Mata Reports

NZ Media Council upholds Atlas Network complaint on fairness

Summary of Media Council ruling 3527: Brad Lips against TVNZ

August 22, 2024

Trick or Treaty? Indigenous rights, referendums and the Treaty of Waitangi

Mata explores what happens when indigenous rights are decided by the majority.

December 22, 2023

Watch: Mata Reports looks at the Māori Carbon Collective

Mata Reports investigates growing concerns around the group and its elusive managing director, as well as carbon farming’s impact on Māori communities.

November 21, 2023

'It's an inequality': Electorate size adds to Ikaroa-Rāwhiti woes

The Māori electorate spans 600km but has just one seat in Parliament. Former politician Marama Fox says it's impossible for an MP to be fully present - and locals are feeling the sting.

September 23, 2023

Ember, Jayda and Maverick Phillips are now aged 7, 10 and 8 respectively.

Missing Marokopa kids: Sister fears they'll feel forgotten about

Older sister Jubilee Dawson spoke exclusively with Mata Reports in hopes of reigniting the investigation into the disappearance of Jayda, Maverick and Ember.

August 5, 2023