Ricardo Menéndez March, from the left-leaning Green Party, used the name Aotearoa during a question to a government minister.

It comes after the deputy prime minister tried to ban lawmakers from calling the country Aotearoa in parliament.

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The age for free screenings will go from 60 to 58, but using money previously set aside to give Māori and Pacific access to tests from 50. A cancer network is calling it "institutionalised racism".

As more heterosexual people are diagnosed with HIV, sexual health stigmas among Māori are putting wahine at risk, a Rotorua ...

Clarke, a 22-year-old MP, shot to international fame last year when she ripped up a controversial bill and performed a haka, in front of its author. Her protest quickly went viral and – coming barely ...

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As well as being an award-winning and critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer, Witi Ihimaera is also chairman of ...

Government changes to bowel screening eligibility will leave more Māori and Pacific people at risk of dying at a younger age from bowel cancer, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi ...