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Kōkiri is our bi-monthly magazine which celebrates Māori achievement, showcases Māori success and realises Māori potential. Learn more about Kōkiri »
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Kōkiri is Te Puni Kōkiri’s main external publication and its primary purpose is to inform Te Puni Kōkiri stakeholders of its key messages.
They include, celebrating Māori achievement, realising Māori potential and Māori succeeding as Māori. Kōkiri is also a vehicle for other Government departments to inform Māori of their key messages.
Kōkiri has a national and international targeted distribution of 35,000. There are six Kōkiri produced each year and is published every two months.
Kōkiri’s target audience consists of Māori, Te Puni Kōkiri stakeholders and staff, the Minister of Māori Affairs and the general public.
Kōkiri has a long, proud history having evolved into its current format through various incarnations that mirrored the changes the Ministry underwent.
The Department of Māori Affairs published Te Ao Hou (The New World) from 1954 to 1975, then Te Kaea (The Māori Magazine) between 1979 and 1981. Finally it produced Tu Tangata Magazine, from 1981 to 1987.
The Department of Māori Affairs became two organisations; Manatū Māori and the Iwi Transition Agency (Te Tira Ahu Mahi). As Manatū Māori it published Nga Kauwae, from 1990 to1991. The Iwi Transition Agency published Iwi Express, during the same period.
In 1992, Te Puni Kōkiri (The Ministry of Māori Development) was established and the first Kōkiri Paetae edition rolled off the presses in 1996.
The publication underwent a redesign and a name change at the end of 2006 with the first edition of the new-look Kōkiri rolling off the presses in February 2007.
Kōkiri reflects Te Puni Kōkiri’s brand and means to advance forward, together.