Politicians and Treaty experts explain what might happen next as the Government readies for changes to the Waitangi Tribunal and legislation mentioning Treaty principles
Aaron Smale
Aaron Smale is Newsroom's Māori Issues Editor. Twitter: @ikon_media
Posted inNewsroom
A young, browner future for NZ
Will the incoming government favour Pākehā Baby Boomers in its policies or will it look to the growing future generations of Māori and Pasifika?
Posted inInvestigations
From dying race to urban segregation
Aaron Smale continues a series on Māori demographics, showing how New Zealand’s history has been shaped by significant changes in the population
Posted inInvestigations
NZ’s yawning demographic divide
Around 40 percent of Pākehā are over 50 while 40 percent of Māori are 18 or under – a new series on the implications for NZ
Posted inInternational
At the crossroads of history
Zamir Shatz-Stewart grew up in Horowhenua. But he moved to his father’s homeland of Israel as a young adult. He spoke to Aaron Smale about waking on October 7th to another chapter in the nation’s violent history.
Posted inElection 2023, Newsroom Pro, PIJF, PIJF: Maori Ed PIJF
Labour's loss of Māori vote may be long-term
Labour’s loss of at least four of Māori electorate seats could signal a generational, economic and demographic shift
Posted inMāori issues
Te Pāti Māori rolls Labour
Four of the Māori seats are a resounding victory for Te Pāti Māori, two are neck and neck and only one seat was a convincing win for Labour
Posted inElection 2023
Te Tai Hauāuru: Hot seat could spring post-election surprise
The Te Tai Hauāuru seat could be significant in deciding not only which candidate gets to represent the electorate but also who forms the government.
Posted inTairāwhiti's Trauma
Tairāwhiti's Trauma: Honouring the future
In his last story in a series on the pine industry on the East Coast, Aaron Smale asks what we're leaving for future generations
Posted inTairāwhiti's Trauma
Carbon, cows and the conundrum of pine
Is Tairāwhiti locked into a political deal made in Wellington that will eventually destroy it?
Posted inTairāwhiti's Trauma
Bola and badass gullies: the science of East Coast erosion
Scientist Mike Marden has spent decades researching the East Coast's erosion – and he also knows things have to change
Posted inTairāwhiti's Trauma
Bought out and sold down the river
The government subsidised pine on the East Coast for nearly 30 years, huge tracts of which ended up in the hands of foreign companies known for environmental damage
