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Australia backs Aotearoa getting aboard Pacific peace train
The foreign minister has welcomed plans by Aotearoa / New Zealand to join a defe...
Andrew Brown (AAP) 10 Jul 2026
Indigenous Basketball Australia names All Stars teams for Cairns clash with Poitūkohu Māori Aotearoa
NBL and WNBL talent will headline the 2026 Indigenous Basketball Australia All S...
Joseph Guenzler 7 Jul 2026
Scholar centres I-Kiribati knowledge, women and cultural resilience
As Kiribati Language Week is celebrated across Aotearoa / New Zealand this week,...
Giovanni Torre 6 Jul 2026
Aotearoa's biggest council returns traditional Māori names for public parks
Auckland Council has restored the traditional Indigenous names for five of its r...
Andrew Mathieson 30 Jun 2026
Global evidence shows cervical cancer can be eliminated in the Pacific region
Pacific leaders, clinicians and researchers say cervical cancer elimination is w...
Giovanni Torre 25 Jun 2026
Pacific leadership drives health solutions at Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa

A wintry, rain-soaked day in Auckland set the scene for a powerful gathering of Pacific leaders, researchers and communities at the Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa Research Symposium 2026.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 25, 2026
Pacific leaders to gather in Auckland for major research symposium

The collective strength of the Pacific will gather at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, as Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa, Centre for Pacific and Global Health prepares to host its 2026 Research Sym...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 23, 2026
Niue advances national research ethics framework through consultation

Niue is taking a major step toward strengthening research governance as it looks to develop the country's first research ethics framework. Key points: Moves to establish the Niue National Research Et...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 18, 2026
Pacific-led research targets diabetes in pregnancy with $1.2 million boost

A major new Health Research Council grant will support Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, to lead a transformative Pacific-led study focused on improving care for Pasifika women with diabete...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 12, 2026
Indigenous storage network offers Māori online data sovereignty

Māori peoples are taking back sovereignty of their data storage from the uncertainty of cyberspace amid a brand new Aotearoa decentralised online network.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Jun 11, 2026
Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw on 'meaningful acknowledgment of my Māori culture and identity' ahead of ninth AFLW season

Saints sharp-shooter Jesse Tawhiao-Wardlaw is looking forward to being "truly who I am out on the field" this AFLW season after further embracing her Māori heritage by using her birth name.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 27, 2026
Fiji and Aotearoa / NZ partner to strengthen climate-resilient food systems

Fiji and Aotearoa / New Zealand have signed a new agreement to strengthen food security, farmer resilience and climate-smart agriculture across Fiji.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 15, 2026
Poverty increases likelihood of dementia, warns expert Dr Etuini Ma’u

Tackling poverty is the single most important thing Aoeatroa / New Zealand can do to reduce the number of people with dementia, says the University of Auckland's Dr Etuini Ma'u.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 15, 2026
Cyclone Vaianu leaves clean-up under way in New Zealand

New Zealanders who evacuated ahead of a cyclone that battered the North Island ‌are gradually being allowed to return home as ‌the storm moves away.

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Reuters Apr 13, 2026
Cyclones threaten Fiji, Solomon Islands, PNG, even NZ

Twin tropical cyclones are ravaging Melanesia, with Maila stirring up trouble in the Solomon Sea and Vaianu darting across the South Pacific.

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Ben McKay Apr 7, 2026
Pacific partner offers additional support for Tuvalu's Coastal Adaption Project

Safeguarding Tuvalu's future against rising sea levels has come some way to fruition after New Zealand/Aotearoa pledged an additional $20 million towards developing flood resilience works on the small...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Apr 3, 2026
Master navigator explores Indigenous navigation systems

Master navigator and carver Lamotrek Pairourou H. Larry Raigetal recently visited the University of Auckland highlighting traditional navigation systems.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 2, 2026
Pacific scholar awarded one of Aotearoa's highest academic honours

Professor Yvonne Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill-Sem has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi; one of Aotearoa's highest academic honours.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 1, 2026
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