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Forgotten harakeke taonga reveals global Māori trade history

17 July 2026

From Te Tai Tokerau to London, a newly researched collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows how Māori-led harakeke trade reached the world stage in the nineteenth century.
Māori engineering graduate follows path of two sisters

6 May 2026

Tiaho Wihongi-Minhinnick is the third sister in her whānau to graduate in engineering at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
Housing fails to meet Māori and Pacific needs, say experts

12 March 2026

Most houses in New Zealand have been designed with small, nuclear families in mind, and this doesn’t reflect our diverse society.
Building more sustainably in the wake of cyclones

9 March 2026

A new University of Auckland project aims to turn about 1200 Auckland houses destroyed by cyclones into a resource for a more sustainable future.
When everyone lived in an affordable home

3 November 2025

Pre-colonial Māori didn’t have a housing problem. The Crown created one. Can the past give us clues to fix housing today?
Māori solutions to the housing crisis

29 May 2025

Analysis: Māori communities planning to build in traditional ways face overwhelming barriers.
US academic takes reins on Pacific housing research

11 April 2025

Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland.
History of Māori gardens could hold seeds for future

24 March 2025

Māori once grew enough fruit and vegetables to feed Auckland, yet these days many struggle to afford healthy food, writes Bhaveeka Madagammana.
Pacific home ownership plummets: ‘Something needs to change’

18 March 2025

The latest Stats NZ figures show a “heartbreaking” drop in the number of Pacific people who own their own homes, says Dr Karamia Müller from the University of Auckland.

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