Waatea’s #QuestionOfTheDay – “When was the last time you could afford to go and see a dentist?” – drew more than 1,000 ...

Veteran National Party MP Judith Collins has announced she will be leaving politics in mid-2026 to take up the role as ...

Associate Professor Dan Hikuroa, a leading Māori earth systems scientist and educator, says slips and landslides are no ...

Tauranga City Council Emergency Controller Tom McEntyre says there is a risk to life and property and until the area has been ...

Auckland’s young people are being left behind and under this Government, the problem is getting worse, not better. More ...

Campbell Dewes, Tumuaki of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti, is among a small number of whānau now completely cut ...

Radio Waatea is Auckland's only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based ...

Heavy rainfall has left whānau in Ngunguru, Helena Bay, Ōakura, Punaruku and Whangaruru cut off from essential services, with ...

For the last 2 years the National, ACT and NZF Government have used Māori and the Treaty as a political punching bag to score ...

Despite official messaging suggesting the worst of the cost-of-living crisis has passed, Waatea listeners say their lived experience tells a very different story – one of constant trade-offs, delayed ...

Whā ningaroa is preparing to welcome the world after confirmation that the World Surf League Championship Tour will include the iconic left hand breaks of Manu Bay. The announcement has sent waves of ...

Willie Jackson is back in Parliament, returning as one of the Labour Party’s most experienced and forceful political operators as the party begins laying the groundwork for a hard-edged 2026 election ...