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Saturday, February 4, 2023

Breaking Views Update: Week of 29.01.23







Saturday February 4, 2023 

News:
Northland kaumātua start hīkoi to Parliament for better living conditions

Kaumātua are set to be loaded on to buses as they hīkoi to Parliament demanding improved living conditions.

“We need to hīkoi. It started yesterday in Te Rerenga Wairua [Cape Reinga] to bring this kaupapa to our whānau in Waitangi,” Matiu said.

The Matiu said, buses would stop at marae along the way, collecting more elders in support of the kaupapa.....
See full article HERE

Politicians who exploit 'fear' around co-governance must reflect on actions, Chris Hipkins says after iwi meeting
He said he "loves the phrase mahi tahi", meaning to work together as one, and admits the Government's large work programme has caused confusion.

"They don't want to see ethnicity, race being used as a way of dividing New Zealanders and I was able to absolutely reiterate my Government's commitment to ensuring that we continue to work together to avoid that happening," Hipkins said.....
See full article HERE

More on the above here > PM welcomed as co-governance on agenda at Iwi Chairs Forum

Human Rights Commission calls for government to commit to co-governance
Two reports, Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama and Maranga Mai!, were released on Friday analysing the impacts of colonisation, racism and white supremacy and outlining a National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR).

“We all have the right to be treated fairly and to be free from racial discrimination,” Kaikōmihana Whakawhanaungatanga ā Iwi Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon said.

A much more positive future will be achieved when He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are recognised as the founding documents of Aotearoa.".....
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Slow uptake on new laws requiring health groups to be culturally appropriate
Most health authorities are not embracing new laws requiring culturally appropriate interactions with Māori, a study finds.

"Addressing Māori health, wellbeing, and disability inequities are imperative from a human rights perspective and on the basis of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the founding document of Aotearoa.”....
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“Māori worldview model of care to ‘underpin’ new Christchurch maternity unit for pregnant people”
“A Te Ao Māori model of care or ‘Māori worldview’ will underpin the new Christchurch maternity unit for pregnant people” according to its executive director.

“The layout of the unit reflects tikanga values, for example having two whānau rooms - one by the birthing rooms and one in the postnatal area - and placing clean and dirty facilities away from each other. The interior design will also enable a sense of whanaungatanga (everyone belongs) through the use of natural fabrics and furnishings which reflect our environment and whenua.”....
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Articles:
Living under tribal rule – John Robinson

A Test of Strength – by Dr Muriel Newman.

Peter Winsley: Do we really need a racialised environment and resource management system?

Propaganda:
Waitangi Tribunal report recommending Crown land be returned to Māori front of mind at talks

2023: the year of the backlash against Māori. Again

Ben Thomas: Dump the 'co-governance' name, it's too tainted by confusion

Māori to Mayor Brown: You might be Brown in name but not in mana

PM Chris Hipkins and National’s Christopher Luxon to be tested by Māori leaders in first visits

Iwi leaders in Waitangi not impressed with the Chrises, support Nanaia Mahuta

Recognising tino rangatiratanga key to ending racism in Aotearoa

Reports highlighting racism and colonial legacy call for structural changes 

This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE

Thursday February 2, 2023 

News: 
Invercargill judge tells man there’s no point in playing ‘colonisation card’ 
A judge has told a man there was no point playing the “colonisation card” as people ultimately made their own luck in life.

The cultural report outlined Maclean’s Maori heritage and his desire to engage with his culture, Williamson said.

Judge Brandts-Giesen said the defendant was the product of two cultures, Scottish and Maori.

He said New Zealand was full of people of mixed ethnicity.

“Somehow or other we need to rub together and live lives which are productive, where we co-operate with each other, where we compete with each other but we don’t do terrible things to each other.....
See full article HERE

Māngai Māori argue they should stay on at Hamilton City Council
Māngai Māori representatives should stay on key city council committees despite the election of two dedicated Māori ward councillors at last year’s election.

That’s the view of all five current māngai (spokesperson or representative) who bring specialist skills to the table and whose appointment had support from Māoridom.....
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Applications Now Open For Inaugural Māori Associate Directorship Programme
A new Māori Associate Directorship programme is being launched today by Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust to provide a pathway to accelerate Māori professionals into governance leadership roles.

He Tukutuku Koiora is a two-and-a-half-year Māori-specific governance training programme encompassing both online and in-person learning modules, manaaki support and mentoring, and a capstone 18-month associate directorship placement.....
See full article HERE

Propaganda:
'We can't rewrite history, but we can all learn from our history'

The three flags of Waitangi

Dave Mollard’s Change is Constant: I’m a beneficiary of the dishonouring of Te Tiriti o Waitangi 

Wednesday February 1, 2023 

News: 
Nanaia Mahuta will lose her role as Minister for Local Government as part of a Cabinet reshuffle 
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says it's so Mahuta can focus on the foreign affairs portfolio and get overseas more often.

He said it was not a reflection of the response to the Three Waters work programme which he said was "not going to be scrapped altogether".

Mahuta will be replaced in the role by Minister for Emergency Management Kieran McAnulty, who will be joining Cabinet for the first time......
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An Unequal Partnership: Māori Stood down at Twice the Rate of Pākehā
Official stand-down rates show Māori are stood down at twice the rate of Pākehā; experts say the statistic is yet another signifier of breaches in Te Tiriti in our education system.

The rate for Māori is almost five percent, whereas for Pākehā students the rate sits at 2.5 percent. Lower-decile schools report higher rates of stand-downs than high-decile schools. Notably, kura kaupapa schools rarely use stand-downs as a form of punishment, meaning this inequality is manifest in mainstream schools......
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A push for more Māori and Pasifika wāhine in aviation
The six-day School to Skies camp aims to provide teachers with the knowledge and hands-on experience they need to inspire students, especially Māori and Pasifika wāhine, to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects....
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Federation Welcomes First Wahine Maori President
The New Zealand Principals' Federation (NZPF) welcomes their first Wahine Maori President, Leanne Otene, to lead their national organisation for 2023.....
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Articles:
Dr David Lillis: New Zealand Must Fight the New Curriculum

Mike Butler: Is treaty confusion deliberate?

John Porter: A Coup by Stealth

Propaganda:
Why travelling Brits should engage with te ao Māori

Iwi leaders: Floods are the wake up call on why we desperately need the Three Waters reform

Helping revitalise te reo Māori

Why is the Anglican faith the dominant religion at Waitangi? 

This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE

6 comments:

Robert Arthur said...

Taken with the huge change of direction in education (John Porter below) the election of a maori president to the Pricipals Federation just compounds the horror. I wonder who else stood and who voted. I trust voting was truly secret so fear of cancellation did not prevail.

Anonymous said...


RE New Secondary Education Curriculum

This starts now ( Term 1 2023 on for 4 years.)

Now input will be requested - after this has started.

So, no major change likely. Just window dressing.

Labour's strategy is light years ahead of National.

rbert Arthur said...

Re 2nd. The Invercargill judge is risking his career dissing "colonisation" as the cause of all part/trace maori offending. I have considered giving up contributing to BV and instead seeking a career writing sob letters for crims. Incidentally I have just one conviction; riding a bike no hands: 1962, 30s, equivalent a staggering $150 today. I would willingly do two weeks in gaol for $3800, provided I could take some Bob Jones books and retain access to BV.

With maori running specific courses for takeover, little wonder the public services are permeated with the pro maori cult. Luxon has much to reverse. I trust he has begun plotting.

Anonymous said...

What a sad little 3rd world country nz is turning into with all our taxpayer money going into all this ninsense, 5 waters and co-governance. No wonder we have pot holed roads, slips, no health care, can't afford to fix the drains in akl so it floods etc. What on earth are they doing with our tax money? If groups such as maori iwi want to break off from society and have their own laws etc then don't expect nz taxpayers to fund it.

Anonymous said...


For Robert Authur

What details do you have for takeover courses?
e.g. where these run?

Anonymous said...

PS Takeover courses
I think you may mean - or include - cultural training for councils members,
certain education hubs etc

The Ministry can provide qualified kamatua for any of your needs.
One is listed with the Board of the Sec School Principals