Budget 2026 Māori Funding Cuts: Labour Slams National
Nearly $100 million stripped from Te Puni Kōkiri, no new help for housing, jobs or hauora. Labour says this is Tama Potaka’s Budget legacy.
Willie Jackson
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Waatea Budget 2026 Coverage: Māori Voices, Politics and Economy
Four hours of Budget Day analysis through a Māori lens, with political leaders, economists and commentators asking who wins, who loses and what it means for whānau.
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Treaty Principles Referendum by stealth
The Government is accused of quietly stripping Treaty protections from legislation after New Zealanders overwhelmingly rejected the Treaty Principles Bill.
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Labour Warns Māori-Crown Relations Are Collapsing
Labour says the Coalition Government’s approach to te Tiriti and education reform is driving Māori-Crown relations into dangerous territory. With tamariki Māori paying the price.
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Te Kaupapa Tackles TPM Chaos & Prison Crisis
Te Kaupapa dives into Te Pāti Māori tensions, Hone Harawira speculation, prison politics and the Maiki Sherman controversy.
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Te Kaupapa Election 2026 weekend political podcast: with Willie Jackson and Matthew Tukaki
War abroad. Power at home. And an economy that doesn’t add up. Te Kaupapa pulls it all apart.
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MEDIAWATCH: A Willie Jackson masterclass in how to take down Sean Plunket
If you’re going to take on Plunket — this is exactly how you do it.
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Willie Jackson: Government making it worse for families
Labour’s Willie Jackson says new Salvation Army data shows unemployment rising and families struggling as cost of living pressures deepen.
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Willie Jackson: Courageous Move from Labour Māori MPs
Congratulations to Labour’s Māori seat Members of Parliament who have asked to not be included on the parties list for this year’s election.
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Willie Jackson: Are we selling our water down the river
There is no resource more precious and valuable to the people and its land than water, yet on almost every front our rivers and lakes are under attack. Farming continues to pollute our rivers for more milk powder and greedy overseas interests effectively steal our water free and make millions in profit from it.
