Saturday February 26, 2022
News:
Advertising Standards Authority says its hands are tied after racist pamphlets return to Auckland letterboxes
The authority's chief executive Hilary Souter told Open Justice that the lack of media platform in this instance made it harder to enforce the ruling to have it removed from circulation.
Normally, a media organisation would comply with a request not to run an advertisement found to have breached advertising standards.
"In this particular instance we have an advertiser – an organisation, and a letterbox dispersion using volunteers.
"Our request in this instance goes to the advertiser only – there's no media platform to assist us with enforcement. If the advertiser chooses not to comply then we don't have a pathway to enforce the decision."......
See full article HERE
Whakatinanahia – Words to Action – The bridge to a stronger Māori–Crown relationship
As the public sector grapples with what it means to work in partnership with Māori, here at the Office of the Auditor-General we are also thinking about what that could mean for our own work. For example, we may have a role to play in holding the public sector to account for meeting its obligations under the Public Service Act. We are also mindful of the need to reflect on the way we go about our own work. We recently commissioned work to help the Office better understand Māori perspectives on accountability (as signalled in our annual plan), which we will progress over the first half of this year.....
See full article HERE
Mayor pleased to mentor Paige
Paige Connon has been selected as a participant in the 2022 TUIA Mayoral Mentoring Programme and will be mentored by Waipā District Council Mayor Jim Mylchreest for the next year.
The programme selects outstanding rangatahi Māori who have the potential to contribute to their community. It aims to help develop leadership through one-on-one mentoring with a local mayor.......
See full article HERE
"Our request in this instance goes to the advertiser only – there's no media platform to assist us with enforcement. If the advertiser chooses not to comply then we don't have a pathway to enforce the decision."......
See full article HERE
Whakatinanahia – Words to Action – The bridge to a stronger Māori–Crown relationship
As the public sector grapples with what it means to work in partnership with Māori, here at the Office of the Auditor-General we are also thinking about what that could mean for our own work. For example, we may have a role to play in holding the public sector to account for meeting its obligations under the Public Service Act. We are also mindful of the need to reflect on the way we go about our own work. We recently commissioned work to help the Office better understand Māori perspectives on accountability (as signalled in our annual plan), which we will progress over the first half of this year.....
See full article HERE
Mayor pleased to mentor Paige
Paige Connon has been selected as a participant in the 2022 TUIA Mayoral Mentoring Programme and will be mentored by Waipā District Council Mayor Jim Mylchreest for the next year.
The programme selects outstanding rangatahi Māori who have the potential to contribute to their community. It aims to help develop leadership through one-on-one mentoring with a local mayor.......
See full article HERE
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Friday February 25, 2022
News:
Aotea/Great Barrier Island Māori tell Auckland Council to stop helipads being put in
Māori on Aotea/Great Barrier Island have told Auckland Council to stop helipads being put in and to start paying them more heed as kaitiaki.
But the council said it would be illegal to suspend consents and the complete absence in official plans of sites of significance to mana whenua on the island shuts the hapū out of the loop......
See full article HERE
Time right for Huntly name change
A Huntly kaumatua says he’s prepared to go to the Waitangi Tribunal to get back the original name for his hometown.
Timi Maipi says Rāhui Pōkeka was the name given to the area by Te Putu 250 years ago when he put a rahui over the Waikato River to protect eel stocks and ensure they were distributed fairly between fishing and non-fishing families.......
See full article HERE
Professor aims to raise understanding of Te Tiriti at Massey University
The advancement of Te Tiriti o Waitangi is at the centre of a newly established role, at Massey University. Associate Professor Veronica Tawhai, has been appointed Pūkenga Tiriti, to help the university advance, embed, and apply Te Tiriti, to its programmes......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Heather du Plessis-Allan: This is the problem with Māori co-governance
Bruce Moon: What is “tino rangatiratanga”?
Time right for Huntly name change
A Huntly kaumatua says he’s prepared to go to the Waitangi Tribunal to get back the original name for his hometown.
Timi Maipi says Rāhui Pōkeka was the name given to the area by Te Putu 250 years ago when he put a rahui over the Waikato River to protect eel stocks and ensure they were distributed fairly between fishing and non-fishing families.......
See full article HERE
Professor aims to raise understanding of Te Tiriti at Massey University
The advancement of Te Tiriti o Waitangi is at the centre of a newly established role, at Massey University. Associate Professor Veronica Tawhai, has been appointed Pūkenga Tiriti, to help the university advance, embed, and apply Te Tiriti, to its programmes......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Heather du Plessis-Allan: This is the problem with Māori co-governance
Bruce Moon: What is “tino rangatiratanga”?
Wednesday February 23, 2022
News:
Home detention ‘last lifeline’
A man who pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court to a raft of mostly family harm charges was sentenced to four-and-a-half months home detention, with post-detention conditions imposed for a further six months, and was told by the judge this would be his “last lifeline”.
Manaaki Terekia, counsel for Mohi, sought an end-sentence of home detention, and in his submission highlighted the cultural report that outlined Mohi's upbringing.
Manaaki Terekia, counsel for Mohi, sought an end-sentence of home detention, and in his submission highlighted the cultural report that outlined Mohi's upbringing.
Judge Turitea Bolstad agreed with that submission and told Mohi his behaviour had to stop.
“My understanding is you are fluent in te reo, you are well versed in tikanga and your offending is contrary to all of that,” she said.
“From my perspective you're privileged because you do have those things because there are people out there that don't......
See full article HERE
Te Karere celebrates 40th year: 'Getting closer to normalisation of Māori language in prime time'
What started out as a four-minute news segment on TVNZ has grown into an indelible part of New Zealand broadcasting, at the vanguard of a reo Māori renaissance.
"We're getting closer .. [to] the normalisation of Māori language in prime time."....
See full article HERE
$140 million to support Māori and Pacific health providers
Just over $140 million will be given to Māori and Pasifika health providers to help those communities hit the hardest in the current Covid outbreak.
The Government has announced the boost to help some of the most vulnerable communities to the virus and whose people are now disproportionately represented in the Omicron wave......
See full article HERE
'Disrespectful, inappropriate' comments from council chair prompt racism-related training package
Monthly Treaty of Waitangi and racism-related training is being recommended for Waikato regional councillors in the wake of a race-related row involving the chair.
The training package will be up for consideration at Thursday’s full council hui, and would involve sessions on council meeting days, with involvement from staff, external contractors and potentially iwi.....
See full article HERE
Skills trump representation for Waitara’s Pekapeka millions, says regional council
Taranaki Regional Council wants spending on Waitara River from selling the Pekapeka block to be determined by skills, rather than representation.
The Pekapeka law requires a fifty-fifty co-governance Waitara River Committee be set up by the regional council, iwi connected to the river, and hapū of Waitara.....
See full article HERE
Government support for Māori landowners to invest in growing sheep milk industry
The Government is backing a project to support Māori landowners to invest in New Zealand's rapidly growing sheep milk industry.
“My understanding is you are fluent in te reo, you are well versed in tikanga and your offending is contrary to all of that,” she said.
“From my perspective you're privileged because you do have those things because there are people out there that don't......
See full article HERE
Te Karere celebrates 40th year: 'Getting closer to normalisation of Māori language in prime time'
What started out as a four-minute news segment on TVNZ has grown into an indelible part of New Zealand broadcasting, at the vanguard of a reo Māori renaissance.
"We're getting closer .. [to] the normalisation of Māori language in prime time."....
See full article HERE
$140 million to support Māori and Pacific health providers
Just over $140 million will be given to Māori and Pasifika health providers to help those communities hit the hardest in the current Covid outbreak.
The Government has announced the boost to help some of the most vulnerable communities to the virus and whose people are now disproportionately represented in the Omicron wave......
See full article HERE
'Disrespectful, inappropriate' comments from council chair prompt racism-related training package
Monthly Treaty of Waitangi and racism-related training is being recommended for Waikato regional councillors in the wake of a race-related row involving the chair.
The training package will be up for consideration at Thursday’s full council hui, and would involve sessions on council meeting days, with involvement from staff, external contractors and potentially iwi.....
See full article HERE
Skills trump representation for Waitara’s Pekapeka millions, says regional council
Taranaki Regional Council wants spending on Waitara River from selling the Pekapeka block to be determined by skills, rather than representation.
The Pekapeka law requires a fifty-fifty co-governance Waitara River Committee be set up by the regional council, iwi connected to the river, and hapū of Waitara.....
See full article HERE
Government support for Māori landowners to invest in growing sheep milk industry
The Government is backing a project to support Māori landowners to invest in New Zealand's rapidly growing sheep milk industry.
Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor announced today that $700,000 will be injected into the Māori Agribusiness Sheep Milk Collective.......
See full article HERE
More Māori at 'top' Taupō table
The decision to establish Māori wards for the Taupō District Council last year has seen the introduction of two new seats for the 2022 and 2026 local body elections.
Taupō Mayor David Trewavas said the community would benefit from the council working more collaboratively with iwi and hapu, including Ngāti Tūwharetoa which owns 75 per cent of land in the region.....
See full article HERE
Accounting students partner with Māori and Pasifika businesses
Dr Carvajal explains that students worked as Business Advisors, getting to know the Māori and Pasifika business they were assigned to, identifying their challenges and providing them with some practical recommendations.....
See full article HERE
See full article HERE
More Māori at 'top' Taupō table
The decision to establish Māori wards for the Taupō District Council last year has seen the introduction of two new seats for the 2022 and 2026 local body elections.
Taupō Mayor David Trewavas said the community would benefit from the council working more collaboratively with iwi and hapu, including Ngāti Tūwharetoa which owns 75 per cent of land in the region.....
See full article HERE
Accounting students partner with Māori and Pasifika businesses
Dr Carvajal explains that students worked as Business Advisors, getting to know the Māori and Pasifika business they were assigned to, identifying their challenges and providing them with some practical recommendations.....
See full article HERE
Sunday February 20, 2022
News:
Horticultural programme to provide new opportunities for Ngāti Hauā
The Government is partnering with Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust to develop a horticultural programme that will empower Ngāti Hauā whānau to upskill, diversify their businesses and sustainably generate wealth from their land, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.
News:
Horticultural programme to provide new opportunities for Ngāti Hauā
The Government is partnering with Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust to develop a horticultural programme that will empower Ngāti Hauā whānau to upskill, diversify their businesses and sustainably generate wealth from their land, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.
The Waikato-based iwi has received $1.12 million from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFF Futures) fund and $150,000 from the Ministry for Social Development. Te Waharoa Investments Limited, the commercial arm of Ngāti Hauā Iwi Trust, is co-investing a further $775,000......
See full article HERE
Plan to support more Māori into mahi
Growing the Māori and wider economy, giving effect to Te Tiriti principles and supporting more Māori into employment, education and training are at the heart of the Government’s new Māori Employment Action Plan, Minister for Social Development and Employment, Carmel Sepuloni announced today......
See full article HERE
Te Tauihu iwi collaborate on freshwater management
A collaborative report shows Te Tauihu iwi need a seat at the table and a holistic approach in the future of freshwater management, among other recommendations.....
See full article HERE
Link between land confiscation and smoking rates - study
A study has found iwi whose land was confiscated in the New Zealand Wars have the highest Māori smoking rates.
They were estimated to have a smoking rate 2.6 percentage points higher than iwi for whom confiscation did not occur.
"These effects don't just effect that generation, they can linger on for many many generations in the future.".....
See full article HERE
Residents of 'community in crisis' fear loss of representation through creation of Hastings Māori ward
Flaxmere residents fear the reshuffle of the current Hastings District Council to create a Māori ward, will leave them underrepresented......
See full article HERE
SIT welcomes its first Māori development team
The Southern Institute of Technology is expanding by bringing in a Māori development team, a first for the institution.
In August, SIT created the new role of general manager of Māori development and appointed Dr Keri Milne-Ihimaera for it......
See full article HERE
Articles:
$50m generated four new Māori jobs in eight months – let’s see what happens under the Māori Employment Action Plan
Propaganda:
We need a legitimate police service
Plan to support more Māori into mahi
Growing the Māori and wider economy, giving effect to Te Tiriti principles and supporting more Māori into employment, education and training are at the heart of the Government’s new Māori Employment Action Plan, Minister for Social Development and Employment, Carmel Sepuloni announced today......
See full article HERE
Te Tauihu iwi collaborate on freshwater management
A collaborative report shows Te Tauihu iwi need a seat at the table and a holistic approach in the future of freshwater management, among other recommendations.....
See full article HERE
Link between land confiscation and smoking rates - study
A study has found iwi whose land was confiscated in the New Zealand Wars have the highest Māori smoking rates.
They were estimated to have a smoking rate 2.6 percentage points higher than iwi for whom confiscation did not occur.
"These effects don't just effect that generation, they can linger on for many many generations in the future.".....
See full article HERE
Residents of 'community in crisis' fear loss of representation through creation of Hastings Māori ward
Flaxmere residents fear the reshuffle of the current Hastings District Council to create a Māori ward, will leave them underrepresented......
See full article HERE
SIT welcomes its first Māori development team
The Southern Institute of Technology is expanding by bringing in a Māori development team, a first for the institution.
In August, SIT created the new role of general manager of Māori development and appointed Dr Keri Milne-Ihimaera for it......
See full article HERE
Articles:
$50m generated four new Māori jobs in eight months – let’s see what happens under the Māori Employment Action Plan
Propaganda:
We need a legitimate police service
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. A summary of new material being added is emailed out during the week - to subscribe (or unsubscribe) to the mailout, please use the form at the top of the Breaking Views sidebar. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
2 comments:
Now tell me apartheid aint alive and well in NZ.
"Aotea/Great Barrier Island Māori tell Auckland Council to stop helipads being put in."
Maori TELL Auckland Council to stop helipads.
Get used to it council, your going to see more and more of this rubbish.
Will be a test of how you see yourselves representing the majority of Aucklanders as opposed to favoring a minority.
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