The Local Democracy Reporting (LDR) programme is a free public-interest news service dedicated to strengthening coverage of local authorities, rūnanga and other similar organisations.
Kua whakahoki mai Te Pārekereke o Rangiātea i ngā taonga toa whakaihuwaka mai i te whakataetae kapa haka o Te Huihuinga o Ngā Tatarakihi 2026 ki te piringa whare o Te Pārekereke-o-te-tangata. I whakaatu te manukura kōhine, a Waikawa Ruakere, i tōna hīkaka mō tēnei hokinga mai me te maha o ngā taonga. “He tino hikaka ki te haere mai, kāore āno mātou kua tiki tēnei maha o ngā taonga, ae tino hikaka.” I kawea atu e te kapa te take o te maina papa moana (seabed mining) ki runga
Kua puta te ihu a te kapa o Te Pārekereke o Rangiātea nō Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Pihipihinga Kākāno i Te Huihuinga o Ngā Tātarakihi. Ko rātou tahi ko te kapa i tae tuarua mai, a Te Tira Haka o Ngāruahinerangi nō Te Kura o Ngāruahine, ka whakariterite ki te eke atu ki Te Tai Tokerau mō te whakataetae-ā-motu a Te Mana Kuratahi ā te tau 2027. I kōrero te kaiako a Bonnie Maxwell mō te harikoa me te powhiri a tana kapa i muri i te wikitoria, “Ehara i te mea e tū whakahīhī ana e
