More than 800,000 visitors are expected and Northland Mayoral Forum chair Moko Tepania says visitors and their hosts must do their bit to be kaitiaki of Northland.
Northland’s population to quadruple with summer tourist influx
More than 800,000 visitors are expected and Northland Mayoral Forum chair Moko Tepania says visitors and their hosts must do their bit to be kaitiaki of Northland.
www.teaonews.co.nz
January 1, 2026 at 10:33 PM
More than 800,000 visitors are expected and Northland Mayoral Forum chair Moko Tepania says visitors and their hosts must do their bit to be kaitiaki of Northland.
Thrill-seekers causing significant damage to dunes on the Far North’s Tokerau Beach have forced the kaitiaki rōpū to install temporary fences and block access points.
‘Devastating in all ways’: Sand dune ecosystems on Tokerau Beach being destroyed by vehicles
Thrill-seekers causing significant damage to dunes on the Far North’s Tokerau Beach have forced the kaitiaki rōpū to install temporary fences and block access points.
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December 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thrill-seekers causing significant damage to dunes on the Far North’s Tokerau Beach have forced the kaitiaki rōpū to install temporary fences and block access points.
Its so worth it! I want to go back again some time. There's so much to see and learn, from the beautiful visitor's centre, to the marae, to the GG's house, to the huge waka, and the stunning grounds & views. We had the privilege of talking with one of the kaitiaki who talked to us about the marae💖
December 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Its so worth it! I want to go back again some time. There's so much to see and learn, from the beautiful visitor's centre, to the marae, to the GG's house, to the huge waka, and the stunning grounds & views. We had the privilege of talking with one of the kaitiaki who talked to us about the marae💖
“Silencing the Kaitiaki: How Simeon Brown’s “Clarification” Dismantles Māori Health Partnership” - 16 December 2025
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“Silencing the Kaitiaki: How Simeon Brown’s “Clarification” Dismantles Māori Health Partnership” - 16 December 2025
The taiaha hums with familiar fury.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Silencing the Kaitiaki: How Simeon Brown’s “Clarification” Dismantles Māori Health Partnership” - 16 December 2025
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Maybe he could use that position to fight for the waterways in our rohe which he now calls home supposedly.
Or could just fund our people to be kaitiaki of our waterways 24/7.
Or could just fund our people to be kaitiaki of our waterways 24/7.
Distinguished NZ-born cheese eater Joanna McLeod says she would like to talk to the government about improving the price of cheese. “It could be better,” she says, ahead of emptying the dishwasher.
Put me on the front page too, @thepost-nz.bsky.social !
Put me on the front page too, @thepost-nz.bsky.social !
December 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Maybe he could use that position to fight for the waterways in our rohe which he now calls home supposedly.
Or could just fund our people to be kaitiaki of our waterways 24/7.
Or could just fund our people to be kaitiaki of our waterways 24/7.
Rāhui on taking pāua along Far North coastline to help stocks recover
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/177507/
Local kaitiaki Reuben Taipari said there had been cases of customary permits being issued for up to 400…
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/177507/
Local kaitiaki Reuben Taipari said there had been cases of customary permits being issued for up to 400…
Rāhui on taking pāua along Far North coastline to help stocks recover - New Zealand News Beep
Local kaitiaki Reuben Taipari said there had been cases of customary permits being issued for up to 400 pāua, which was far too many from an area that covers
www.newsbeep.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rāhui on taking pāua along Far North coastline to help stocks recover
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/177507/
Local kaitiaki Reuben Taipari said there had been cases of customary permits being issued for up to 400…
https://www.newsbeep.com/nz/177507/
Local kaitiaki Reuben Taipari said there had been cases of customary permits being issued for up to 400…
Just installed this morning at Tūranga: Ron Te Kawa's protest/celebration banners made in collaboration with Hei Whakapiki Mauri, Disability Leadership Canterbury for International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) and the Our Voices Count rally on 6 Dec. ^MT
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just installed this morning at Tūranga: Ron Te Kawa's protest/celebration banners made in collaboration with Hei Whakapiki Mauri, Disability Leadership Canterbury for International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) and the Our Voices Count rally on 6 Dec. ^MT
Couldn’t be prouder of the authenticity and passion they brought to the tent today. It was a powerful reminder of why this work matters. Thanks Natasha for shaping and mentoring this mahi!
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#nzbats #nzfish #pekapeka #ika #community #conservation #kaitiaki #leadership
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#nzbats #nzfish #pekapeka #ika #community #conservation #kaitiaki #leadership
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Couldn’t be prouder of the authenticity and passion they brought to the tent today. It was a powerful reminder of why this work matters. Thanks Natasha for shaping and mentoring this mahi!
🐟 🦇
#nzbats #nzfish #pekapeka #ika #community #conservation #kaitiaki #leadership
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#nzbats #nzfish #pekapeka #ika #community #conservation #kaitiaki #leadership
This is exactly what the Franklin Local Board mahi aims to enable — creating space for Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua kaitiaki to lead, to weave together science and their own mātauranga, and to tell their own stories about these precious taonga.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This is exactly what the Franklin Local Board mahi aims to enable — creating space for Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua kaitiaki to lead, to weave together science and their own mātauranga, and to tell their own stories about these precious taonga.
Te Rōpū Kaitiaki, the tāngata turi-led advisory group to Whaikaha and the NZSL Board, has partnered with Te Taura Whiri to develop signs that accurately reflect kupu Māori.
Fear of language loss drives push to develop reo Māori signs for tāngata turi
Te Rōpū Kaitiaki, the tāngata turi-led advisory group to Whaikaha and the NZSL Board, has partnered with Te Taura Whiri to develop signs that accurately reflect kupu Māori.
www.teaonews.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Te Rōpū Kaitiaki, the tāngata turi-led advisory group to Whaikaha and the NZSL Board, has partnered with Te Taura Whiri to develop signs that accurately reflect kupu Māori.
Research was funded by #GenomicsAotearoa @docgovtnz.bsky.social @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social & MBIE. We thank Kāi Tahu, Kaitiaki Rōpū ki Murihiku and the Whenua Hou Komiti, dozens of volunteers, our sequencing providers, and many others for advice and support during the course of this work. 9/9
November 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Research was funded by #GenomicsAotearoa @docgovtnz.bsky.social @manaakiwhenua.bsky.social & MBIE. We thank Kāi Tahu, Kaitiaki Rōpū ki Murihiku and the Whenua Hou Komiti, dozens of volunteers, our sequencing providers, and many others for advice and support during the course of this work. 9/9
"The Kaitiaki, Connemara, and the Aratere have all lost power, been grounded, and had to be towed back into port since 2023. New ferries aren't here until 2029 - and the risk is more than just ferries - its every cargo vessel. All to save $9m. Are we back on track yet?"
Only pull their into⬆️
#nzpol
Only pull their into⬆️
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"The Kaitiaki, Connemara, and the Aratere have all lost power, been grounded, and had to be towed back into port since 2023. New ferries aren't here until 2029 - and the risk is more than just ferries - its every cargo vessel. All to save $9m. Are we back on track yet?"
Only pull their into⬆️
#nzpol
Only pull their into⬆️
#nzpol
The Kaitiaki, The Connemara, and the Aratere have all lost power, been grounded, and had to be towed back into port since 2023. New ferries aren't here until 2029 - and the risk is more than just ferries - its every cargo vessel. All to save $9m. Are we back on track yet?
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The Kaitiaki, The Connemara, and the Aratere have all lost power, been grounded, and had to be towed back into port since 2023. New ferries aren't here until 2029 - and the risk is more than just ferries - its every cargo vessel. All to save $9m. Are we back on track yet?
Excellent piece by Kaitiaki, the NZNO journal, on the College for Child and Youth Nurses condemning the ban, and a great comment from @mikeythenurse.bsky.social
NZNO rainbow, child health nurses slam ‘devastating’ ban on puberty-blockers – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand
kaitiaki.org.nz
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Excellent piece by Kaitiaki, the NZNO journal, on the College for Child and Youth Nurses condemning the ban, and a great comment from @mikeythenurse.bsky.social
What is Wai Manawa Whenua asking the High Court to do?
Māori are asking the Crown to recognise tangata whenua’s role as kaitiaki – guardians of freshwater and geothermal resources.
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/19-11-2...
Māori are asking the Crown to recognise tangata whenua’s role as kaitiaki – guardians of freshwater and geothermal resources.
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/19-11-2...
Why a Māori collective is arguing for the protection of New Zealand’s water
'It's not about who owns water. It's about protecting our water bodies, for all New Zealanders and future generations."
thespinoff.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What is Wai Manawa Whenua asking the High Court to do?
Māori are asking the Crown to recognise tangata whenua’s role as kaitiaki – guardians of freshwater and geothermal resources.
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/19-11-2...
Māori are asking the Crown to recognise tangata whenua’s role as kaitiaki – guardians of freshwater and geothermal resources.
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/19-11-2...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Kaitiaki/guardian-season for our wee Mōkarakara (native day-time Magpie moth) friends is getting full-serious on the driveway 🫡
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Kaitiaki/guardian-season for our wee Mōkarakara (native day-time Magpie moth) friends is getting full-serious on the driveway 🫡
Finished He Papa Tikanga - Level 3 with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa i te rā nei. Final aromatawai marked by Kaitiaki. Reka! Enrolled for next level.
#KiaMāori
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November 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Finished He Papa Tikanga - Level 3 with Te Wānanga o Aotearoa i te rā nei. Final aromatawai marked by Kaitiaki. Reka! Enrolled for next level.
#KiaMāori
#KiaMāori
📢 Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa says its kaitiaki duty will continue despite the loss.
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Top court clears way for major water bottling expansion
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November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
📢 Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa says its kaitiaki duty will continue despite the loss.
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"The president of Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa - New Zealand School Boards Association, Meredith Kennett, said the change would undermine the legal and practical standing of school boards as Crown entities and risked damaging wider social cohesion, to no clear benefit."
Emboldened by lack of consequences for other regressive policies
Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
The minister had been moving to change the requirement in the Education Act, but has announced it will remove it altogether.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"The president of Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa - New Zealand School Boards Association, Meredith Kennett, said the change would undermine the legal and practical standing of school boards as Crown entities and risked damaging wider social cohesion, to no clear benefit."
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
what's ur favourite album not on streaming? I'll go first
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
what's ur favourite album not on streaming? I'll go first
Kaitiaki: Guardian, caretaker, manager, trustee
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Kaitiaki: Guardian, caretaker, manager, trustee
Having a little "snorero" before getting ready for dinner. White water rafting on the Kaitiaki was soooooo incredible! But I'm sore and need a little nappy-nap before getting dressed. Pictures to come! Auntie had a blast!
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Having a little "snorero" before getting ready for dinner. White water rafting on the Kaitiaki was soooooo incredible! But I'm sore and need a little nappy-nap before getting dressed. Pictures to come! Auntie had a blast!
Indeed. #nzpol
In fact, doctors and nurses and social workers and OTs and everyone else striking are being good kaitiaki of the health system.
They are fighting for their future colleagues.
They are being good predecessors.
It shouldn’t be this hard.
In fact, doctors and nurses and social workers and OTs and everyone else striking are being good kaitiaki of the health system.
They are fighting for their future colleagues.
They are being good predecessors.
It shouldn’t be this hard.
#nzpol
Nats are saying that the negotiations with Doctors, Teachers etc are "give and take". But it doesn't have to be give and take. You don't have to erode working conditions that have been agreed upon with every pay negotiation.
Nats are saying that the negotiations with Doctors, Teachers etc are "give and take". But it doesn't have to be give and take. You don't have to erode working conditions that have been agreed upon with every pay negotiation.
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Indeed. #nzpol
In fact, doctors and nurses and social workers and OTs and everyone else striking are being good kaitiaki of the health system.
They are fighting for their future colleagues.
They are being good predecessors.
It shouldn’t be this hard.
In fact, doctors and nurses and social workers and OTs and everyone else striking are being good kaitiaki of the health system.
They are fighting for their future colleagues.
They are being good predecessors.
It shouldn’t be this hard.