Colonization heightens Māori climate risks in New Zealand, report finds

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A new national assessment shows that colonization has increased Māori vulnerability to climate-driven floods, storms, and erosion in Aotearoa New Zealand. The report urges greater inclusion of Māori knowledge and authority in adaptation planning.

The 2026 National Climate Change Risk Assessment, released earlier this month, includes a companion report focused on Māori communities. It states that exclusion from decision-making and chronic underinvestment have intensified existing inequities amid record-breaking severe weather seasons across the country’s two islands. Climate hazards now threaten tribal meeting places, burial sites, and food gathering areas, while also affecting forestry, farming, and aquaculture enterprises owned by Māori groups.

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