The University of Waikato is celebrating Professor Tom Roa, who is a semi-finalist for the 2025 Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year Awards. Roa is a respected leader, historian, and ...

Former Minister, and Opposition MP, Willie Jackson, has tonight taken to social media, to call out ACT Party Leader, David Seymour, over the handling of allegations into sexual abuse by former ...

Police commissioner Richard Chambers has sent a proposal to police staff this week to scrap an executive role focusing on iwi and communities.

Te Tii Marae has reopened and the team from Waatea were to witness it – with Dale Husband calling the atmosphere “filled with history and whanau” A dawn ceremony was hosted by mana whenua Ngāti Rāhiri ...

Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, has confirmed he wont be attending Waitangi celebrations in the North and, instead, is heading South, with Waatea Political correspondent Claudette Hauiti telling ...

Updates, Whakatane Hospital has lost its obstetric services. The nearest hospital in now Tauranga. What’s being done to improve services and protect the health of our mothers and babies.

Lush Cosmetics is campaigning alongside ActionStation to stand in solidarity with Māori leadership and tāngata whenua against the Treaty Principles Bill, calling on The New Zealand Government to ...

Mehemea he pono te ngākau o David Seymour ki tōna hapū o Ngāti Rēhia, me kaua ia e peka ki te rā o Waitangi ki Paihia. Koia ngā kōrero a te heamana o Ngāti Rēhia a Kipa Munro i muri i tā rātau tuku ...

The Minister for Children, Karen Chhour has called for a pause in Oranga Tamariki’s review of contracts with social service providers. In June last year hundreds of providers were given little notice ...

Political Updates What’s happening with the Minister of Rails? Don’t we need better rail transport? Are you letting Luxon sell off the rail assets?

There are a record number of books by Māori writers longlisted in this year’s Ockham NZ Book Awards (9 across all categories).

Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Ngā Whare Waatea marae in Māngere, it is located in the middle of the ...