!["Everyone was taken by surprise [with the Israeli military attack]"](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sumud-flotilla-attack-Sol-680wide-218x150.png "‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global Sumud Flotilla")
Tag: Social equity
Gerard Otto: Low turnout and rates pressure drive down Māori wards...
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto of G News
Of 42 referendums, 17 voted to retain Māori Wards in Aotearoa New Zealand's local elections yesterday, which suggests...
Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’
RNZ News
The Waitangi Tribunal has released a scathing ruling of the New Zealand government's covid-19 response and vaccine rollout, saying Māori were put at...
Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour's act this week undermining an indigenous response to New...
!["Everyone was taken by surprise [with the Israeli military attack]"](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Sumud-flotilla-attack-Sol-680wide-100x70.png "‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global Sumud Flotilla")
