After almost a century uniting Taranaki's eight iwi, the Taranaki Māori Trust Board is handing the reins to a new body set up under the region's Maunga Treaty agreement. The Trust Board began in 1930, after the Sim Commission found confiscation of half a million hectares of Māori land in the Taranaki wars was unjust and excessive. Its mantle will be picked up by Te Tōpuni Ngārahu, a body founded by the 2025 Taranaki Maunga Redress Act. Te Tōpuni Ngārahu kaiwhakahaere Wharehok

Struggling, stagnant and facing an uncertain future - that’s the forecast for South Taranaki as it begins a ten-year plan review. By law South Taranaki District Council must renew its long-term plan next year, despite not knowing its fate in the Government’s nationwide council revamp. The council’s proposal to merge with Stratford District Council in 2028 as part of the local government shake-up is in the hands of local government minister Simon Watts. But South Taranaki Dist

Te Pāti Māori has launched a nationwide campaign grounded in a clear strategic directive: "one plan, two votes." As candidates fan out across the motu, the party is positioning itself as an unapologetic, independent force, aiming to dismantle systems they argue have failed Māori while mobilising their whānau at the grassroots level. Pūrongo nā Te Aroha Broughton-Pue, Multimedia Reporter. At the heart of the campaign is a message of unity and clear-eyed political ambition. Te