A major international review has found nicotine vaping is more effective than traditional nicotine replacement products such as patches and gum for helping people stop smoking, findings with particular significance for Māori as Aotearoa continues to grapple with stubbornly high smoking rates and rapidly rising vaping. The latest Cochrane review examined 80 randomised controlled trials…

Green MP Hūhana Lyndon says rising child poverty, sweeping changes to environmental law and the escalating dispute over protection of the Waikato and Waipā rivers are becoming part of a much bigger conversation about how Māori interests, Te Tiriti commitments and future generations are being treated by the Government. With the election approaching, Lyndon says…

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi is pitching his party’s new Kiwi Tax Plan as a major redistribution of wealth that could put thousands of dollars a year back into the pockets of ordinary whānau, while shifting more of the tax burden onto the country’s wealthiest people, corporations and property transactions. The policy is shaping…