Tauranga’s Māori ward councillor Hemi Rolleston plans to prove to the community that having a Māori ward is a “good thing”.

Tauranga’s Māori ward councillor Hemi Rolleston plans to prove to the community that having a Māori ward is a “good thing”.

She says women politicians aren't criticised as strongly as their male counterparts. Whanau told RNZ she thinks there's an imbalance and double standard the way women and wahine Maori are treated in ...

As a progressive mayor, Tory Whanau has had to deal with the “old guard” resistant to change, the outgoing Wellington leader ...

Tory Whanau has announced she will not stand again for the Wellington mayoralty. Her announcement came shortly after former Labour Party Leader Andrew Little confirmed he would be contesting, with ...

Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has announced she isn't seeking another term as Mayor and instead will run for the city's Maori ...

Former Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has announced that Tory Whanau will not be running for reelection as ...

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau has quite the mayoral race. She announced she will not seek a second term due to Andrew Little ...

She says former Labour MP Andrew Little entering the race "changed the game".

I wrote on Patreon why I was predicting that Tory Whanau will withdraw from the Mayoral race. I hear from informed sources that Whanau has indeed withdrawn, and that the Herald has an exclusive story ...

News from WCC A blessing/karakia was held this morning to mark the first stage of redeveloping the Golden Mile. Work starts ...