Saturday July 4, 2020
News:
Waitangi Tribunal report into Marine and Coastal Act confirms iwi concerns
Northland iwi Ngātiwai say the Waitangi Tribunal's report into the Marine and Coastal Area Act has confirmed concerns it had around expensive processes, conflict of interest, and overlapping claims.
The tribunal listed many Crown failures including not implementing adequate policies to ensure the High Court pathway and the Crown engagement pathway operate cohesively; failing to manage real or perceived conflicts of interest in the administration of funding; and failing to actively and practically support efforts to resolve overlapping interests in the marine and coastal area.
Claimant Mylie George: "We maintain and uphold the mana of our whenua and moana as we continue to fight and refuse to be subject to the winds and power of the coloniser."
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Minister Andrew Little said the Crown accepts the tribunal's findings, and that the process under the Takutaimoana Act is not adequate and can be harmful......
See full article HERE
Foreshore Act replacement epic fail
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the functioning of the Marine and Coast Area (Takutai Moana) Act is an indictment of the legislation created by National and the Māori Party.
The tribunal has criticised the crown’s failure to properly explain to Māori how the Act was supposed to work or the fund for the full cost of claims and cross claims for recognition of customary ownership.
Mr Peters says replacing the previous Foreshore and Seabed Act raised unrealistic expectations.
"We in the Māori world well know that the sea in pre-European times was a highway and was shared by everybody and all our stories and all our history say that's true.....
See full article HERE
Fishing restrictions to protect endangered dolphins could leave Māori out of jobs
At least five North Island iwi will be severely impacted from new restrictions to protect endangered dolphins, and there are concerns the changes will undermine promises under the Treaty of Waitangi.
There are only 63 Māui dolphins left in the world, and they can be found on the West Coast of the North Island.
Māori had a long history of commercial fishing before Crown legislation slowly dispossessed them of their customary practices at sea.
To compensate Māori for that loss, the Crown agreed to give them 10 percent of all existing quota under the 1989 Māori Fisheries Act, and later gave Māori 20 percent of the commercial fishing quota for new species in a 1992 settlement.
But Māori fishing authority Te Ohu Kaimoana chief executive Dion Tuuta said new restrictions on the West Coast of the North Island, and other areas in the South Island, would clearly undermine the settlement.
"The consequence of removing the set-netting as a tool to catch a particular species of fish is that you lose access to that fish, therefore the asset that was returned to you as part of your Treaty settlement has now been taken away from you," he said......
See full article HERE
Ngāti Paoa ratification vote confirmed
The crown says it is ready to move forward with a settlement for Ngāti Paoa.
In a letter to the various factions fighting for control of the iwi, Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little and Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta say the results of the ratification process conducted earlier this year show sufficient support from iwi members.
Almost half the 900 voters registered with the Ngāti Paoa Iwi Trust voted, with clear support for the deed of settlement, an alternate offer for land at Point England, and for the transfer of the Waiheke Station farm to trust.....
See full article HERE
Claimant Mylie George: "We maintain and uphold the mana of our whenua and moana as we continue to fight and refuse to be subject to the winds and power of the coloniser."
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations Minister Andrew Little said the Crown accepts the tribunal's findings, and that the process under the Takutaimoana Act is not adequate and can be harmful......
See full article HERE
Foreshore Act replacement epic fail
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the functioning of the Marine and Coast Area (Takutai Moana) Act is an indictment of the legislation created by National and the Māori Party.
The tribunal has criticised the crown’s failure to properly explain to Māori how the Act was supposed to work or the fund for the full cost of claims and cross claims for recognition of customary ownership.
Mr Peters says replacing the previous Foreshore and Seabed Act raised unrealistic expectations.
"We in the Māori world well know that the sea in pre-European times was a highway and was shared by everybody and all our stories and all our history say that's true.....
See full article HERE
Fishing restrictions to protect endangered dolphins could leave Māori out of jobs
At least five North Island iwi will be severely impacted from new restrictions to protect endangered dolphins, and there are concerns the changes will undermine promises under the Treaty of Waitangi.
There are only 63 Māui dolphins left in the world, and they can be found on the West Coast of the North Island.
Māori had a long history of commercial fishing before Crown legislation slowly dispossessed them of their customary practices at sea.
To compensate Māori for that loss, the Crown agreed to give them 10 percent of all existing quota under the 1989 Māori Fisheries Act, and later gave Māori 20 percent of the commercial fishing quota for new species in a 1992 settlement.
But Māori fishing authority Te Ohu Kaimoana chief executive Dion Tuuta said new restrictions on the West Coast of the North Island, and other areas in the South Island, would clearly undermine the settlement.
"The consequence of removing the set-netting as a tool to catch a particular species of fish is that you lose access to that fish, therefore the asset that was returned to you as part of your Treaty settlement has now been taken away from you," he said......
See full article HERE
Ngāti Paoa ratification vote confirmed
The crown says it is ready to move forward with a settlement for Ngāti Paoa.
In a letter to the various factions fighting for control of the iwi, Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little and Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta say the results of the ratification process conducted earlier this year show sufficient support from iwi members.
Almost half the 900 voters registered with the Ngāti Paoa Iwi Trust voted, with clear support for the deed of settlement, an alternate offer for land at Point England, and for the transfer of the Waiheke Station farm to trust.....
See full article HERE
Call for Huntly, supposedly named after a postmaster's rubber stamp, to change its name
Dave and Fransiska Falconer, and their daughter Siska, have started an application to the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) to have the name changed.
Huntly’s name was changed from Rāhui Pōkeka, after the first postmaster James Henry arrived in town, information from Waikato’s Coalfield Museum shows......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Why can't we just drop our privileged guard?
Dave and Fransiska Falconer, and their daughter Siska, have started an application to the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) to have the name changed.
Huntly’s name was changed from Rāhui Pōkeka, after the first postmaster James Henry arrived in town, information from Waikato’s Coalfield Museum shows......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Why can't we just drop our privileged guard?
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Friday July 3, 2020
News:
Treaty partnership sidesteps renewed ward battle
A north Taranaki iwi has challenged the New Plymouth District Council to become a treaty-based partnership within six years.
The council held a hui this week about whether to try again to create Māori wards.
"We're not going to waste another generation training our kids to actually fight racism and to fight to have their voices heard when we can actually make that happen.......
The council held a hui this week about whether to try again to create Māori wards.
"We're not going to waste another generation training our kids to actually fight racism and to fight to have their voices heard when we can actually make that happen.......
See full article HERE
Heritage NZ Māori Council decline destruction of ancient urupā site
Waikato Regional Theatre Trust will challenge a decision by Heritage New Zealand Māori Council after it declined part of the trust's application to destroy an ancient urupa.
Since developments for the theatre began in 2018, Momentum Waikato has consulted with Te Haa O Te Whenua Kirikiriroa, which represents all five hāpu in Hamilton.
The site of the historic urupā is in an area once inhabited by local hāpu Ngāti Wairere before the land was confiscated during the New Zealand Land Wars......
See full article HERE
Māori Party wants tribunal with teeth
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa Packer wants Waitangi Tribunal recommendations made binding.
She says an example is the report out this week on the workings of the Marine and Area (Takutai Moana) Act, where the tribunal recommended the crown fix up the confusion around claiming customary rights to the foreshore and seabed and pay all costs.
There is currently no pressure for the crown to act on recommendations.......
See full article HERE
Dome Valley landfill will 'destroy the Kaipara Harbour', mana whenua says as protest looms
A proposed landfill in Dome Valley, north of Auckland, has been labelled by manu whenua as "the biggest threat the Kaipara Harbour has ever had".
Opponents of the proposed landfill met last night to discuss an upcoming hikoi (protest march) through central Auckland.
"We've said to the Crown they have an obligation to acknowledge manu whenua, their Treaty partners, we've placed a customary Māori practice of rahui over this land to stop this landfill and we expect the Crown to honour that arrangement," he said.....
See full article HERE
Mayor forecasts appetite for town to change colonial street names
Streets named after figures who served in colonial forces or governments may have had their day in a rural Waikato town.
Mylchreest said while there had not been an official requests for change, Kihikihi, population just under 2000, did stand out as an example of a town whose street names didn't really connect with its community or district.
"We had streets named after (developers') family members and it's been felt by the council that we should have streets that have relevance to the district.
"So we're changing the policy to say the council will decide, in consultation with Māori, what those street names should be.".......
See full article HERE
Wanganui’s Sarjeant Gallery receives another $12 million from Government
The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) allocation, announced today by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones, follows funding of $12 million last year for the project.
"Educational opportunities will also be provided for those considering a career in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sector, and local iwi will be assisted or trained in the preservation of heritage art.".......
See full article HERE
Cancer treatment machine installed despite pandemic
Hardie said it was particularly special that Pae Ora Paiaka Whaiora Māori, the board’s Māori health team, had given the linac its own name.
Rehua was named after the red star in the Scorpius constellation, the overseer of healing.
Today marks one year since the Ministry for Children introduced new laws to improve outcomes for Māori.
But lawyers and whānau advocates say from where they're standing not a lot has changed.
For a year, the legislation known as 7aa has committed the agency to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and binds decision-makers to consider the importance of a child's mana, culture and whakapapa........
See full article HERE
News website Stuff starts to translate stories into te reo Māori
Stuff, one of New Zealand's largest mainstream news websites, is translating some of its news stories into te reo Māori.
Editor-in-chief Patrick Crewdson says that, with help from the Māori Language Commission, Stuff has already published a handful of stories in Māori and many more are in the works.
Crewdson says one of the main reasons is to normalise Te Reo Māori........
See full article HERE
New Chair For College Of Surgeons New Zealand National Board
Philippa is looking forward to working with her National Board colleagues, RACS staff and a range of health agencies and organisations to meet some significant challenges facing surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand.
“The inequitable health outcomes for Māori are totally unacceptable. RACS is committed to health equity and I will fully support the mahi that’s under way to make our surgical profession in Aotearoa / New Zealand
more culturally competent and safe. Through Te Rautaki Māori, our recently adopted Māori health strategy, I’m confident that we can make real progress in terms of attracting more Māori into surgical careers....
See full article HERE
Taranaki Electricity Trust meets for first time after election
Alan says issues raised included Māori representation, the option of rotating the role of chair across the two wards, the process of appointing a new trustee, if required, mid-term and how funding should be attributed in the post Covid months and years.
A workshop has been arranged for trustees to discuss these topics on July 8......
See full article HERE
Goff scoffs at paying for Waikato water
Auckland mayor Phil Goff refuses to pay Waikato-Tainui to draw water from their ancestral waterway.
“We did have a silly suggestion yesterday that maybe we’d pay $20 million a day for the water,” Phill Goff says.
“That’s $140 million a week.
He says no one pays for water from a catchment and so Auckland Council shouldn’t either. People pay to get water processed and sent to their home, rather than for the water itself.
“Nobody in this country pays for water out of a river,” Goff says.
“When you pay for it, because you’re attached to a municipal supply, you’re paying for the infrastructure that delivers it.”
The former Labour Party leader says ownership of water has yet to be determined. The issue of water ownership is something Goff wishes to avoid.......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Statue of limitations: Time to unshackle from our colonial past
Wednesday July 1, 2020
News:
Takutai Moana Act breaches Treaty of Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act is in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and prejudicially affects Māori.
Heritage NZ Māori Council decline destruction of ancient urupā site
Waikato Regional Theatre Trust will challenge a decision by Heritage New Zealand Māori Council after it declined part of the trust's application to destroy an ancient urupa.
Since developments for the theatre began in 2018, Momentum Waikato has consulted with Te Haa O Te Whenua Kirikiriroa, which represents all five hāpu in Hamilton.
The site of the historic urupā is in an area once inhabited by local hāpu Ngāti Wairere before the land was confiscated during the New Zealand Land Wars......
See full article HERE
Māori Party wants tribunal with teeth
Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa Packer wants Waitangi Tribunal recommendations made binding.
She says an example is the report out this week on the workings of the Marine and Area (Takutai Moana) Act, where the tribunal recommended the crown fix up the confusion around claiming customary rights to the foreshore and seabed and pay all costs.
There is currently no pressure for the crown to act on recommendations.......
See full article HERE
Dome Valley landfill will 'destroy the Kaipara Harbour', mana whenua says as protest looms
A proposed landfill in Dome Valley, north of Auckland, has been labelled by manu whenua as "the biggest threat the Kaipara Harbour has ever had".
Opponents of the proposed landfill met last night to discuss an upcoming hikoi (protest march) through central Auckland.
"We've said to the Crown they have an obligation to acknowledge manu whenua, their Treaty partners, we've placed a customary Māori practice of rahui over this land to stop this landfill and we expect the Crown to honour that arrangement," he said.....
See full article HERE
Mayor forecasts appetite for town to change colonial street names
Streets named after figures who served in colonial forces or governments may have had their day in a rural Waikato town.
Mylchreest said while there had not been an official requests for change, Kihikihi, population just under 2000, did stand out as an example of a town whose street names didn't really connect with its community or district.
"We had streets named after (developers') family members and it's been felt by the council that we should have streets that have relevance to the district.
"So we're changing the policy to say the council will decide, in consultation with Māori, what those street names should be.".......
See full article HERE
Wanganui’s Sarjeant Gallery receives another $12 million from Government
The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) allocation, announced today by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones, follows funding of $12 million last year for the project.
"Educational opportunities will also be provided for those considering a career in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums sector, and local iwi will be assisted or trained in the preservation of heritage art.".......
See full article HERE
Cancer treatment machine installed despite pandemic
Hardie said it was particularly special that Pae Ora Paiaka Whaiora Māori, the board’s Māori health team, had given the linac its own name.
Rehua was named after the red star in the Scorpius constellation, the overseer of healing.
”The naming of this area has resonated with some patients and helped their journey already.”.....
See full article HERE
Thursday July 2, 2020
News:
'Tokenistic inclusion of Māori' despite fall in state care numbers
Oranga Tamariki says there has been a major drop in the number of Māori children entering state care in the past year.
See full article HERE
Thursday July 2, 2020
News:
'Tokenistic inclusion of Māori' despite fall in state care numbers
Oranga Tamariki says there has been a major drop in the number of Māori children entering state care in the past year.
Today marks one year since the Ministry for Children introduced new laws to improve outcomes for Māori.
But lawyers and whānau advocates say from where they're standing not a lot has changed.
For a year, the legislation known as 7aa has committed the agency to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and binds decision-makers to consider the importance of a child's mana, culture and whakapapa........
See full article HERE
News website Stuff starts to translate stories into te reo Māori
Stuff, one of New Zealand's largest mainstream news websites, is translating some of its news stories into te reo Māori.
Editor-in-chief Patrick Crewdson says that, with help from the Māori Language Commission, Stuff has already published a handful of stories in Māori and many more are in the works.
Crewdson says one of the main reasons is to normalise Te Reo Māori........
See full article HERE
New Chair For College Of Surgeons New Zealand National Board
Philippa is looking forward to working with her National Board colleagues, RACS staff and a range of health agencies and organisations to meet some significant challenges facing surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand.
“The inequitable health outcomes for Māori are totally unacceptable. RACS is committed to health equity and I will fully support the mahi that’s under way to make our surgical profession in Aotearoa / New Zealand
more culturally competent and safe. Through Te Rautaki Māori, our recently adopted Māori health strategy, I’m confident that we can make real progress in terms of attracting more Māori into surgical careers....
See full article HERE
Taranaki Electricity Trust meets for first time after election
Alan says issues raised included Māori representation, the option of rotating the role of chair across the two wards, the process of appointing a new trustee, if required, mid-term and how funding should be attributed in the post Covid months and years.
A workshop has been arranged for trustees to discuss these topics on July 8......
See full article HERE
Goff scoffs at paying for Waikato water
Auckland mayor Phil Goff refuses to pay Waikato-Tainui to draw water from their ancestral waterway.
“We did have a silly suggestion yesterday that maybe we’d pay $20 million a day for the water,” Phill Goff says.
“That’s $140 million a week.
He says no one pays for water from a catchment and so Auckland Council shouldn’t either. People pay to get water processed and sent to their home, rather than for the water itself.
“Nobody in this country pays for water out of a river,” Goff says.
“When you pay for it, because you’re attached to a municipal supply, you’re paying for the infrastructure that delivers it.”
The former Labour Party leader says ownership of water has yet to be determined. The issue of water ownership is something Goff wishes to avoid.......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Statue of limitations: Time to unshackle from our colonial past
Wednesday July 1, 2020
News:
Takutai Moana Act breaches Treaty of Waitangi - Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act is in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi and prejudicially affects Māori.
The tribunal recommends that the Act's procedural and resourcing arrangements be amended to give effect to Treaty principles.
It asked the Crown to urgently address the lack of cohesion between the two application pathways, and to consider the Legal Aid scheme to make applications affordable.
To improve the Crown's support for applicants seeking to resolve overlapping interests, the Tribunal has suggested that the Crown provides applicants with funding and administrative support, access to facilitators and mediators, and access to tikanga-based resolution processes.
Part two of the tribunal's inquiry will look into the substance of the Act itself, and whether it adequately recognises and protects Māori customary rights as the Treaty requires......
See full article HERE
Northland District Health Board committee wants Māori disability voice
Representation from Northland's disabled Māori community will be a priority for the Northland District Health Board's Equity in the Community committee going forward.
"If this committee is in agreement then I think it would be useful to seek another at least one or two members with a priority on Māori people with disabilities," Rae said.
Prior to Rae's comment, committee member Sally Macauley recognised the importance of community voices and advocated for more to be added, specifically referring to Māori.....
See full article HERE
The number of Māori women imprisoned without conviction has nearly doubled after law change
Almost half of the women imprisoned in New Zealand have not been convicted of the crime that is keeping them behind bars.
A sweeping 2013 law change designed to create greater bail hurdles for violent offenders has had an outsize effect on women, and Māori women in particular.
These figures don't come as a shock to Wellington defence lawyer Ngaroma Tahana.
She said the increasing remand level was a symptom of the racial prejudices that have plagued Māori women since colonisation.......
See full article HERE
National will consider Māori representation during caucus reshuffle
National's leader Todd Muller says he'll be considering the representation of Māori when reshuffling the party's caucus this week.
Ahead of the reshuffle, Muller said he would be considering whether other Māori MPs should be moved up the party list.
The reshuffle has been sparked by the imminent departure of Paula Bennett - the party's former deputy leader and highest ranking Māori MP........
See full article HERE
Papakura backs te reo names
“Our own home, Papakura, reflects that, and offering Māori names is a significant thing for iwi and certainly something we should all celebrate.”
Two new roads created by a subdivision have been given names offered by Ngai Tai Tamaki that reflect the military presence in the area before development.......
See full article HERE
Hamilton City Council approves water deal to help Auckland
Hamilton City Council has today unanimously approved a draft agreement to help resolve Auckland’s looming water crisis.
The agreement would assign some of Hamilton’s existing water-take consent to Watercare, enabling Watercare to take up to 25 million litres per day (MLD) from the Waikato River. The agreement guarantees no risk to the availability of water for Hamiltonians.
“But my Council is very clear that any arrangement must have the health of the river at its heart, must pose absolutely no risk to Hamilton’s water users both now and in the future, and needed full consultation with Iwi......
See full article HERE
Māori tourism employs more than 11,000 in 2019
A total of 234 Māori tourism businesses employed 11,100 people in 2019, says Stats NZ.
Business statistics senior manager Peter Dolan says the future remains uncertain because of the COVID-19, but tourism has traditionally been important for its economic contribution to Māori businesses......
See full article HERE
A fiery start to New Plymouth's Māori ward debate
New Plymouth District Council’s Te Huinga Taumatua iwi committee met on Tuesday to discuss the six-yearly Māori ward issue and whether one should be established in the district.
But when debate turned to giving all people the chance to comment on Māori wards, it was cut short by poet and activist Sonya Taylor, who shouted down from the gallery "racists do not deserve a fair say".
"Racism getting a fair say is why the oppression of Māori folks has been what it has been up to this point," she said before leaving the chamber.......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Māori economy critical to Covid-19 economic recovery
First ever Māori science award winner calls out racism
Tuesday June 30, 2020
News:
South Taranaki's Parihaka community gets $14m from Provincial Growth Fund
Taranaki's Parihaka community has been given $14 million to build a visitor centre and make other improvements to preserve and share the history of the settlement, ministers have announced.
It asked the Crown to urgently address the lack of cohesion between the two application pathways, and to consider the Legal Aid scheme to make applications affordable.
To improve the Crown's support for applicants seeking to resolve overlapping interests, the Tribunal has suggested that the Crown provides applicants with funding and administrative support, access to facilitators and mediators, and access to tikanga-based resolution processes.
Part two of the tribunal's inquiry will look into the substance of the Act itself, and whether it adequately recognises and protects Māori customary rights as the Treaty requires......
See full article HERE
Northland District Health Board committee wants Māori disability voice
Representation from Northland's disabled Māori community will be a priority for the Northland District Health Board's Equity in the Community committee going forward.
"If this committee is in agreement then I think it would be useful to seek another at least one or two members with a priority on Māori people with disabilities," Rae said.
Prior to Rae's comment, committee member Sally Macauley recognised the importance of community voices and advocated for more to be added, specifically referring to Māori.....
See full article HERE
The number of Māori women imprisoned without conviction has nearly doubled after law change
Almost half of the women imprisoned in New Zealand have not been convicted of the crime that is keeping them behind bars.
A sweeping 2013 law change designed to create greater bail hurdles for violent offenders has had an outsize effect on women, and Māori women in particular.
These figures don't come as a shock to Wellington defence lawyer Ngaroma Tahana.
She said the increasing remand level was a symptom of the racial prejudices that have plagued Māori women since colonisation.......
See full article HERE
National will consider Māori representation during caucus reshuffle
National's leader Todd Muller says he'll be considering the representation of Māori when reshuffling the party's caucus this week.
Ahead of the reshuffle, Muller said he would be considering whether other Māori MPs should be moved up the party list.
The reshuffle has been sparked by the imminent departure of Paula Bennett - the party's former deputy leader and highest ranking Māori MP........
See full article HERE
Papakura backs te reo names
“Our own home, Papakura, reflects that, and offering Māori names is a significant thing for iwi and certainly something we should all celebrate.”
Two new roads created by a subdivision have been given names offered by Ngai Tai Tamaki that reflect the military presence in the area before development.......
See full article HERE
Hamilton City Council approves water deal to help Auckland
Hamilton City Council has today unanimously approved a draft agreement to help resolve Auckland’s looming water crisis.
The agreement would assign some of Hamilton’s existing water-take consent to Watercare, enabling Watercare to take up to 25 million litres per day (MLD) from the Waikato River. The agreement guarantees no risk to the availability of water for Hamiltonians.
“But my Council is very clear that any arrangement must have the health of the river at its heart, must pose absolutely no risk to Hamilton’s water users both now and in the future, and needed full consultation with Iwi......
See full article HERE
Māori tourism employs more than 11,000 in 2019
A total of 234 Māori tourism businesses employed 11,100 people in 2019, says Stats NZ.
Business statistics senior manager Peter Dolan says the future remains uncertain because of the COVID-19, but tourism has traditionally been important for its economic contribution to Māori businesses......
See full article HERE
A fiery start to New Plymouth's Māori ward debate
New Plymouth District Council’s Te Huinga Taumatua iwi committee met on Tuesday to discuss the six-yearly Māori ward issue and whether one should be established in the district.
But when debate turned to giving all people the chance to comment on Māori wards, it was cut short by poet and activist Sonya Taylor, who shouted down from the gallery "racists do not deserve a fair say".
"Racism getting a fair say is why the oppression of Māori folks has been what it has been up to this point," she said before leaving the chamber.......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Māori economy critical to Covid-19 economic recovery
First ever Māori science award winner calls out racism
Tuesday June 30, 2020
News:
South Taranaki's Parihaka community gets $14m from Provincial Growth Fund
Taranaki's Parihaka community has been given $14 million to build a visitor centre and make other improvements to preserve and share the history of the settlement, ministers have announced.
Shane Jones, the Minister of Regional Economic Development, and Andrew Little, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, announced the funding on Monday.
It would be provided to the Parihaka Papakāinga Trust in Taranaki.
The money comes three years after a $9m reconciliation package and a Crown apology for the 1881 invasion of the South Taranaki community by armed troops.
Jones said the improvements would boost the local economy and provide up to 130 jobs......
See full article HERE
Warning over Northland tapu sites: Taratara Mountain sacred and off limits
Steps have been taken to stop people accessing a sacred Northland mountain after visitors uncovered ancestral remains.
The discovery prompted a hui with local hapū, Ngāti Rangimatamomoe and Ngāti Rangimatakakā of Whangaroa, making a collaborative decision to restrict all access to Taratara Maunga to protect the tūpuna kōiwi - ancestral remains - that are secured within the mountain.
Temporary signage has been put at the three access points to the mountain and it is hoped they will be made permanent in about two weeks.....
See full article HERE
Māori voice needed in regional job recovery
Māori are being given prominent roles in the new Regional Skills Leadership Groups.
Employment Minister Willie Jackson says planning for the groups stated last year, but they will now be in a position to help the labour market recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
He says half the 15 groups will have Māori chairs or co-chairs, including Awerangi Durie sharing the role in Auckland with First Union head Robert Reid, Chris Tooley in Bay of Plenty, Daphne Luke in Wellington and Ruma Karaitiana in Manawatū Whanganui.
"Rather than have separate Māori set-ups, we want Māori to play an integral role in the whole general set-up and play a leadership role, and that's what our Māori members will be doing," Minister Jackson says......
See full article HERE
Stronger Māori participation for Whangārei District Council
Hapū on a Whangārei District Council Māori input governance group are working to strengthen local democracy participation.
The hapu on Te Karearea Strategic Partnership Forum are working on shifting from being a governance group that recommends on council matters of relevance to local Māori to one that instead has formal voting rights around the council decision-making table......
See full article HERE
Auckland asked to pay for water from Waikato River
The Waikato River Authority wants Auckland to pay for more water from the Waikato River and suggested up to 10 cents a litre, or $20 million a day.
Authority chief executive Bob Penter said the 10c per litre figure is a starting point aimed at trying to understand what Watercare will do to support the restoration and protection of the Waikato River.
Goff said approaches had been made at various stages for Auckland to pay for water, which is contrary to Government police and a claim before the Waitangi Tribunal.
The Herald understands one of the sticking points between Auckland Council and Waikato-Tainui has been a request by Waikato-Tainui for "usage-based funding" for water from the river........
See full article HERE
Articles:
Karl du Fresne: There goes my collection of Viking records
Propaganda:
Calls to recognise Māori leaders as Hamilton wrestles with colonial past
Will the rangatahi save us? Generation Z: Unapologetic. Uncompromising
What next for future of 300-year old food gardens at Ngāruwāhia?
Opinion: Why I don't want compulsory te reo Māori in schools
Monday June 29, 2020
News:
Fight over Auckland's access to Waikato River water moves to Parliament
National and NZ First both say their parties want to see an amendment to a new bill aimed at fast- tracking Resource Management Act which would allow Auckland Council and Watercare to take hundreds of millions of litres of water per day from the Waikato River.
It would be provided to the Parihaka Papakāinga Trust in Taranaki.
The money comes three years after a $9m reconciliation package and a Crown apology for the 1881 invasion of the South Taranaki community by armed troops.
Jones said the improvements would boost the local economy and provide up to 130 jobs......
See full article HERE
Warning over Northland tapu sites: Taratara Mountain sacred and off limits
Steps have been taken to stop people accessing a sacred Northland mountain after visitors uncovered ancestral remains.
The discovery prompted a hui with local hapū, Ngāti Rangimatamomoe and Ngāti Rangimatakakā of Whangaroa, making a collaborative decision to restrict all access to Taratara Maunga to protect the tūpuna kōiwi - ancestral remains - that are secured within the mountain.
Temporary signage has been put at the three access points to the mountain and it is hoped they will be made permanent in about two weeks.....
See full article HERE
Māori voice needed in regional job recovery
Māori are being given prominent roles in the new Regional Skills Leadership Groups.
Employment Minister Willie Jackson says planning for the groups stated last year, but they will now be in a position to help the labour market recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
He says half the 15 groups will have Māori chairs or co-chairs, including Awerangi Durie sharing the role in Auckland with First Union head Robert Reid, Chris Tooley in Bay of Plenty, Daphne Luke in Wellington and Ruma Karaitiana in Manawatū Whanganui.
"Rather than have separate Māori set-ups, we want Māori to play an integral role in the whole general set-up and play a leadership role, and that's what our Māori members will be doing," Minister Jackson says......
See full article HERE
Stronger Māori participation for Whangārei District Council
Hapū on a Whangārei District Council Māori input governance group are working to strengthen local democracy participation.
The hapu on Te Karearea Strategic Partnership Forum are working on shifting from being a governance group that recommends on council matters of relevance to local Māori to one that instead has formal voting rights around the council decision-making table......
See full article HERE
Auckland asked to pay for water from Waikato River
The Waikato River Authority wants Auckland to pay for more water from the Waikato River and suggested up to 10 cents a litre, or $20 million a day.
Authority chief executive Bob Penter said the 10c per litre figure is a starting point aimed at trying to understand what Watercare will do to support the restoration and protection of the Waikato River.
Goff said approaches had been made at various stages for Auckland to pay for water, which is contrary to Government police and a claim before the Waitangi Tribunal.
The Herald understands one of the sticking points between Auckland Council and Waikato-Tainui has been a request by Waikato-Tainui for "usage-based funding" for water from the river........
See full article HERE
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Monday June 29, 2020
News:
Fight over Auckland's access to Waikato River water moves to Parliament
National and NZ First both say their parties want to see an amendment to a new bill aimed at fast- tracking Resource Management Act which would allow Auckland Council and Watercare to take hundreds of millions of litres of water per day from the Waikato River.
The move, which has been stalled for seven years awaiting a consent hearing, is opposed by Waikato Regional Council, while Waikato-Tainui, are seeking a longterm solution with the council and Watercare, but oppose fast-tracking the legislation.
NZ First MP Shane Jones said the fast-tracked RMA bill presented an “opportunity to get it done”.
At its deepest level this is not about Māori rights, this is about the importance of access to water for a third of New Zealand's population, which is a human right.
“It may come to pass that in the short term we'll receive rains akin to what floated Noah's Ark, but the answer to Auckland's water security lies neither in the Old Testament or in the Treaty of Waitangi.......
See full article HERE
Whakatāne To Go Predator Free With Government Backing Ngāti Awa Led Efforts
“The Government is investing nearly $5 million into Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa’s environmental projects with $2.5 million committed from the Department of Conservation’s Job for Nature programme and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited through the Provincial Growth Fund.
“The flagship Korehaha Whakahau project will remove possums from 4,700 hectares over five-years,” said Eugenie Sage.
“This is an ambitious project designed to remove possums completely from the area bordered by the Whakatāne River, Ōhope beach, and the Ōhiwa harbour. It will use the latest predator detection and trapping techniques,” said Eugenie Sage.
As well as the $2.5 million from DOC and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited, the $5.6 million project will receive contributions from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Awa Group Holdings.....
See full article HERE
Sage Says Changes To Wildlife Act Will Have To Wait On Wai 262 Decisions
The Government will not be reforming the Wildlife Act until it has finalised an “integrated approach to the Wai 262 recommendations”, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says.
The so-called ‘flora and fauna’ finding by the Waitangi Tribunal was handed down in 2011 after the initial claim was made in 1991. It was first ‘contemporary’ Treaty claim which covered who is entitled to make or participate in decisions affecting indigenous flora and fauna, the environment, Māori culture and the products of Māori culture. Ever since then governments have been pondering how to deal with the complex and politically difficult issues raised.
Sage said the Bill did not address Treaty issues. “That is really important because sharks are a taonga species and because there was a comprehensive report by the Waitangi Tribunal making significant recommendations about how the Wildlife Act needs to be amended to provide that—no one owns wildlife, to provide for shared management of protected species in line with the principles of Treaty partnership........
See full article HERE
New governance structure announced for Whanganui's port
A new governance model will combine several local government and private projects to strengthen the port's retaining structures and physical infrastructure as a community-led project called Te Puwaha (the outlet or river mouth).
Gerrard Albert, chaimanr of Nga Tangata Tiaki o Whanganui Trust, says values called Tupua te Kawa must guide all decision-making around the Whanganui River.
"These values can broadly be described as the metaphysical and indivisible nature of the river, the intrinsic and inalienable place of hapu and iwi as the river, and community empowerment via a collective obligation to work collaboratively for the river's benefit......
See full article HERE
New Zealand Certificate in Māori Environment Practices
The purpose of this qualification is to provide whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori and other entities with graduates who are able to fulfil kaupapa Māori based environmental roles and associated activities at an intermediate level. Te iwi Māori and Aotearoa will benefit from having graduates who are able to provide, from a te ao Māori perspective, skills grounded in mātauranga taiao to protect and enhance te taiao for current and future generations.
Graduates of this qualification will understand the value of mātauranga taiao and will be able to use their skills and knowledge based on whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga, te pono me te tika, tūrangawaewae, pūkengatanga, and rangatiratanga to work independently to contribute to the future care and development of te taiao for whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori.....
See full article HERE
Free staff Te Reo Māori classes to help reduce inequity
Waitematā DHB staff have the opportunity to learn te reo Māori on-site for free thanks to a new initiative aimed at raising cultural awareness in the workplace and improving the way staff work with Māori patients and whānau........
See full article HERE
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NZ First MP Shane Jones said the fast-tracked RMA bill presented an “opportunity to get it done”.
At its deepest level this is not about Māori rights, this is about the importance of access to water for a third of New Zealand's population, which is a human right.
“It may come to pass that in the short term we'll receive rains akin to what floated Noah's Ark, but the answer to Auckland's water security lies neither in the Old Testament or in the Treaty of Waitangi.......
See full article HERE
Whakatāne To Go Predator Free With Government Backing Ngāti Awa Led Efforts
“The Government is investing nearly $5 million into Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa’s environmental projects with $2.5 million committed from the Department of Conservation’s Job for Nature programme and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited through the Provincial Growth Fund.
“The flagship Korehaha Whakahau project will remove possums from 4,700 hectares over five-years,” said Eugenie Sage.
“This is an ambitious project designed to remove possums completely from the area bordered by the Whakatāne River, Ōhope beach, and the Ōhiwa harbour. It will use the latest predator detection and trapping techniques,” said Eugenie Sage.
As well as the $2.5 million from DOC and $2.4 million from Predator Free 2050 Limited, the $5.6 million project will receive contributions from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Awa Group Holdings.....
See full article HERE
Sage Says Changes To Wildlife Act Will Have To Wait On Wai 262 Decisions
The Government will not be reforming the Wildlife Act until it has finalised an “integrated approach to the Wai 262 recommendations”, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says.
The so-called ‘flora and fauna’ finding by the Waitangi Tribunal was handed down in 2011 after the initial claim was made in 1991. It was first ‘contemporary’ Treaty claim which covered who is entitled to make or participate in decisions affecting indigenous flora and fauna, the environment, Māori culture and the products of Māori culture. Ever since then governments have been pondering how to deal with the complex and politically difficult issues raised.
Sage said the Bill did not address Treaty issues. “That is really important because sharks are a taonga species and because there was a comprehensive report by the Waitangi Tribunal making significant recommendations about how the Wildlife Act needs to be amended to provide that—no one owns wildlife, to provide for shared management of protected species in line with the principles of Treaty partnership........
See full article HERE
New governance structure announced for Whanganui's port
A new governance model will combine several local government and private projects to strengthen the port's retaining structures and physical infrastructure as a community-led project called Te Puwaha (the outlet or river mouth).
Gerrard Albert, chaimanr of Nga Tangata Tiaki o Whanganui Trust, says values called Tupua te Kawa must guide all decision-making around the Whanganui River.
"These values can broadly be described as the metaphysical and indivisible nature of the river, the intrinsic and inalienable place of hapu and iwi as the river, and community empowerment via a collective obligation to work collaboratively for the river's benefit......
See full article HERE
New Zealand Certificate in Māori Environment Practices
The purpose of this qualification is to provide whānau, hapū, iwi, hapori and other entities with graduates who are able to fulfil kaupapa Māori based environmental roles and associated activities at an intermediate level. Te iwi Māori and Aotearoa will benefit from having graduates who are able to provide, from a te ao Māori perspective, skills grounded in mātauranga taiao to protect and enhance te taiao for current and future generations.
Graduates of this qualification will understand the value of mātauranga taiao and will be able to use their skills and knowledge based on whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga, te pono me te tika, tūrangawaewae, pūkengatanga, and rangatiratanga to work independently to contribute to the future care and development of te taiao for whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori.....
See full article HERE
Free staff Te Reo Māori classes to help reduce inequity
Waitematā DHB staff have the opportunity to learn te reo Māori on-site for free thanks to a new initiative aimed at raising cultural awareness in the workplace and improving the way staff work with Māori patients and whānau........
See full article HERE
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Sunday June 28, 2020
News:
The long awaited Mt Messenger bypass and the iwi vote it hinges on
Now one iwi holds the key to the $200 million bypass project that would see State Highway 3 go around the north Taranaki mountain rather than over it.
But without the support of Ngāti Tama, the long awaited Mt Messenger bypass cannot go ahead.
They will swap 20ha of land the road project needs for a 120 hectare parcel that will give them access to their Treaty Settlement land currently "landlocked" by privately owned farms.
The deal comes with pest management scheme the iwi will run and a $7.7m cultural mitigation payment.
As well as the land swap (the land for which has already been purchased by the NZTA for $1.2m) the deal comes with pest management in perpetuity for just under 4000 hectares, White says......
See full article HERE
Marton's Captain Cook statue coming out of its box and staying put
A statue of Captain James Cook will remain standing in a North Island town, after its future was called into question by a reignited debate on the glorification of European colonial figures.
The statue in Marton was last week placed in a protective box when police warned the Rangitīkei District Council it could be attacked.
Mayor Andy Watson said the threat against the statue sparked debate on social media and messages to the council. The majority of Marton residents were in favour of keeping the statue.
There was still a wider discussion to be had, and the council and iwi were working together to develop a public campaign to highlight and honour Rangitīkei's Māori and European heritage on an equal footing, he said.....
See full article HERE
Whānau registrations soar for $2-per-week doctors' visits in Christchurch
A new low-cost medical centre in Christchurch is offering services for as little as $2 a week – for the whole whānau.
Although the clinic would be based on kaupapa Māori and the whānau ora, or family wellbeing, concept, it would welcome anyone from the eastern Christchurch community......
See full article HERE
Aotearoa needs to debate colonisation, racism - new commissioner
The new commissioner of the Royal Commission into historical abuse in state care says she was an adult before she realised the hugely negative impact of colonisation on Māori.
Steenson said her major focus is on the survivors and she can bring a mosaic of skills to the job covering law, governance and te ao Māori. At any one time 60 percent of those in state care are Māori despite making up just 16 percent of the population.
She put this down to the effects of colonisation.
She said she was "shocked to her core" to realise as an adult the impact of colonisation on Māori resulting in widespread racism.
The racism took several forms - systemic racism, the unconscious bias of some people and the blunt straight-out racism of some.
"All of these sorts of experiences add up to a much wider issue in Aotearoa that we need to address."
Asked how and when would be the best way to tackle colonisation's effects, she said there needed to be a review of the system that was set up with colonisation in mind. The other avenue was education - when she was at school she learned English history but not New Zealand history.
The health and crime statistics were among the numbers showing the results of how the system was stacked against Māori, she said......
See full article HERE
Govt matches iwi funding for job creation as number of Māori on jobseeker benefit soars
The Government's announcement to match iwi funding in job creation comes as 50,000 Māori are registered on the jobseeker benefit.
The Government now investing nearly $5 million in a pest control programme over four thousand hectares to help the iwi of the Bay of Plenty.
Ngāti Awa will lead the project and contribute financially - it's hoped up to 30 jobs will be created.
It's not the only Māori enterprise having to shift gear.
“Iwi can play a big role - if they put funding up we'll match it and we'll support it,” says Labour MP Willie Jackson.....
See full article HERE
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But without the support of Ngāti Tama, the long awaited Mt Messenger bypass cannot go ahead.
They will swap 20ha of land the road project needs for a 120 hectare parcel that will give them access to their Treaty Settlement land currently "landlocked" by privately owned farms.
The deal comes with pest management scheme the iwi will run and a $7.7m cultural mitigation payment.
As well as the land swap (the land for which has already been purchased by the NZTA for $1.2m) the deal comes with pest management in perpetuity for just under 4000 hectares, White says......
See full article HERE
Marton's Captain Cook statue coming out of its box and staying put
A statue of Captain James Cook will remain standing in a North Island town, after its future was called into question by a reignited debate on the glorification of European colonial figures.
The statue in Marton was last week placed in a protective box when police warned the Rangitīkei District Council it could be attacked.
Mayor Andy Watson said the threat against the statue sparked debate on social media and messages to the council. The majority of Marton residents were in favour of keeping the statue.
There was still a wider discussion to be had, and the council and iwi were working together to develop a public campaign to highlight and honour Rangitīkei's Māori and European heritage on an equal footing, he said.....
See full article HERE
Whānau registrations soar for $2-per-week doctors' visits in Christchurch
A new low-cost medical centre in Christchurch is offering services for as little as $2 a week – for the whole whānau.
Although the clinic would be based on kaupapa Māori and the whānau ora, or family wellbeing, concept, it would welcome anyone from the eastern Christchurch community......
See full article HERE
Aotearoa needs to debate colonisation, racism - new commissioner
The new commissioner of the Royal Commission into historical abuse in state care says she was an adult before she realised the hugely negative impact of colonisation on Māori.
Steenson said her major focus is on the survivors and she can bring a mosaic of skills to the job covering law, governance and te ao Māori. At any one time 60 percent of those in state care are Māori despite making up just 16 percent of the population.
She put this down to the effects of colonisation.
She said she was "shocked to her core" to realise as an adult the impact of colonisation on Māori resulting in widespread racism.
The racism took several forms - systemic racism, the unconscious bias of some people and the blunt straight-out racism of some.
"All of these sorts of experiences add up to a much wider issue in Aotearoa that we need to address."
Asked how and when would be the best way to tackle colonisation's effects, she said there needed to be a review of the system that was set up with colonisation in mind. The other avenue was education - when she was at school she learned English history but not New Zealand history.
The health and crime statistics were among the numbers showing the results of how the system was stacked against Māori, she said......
See full article HERE
Govt matches iwi funding for job creation as number of Māori on jobseeker benefit soars
The Government's announcement to match iwi funding in job creation comes as 50,000 Māori are registered on the jobseeker benefit.
The Government now investing nearly $5 million in a pest control programme over four thousand hectares to help the iwi of the Bay of Plenty.
Ngāti Awa will lead the project and contribute financially - it's hoped up to 30 jobs will be created.
It's not the only Māori enterprise having to shift gear.
“Iwi can play a big role - if they put funding up we'll match it and we'll support it,” says Labour MP Willie Jackson.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
More korero, less shouting on preserving our history
Historian Vincent O'Malley paints Captain Hamilton as a 'very minor figure
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