The Latest Breaking News from Tama Potaka

Feral cats on list as New Zealand toughens conservation

New Zealand's ambitious Predator Free 2050 strategy to rid the country of invasive mammals is adding feral cats to its target species list.

AAP · Nov 26, 2025

‘Stone-cold killers’: New Zealand to eradicate feral cats by 2050

Feral cats are already caught and killed in some areas but will now be subject to coordinated targeting, with large-scale eradication programs

The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2025

UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori

UN committee to consider claim by prominent Māori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have harmed Indigenous people

The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2025

Thousands of Māori gather to tell New Zealand’s government: you cannot marginalise us

Government accused of using fear to roll back decades of progress for Māori and ‘reinforce colonial ideologies’ at huge indigenous meeting on Saturday

The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2024

Luxon's New Zealand government sworn in and take office

New Zealand's National-led coalition is in office, with Chris Luxon sworn in as prime minister along with his 30-strong team of ministers.

AAP · Nov 26, 2023

Ardern shrugs off by-election defeat

Jacinda Ardern says her government will "pare back" its agenda in 2023 - an election year in New Zealand - as it focuses on economic issues.

AAP · Dec 11, 2022

Hamilton West to set tone for NZ election

The opposition National party candidate of Tama Potaka appears a likely winner of Saturday's by-election in Hamilton West.

AAP · Dec 8, 2022