan, with a way to make the world a better place for the people who voted them in, to use the machinery of Parliament to advance the cause of their people. They are simply not doing their job while they're involved in this sort of infighting. I would very much like to hear from those who have supported Te Pāti Māori in the past, who as recently as 2023 might have installed a Te Pāti Māori MP in Parliament by voting in the electorate – where to now? Is there still a place for Te Pāti Māori in Parliament? They look like they're doing their level best to disembowel themselves and eat their own entrails in front of us all. It's unedifying, but worse than that, it is letting down the very people who voted them into Parliament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recent tensions within Te Pāti Māori, which exploded into the light last month, have culminated in the expulsion of two rogue MPs: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi of Te Tai Tokerau and Tākuta Ferris of Te Tai Tonga. Despite this, much remains unresolved, and controversy lingers over the preceding actions, the manner in which they were communicated online, and how the expulsion was handled by the party leadership.  Wednesday Wire Producer Manny spoke with Jason Mika, Professor of Māori Management at the University of Auckland, to get his perspective on the expulsions.

Recent tensions within Te Pāti Māori, which exploded into the light last month, have culminated in the expulsion of two rogue MPs: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi of Te Tai Tokerau and Tākuta Ferris of Te Tai Tonga. Despite this, much remains unresolved, and controversy lingers over the preceding actions, the manner in which they were communicated online, and how the expulsion was handled by the party leadership.  Wednesday Wire Producer Manny spoke with Jason Mika, Professor of Māori Management at the University of Auckland, to get his perspective on the expulsions.

The war of words between Te Pāti Māori's leadership and two of its MPs has taken a dramatic step today, with president John Tamihere suggesting Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris 'do the honourable thing' and step down. The bombshell social media post follows a move by the party's National Council to suspend Maria-meno Kapa-Kingi, who is MP for Te Tai Tokerau. John Tamihere's comments come as the executive for Te Tai Tonga - Takuta Ferris' electorate - launched a petition calling for Tamihere's resignation. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Lisa Owen. 

Labour has said if elected at next year's election it would introduce a set 28% capital gains tax on commercial and residential property, excluding key assets such as the family home, farms, KiwiSaver, shares, business assets, inheritances, and personal items. Labour had to rush their release as someone leaked the policy to RNZ. Barb Edmonds joins us LIVE at 9pm to explain the policy and the releaseTe Pāti Māori has moved to suspend MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as well as a push to "reset" the executive of her Te Tai Tokerau electorate committee.Duncan Garner decided to have a crack at BHN last week claiming when we mocked his video on why teachers were striking including one of the reason for striking was "about making families suffer". Duncan challenged to us to show him where his statements were wrong...which we are happy to o tonight.=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social

Morris Pita is the co-chair of Whangaroa Ngaiotonga Trust and speaks to Jesse about the honour.

A hapū at the epicentre of the caulerpa outbreak in the Bay of Islands are calling for more concerted effort to deal with the invasive seaweed. 

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Meet Mea Motu. Hailing from the humble town of Pukepoto in Te Tai Tokerau, she's Aotearoa's most successful boxer, holding an undefeated 20-0 record. This is her story.

Paua are a national treasure, as iconically Aotearoa as pineapple lumps and kiwi. Paua have a long history as a source of meaty protein and decoration. This week's critter is the Manawatawhi paua, Haliotis pirimoana, a newly named species that only lives on Manawatawhi Three Kings Islands in Te Tai Tokerau. Ngati Kuri gave this species its scientific name, which translates as 'the paua that clings to the sea.'

There's harsh criticism of Associate Education Minister David Seymour's push for prosecution of parents of continued truants. Seymour says parents could be fined in the most extreme cases as part of Government requirements for Stepped Attendance Response plans in schools by 2026. He's also insisting term-time teacher-only days need authorisation from the Education Minister. Northland Principal Pat Newman says this is a completely political move. "The cold, hard reality is that it's been tried, it's been on the books, it hasn't worked. That's why it's not used." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thousands of people in Northland spent the day without power yesterday when a tower north of Auckland toppled. Nearly 100,000 people were cut off, in a grid failure that's being described as the worst since Cyclone Gabrielle. Energy Minister Simeon Brown is heading to Te Tai Tokerau on Friday, he spoke to Corin Dann.

Te Tai Tokerau is waking up after dealing with the worst power cut since Cyclone Gabrielle. Moko Te Pania is the Mayor of the Far North. He spoke to Corin Dann.

While National lost two seats in the special vote count, Te Pāti Māori picked up two - putting them in a record-breaking position of taking six of seven Māori seats. Takutai Tarsh Kemp has taken the Tāmaki Makaurau seat from Peeni Henare, and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi has taken Te Tai Tokerau from Kelvin Davis. The extra two seats have created an overhang of two, bringing the total number of seats in the house to 123. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer spoke to Corin Dann.

It's almost a clean sweep for Te Pati Maori, snatching another two maori electorate seats from Labour on the special vote count. On election night it was buzzing to secure four of the seven. But now its also taken Tamaki Makaurau by a whisker, just a four vote majority. It also turned Te Tai Tokerau, ousting Labour's Deputy leader Kelvin Davis. Prior to the election he'd said he would resign if he didnt hold his seat. Ko taku manuhiri inaianei ko John Tamihere, Te Pati Maori President speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6340407161112

Tonight on The Huddle - Three's Patrick Gower and Auckland Councillor Richard Hills joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more! The special votes are finally out, and National's two lost seats have all but confirmed they have to form a three-way coalition with ACT and Winston Peters. It's also been a horror day for Labour, after only just clinging onto Mt Albert by 20 votes, and both the Greens and Te Pāti Māori making huge grounds on their special vote speciality. And Labour deputy Kelvin Davis has announced he'll stay on as leader of Labour's Māori caucus, after losing his Te Tai Tokerau seat to Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Northland's general electorates have been swept up in the blue wave engulfing New Zealand. Although, in the Maori electorate, Te Tai Tokerau, Labour's Kelvin Davis holds a slender lead. In a region where there's a huge gap between the haves and have-nots, there's been a major swing away from Labour. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham and producer Matthew Theunissen have the story.

Three weeks ago, a candidates meeting in Kerikeri made headlines after a candidate was shouted down any time she used a Māori word. Another meeting in the same electorate last night couldn't have been more different. It was almost a love-fest at Otiria Marae, as reporter Peter de Graaf discovered.

Bryozoans have been called 'the world's best-kept secret'; that might be why we don't know much about this week's critter. The cyclostome bryozoan Spiritopora perplexa is only found off the coast of Piwhane Spirits Bay in Te Tai Tokerau and is an endangered species.

For thirty years, caulerpa seaweed has been known as the single worst marine weed pest. Northland Regional Council is determined to keep it out of Te Tai Tokerau due to the risks to local environment.

Kūmara packers have had their working hours slashed because this year's crop was ravaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. Pack house bosses say they are doing their best to keep staff on for next year's season. Growers are nearing the end of a dismal harvest in Kaipara - losing about 70 per cent to rot. Sam Olley reports from Te Tai Tokerau.  

One of the biggest news stories emerging in Northland over the past week has been a series of extremely divisive talks held opposing co-governance. At one of the meetings in Dargaville, police had to ask people to leave when arguments broke out. And there are more talks to come. Also Sam talks to Kathryn about the sudden liquidation of the company running a big-cat sanctuary and the risk of the animals being put down. And investigations are wrapping up one year on since the Enchanter fishing charter sank off North Cape.

A leading Northland lawyer says she and other collegues have been uneasy about their safety at the Whangārei courthouse for some time.  A family lawyer is in hospital with serious injuries after being attacked in a lft at the court. A man has been taken into custody. Catherine Cull KC has practised family and criminal law in Te Tai Tokerau for the past 23 years She says there are security shortcomings at the Whangārei court.   She spoke to Māni Dunlop.  

News of the sudden liquidation of the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary - and possible euthanasia of 15 big cats - is causing upset. The park houses lions, tigers and a leopard. Sam Olley reports from Te Tai Tokerau:

The Prime Minister has spent the day with cyclone responders in Te Tai Tokerau telling Northlanders they have not been forgotten. He was confronted with stories of some of our poorest households cut off with limited road access, no power, internet or food amid a cost of living crisis. Sam Olley filed this report from Whangārei.

Assessors are getting through a long list of building checks in Te Tai Tokerau - where red stickers have been issued across all three districts. Sam Olley spoke to some of those cleaning up.

Hundreds of Northlanders are still having to get by without electricity more than week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit. In the Kaipara district alone - there were 300 properties still cut off yesterday- some first lost power nine days ago. Sam Olley reports from Dargaville.  

The Waitangi Tribunal has reported back on one of the largest claims ever heard - a document described as groundbreaking, and pivotal for Maori in Te Tai Tokerau. Some of the evidence was presented at hearings more than a decade ago - and the report is more than 18 hundred pages long. It says the Crown repeatedly overstepped its authority to govern, leading to a widespread erosion of rangatiratanga, warfare, extensive landloss and and severe and lasting prejudice. It also states William Hobson's proclamations of sovereignty, and the Constitution Act, were some of the most severe treaty breaches. And there are now major implications for Ngapuhi's ongoing treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown. Samantha Olley reports

Te Tai Tokerau children finishing primary school have the worst tooth decay in the country. But the Far North mayor says the new compulsory fluoridation order is mystifying him, and happening too fast, and he still doesn't know how his council's going to pay for it. Sam Olley was at the district council's hui today.