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Te Karere brings you key events and stories of interest to Māori, as well as bringing a Māori perspective to the day's news and current affairs.
To date, 1000 road incidents have been recorded since the start of the Christmas – New Year Holiday period on December 24 with ten people dying over the holiday period to date. Police continue to stress the importance of drivers being aware and riving to the road conditions.
There aren't enough Māori in our countries two spy agencies, the GCSB and the SIS. That’s the latest from a recently released report conducted for the NZ intelligence community. Tame Iti, the who spent two years in prison as a result of our spy agencies' work, believes Māori should in fact steer clear of these agencies. Marama Fox, co-leader of the Māori Party thinks otherwise. Manawa Wright with more.
Calls continue for a day commemorating local wars fought in NZ to be established. Two East Coast iwi support the sentiments of other iwi around the country who signed a petition that went before Parliament at the start of this month.
Land confiscation united indigenous youth from around the world as they gathered in Waikato. Te Ahurei a Rangatahi a youth based Māori organisation who have hosted indigenous peoples for 18 years said healing among youth is important in all areas and the healing starts from land loss. Potaka Maipi with this story from Hamilton.
A warning about party drugs from police and paramedics comes after seven GHB drug overdoses in 48 hours in Auckland alone. While no drug use is the best drug use,the Drug Foundation is asking for more information to be made available to users.
Trent Boult returns to the Black Caps after a four game absence. Team bowler Tim Southee’s foot is injured which has provided an opening for Bolt. His return to the team is timely as Bay Oval is his cricketing home ground, the site for the next Black Caps match against Sri Lanka.
Shearer Stacey Te Huia is making another attempt at the world record, more than 721. Early tomorrow morning he will begin this nine hour challenge in Masterton. This is the third time he has attempted to take the record off Rodney Sutton from Hawke's Bay who has held the title for nine years. According to Te Huia, the suicide of his daughter last year is a major driving factor in this challenge.
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