Saturday November 12, 2022
News:
Wai2575 Health Claimants Another Step Closer with Crown to Resolving Recompense
A long-standing rōpū of determined Wai 2575 health claimants, who first filed a claim back in 2005 in the Waitangi Tribunal are another step closer to closing the final chapter on underfunding grievances with the Crown.
Claimant, Taitimu Maipi said, “We stated our people were dying due to an unjust and racist New Zealand health system. We are now ready to settle after 17 years.”
The next steps being progressed between parties are addressing the last remaining recommendations by the Waitangi Tribunal.
Namely how the Crown deals with the historic underfunding of Māori primary health providers and Māori service providers and an apology.....
See full article HERE
Māori pupils excel at te reo but average at maths and English
Testing shows children’s achievement in technology and the arts has fallen, but in te reo Māori it held steady and even improved.
Māori children performed better and made more progress in te reo Māori between Year 4 and Year 8 than other children, but on average children made less progress than in subjects such as maths and English.
Children in low-decile schools performed better in Māori than those in high-decile schools by the equivalent of more than two years’ learning.....
See full article HERE
Māori receive equitable ACC support once entitlement claims are accepted, study finds
ACC’s support of claimants once they’re already in the system are pretty much on par for Māori and non-Māori, a new study has found.
There were few differences between ACC’s acceptance of Māori and non-Māori claims for injury, and the compensation, treatments and support provided were also similar on average.
For those who had their subsequent injury accepted by ACC, 71% of Māori had the cost of medical treatment for their injury paid for compared to 65% of non-Māori.
The percentage difference grew when investigating income compensation payments, with 84% of Māori receiving this support compared to 72% of non-Maōri......
See full article HERE
Tūpuna Maunga Authority takes next step in controversial tree plan
Today the Tūpuna Maunga Authority may finally get its way to start removing exotic trees from Auckland maunga and replace them with natives.
The court did not rule the felling had to stop; it merely required a proper legal process be followed first.....
See full article HERE
Iwi and Government partnership delivers homes for Ngāti Whakaue
“House by house, whānau by whānau, we are working together to address housing needs. Ngati Whākaue are walking the talk when tackling homeownership rates, with a percentage of homes they build to be sold to Ngāti Whakaue descendants. This could include close to 150 homes,” Peeni Henare said.
“This is an example of what partnership looks like with the Government investing $55 million to fund the infrastructure towards the builds. This investment includes $35 million for improvements to SH30 – expected to be completed by mid-2023. The improvements, through to Wharenui Road, will address key transport constraints to future stages of Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Wharenui Rise development.
“A further $20 million was committed to Rotorua Lakes Council for other enabling infrastructure for Wharenui Rise. This included $5 million for local roading improvements and $15 million for sewerage and stormwater infrastructure,” Peeni Henare Said.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
New AUT professor Dr Ella Henry wants Māori to give uni a go
Building Te Ao Māori capability
Namely how the Crown deals with the historic underfunding of Māori primary health providers and Māori service providers and an apology.....
See full article HERE
Māori pupils excel at te reo but average at maths and English
Testing shows children’s achievement in technology and the arts has fallen, but in te reo Māori it held steady and even improved.
Māori children performed better and made more progress in te reo Māori between Year 4 and Year 8 than other children, but on average children made less progress than in subjects such as maths and English.
Children in low-decile schools performed better in Māori than those in high-decile schools by the equivalent of more than two years’ learning.....
See full article HERE
Māori receive equitable ACC support once entitlement claims are accepted, study finds
ACC’s support of claimants once they’re already in the system are pretty much on par for Māori and non-Māori, a new study has found.
There were few differences between ACC’s acceptance of Māori and non-Māori claims for injury, and the compensation, treatments and support provided were also similar on average.
For those who had their subsequent injury accepted by ACC, 71% of Māori had the cost of medical treatment for their injury paid for compared to 65% of non-Māori.
The percentage difference grew when investigating income compensation payments, with 84% of Māori receiving this support compared to 72% of non-Maōri......
See full article HERE
Tūpuna Maunga Authority takes next step in controversial tree plan
Today the Tūpuna Maunga Authority may finally get its way to start removing exotic trees from Auckland maunga and replace them with natives.
The court did not rule the felling had to stop; it merely required a proper legal process be followed first.....
See full article HERE
Iwi and Government partnership delivers homes for Ngāti Whakaue
“House by house, whānau by whānau, we are working together to address housing needs. Ngati Whākaue are walking the talk when tackling homeownership rates, with a percentage of homes they build to be sold to Ngāti Whakaue descendants. This could include close to 150 homes,” Peeni Henare said.
“This is an example of what partnership looks like with the Government investing $55 million to fund the infrastructure towards the builds. This investment includes $35 million for improvements to SH30 – expected to be completed by mid-2023. The improvements, through to Wharenui Road, will address key transport constraints to future stages of Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Wharenui Rise development.
“A further $20 million was committed to Rotorua Lakes Council for other enabling infrastructure for Wharenui Rise. This included $5 million for local roading improvements and $15 million for sewerage and stormwater infrastructure,” Peeni Henare Said.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
New AUT professor Dr Ella Henry wants Māori to give uni a go
Building Te Ao Māori capability
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Friday November 11, 2022
News:
Budget 2022 supported Te Ao Mārama in the District Court with up to $47.5 million over four years.
It will be implemented in a spirit of partnership with iwi and local communities, with support from the Ministry of Justice and cross-sector agencies.
We are taking the opportunity to re-design court environments through our Innovative Courthouse programme, to better suit the needs of our communities, partner with iwi and integrate with the broader justice sector.
We are taking the opportunity to re-design court environments through our Innovative Courthouse programme, to better suit the needs of our communities, partner with iwi and integrate with the broader justice sector.
This involves working closely with iwi in the designing and planning of new, advanced courthouses.
Ministry/Iwi partnership will be a feature of all new courthouse and major redevelopment projects......
See full article HERE
Experts appointed to guide Māori-led climate action
Climate Change Minister James Shaw has today announced a new Interim Ministerial Advisory Committee to develop a framework for Te Ao Māori responses to the climate crisis.
Promised as part of the Emissions Reduction Plan, a Māori ‘climate action platform’ will help ensure whānau, hapū and iwi are at the forefront of the Government’s work to respond to climate change.
“Māori are kaitiaki of their whenua, leaders in their communities, decision makers, and land and business owners - and it is crucial we work together as equal partners on our climate response.
“However, we know Māori are both disproportionately and uniquely affected by a warming planet. Which is why it is so critical that we apply a tikanga Māori lens to the work we are doing to transition Aotearoa to a low emissions economy......
See full article HERE
Thousands of Māori and Pacific workers needed to fill skills gap - report
The report’s authors found that while rates of employment among other ethnic groups now exceed pre-Covid levels, the pandemic has exacerbated inequities for Māori and Pacific peoples and their participation within the national manufacturing and engineering workforce is up to 25 per cent lower than prior to Covid-19.
The regional impact of the pandemic is even greater with an industry-wide employment decline recorded for up to 32 per cent of Māori and 18 per cent of Pacific peoples - in the Waikato manufacturing sector.
Researchers found that Māori and Pacific workers are at least 10 per cent less likely than other ethnicities to complete training or find work following the completion of their training. Māori are also 5 per cent more likely to receive a Jobseeker benefit five years after graduating than other ethnic groups.....
See full article HERE
Waititi's bid to change Māori electoral option fails - but change will happen
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has hit out at every other party, except the Greens, because they voted against his bill to make it easier for Māori to switch between the general and Māori electoral rolls.
After his bill was voted down on Wednesday night, Waititi said the Government’s alternative didn’t go far enough and was like a Christmas tree without the baubles.....
See full article HERE
The Māori Electoral Options bill as introduced would have allowed Māori to change rolls at any time, up to and including on polling day.
Ministry/Iwi partnership will be a feature of all new courthouse and major redevelopment projects......
See full article HERE
Experts appointed to guide Māori-led climate action
Climate Change Minister James Shaw has today announced a new Interim Ministerial Advisory Committee to develop a framework for Te Ao Māori responses to the climate crisis.
Promised as part of the Emissions Reduction Plan, a Māori ‘climate action platform’ will help ensure whānau, hapū and iwi are at the forefront of the Government’s work to respond to climate change.
“Māori are kaitiaki of their whenua, leaders in their communities, decision makers, and land and business owners - and it is crucial we work together as equal partners on our climate response.
“However, we know Māori are both disproportionately and uniquely affected by a warming planet. Which is why it is so critical that we apply a tikanga Māori lens to the work we are doing to transition Aotearoa to a low emissions economy......
See full article HERE
Thousands of Māori and Pacific workers needed to fill skills gap - report
The report’s authors found that while rates of employment among other ethnic groups now exceed pre-Covid levels, the pandemic has exacerbated inequities for Māori and Pacific peoples and their participation within the national manufacturing and engineering workforce is up to 25 per cent lower than prior to Covid-19.
The regional impact of the pandemic is even greater with an industry-wide employment decline recorded for up to 32 per cent of Māori and 18 per cent of Pacific peoples - in the Waikato manufacturing sector.
Researchers found that Māori and Pacific workers are at least 10 per cent less likely than other ethnicities to complete training or find work following the completion of their training. Māori are also 5 per cent more likely to receive a Jobseeker benefit five years after graduating than other ethnic groups.....
See full article HERE
Waititi's bid to change Māori electoral option fails - but change will happen
Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has hit out at every other party, except the Greens, because they voted against his bill to make it easier for Māori to switch between the general and Māori electoral rolls.
After his bill was voted down on Wednesday night, Waititi said the Government’s alternative didn’t go far enough and was like a Christmas tree without the baubles.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Roger Childs: Sorry Ned, wrong Treaty!
Cam Slater: Government Funds Research on Taniwha to the Tune of $360K
Roger Childs: Sorry Ned, wrong Treaty!
Cam Slater: Government Funds Research on Taniwha to the Tune of $360K
Thursday November 10, 2022
News:
'Rare occasion': Labour, National agree on legislation
In a “rare occasion” the National Party has pledged to support a Government bill, to make it easier for Māori to switch electoral rolls, provided a key change is made.
The Māori Electoral Options bill as introduced would have allowed Māori to change rolls at any time, up to and including on polling day.
Amendments were made at select committee to include an exclusion to switching roles near a by-election, to prevent any “tactical” roll switching to boost support for a specific candidate.
However, to National’s disappointment, it did not also include provisions for general elections. Their concern was where the outcome of a person’s Māori electorate might be a foregone conclusion, the General electorate in which they live might be highly marginal, or vice versa.....
See full article HERE
Positive start for planned cultural centre in Gate Pā at site of Battle of Pukehinahina
The Tauranga Community have shown overwhelming support for a cultural centre that will tell the story of the New Zealand land wars.
The proposed national institute of the New Zealand land wars would be built on the Gate Pā Recreation Reserve, the site of the Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā).....
See full article HERE
Canterbury uni researchers awarded for teaching guides that lift Māori students' performance
The University of Canterbury Council has awarded its innovation medal to a team of education researchers for helping teachers with tikanga and cultural skills.
The group, Te Kāhui A Te Rūrangahau, created a user-friendly guide for teachers to use called the Hikairo Schema Book Series, with the goal of fostering cultural responsiveness and inclusive teaching methods.
Rātima said that what was missing was the knowledge and respect of who Māori were and as teachers started to integrate key aspects of Māori into everyday teaching, all tamariki would benefit......
See full article HERE
High Court shuts down hut burning across Te Urewera
The High Court has ordered an immediate halt to the burning and destruction of the hut network throughout Te Urewera.
The ruling comes after applicant Wharenui Clyde Tuna sought to halt what he described as “the hasty destruction by fire of the hut network throughout Te Urewera”.
See full article HERE
Taranaki council seeks iwi input into environment plan
Taranaki Regional Council is funding two pou taiao or environmental officers to work with iwi and hapu.
Spokesperson Sam Tamarapa says it’s keen to form meaningful partnerships with iwi over things like freshwater management.
“We’re looking for what does te mana o te wai mean to you, right down to hapu level? What parts in matauranga Māori do you think could feed into helping develop this plan? And of course tied to that is mahinga kai, so there are those key conversations around those three aspects,” Tamarapa says.
The council also needs to work with iwi and hapu on establishing a standard set of Treaty principles in a Taranaki context.......
See full article HERE
Delay blocks flow of Waitara River co-governance
Co-governance of the Waitara River has hit a snag as parties make sure two separate agreements flow smoothly together.
The Ngāti Maru Treaty settlement came into law in April, and requires Taranaki Regional Council and the iwi to create a joint management agreement (JMA) by the end of this month.....
See full article HERE
DCC to sign updated agreement with mana whenua
The Dunedin City Council will usher in "new era of partnership" with mana whenua after voting to sign an updated agreement.
The updated manatu whakaaetaka (relationship agreement) replacing a 2006 memorandum of understanding between Kati Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga ō Ōtākou and the Dunedin City Council was approved at a council meeting yesterday.
The agreement would ensure representation of the interests of mana whenua when making local government decisions, and would provide a direct line of communication between the parties involved.....
See full article HERE
Far North councillor Hilda Halkyard-Harawira to sign official swearing-in document
A Far North District councillor-elect who used her own unofficial document at the new council's October swearing-in ceremony, will on Thursday sign her official declaration.
Hilda Halkyard-Harawira wrote her own document for the Far North District Council (FNDC)'s official October 27 swearing-in ceremony at the Kaikohe Memorial Hall.
She read it out as her oath of office, her document sitting atop the council's official declaration.
Halkyard-Harawira's document was signed by herself and FNDC Mayor Moko Tepania in the hall after the ceremony.....
See full article HERE
Moana appeal dismissed: Young Māori girl can stay with Pākehā caregivers
A Pākehā couple who adopted a young Māori girl can continue to care for her after the High Court dismissed an appeal made by the girl’s mother, which was supported by Oranga Tamariki.
For four years, the girl, who is now 6 years old and has been called “Moana” in Stuff’s stories about the case, has been living with the couple in a safe, healthy, loving environment in rural Hawke’s Bay.
The girl had been traumatised and neglected before Oranga Tamariki placed her with the couple (the “Smiths”) in September 2018.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
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Co-Governing Local Government – Dr Muriel Newman.
Mike Butler: Hut burning and tribal control
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Māori world view good for business
However, to National’s disappointment, it did not also include provisions for general elections. Their concern was where the outcome of a person’s Māori electorate might be a foregone conclusion, the General electorate in which they live might be highly marginal, or vice versa.....
See full article HERE
Positive start for planned cultural centre in Gate Pā at site of Battle of Pukehinahina
The Tauranga Community have shown overwhelming support for a cultural centre that will tell the story of the New Zealand land wars.
The proposed national institute of the New Zealand land wars would be built on the Gate Pā Recreation Reserve, the site of the Battle of Pukehinahina (Gate Pā).....
See full article HERE
Canterbury uni researchers awarded for teaching guides that lift Māori students' performance
The University of Canterbury Council has awarded its innovation medal to a team of education researchers for helping teachers with tikanga and cultural skills.
The group, Te Kāhui A Te Rūrangahau, created a user-friendly guide for teachers to use called the Hikairo Schema Book Series, with the goal of fostering cultural responsiveness and inclusive teaching methods.
Rātima said that what was missing was the knowledge and respect of who Māori were and as teachers started to integrate key aspects of Māori into everyday teaching, all tamariki would benefit......
See full article HERE
High Court shuts down hut burning across Te Urewera
The High Court has ordered an immediate halt to the burning and destruction of the hut network throughout Te Urewera.
The ruling comes after applicant Wharenui Clyde Tuna sought to halt what he described as “the hasty destruction by fire of the hut network throughout Te Urewera”.
See full article HERE
Taranaki council seeks iwi input into environment plan
Taranaki Regional Council is funding two pou taiao or environmental officers to work with iwi and hapu.
Spokesperson Sam Tamarapa says it’s keen to form meaningful partnerships with iwi over things like freshwater management.
“We’re looking for what does te mana o te wai mean to you, right down to hapu level? What parts in matauranga Māori do you think could feed into helping develop this plan? And of course tied to that is mahinga kai, so there are those key conversations around those three aspects,” Tamarapa says.
The council also needs to work with iwi and hapu on establishing a standard set of Treaty principles in a Taranaki context.......
See full article HERE
Delay blocks flow of Waitara River co-governance
Co-governance of the Waitara River has hit a snag as parties make sure two separate agreements flow smoothly together.
The Ngāti Maru Treaty settlement came into law in April, and requires Taranaki Regional Council and the iwi to create a joint management agreement (JMA) by the end of this month.....
See full article HERE
DCC to sign updated agreement with mana whenua
The Dunedin City Council will usher in "new era of partnership" with mana whenua after voting to sign an updated agreement.
The updated manatu whakaaetaka (relationship agreement) replacing a 2006 memorandum of understanding between Kati Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, Te Rūnanga ō Ōtākou and the Dunedin City Council was approved at a council meeting yesterday.
The agreement would ensure representation of the interests of mana whenua when making local government decisions, and would provide a direct line of communication between the parties involved.....
See full article HERE
Far North councillor Hilda Halkyard-Harawira to sign official swearing-in document
A Far North District councillor-elect who used her own unofficial document at the new council's October swearing-in ceremony, will on Thursday sign her official declaration.
Hilda Halkyard-Harawira wrote her own document for the Far North District Council (FNDC)'s official October 27 swearing-in ceremony at the Kaikohe Memorial Hall.
She read it out as her oath of office, her document sitting atop the council's official declaration.
Halkyard-Harawira's document was signed by herself and FNDC Mayor Moko Tepania in the hall after the ceremony.....
See full article HERE
Moana appeal dismissed: Young Māori girl can stay with Pākehā caregivers
A Pākehā couple who adopted a young Māori girl can continue to care for her after the High Court dismissed an appeal made by the girl’s mother, which was supported by Oranga Tamariki.
For four years, the girl, who is now 6 years old and has been called “Moana” in Stuff’s stories about the case, has been living with the couple in a safe, healthy, loving environment in rural Hawke’s Bay.
The girl had been traumatised and neglected before Oranga Tamariki placed her with the couple (the “Smiths”) in September 2018.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Future of Local Government in NZ – Frank Newman.
Co-Governing Local Government – Dr Muriel Newman.
Mike Butler: Hut burning and tribal control
Propaganda:
Māori world view good for business
Wednesday November 9, 2022
News:
Windfarm proposed but who owns the wind?
South Taranaki-based Māori Party MP Debbie Ngarewa Packer says a proposed wind farm off the Taranaki coast raises the question of who owns the wind.
A Dutch consortium with support from the NZ Super Fund wants to put up 65 wind turbines which could supply up to 10 percent of New Zealand’s energy needs.
A Dutch consortium with support from the NZ Super Fund wants to put up 65 wind turbines which could supply up to 10 percent of New Zealand’s energy needs.
She says the promoters may find themselves in the middle of evolving discussions on rights and interests.....
See full article HERE
Govt looks at Treaty interest in immigration policy
The government says one of the fundamental immigration questions it has to address is what input Māori should have into policy.
The commission's inquiry began in June last year, and its recommendations included engaging with Māori on how to reflect Te Tiriti o Waitangi in immigration policy.
"We have a treaty which effectively establishes New Zealand and establishes the way in which people live in this country. And Māori consistently express a view about these issues within the immigration system.....
See full article HERE
Taniwha research project gets big fund boost
Dr Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) of the University of Canterbury has been given $360,000 for her research project Taniwha: A Cultural History, which uses the taniwha to explain complexities and challenges both in Aotearoa and around the world, and find out who they are, rather than what they are.....
See full article HERE
New study suggests Māori settlers arrived in Aotearoa as early as 13th century
Dr Magdalena Bunbury from Australia’s James Cook University, who led the study, said the estimated timeline of when Māori arrived in Aotearoa was initially between the 12th and 14th centuries.
“This study has narrowed that down and shown that early Māori settlement happened in the North Island between AD1250 and AD1275,” Bunbury said.
She said Māori reached the South Island a decade later between AD1280 and AD1295 where the population rapidly grew during a time when they hunted the flightless moa.....
See full article HERE
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Govt looks at Treaty interest in immigration policy
The government says one of the fundamental immigration questions it has to address is what input Māori should have into policy.
The commission's inquiry began in June last year, and its recommendations included engaging with Māori on how to reflect Te Tiriti o Waitangi in immigration policy.
"We have a treaty which effectively establishes New Zealand and establishes the way in which people live in this country. And Māori consistently express a view about these issues within the immigration system.....
See full article HERE
Taniwha research project gets big fund boost
Dr Kirsty Dunn (Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) of the University of Canterbury has been given $360,000 for her research project Taniwha: A Cultural History, which uses the taniwha to explain complexities and challenges both in Aotearoa and around the world, and find out who they are, rather than what they are.....
See full article HERE
New study suggests Māori settlers arrived in Aotearoa as early as 13th century
Dr Magdalena Bunbury from Australia’s James Cook University, who led the study, said the estimated timeline of when Māori arrived in Aotearoa was initially between the 12th and 14th centuries.
“This study has narrowed that down and shown that early Māori settlement happened in the North Island between AD1250 and AD1275,” Bunbury said.
She said Māori reached the South Island a decade later between AD1280 and AD1295 where the population rapidly grew during a time when they hunted the flightless moa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
New Zealand’s democracy faces its greatest challenge – Peter Winsley
Propaganda:
Deep cultural significance in blood moon event for Māori
Tuesday November 8, 2022
News:
Whangārei hapū call on council to embrace te ao Māori
Whangārei hapū are challenging their district's council to embrace the Māori world in all it does.
Welcoming the council onto the marae, kaumatua Taipari Munro (Te Uriroroi, Te Parawhau) said the 2022-2025 council, with its new Whangārei District Māori Ward, embraced a new world that was very different from days gone by.
Welcoming the council onto the marae, kaumatua Taipari Munro (Te Uriroroi, Te Parawhau) said the 2022-2025 council, with its new Whangārei District Māori Ward, embraced a new world that was very different from days gone by.
He looked forward to strengthened partnership, honouring the spirit of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.....
See full article HERE
Iwi group plans kaumātua village for Wairoa
An iwi group in Wairoa has come up with what it's calling an innovative kaupapa Māori way to help solve the town's housing crisis.
With a shortage of resthome care, the iwi is building a kaumātua village that might look a bit different from an ordinary neighbourhood.....
See full article HERE
Iwi seek funds for blue carbon plan
Non-government organisation Conservation International is helping a delegation of iwi leaders to attend this month’s COP 27 United Nations conference on climate change in Egypt.
The 30-strong delegation is the largest Maori presence ever at a UN climate conference.....
See full article HERE
Supervised drug spaces needed as Māori overdose rates climb
Māori are three times more likely to die of an overdose than Pākehā, according to a new analysis of coronial data by the Drug Foundation.
Foundation executive director Sara Helm says overdose deaths have doubled over the past five years, with 171 people dying last year, 27 percent of them Maori.
Most of the deaths were from opiods and synthetic cannabis, which is particularly attractive to homeless people wanting a break from reality.....
See full article HERE
Midwifery Council proposes dropping the words ‘mother’ and ‘woman’ from its guidelines
The Midwifery Council of NZ has revised its midwifery scope of practice guidelines to entirely remove the words “woman” and “mother”.
The omissions are among a raft of changes to the document in an effort to be more inclusive and “address a detrimental imbalance of representation, understanding and appreciation of Māori knowledge, values and practice”.
The group agreed there should be English and Māori language versions of the scope of practice guidelines, as an English version alone was insufficient.
Tangata whenua held the view that whānau was a much more appropriate word to use instead of woman, “which is philosophically consistent with mātauranga paradigms of holism in social structures”
See full article HERE
'We won't have a say' - iwi water representative on Wayne Brown's counter-proposal
Tukoroirangi Morgan has labelled Auckland mayor Wayne Brown's alternative plan to tackle the Three Waters reform issue as ignorant and snubbing the Māori worldview.
He says the proposed legislation as it stands is the only way to ensure Māori are guaranteed a voice in the decision-making process for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater reforms.....
See full article HERE
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Damien Grant: Like it or not, we've got a new democracy
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Iwi group plans kaumātua village for Wairoa
An iwi group in Wairoa has come up with what it's calling an innovative kaupapa Māori way to help solve the town's housing crisis.
With a shortage of resthome care, the iwi is building a kaumātua village that might look a bit different from an ordinary neighbourhood.....
See full article HERE
Iwi seek funds for blue carbon plan
Non-government organisation Conservation International is helping a delegation of iwi leaders to attend this month’s COP 27 United Nations conference on climate change in Egypt.
The 30-strong delegation is the largest Maori presence ever at a UN climate conference.....
See full article HERE
Supervised drug spaces needed as Māori overdose rates climb
Māori are three times more likely to die of an overdose than Pākehā, according to a new analysis of coronial data by the Drug Foundation.
Foundation executive director Sara Helm says overdose deaths have doubled over the past five years, with 171 people dying last year, 27 percent of them Maori.
Most of the deaths were from opiods and synthetic cannabis, which is particularly attractive to homeless people wanting a break from reality.....
See full article HERE
Midwifery Council proposes dropping the words ‘mother’ and ‘woman’ from its guidelines
The Midwifery Council of NZ has revised its midwifery scope of practice guidelines to entirely remove the words “woman” and “mother”.
The omissions are among a raft of changes to the document in an effort to be more inclusive and “address a detrimental imbalance of representation, understanding and appreciation of Māori knowledge, values and practice”.
The group agreed there should be English and Māori language versions of the scope of practice guidelines, as an English version alone was insufficient.
Tangata whenua held the view that whānau was a much more appropriate word to use instead of woman, “which is philosophically consistent with mātauranga paradigms of holism in social structures”
See full article HERE
'We won't have a say' - iwi water representative on Wayne Brown's counter-proposal
Tukoroirangi Morgan has labelled Auckland mayor Wayne Brown's alternative plan to tackle the Three Waters reform issue as ignorant and snubbing the Māori worldview.
He says the proposed legislation as it stands is the only way to ensure Māori are guaranteed a voice in the decision-making process for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater reforms.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Damien Grant: Like it or not, we've got a new democracy
Mike Butler: Three Waters constitutional racism
Stuart Smith: Mana Whenua Rising to Power
LGNZ has lost the plot!
A recipe for ‘differentiated citizenship’
Propaganda:
Tina Ngata: To tackle terrorism, start with colonialism
Maramataka better for farm lifestyle
Sunday November 6, 2022
News:
Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi's long journey to Treaty settlement
Its members have two weeks to vote on a deal that includes a Crown apology, $100 million, and the return of a number of assets
Lead negotiator Maui Hudson said more than a 150 years on, the settlement would give the iwi a chance to rebuild.
Lead negotiator Maui Hudson said more than a 150 years on, the settlement would give the iwi a chance to rebuild.
"One of the reasons we turned down the last settlement was the lack of whenua being returned. Now we've got 6692 hectares coming back.
"But, really, the jewel in the crown for this settlement is the marine space, five thousand hectares of marine space, reserved for aquaculture."
But many within the tribe feel the settlement does not go far enough, including Kurei.
"We're not against settlement, we just think it's not right yet.....
See full article HERE
Tuku Morgan to head Three Waters iwi body for Auckland and Northland
And he has already warned that Auckland taking more and more water from the Waikato River is not sustainable.
Entity A covers 45 hapū and iwi groups across Northland and Tāmaki Makaurau, as well as four territorial authorities: Far North District Council, Whangarei District Council, Kaipara District Council and Auckland Council.
Morgan reaffirmed support for Three Waters proposal while at the Iwi Chairs Forum in Taupō.
“We look forward to engaging productively with all four councils within the entity A catchment in the coming months......
See full article HERE
'PM’s co-governance comments insulting' - David Seymour
"We are told that ‘one-person-one-vote’ is old-fashioned, and we should welcome a new, ‘enlightened’ type of political system. This new system is a ‘tiriti-centric Aotearoa,’ where we are divided into tangata whenua, people of the land, and tangata tiriti, people of the treaty. Each person will not have an inherent set of political rights because they are citizens of New Zealand. Instead, they will have rights based on their whakapapa or ancestry.
"Continuing to embed the extraordinary belief will be highly divisive. The danger is that if the Government continually tells people to regard each other as members of a group rather than individuals with inherent dignity, there is a danger people will internalise that lesson. Once that happens, it is very difficult to go back.
"This is why New Zealanders deserve a coherent and rational debate about the Treaty and Democracy. They are not getting it, largely because people who question co-government are often accused of racism. This paper sets out three steps that a future Government might take to step New Zealand back from the divisiveness of co-government, and promote New Zealand as a modern, multi-ethnic, liberal democracy.....
See full article HERE
Māori stories fill billboards across Aotearoa
Māori creative agency Haumi says it’s partnered with one of the country’s largest advertising businesses JCDecaux for Pae Ātea, a campaign to fill over 500 digital billboards with reo Māori, and Māori stories.
The first campaign was last month’s Tuku Whenua which used the billboards in airports, malls, intersections and even the sides of buildings to detail the partnership between Apihai Te Kawau and Governor Hobson, which cemented the partnership between Ngāti Whātua and the crown in 1840.
Watkins says the free advertising space will run through to 2025 at least, and is a natural part of the French juggernaut doing business in Aotearoa......
See full article HERE
Unveiling of 28 Pou ushers $15 million Health Centre build in Waikato
No ordinary fence will awhi construction of the new $15 million wellness and diagnostic centre from Te Kohāo Health in Enderley (Papanui, Waikato), as construction gets underway in the coming weeks.
“This is about living our tino rangatiratanga through strong, healthy, vibrant and prosperous whānau.” Moxon says.
“We have been very blessed to have the wonderful support of philanthropic Trusts including The Bryant Trust that very generously granted of $1M, Trust Waikato that granted $2M and the Lottery Significant Fund that granted $5,651,821.00,” says Lady Tureiti....
See full article HERE
"But, really, the jewel in the crown for this settlement is the marine space, five thousand hectares of marine space, reserved for aquaculture."
But many within the tribe feel the settlement does not go far enough, including Kurei.
"We're not against settlement, we just think it's not right yet.....
See full article HERE
Tuku Morgan to head Three Waters iwi body for Auckland and Northland
And he has already warned that Auckland taking more and more water from the Waikato River is not sustainable.
Entity A covers 45 hapū and iwi groups across Northland and Tāmaki Makaurau, as well as four territorial authorities: Far North District Council, Whangarei District Council, Kaipara District Council and Auckland Council.
Morgan reaffirmed support for Three Waters proposal while at the Iwi Chairs Forum in Taupō.
“We look forward to engaging productively with all four councils within the entity A catchment in the coming months......
See full article HERE
'PM’s co-governance comments insulting' - David Seymour
"We are told that ‘one-person-one-vote’ is old-fashioned, and we should welcome a new, ‘enlightened’ type of political system. This new system is a ‘tiriti-centric Aotearoa,’ where we are divided into tangata whenua, people of the land, and tangata tiriti, people of the treaty. Each person will not have an inherent set of political rights because they are citizens of New Zealand. Instead, they will have rights based on their whakapapa or ancestry.
"Continuing to embed the extraordinary belief will be highly divisive. The danger is that if the Government continually tells people to regard each other as members of a group rather than individuals with inherent dignity, there is a danger people will internalise that lesson. Once that happens, it is very difficult to go back.
"This is why New Zealanders deserve a coherent and rational debate about the Treaty and Democracy. They are not getting it, largely because people who question co-government are often accused of racism. This paper sets out three steps that a future Government might take to step New Zealand back from the divisiveness of co-government, and promote New Zealand as a modern, multi-ethnic, liberal democracy.....
See full article HERE
Māori stories fill billboards across Aotearoa
Māori creative agency Haumi says it’s partnered with one of the country’s largest advertising businesses JCDecaux for Pae Ātea, a campaign to fill over 500 digital billboards with reo Māori, and Māori stories.
The first campaign was last month’s Tuku Whenua which used the billboards in airports, malls, intersections and even the sides of buildings to detail the partnership between Apihai Te Kawau and Governor Hobson, which cemented the partnership between Ngāti Whātua and the crown in 1840.
Watkins says the free advertising space will run through to 2025 at least, and is a natural part of the French juggernaut doing business in Aotearoa......
See full article HERE
Unveiling of 28 Pou ushers $15 million Health Centre build in Waikato
No ordinary fence will awhi construction of the new $15 million wellness and diagnostic centre from Te Kohāo Health in Enderley (Papanui, Waikato), as construction gets underway in the coming weeks.
“This is about living our tino rangatiratanga through strong, healthy, vibrant and prosperous whānau.” Moxon says.
“We have been very blessed to have the wonderful support of philanthropic Trusts including The Bryant Trust that very generously granted of $1M, Trust Waikato that granted $2M and the Lottery Significant Fund that granted $5,651,821.00,” says Lady Tureiti....
See full article HERE
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12 comments:
Re Tuku Morgan. With so many maori in senior positions controlling the spending of public money, I am going to start a silk underpants import agency.
Re the 8th. Is there a written definiton anywhere of just what typifies te ao? A colleague was a nurse at Middlemore. They embraced te ao. Armies of relies descended on patinets, laughed and sniggered, monopolised all the chairs, annoyed other patients, children frolicked around and gazed at other patients, sat on beds, persons explored the storage rooms etc. All apparently te ao.(visitor numbers are now restricted, a colonist approach as is the very existance of hospitals). Te ao and tikanga were the bane of relations for earlier generations.
re the 8th. The 30 strong maori junket to Egypt is absurd. Little wonder many leaders do not take seriously. What can they possibly contribute? They just add confusion. I suppose they will wade in to support the atolls, hardly matters of sufficent moment to preoccupy world delegats. Is there
a matuaranga tradition on climate change? The risk of association probably why jacinda did not attend. Is this junket propped by the tax free maori run charities?
Some of this anti white rhetoric against fellow new zealanders like myself who were born here, is seriously beginning to sound.like the 1940s brownshirts in germany. No wonder half the country is leaving permanently.
Who owns the wind? With ownership comes responsibility.
After yesterday's wind and rain in Northland can I get assistance from the Maori party in cleaning up the damage on the farm.
e the 9th. If it is a westerly wind presumably we owe the Aussies. if an easterly we owe maori for sure. Whehter 15% or 100% is debatable although maori will be in no doubt. Seems the water rights will be an even greater stumbling block. I am surprised shipping is not levied already. Perhaps the loacal can start a customary rights wind farm.I hope Jones and Garrick has picked up on this.
Re 9th
Who owns the wind?
Don't laugh, the question will be asked, protests and occupations will ensure until a suitable Koha and ongoing royalties are paid.
Spare me.
Wind is air, so who owns the air we breathe? Soon we will be paying an air tax to iwi for the right to breathe air in the new aithoritarian state of aotearoa
The best decision I ever made was to move the entire company overseas - we don't have to put up with all this claptrap.
Re the 11th. Sio sure has a smooth speech writer. He could hardly have been more effusive if the Ministries had liberated the Ukraine. Referring to clientele as customers seems a bit rich. It is incredible what maori are now partnership in. There can be few maori now not part of some (paid) consultation train. It is unfortunate school children do not display the same enthusiasm for (hopefully) able contribution. From the stage where other govt departments are named all in maori only the most closely connected can follow. It will be interesting to see one of the new customer friendly courts. More scope for Tremain
And on climate change Shaw repeats "we know maori disproportionately and uniquely affected by warming planet". This is yet another myth maori have artfully succeeded in establishing. (The Auckland Council Climate study devoted a vast proportion to). It seems to me maori the least affected. Many have low paid jobs or are on benefits so cannot much further reduce. Own less so less to lose. Few own business likely to be ruined by severe limitation on transport to/from overseas. Own few expensive seaside properties. Some still have a trace of brown skin better suiting them to the self sufficient outside agriculture jobs many NZers will be required to fulfil.
Re Maori-led climate action
“However, we know Māori are both disproportionately and uniquely affected by a warming planet...
This quote by James Shaw. I would like to see an explanation for how this could be true!
What UTTER BS. The average Maori who reads this stuff must be getting embarrassed by now.
MC
Re the 12th, could it just be that the maori acheivement in te reo but abyssmal in all else is due to time frittered on the stone age language?
To boost morale (the claimed basis of most educational changes) perhaps they should institute NCEA in ram raiding proficency.
And more about assisted maori housing. I for one am very interested to know the breakadown of these repeat assisted spendings, but never seems to appear in the msm. Shades of untaxed gifting from the state. Then there are the repeta millions donated to prop marae cum rebel training centres. the Clubs i belong to would hugely benefit fro $2000 each. Provide very constructive non subversive sevices.
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