Saturday May 6, 2023
News:
Number of policewomen, Māori officers continues to grow
A total of 76 new police officers graduated from Police College this week
“Police are on track to deliver their growth target of 1800 additional Police officers by June 30 this year."
The number of sworn Māori officers has also had a boost since 2017, up by 39 per cent, and Pasifika by 77 per cent......
See full article HERE
A new journey begins for Whanganui iwi-led health and social service provider
The new premises for Whanganui health, community and social service provider Te Ōranganui have been officially opened with a dawn ceremony.
A ceremonial blessing was held outside the building, with Whanganui rangatira reciting ruruku and karakia accompanied by karanga, as people walked around its perimeter.
See full article HERE
A new journey begins for Whanganui iwi-led health and social service provider
The new premises for Whanganui health, community and social service provider Te Ōranganui have been officially opened with a dawn ceremony.
A ceremonial blessing was held outside the building, with Whanganui rangatira reciting ruruku and karakia accompanied by karanga, as people walked around its perimeter.
The iwi-governed organisation was established in 1993 to improve access and service delivery of health services to Māori in the Whanganui district.....
See full article HERE
Māori king shunned at coronation opener in London
Things got off to a bad start from the beginning with Goff taking the podium to greet the crowd and welcome all those in the meeting space.
Goff started with the Prime Minister and Governor General, eventually, with his backside towards the King, he acknowledged the monarch.
The approach was greeted by puzzled faces before Goff went on to make a clumsy reference about how few people in the crowd had seen a coronation, to illustrate the significance of the proceedings involving King Charles III.
That was when Kīngitanga spokesman got up and interjected.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > High Commissioner to the UK Phil Goff offends Māori King with coronation comments, forgotten karakia
DOC defends its notification protocol after coming under fire from a Taranaki iwi
The Department of Conservation is defending the way it communicated with iwi after being notified about the presence of dead eels on a South Taranaki beach.
“Our process is to alert Treaty Partners within 24 hours, and that is what has occurred in this situation.....
See full article HERE
ProCare Welcomes $5.9m In Funding Boost For Māori & Pacific Patients, But More Still Needed
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today welcomed the confirmation of approximately a $5.9m uplift in funding for 19 of its practices following the announcement by the Government of an additional $37 million for some general practices to address the burden of under-funding for Māori and Pacific providers, and practices with high Māori and Pacific populations to enable them to continue delivering high-quality services.....
See full article HERE
$2.5M grant to support forest restoration work
A proudly co-governed organisation, MKMT brings together iwi-hapū, agencies, and stakeholders to improve the health of the Kaimai Mamaku for present and future generations.
In 2022, the Department of Conservation delegated authority to MKMT to deliver the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project, which currently consists of 12 iwi-hapū led restoration sub-projects funded by the Government’s Mahi o te Taiao/Jobs for Nature programme.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Winsley: The Human Rights Commission needs to do its job and stay out of politics
Propaganda:
Who really cares about te reo Māori in their business?
See full article HERE
Māori king shunned at coronation opener in London
Things got off to a bad start from the beginning with Goff taking the podium to greet the crowd and welcome all those in the meeting space.
Goff started with the Prime Minister and Governor General, eventually, with his backside towards the King, he acknowledged the monarch.
The approach was greeted by puzzled faces before Goff went on to make a clumsy reference about how few people in the crowd had seen a coronation, to illustrate the significance of the proceedings involving King Charles III.
That was when Kīngitanga spokesman got up and interjected.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > High Commissioner to the UK Phil Goff offends Māori King with coronation comments, forgotten karakia
DOC defends its notification protocol after coming under fire from a Taranaki iwi
The Department of Conservation is defending the way it communicated with iwi after being notified about the presence of dead eels on a South Taranaki beach.
“Our process is to alert Treaty Partners within 24 hours, and that is what has occurred in this situation.....
See full article HERE
ProCare Welcomes $5.9m In Funding Boost For Māori & Pacific Patients, But More Still Needed
Leading healthcare provider, ProCare, has today welcomed the confirmation of approximately a $5.9m uplift in funding for 19 of its practices following the announcement by the Government of an additional $37 million for some general practices to address the burden of under-funding for Māori and Pacific providers, and practices with high Māori and Pacific populations to enable them to continue delivering high-quality services.....
See full article HERE
$2.5M grant to support forest restoration work
A proudly co-governed organisation, MKMT brings together iwi-hapū, agencies, and stakeholders to improve the health of the Kaimai Mamaku for present and future generations.
In 2022, the Department of Conservation delegated authority to MKMT to deliver the Kaimai Mamaku Restoration Project, which currently consists of 12 iwi-hapū led restoration sub-projects funded by the Government’s Mahi o te Taiao/Jobs for Nature programme.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Winsley: The Human Rights Commission needs to do its job and stay out of politics
Propaganda:
Who really cares about te reo Māori in their business?
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Friday May 5, 2023
News:
Fears for Te Tiriti partnership as council looks to demote only Māori executive role
Auckland Council is defending a proposal that would see its only executive role dedicated to Māori outcomes demoted, saying the move would not only save money, but allow better decision and policy making.
Stuff understands the proposal would see the Ngā Mātārae position, dedicated to Māori outcomes in Tāmaki Makaurau, moved into the lower-level governance directorate.
Stuff understands the proposal would see the Ngā Mātārae position, dedicated to Māori outcomes in Tāmaki Makaurau, moved into the lower-level governance directorate.
However, council staffers are concerned at the move’s impact on Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership at the organisation.....
See full article HERE
Kelvin Davis says life is 'absolutely' better for Māori under Labour
"You just need to look at successive billion-dollar Budgets for Māori and, just yesterday, I announced pay parity for Kōhanga Reo," he told host Ryan Bridge.
"Twelve hundred fewer Māori are in prison now than when I became the [Corrections] Minister, the numbers of Māori children in Oranga Tamariki care have reduced… that's just a few things that I've done personally let alone the things other ministers have done," he said.....
See full article HERE
Professor Mātāmua encourages whānau to 'call their people home' for Matariki
Matariki celebrations are to receive a boost from a government fund set up to strengthen community understanding of the special occasion which marks the start of the Māori New Year.
The Matariki Ahunga Nui fund - administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage under the guidance of Professor Rangiānehu Mātāmua - will distribute up to $3 million to support Māori communities lead initiatives recognising not only the public holiday but also the wider kaupapa of Matariki.....
See full article HERE
Spotlight on new wānanga framework as ministers appear before select committee
The two education ministers have been pressed about how iwi accountability would come into play under a new proposed framework for Aotearoa’s three wānanga.
The Bill proposes changes to the Education and Training Act 2020 that would better recognise the “mana, rangatiratanga, and the unique role that wānanga play” in New Zealand’s tertiary education system.....
See full article HERE
Co-governance is not 'anti-democratic', says Ngāi Tahu leader
Mark Solomon, who served as Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu kaiwhakahaere (chairperson) from 1998 to 2016, says co-governance is not a new concept.
Politicians who claimed it was ‘‘anti-democratic’’ did not understand Ngāi Tahu’s processes, he said.
While Māori had talked about co-governance for decades, based on their customary rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Solomon said he was unsure what was driving the recent calls for co-governance.
‘‘It seems to have come out of the (2019) He Puapua report, which was a document put together by a committee formed by the government.
‘‘But we need to have a voice, especially around the natural environment because we never surrendered that right, and we never will.’’
He said the concept of Te Mana o te Wai (the authority of the water) guided Māori stewardship.
‘‘The first right belongs to the river or the sea, and then to people, plants and animals after that.’’....
See full article HERE
Revised Maangai Maaori model at Hamilton City Council
The ‘voice of Maaori’ will continue to be heard in Hamilton City Council’s chambers, following a review of the pioneering Maangai Maaori positions.
At today’s Council meeting, Elected Members approved Maangai Maaori appointments with speaking and voting rights on Council’s Community and Natural Environment, Infrastructure and Transport, and Strategic Growth and District Plan committees.
She intends to be seated with Te Pāti Māori when they are next in Parliament.
Kelvin Davis says life is 'absolutely' better for Māori under Labour
"You just need to look at successive billion-dollar Budgets for Māori and, just yesterday, I announced pay parity for Kōhanga Reo," he told host Ryan Bridge.
"Twelve hundred fewer Māori are in prison now than when I became the [Corrections] Minister, the numbers of Māori children in Oranga Tamariki care have reduced… that's just a few things that I've done personally let alone the things other ministers have done," he said.....
See full article HERE
Professor Mātāmua encourages whānau to 'call their people home' for Matariki
Matariki celebrations are to receive a boost from a government fund set up to strengthen community understanding of the special occasion which marks the start of the Māori New Year.
The Matariki Ahunga Nui fund - administered by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage under the guidance of Professor Rangiānehu Mātāmua - will distribute up to $3 million to support Māori communities lead initiatives recognising not only the public holiday but also the wider kaupapa of Matariki.....
See full article HERE
Spotlight on new wānanga framework as ministers appear before select committee
The two education ministers have been pressed about how iwi accountability would come into play under a new proposed framework for Aotearoa’s three wānanga.
The Bill proposes changes to the Education and Training Act 2020 that would better recognise the “mana, rangatiratanga, and the unique role that wānanga play” in New Zealand’s tertiary education system.....
See full article HERE
Co-governance is not 'anti-democratic', says Ngāi Tahu leader
Mark Solomon, who served as Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu kaiwhakahaere (chairperson) from 1998 to 2016, says co-governance is not a new concept.
Politicians who claimed it was ‘‘anti-democratic’’ did not understand Ngāi Tahu’s processes, he said.
While Māori had talked about co-governance for decades, based on their customary rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Solomon said he was unsure what was driving the recent calls for co-governance.
‘‘It seems to have come out of the (2019) He Puapua report, which was a document put together by a committee formed by the government.
‘‘But we need to have a voice, especially around the natural environment because we never surrendered that right, and we never will.’’
He said the concept of Te Mana o te Wai (the authority of the water) guided Māori stewardship.
‘‘The first right belongs to the river or the sea, and then to people, plants and animals after that.’’....
See full article HERE
Revised Maangai Maaori model at Hamilton City Council
The ‘voice of Maaori’ will continue to be heard in Hamilton City Council’s chambers, following a review of the pioneering Maangai Maaori positions.
At today’s Council meeting, Elected Members approved Maangai Maaori appointments with speaking and voting rights on Council’s Community and Natural Environment, Infrastructure and Transport, and Strategic Growth and District Plan committees.
In 2018, Council introduced the Maangai Maaori model (meaning ‘voice of Maaori’) to represent iwi and maataa waka (Maaori living in Hamilton who affiliate to iwi outside of Waikato-Tainui’s rohe) on Council committees.....
See full article HERE
You know where we are: Bach owners challenged to meet iwi
Onaero Bay campground bach owners have been invited to meet their local iwi after complaining they were ignored in planning for a revamp of the Taranaki beachfront reserve.
Seventeen baches sit on leasehold land at Onaero Reserve, which has been owned by Ngāti Mutunga since it was returned in the iwi's 2005 Treaty settlement.....
See full article HERE
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Māori Party joins indigenous international call for monarch to own up to ‘horrific impacts’ of colonisation
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You know where we are: Bach owners challenged to meet iwi
Onaero Bay campground bach owners have been invited to meet their local iwi after complaining they were ignored in planning for a revamp of the Taranaki beachfront reserve.
Seventeen baches sit on leasehold land at Onaero Reserve, which has been owned by Ngāti Mutunga since it was returned in the iwi's 2005 Treaty settlement.....
See full article HERE
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Fear of unknown blocking co-governance
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Māori Party joins indigenous international call for monarch to own up to ‘horrific impacts’ of colonisation
Thursday May 4, 2023
News:
Meka Whaitiri to quit Labour for Māori Party: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins blindsided as he arrives in London
A tearful Meka Whaitiri has confirmed this morning she resigned from the Labour Party and has now joined Te Pāti Māori: “Effective immediately”.
She intends to be seated with Te Pāti Māori when they are next in Parliament.
“Māori political activism is part of being Māori,” a visibly emotional Whaitiri said this morning from her iwi Ngāti Kahungungu’s Waipatu marae in Hastings, which is in her Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > And in an interview this morning with Newsroom, the party's president John Tamihere extends the invitation to her fellow minister and Māori electorate MP, Nanaia Mahuta.
Further Ngāti Porou customary marine titles recognised
The Crown has recognised four new customary marine title areas along the East Cape and East Coast in ngā rohe moana o Ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou, Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister, Andrew Little announced today.
The Minister said the recognition adds Hautai Beach, Port Awanui, Tūpāroa and Waipiro Bay to the areas already recognised in 2021.
“Eighteen customary marine titles are now recognised in nga rohe moana o Ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou since they reached agreement with the Crown in 2008 about recognition of their customary rights and interests in the marine and coastal area,” said Mr Little.....
See full article HERE
Rōpū Māori call on Government to defence co-governance
National Iwi Chairs Forum, the New Zealand Māori Council and the Māori Women’s Welfare League have called on the government to actively promote co-governance because it is good for all New Zealanders.
League president Hope Tupara says there is a lot of misunderstanding in the community about the concept.
She says some parties have been whipping up controversy about things like Three Waters and the shelved He Puapua report on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.....
See full article HERE
Greens back co-governance call
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson is supporting a call by Māori national organisations for the Government to actively promote co-governance.
Ms Davidson says it’s funny how much outrage co-governance inspires when it’s not even what Maori aspire to collectively.
“Tino rangatiratanga, mana motuhake, independence, sovereignty over our people, our lands, our taonga, that’s actually our aspiration, and of course co-governance is part of that. It’s also really good for everybody....>
See full article HERE
Coronation low priority for Crown-Māori Minister
Mr Davis says beyond the pomp and pageantry, his concern is the Treaty of Waitangi and how it fits in New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements.
“I just really worry about if we do go to a republic, that it will be an excuse for people to try to do away with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, that’s my big concern....
See full article HERE
Housing policy failing Māori says Jones
New Zealand First Northland candidate Shane Jones says the Government needs to consider more innovative policies on housing.
He says the current state house building programme through Kainga Ora is pushing up building costs but not creating the opportunities whanau Maori want to own their own homes.
He says previous policies where the Department of Maori Affairs played an active role in financing and building houses was far more effective, and the crown has no excuse for not coming up with a way to fund papakainga housing after years of talking about it....
See full article HERE
Cancer researcher merging te ao Māori and Western ideals to better health outcomes for Māori
Sword is merging mātauranga Māori and western perspectives with a design to help improve health outcomes for Māori dealing with cancer.
A cancer immunotherapy, CAR T-cell therapy involves genetic engineering a patient’s immune cells to recognise cancer cells, attack and eliminate them. However, it’s limited in how it caters to Māori patients, as well as being unable to ensure the cancer cells are permanently eradicated.
It’s Sword's research into investigating a te ao Māori perspective on CAR T-cell therapy from the perspectives of patient and researcher, that earned her the Māori Cancer Research Award.....
See full article HERE
Pay scale introduced for Kōhanga Reo with significant pay rises
The average salary of a kaiako (teacher) has been $44,000. A minimum wage salary is $47,216 as of April this year.
"This is a big moment, for decades now Kōhanga Reo/kaiako have been paid significantly less than their counterparts and this fixes that," Associate Education Minister (Māori) Kelvin Davis told 1News....
See full article HERE
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Tākiri-ā-Rangi is ANZ New Zealand’s commitment to work for a better future for Māori.
More on the above here > And in an interview this morning with Newsroom, the party's president John Tamihere extends the invitation to her fellow minister and Māori electorate MP, Nanaia Mahuta.
Further Ngāti Porou customary marine titles recognised
The Crown has recognised four new customary marine title areas along the East Cape and East Coast in ngā rohe moana o Ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou, Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister, Andrew Little announced today.
The Minister said the recognition adds Hautai Beach, Port Awanui, Tūpāroa and Waipiro Bay to the areas already recognised in 2021.
“Eighteen customary marine titles are now recognised in nga rohe moana o Ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou since they reached agreement with the Crown in 2008 about recognition of their customary rights and interests in the marine and coastal area,” said Mr Little.....
See full article HERE
Rōpū Māori call on Government to defence co-governance
National Iwi Chairs Forum, the New Zealand Māori Council and the Māori Women’s Welfare League have called on the government to actively promote co-governance because it is good for all New Zealanders.
League president Hope Tupara says there is a lot of misunderstanding in the community about the concept.
She says some parties have been whipping up controversy about things like Three Waters and the shelved He Puapua report on implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.....
See full article HERE
Greens back co-governance call
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson is supporting a call by Māori national organisations for the Government to actively promote co-governance.
Ms Davidson says it’s funny how much outrage co-governance inspires when it’s not even what Maori aspire to collectively.
“Tino rangatiratanga, mana motuhake, independence, sovereignty over our people, our lands, our taonga, that’s actually our aspiration, and of course co-governance is part of that. It’s also really good for everybody....>
See full article HERE
Coronation low priority for Crown-Māori Minister
Mr Davis says beyond the pomp and pageantry, his concern is the Treaty of Waitangi and how it fits in New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements.
“I just really worry about if we do go to a republic, that it will be an excuse for people to try to do away with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, that’s my big concern....
See full article HERE
Housing policy failing Māori says Jones
New Zealand First Northland candidate Shane Jones says the Government needs to consider more innovative policies on housing.
He says the current state house building programme through Kainga Ora is pushing up building costs but not creating the opportunities whanau Maori want to own their own homes.
He says previous policies where the Department of Maori Affairs played an active role in financing and building houses was far more effective, and the crown has no excuse for not coming up with a way to fund papakainga housing after years of talking about it....
See full article HERE
Cancer researcher merging te ao Māori and Western ideals to better health outcomes for Māori
Sword is merging mātauranga Māori and western perspectives with a design to help improve health outcomes for Māori dealing with cancer.
A cancer immunotherapy, CAR T-cell therapy involves genetic engineering a patient’s immune cells to recognise cancer cells, attack and eliminate them. However, it’s limited in how it caters to Māori patients, as well as being unable to ensure the cancer cells are permanently eradicated.
It’s Sword's research into investigating a te ao Māori perspective on CAR T-cell therapy from the perspectives of patient and researcher, that earned her the Māori Cancer Research Award.....
See full article HERE
Pay scale introduced for Kōhanga Reo with significant pay rises
The average salary of a kaiako (teacher) has been $44,000. A minimum wage salary is $47,216 as of April this year.
"This is a big moment, for decades now Kōhanga Reo/kaiako have been paid significantly less than their counterparts and this fixes that," Associate Education Minister (Māori) Kelvin Davis told 1News....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Tākiri-ā-Rangi is ANZ New Zealand’s commitment to work for a better future for Māori.
Wednesday May 3, 2023
News:
Children’s waiata embrace te reo
Awards presenter Suzy Cato, who’s known for fronting long-running children’s programmes You And Me and Suzy’s World, says waiata are an important part of introducing preschoolers to te reo Maori.
She says young children thrive on repetition, and what they pick up at that age will help normalise the language.
She says young children thrive on repetition, and what they pick up at that age will help normalise the language.
“The more we can use te reo in everyday life, the more it is going to be used fully,” Ms Cato says.....
See full article HERE
New service to help methamphetamine addicts in Southland
A community-based service being launched in Invercargill will treat Southlanders addicted to methamphetamine.
The treatments will include therapeutic interventions, in which clients are taken to places including the bush and marae
A focus would be on helping Maori, who were over-represented in statistics, but its clientele would include everybody, she said.
The services would be provided from within a Te Ao Maori framework.....
See full article HERE
Coronation crew ready to represent Aotearoa
The New Zealand contingent for the coronation of King Charles III is on its way to London, including Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, Kiingi Tuheitia and his wife Te Atawhai and Ngati Whatua kuia Dame Naida Glavish.
Dame Naida says having the natives turn up at Westminster Abbey may not have been what the British expected when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi, but she’s delighted to accept the Prime Minister’s invitation.....
See full article HERE
Role for Māori in Commonwealth Games tono
The chair of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Committee says Māori input would be critical in any bid to hold the Commonwealth Games in Aotearoa for a third time......
See full article HERE
Iwi model next step in child protection
The Minister for Children says the transfer of resources and authority to iwi is a critical next step in child protection.
Kelvin Davis last week launched Te Ara Mātua, an agreement between Oranga Tamariki, Ngati Kahungunu Inc and health and social wellbeing partners in Te Matau a Māui – Hawkes Bay which will give iwi and local organisations more involvement in decision making from the outset when whānau require intervention and support.
He says it’s a response to a challenge from former Ngati Kahungunu chair Ngahiwi Tomoana to the attempted uplift of a newborn pepe from Hawke’s Bay Hospital four years ago.
“It’s based on tikanga. It’s just a wonderful kaupapa and it’s been developed by Maori for Maori and it’s been run by Ngati Kahungunu with the support of Oranga Tamariki standing to the side and stepping in if they are ever needed,” Mr Davis says.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bruce Moon: "What Fraud, Claudia?"
Michael Bassett: The Labour Party and tribal Maori leadership
Climate Change Should Be Science-based, Not Spiritual
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'Our tīpuna knew when to move' - The difficult conversations about managed retreat for Māori
Co-Governance not about Māori taking over, but rather better delivery of treaty promises, says Meka Whaitiri
Australians should be wary of scare stories about the Waitangi Tribunal
Pledge of allegiance to King Charles in NZ citizenship ceremony questioned
New service to help methamphetamine addicts in Southland
A community-based service being launched in Invercargill will treat Southlanders addicted to methamphetamine.
The treatments will include therapeutic interventions, in which clients are taken to places including the bush and marae
A focus would be on helping Maori, who were over-represented in statistics, but its clientele would include everybody, she said.
The services would be provided from within a Te Ao Maori framework.....
See full article HERE
Coronation crew ready to represent Aotearoa
The New Zealand contingent for the coronation of King Charles III is on its way to London, including Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, Kiingi Tuheitia and his wife Te Atawhai and Ngati Whatua kuia Dame Naida Glavish.
Dame Naida says having the natives turn up at Westminster Abbey may not have been what the British expected when they signed the Treaty of Waitangi, but she’s delighted to accept the Prime Minister’s invitation.....
See full article HERE
Role for Māori in Commonwealth Games tono
The chair of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Committee says Māori input would be critical in any bid to hold the Commonwealth Games in Aotearoa for a third time......
See full article HERE
Iwi model next step in child protection
The Minister for Children says the transfer of resources and authority to iwi is a critical next step in child protection.
Kelvin Davis last week launched Te Ara Mātua, an agreement between Oranga Tamariki, Ngati Kahungunu Inc and health and social wellbeing partners in Te Matau a Māui – Hawkes Bay which will give iwi and local organisations more involvement in decision making from the outset when whānau require intervention and support.
He says it’s a response to a challenge from former Ngati Kahungunu chair Ngahiwi Tomoana to the attempted uplift of a newborn pepe from Hawke’s Bay Hospital four years ago.
“It’s based on tikanga. It’s just a wonderful kaupapa and it’s been developed by Maori for Maori and it’s been run by Ngati Kahungunu with the support of Oranga Tamariki standing to the side and stepping in if they are ever needed,” Mr Davis says.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bruce Moon: "What Fraud, Claudia?"
Michael Bassett: The Labour Party and tribal Maori leadership
Climate Change Should Be Science-based, Not Spiritual
Propaganda:
'Our tīpuna knew when to move' - The difficult conversations about managed retreat for Māori
Co-Governance not about Māori taking over, but rather better delivery of treaty promises, says Meka Whaitiri
Australians should be wary of scare stories about the Waitangi Tribunal
Pledge of allegiance to King Charles in NZ citizenship ceremony questioned
Monday May 1, 2023
News:
Māori appointments finally fill South Taranaki gaps
outh Taranaki has a full house of Māori representatives after filling gaps on three council committees and two advisory groups for the first time.
The appointments were made by South Taranaki District Council’s iwi committee Te Kāhui Matauraura this week, as part of the council’s obligation to “provide opportunities for Māori to contribute to decision-making” under the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act.
The appointments were made by South Taranaki District Council’s iwi committee Te Kāhui Matauraura this week, as part of the council’s obligation to “provide opportunities for Māori to contribute to decision-making” under the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act.
Appointment to the committees comes with voting rights, whereas mayor Phil Nixon said portfolio groups didn’t hold “any powers as such”......>
See full article HERE
New port required at Patea for offshore windfarm
Taranaki Offshore Partnership - a collaboration of the NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners - wants to build a one gigawatt windfarm off the coast of South Taranaki, requiring an initial capital outlay of $5 billion.
Workshop facilitator David Hunt, of Concept Consulting, said it been studying what construction of the 60 to 70 turbine windfarm required. And once finished, it would be able to supply 10 percent of New Zealand's electricity needs or power for 650,000 homes.....
Tumu Whakarito CEO Taranaki Iwi Wharehoka Wano said it was important for hāpu iwi to be involved in discussion about offshore wind development.
"We are always going to have a very strong environmental lens on anything happening and particularly offshore and indeed onshore. When and oil and gas came into this region hāpu iwi were not at the table, so that's the number one priority - we want to be involved in these discussions at a high level from the start.".....
See full article HERE
Parliament's first Te Reo Māori outreach
Ōtaki, north of Wellington, just off State Highway 1, is a town where you’re likely to hear Te Reo Māori spoken in the supermarket aisles. It’s home to the first Maori tertiary institution, Te Wananga o Raukawa and is on track to become New Zealand’s first bilingual town.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal hears urgent kura kaupapa Māori claim
The first week of Waitangi Tribunal hearings into alleged inequities which prevent Māori from exercising control and authority over te reo Māori - and the way it is taught and learned - has drawn to a close.
The urgent claim was brought by Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa, the body which oversees kura kaupapa Māori.
Te Rūnanga Nui is seeking the Waitangi Tribunal's intervention to ensure kura kaupapa Māori can continue to express their tino rangatiratanga.....
See full article HERE
Why Kura Kaupapa is telling Government it needs more funding, doesn't want to be assimilated into mainstream
The Kura Kaupapa model provides far better results for Māori than mainstream education, data shows, and the Government is now keen to funnel as many Māori students as it can through that system.
But Kura Kaupapa officials are warning the Government that if more of these great results are wanted, they don't want to be assimilated into the mainstream, want to stay separate, and need the equitable funding they've never received.
Pre-COVID-19, 64 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling were leaving with NCEA level 2. In kura, it was 79 percent.
And in the last year of school, it was clearer. Just 35 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling left with NCEA level 3, compared to 58 percent at kura.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Naked Greed – Anthony Willy.
Hiding in Plain Sight – the Real Agenda ~~ Dr Muriel Newman.
Frank Newman: Chiefs at War
Propaganda:
Putting rights on hold – Claire Charters at the UN
New port required at Patea for offshore windfarm
Taranaki Offshore Partnership - a collaboration of the NZ Super Fund and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners - wants to build a one gigawatt windfarm off the coast of South Taranaki, requiring an initial capital outlay of $5 billion.
Workshop facilitator David Hunt, of Concept Consulting, said it been studying what construction of the 60 to 70 turbine windfarm required. And once finished, it would be able to supply 10 percent of New Zealand's electricity needs or power for 650,000 homes.....
Tumu Whakarito CEO Taranaki Iwi Wharehoka Wano said it was important for hāpu iwi to be involved in discussion about offshore wind development.
"We are always going to have a very strong environmental lens on anything happening and particularly offshore and indeed onshore. When and oil and gas came into this region hāpu iwi were not at the table, so that's the number one priority - we want to be involved in these discussions at a high level from the start.".....
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Parliament's first Te Reo Māori outreach
Ōtaki, north of Wellington, just off State Highway 1, is a town where you’re likely to hear Te Reo Māori spoken in the supermarket aisles. It’s home to the first Maori tertiary institution, Te Wananga o Raukawa and is on track to become New Zealand’s first bilingual town.....
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Waitangi Tribunal hears urgent kura kaupapa Māori claim
The first week of Waitangi Tribunal hearings into alleged inequities which prevent Māori from exercising control and authority over te reo Māori - and the way it is taught and learned - has drawn to a close.
The urgent claim was brought by Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa, the body which oversees kura kaupapa Māori.
Te Rūnanga Nui is seeking the Waitangi Tribunal's intervention to ensure kura kaupapa Māori can continue to express their tino rangatiratanga.....
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Why Kura Kaupapa is telling Government it needs more funding, doesn't want to be assimilated into mainstream
The Kura Kaupapa model provides far better results for Māori than mainstream education, data shows, and the Government is now keen to funnel as many Māori students as it can through that system.
But Kura Kaupapa officials are warning the Government that if more of these great results are wanted, they don't want to be assimilated into the mainstream, want to stay separate, and need the equitable funding they've never received.
Pre-COVID-19, 64 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling were leaving with NCEA level 2. In kura, it was 79 percent.
And in the last year of school, it was clearer. Just 35 percent of Māori in mainstream schooling left with NCEA level 3, compared to 58 percent at kura.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Naked Greed – Anthony Willy.
Hiding in Plain Sight – the Real Agenda ~~ Dr Muriel Newman.
Frank Newman: Chiefs at War
Propaganda:
Putting rights on hold – Claire Charters at the UN
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9 comments:
re 1 May. How to exploit off shore windfarms must pose a challenge for maori. What the taniwha will make of and how much they will cost to appease will exercise all the skills taught in Maori Studies. Presumably all consultation will be paid.
It is sad to see so many able looking maori hooked into immersion kura school and thus handicapping their achievement in the real world. I wonder what their NCEA rates are with hobby subjects like te reo excluded. With devoted teachers little wonder the pupils do reasonably well. It is tragic that the same effort cannot be applied to instilling topics fully relevant to the modern world beyond backward looking Aotearoa.
I read the book by the first European settler in the now Levin area. On a visit to the established maori settlement at Otaki an old sage observed that "the Europeans are like rats; always busy"'. This explains many of the achievement differences at school and elsewhere. Incidentally for a race indoctrinated to imagine decolonisation I am puzzled why any would dye their hair colonist fair. is it recogniton, ignorance, or mockery maori style?
Eons ago I was aware of Susie Cato on TV. Her curiously addictive no frills presentation must have assisted a myriad childemb. But it seems she too has found it prudent to embrace pro maroi mania and clutter little heads with wiata in the hope that they will go on to fritter effort and ability on stone age te reo.
While the king without u.p.M.is innocuous, taking Glavish to london will likely prove a grave mistake. Her loud mouth is sure get her on to UK media. When the Poms then realise where NZ is headed the trickle of able migrants will further dwindle.
If the counter meth programme in Southland has to be prsented from a te ao approach, the province is not the civilised colonist backwater it was when I was there 55 years ago.
May 3 - Cato
She has stated the problem right there. Drum it into them while they are too young to make their own choices.
It astounds me how people with little or no Maori heritage buy into the pro Maori language thing and fail to see where its all heading.
Lack of intelligence and foresight doesn't help.
Otaki - hearing Maori spoken in supermarket aisle, maybe. Maybe price tags are in Maori. Perhaps shoppers are just trying to understand and verbalise price tags and descriptions.
Why not supermarkets, the woke are doing with everything else.
Yup, corporates flogging Maori too. Mobil has its gimmicks- try pay at pump for example. Check its website for its engagement and programs ‘promoted’ to staff. A few influential staff and spouses too, all available information on the internet. No doubt there are plenty of other corporates with similar influences. Mobil just obvious when you go to buy fuel.
Re 4th. When all maori have been indoctrinated with the Moana Jackson decolonisation poison mantra, to expect procedure in accord with established colonist convention is unrealistic.
Anyone who has read about early maori soon realises that disloyalty, betrayal, duplicity, deceit were very much part of te ao. Helen Clark seemed to eventually realise this especially after the defection of Turia who she had mentored. She very prudently blocked the Foreshore and the equally fraught UN "indigenous" peoples statement. Whatever pretence they maintain, maori self interest seems to prevail. It is why we should all disregard their assurances that there is nothing to fear from co governance. With so often hidden or not agenda the appointment of so many maori to key roles is insidious.
Having learned the ropes and other party's plans, there is nothing to stop any maori mp reverting to tribalism, abandoning the waka, and thus contributing to sabotage of its majority.
Hope Tupara is sure correct when she says few understand co governance. Thanks to the msm that is so. If the great majority did understand and when they eventually do realise that it leads to maori control, there will be huge scale rejection. And Davidson claims co governance is not the maori aim. Correct, it is just means to the ultimate maori aim, total control without the co complication..
Re the maori party wanting king charles to apologise for colonisation? But for him to.apologise he would need to know what it is that he is apologising for?
For simply existing? What are the effects of colonisation for which they speak? What genocide occurred in nz ? The chiefs of the time willingly signed over to the crown and nz has been the poster child for colour blndnness as we have all intermarried with each other and lived happy kiwi lives. What has suddenly changed? They want reparation and land given back? What happens to everyday kiwis who are having to listen to all this? I shudder to think what will happen if labour/greens/ maori party win this election.will we be Zimbabwe the 2nd?
If the king apolgises for something that never happened, life for nzers in this country will become very hard.
re 5th The Councillors you vote for have limited influence. That curious paid entourage, including the guy with the didgeredoo or machine gun, are the ones who really determine policy. All evident from Council documents like the Regional Parks Management Plan and the response to climate change.
Uncommonly clear sighted, clear thinking, and bold Mayor Brown is very appropriately moving them down a notch.
Kelvin Davis reckons maori are better off under Labour with 1200 less in prison. But what about the message their treatment conveys to prospective offenders? Like ram raiders, a subsequent development. Vastly greater number of the public are affected by the antics and influence of these 1200 now at largeand those they have influenced.
Maori get a payment to celebrate the recently discovered and obscure event of matariki. If anyone should get a subsidy it is business'affected.
Solomon states that co governance is not non democratic because the maori contingent is established by vote. Taken within a small coterie. All such blatantly flawed mana seeking statements are swallowed by maori who never hear any counter, don’t want to, and close their ears to. Unfortunately our msm now generally ensure no one else is presented with the counter either.
Matariki and a $3 million Government fund for Maori to party up? Goodness me, how the stars have aligned.
What happened to Christmas decorations? The crèche scenes in parks? All the significance of Christmas? Aha … I forgot, it is religion and therefore discrimination to celebrate just one philosophy if life.
So instead , NZ pays one racial group to worship the stars.
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