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Culture · October 2026

  1. Threat to burn Maketū Marae as Kāwhia landowners shut beach to vehicles

  2. NZME proposes newsroom and digital job cuts as all three big news employers shrink before the election

  3. Pioneer Battalion descendants carve a waka for Arras

  4. Pike River leads NZ Screen Awards finalists as co-productions lead television

  5. Tāwhaki returns to Manutūkē from Munich, on loan but expected to stay

  6. Moriori Language Week returns, still without official status

  7. Seymour and Peters keep their hands down as Waititi offers to share te reo

  8. Stuff consultation closes as union names the 18 regional newsroom roles at risk

  9. Te Pāti Māori puts te reo on its voter menu as Hipkins rules out a Treaty watchdog that could halt Cabinet

  10. Te Papa's senior Māori curator leaves as its chief executive steps down

  11. Commerce Commission takes two review sites to court over paid rankings

  12. National would cut Jobseeker rates for long-term recipients and drug-test beneficiaries; Peters says it borders on fascist

  13. Julian Wilcox takes the chair at Te Taura Whiri, and also sits on the Whakaata Māori board

  14. Film Commission to end core funding for 10 screen guilds, including Ngā Aho Whakaari

  15. Silver Scroll finalists include the first song entirely in gagana Samoa

  16. Stuff proposes regional newsroom cuts, blaming the cost of putting out a paper