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Māori Party welcomes benefit increase for whānau
Apr 01, 2016
The Māori Party co-leaders are proud to have worked with the Government to achieve the first increase to base benefit levels for 43 years.

Māori Party mourns the loss of Rātana leader, Karaka Waka Paama
Mar 31, 2016
He aha te tohu o te ringaringa! He kawakawa! E tuku ki raro kia hope rā E horo kia hō, te whakatau a te mate!
The Māori Party mourns the loss of senior Rātana Church member, Karaka Waka Paama, who died today at the age of 76.

Supporting the Hīkoi Wai Tapu from Waiariki to Parliament
Mar 24, 2016
The Māori Party wishes all those taking part in the Hīkoi Wai Tapu from Tūrangi to Wellington a safe journey.

Māori Party supports iwi on honouring Māori fisheries settlement
Mar 21, 2016
The Māori Party supports Te Ohu Kaimoana and iwi who are challenging the Government in court for extinguishing customary and commercial fishing rights around the Kermadec Islands.

Raupatu in 2016?
Mar 10, 2016
Māori have a long history of fighting for our whenua. In less than a century, we lost 95 percent of our land. Much of it by force or stealth. The Crown has facilitated and instigated this dispossession.

Māori Party celebrates the passing of the second reading of the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill
Mar 09, 2016
The Māori Party joins with all reo warriors tonight to celebrate the passing of the second reading of the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill.

Strengthening the rights of workers
Mar 08, 2016
The Māori Party is pleased to have helped improve employment conditions for workers in Aotearoa who are on zero hour agreements.

Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox celebrates te reo milestone for Wairoa
Mar 05, 2016
Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox is joining in the festivities for Te Ataarangi o Te Wairoa and its education arm Te Kura Motuhake o Te Ataarangi which both celebrate two significant birthdays today.

Whāngai children to benefit from changes to paid parental leave
Mar 04, 2016
As a result of advocacy from the Māori Party, parents who raise children under the traditional practice of whāngai will be eligible for paid parental leave.

Have your say on the flag referendum
Mar 03, 2016
The flag referendum opens today and the Māori Party encourages everyone to make their views heard. Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox says, “Whatever the outcome, the tino rangatiratanga flag should fly beside it”.

Māori Party supports greater trustee control over Wairarapa whenua
Mar 02, 2016
Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox is thrilled that tangata whenua in Wairarapa will be given greater control over the Papawai and Kaikōkirikiri Trusts.

POROPOROAKI: Dr Ranginui Walker (1932-2016)
Feb 29, 2016
E te rangatira, e te reo o ngā tīpuna, e te kaiārahi o ngā uri whakatipu: takoto mai, takoto mai, takoto mai rā! Hoea rā tō waka ki Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Hawaiki pāmaomao, moe mai rā.
