Saturday June 10, 2023
News:
Staff from five Whanganui schools back in the classroom in te reo Māori programme
Staff from five Whanganui schools have been on the other side of the classroom participating in a Ministry of Education programme to boost te reo Māori in schools.
The staff from Whanganui Intermediate School (WIS), Arahunga School, St Mary’s School, Kaitoke School and Mosston School were taking part in the first level of Te Ahu o te Reo Māori.
The nationwide programme was launched by the ministry with the intention of encouraging the education workforce to grow their confidence in using te reo and integrating it into learning with ākonga (scholars) and students.....
See full article HERE
Nanaia Mahuta
I have spoken before about how we are guided in our foreign policy by our national identity and our sense of place in the world. Our journey as a nation has been marked by challenge as we seek to reference our founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty is a symbol principles of partnership and mutual respect providing the groundwork for how we execute our foreign policy today.
Both Māori and the Crown continue to evolve and grow from this partnership, and we will continue to evolve as a nationhood.....
See full article HERE
Northland iwi battles growing list of environmental issues including an 'exotic' seaweed infestation
A northland iwi is concerned the spread of an invasive seaweed has added to an already growing list of environmental issues for the rohe, and stoked frustrations that they aren’t being listened to.
“We are becoming frustrated with the invitation to join and collaborate around another table, designed not by ourselves, to approach these matters,” he said.
He added it would be more beneficial for Ngātiwai to implement a ‘transfer of power’ that would enable iwi and hapū affected by biosecurity outbreaks to implement rāhui and protect their own taonga.....
See full article HERE
Ruapehu hapū not ruling out high court injunction as ski field stoush with MBIE ramps up
Māori with spiritual ties to Mount Ruapehu are not ruling out a high court injunction that would stop a controversial plan for the future of the mountain.
Representatives of around a dozen hapū, who reside at the foot of the maunga, are fed up at what they're calling backroom deals and a lack of consultation.
They've revealed to Newshub the latest letter they're sending to the Prime Minister and his Conservation Minister, Regional Development, Economic Development, and Treaty of Waitangi ministers.
"We are the kaitiaki, we've been left out of all dialogue. We need to be all at the table talking together, we need a voice," said Shane Isherwood, Ngāti Hikairo spokesperson.....
See full article HERE
See full article HERE
Nanaia Mahuta
I have spoken before about how we are guided in our foreign policy by our national identity and our sense of place in the world. Our journey as a nation has been marked by challenge as we seek to reference our founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Treaty is a symbol principles of partnership and mutual respect providing the groundwork for how we execute our foreign policy today.
Both Māori and the Crown continue to evolve and grow from this partnership, and we will continue to evolve as a nationhood.....
See full article HERE
Northland iwi battles growing list of environmental issues including an 'exotic' seaweed infestation
A northland iwi is concerned the spread of an invasive seaweed has added to an already growing list of environmental issues for the rohe, and stoked frustrations that they aren’t being listened to.
“We are becoming frustrated with the invitation to join and collaborate around another table, designed not by ourselves, to approach these matters,” he said.
He added it would be more beneficial for Ngātiwai to implement a ‘transfer of power’ that would enable iwi and hapū affected by biosecurity outbreaks to implement rāhui and protect their own taonga.....
See full article HERE
Ruapehu hapū not ruling out high court injunction as ski field stoush with MBIE ramps up
Māori with spiritual ties to Mount Ruapehu are not ruling out a high court injunction that would stop a controversial plan for the future of the mountain.
Representatives of around a dozen hapū, who reside at the foot of the maunga, are fed up at what they're calling backroom deals and a lack of consultation.
They've revealed to Newshub the latest letter they're sending to the Prime Minister and his Conservation Minister, Regional Development, Economic Development, and Treaty of Waitangi ministers.
"We are the kaitiaki, we've been left out of all dialogue. We need to be all at the table talking together, we need a voice," said Shane Isherwood, Ngāti Hikairo spokesperson.....
See full article HERE
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.
Friday June 9, 2023
News:
Clive River no more: Hapū wins fight for traditional Māori name to be restored to awa
After a previous submission to the New Zealand Geographic Board was declined, Paipper and other members of Operation Pātiki ki Kohupātiki Marae submitted again, this time offering Te Awa o Mokotūāraro, a shorter version of Ngaruroro Moko-tū-ā-raro ki Rangatira, the original Māori name for the river.
On Wednesday the New Zealand Geographic Board, Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa officially declared ‘Te Awa o Mokotūāraro’ as the rightful name of the river formerly known as Clive, in Hastings.....
See full article HERE
Waikato Tainui puts dibs on airport shares
Waikato Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan says the Government should buy Auckland Council’s airport shares and give them to the iwi to settle its unresolved WAI 30 claim.
Mr Morgan says the iwi has a long-standing claim to the underlying land, which its negotiators have suggested could be settled with shares.
“Shareholders should be very mindful that the land in and around the airport is subject to a treaty claim. Sure there is going to be some uncertainty – treaty claims always give rise to public uncertainty. But for us, there has never been any uncertainty. The fact of the matter is those lands are ours,” he says.
Mr Morgan says most of the available crown assets in Tamaki Makaurau have already gone to the 19 settled iwi, so the crown would have to dig deep to compensate the unsettled claims.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Tainui makes an audacious play for Auckland Council’s Airport shares - as Ngāti Whātua puts port deal on the table
Govt to announce Māori will lead efforts to tackle rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Māori living with irreversible brain damage caused by alcohol are meeting the Crown at Parliament on Thursday, with a wero (challenge) to the Government to make good on historic promises to protect Māori from the effects of alcohol.
The half-day hui on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) will bring together experts of FASD, ministers, and people with lived experience of the disorder which is caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol.
Its co-chair is to be Raawiri David Ratuu, lead claimant for Wai 2624, a Waitangi Tribunal claim which outlines the Crown’s failure to uphold legislation to protect Māori from alcohol-related harm.....
See full article HERE
Mana Whenua Trusts And Upper Hutt City Council Relationship Formalised
A memorandum of partnership (MOP) was signed last week on Wednesday by representative members of Hikoikoi Management Limited, Wellington Tenths Trust, and Palmerston North Māori Reserve Trust; and Upper Hutt City Council’s Mayor and Chief Executive.
The event took place in the Media Room at NZCIS on 31 May.
The MOP formalises a relationship that has been maturing over several years and is Upper Hutt’s first official partnership agreement with mana whenua....
See full article HERE
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Waikato Tainui puts dibs on airport shares
Waikato Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan says the Government should buy Auckland Council’s airport shares and give them to the iwi to settle its unresolved WAI 30 claim.
Mr Morgan says the iwi has a long-standing claim to the underlying land, which its negotiators have suggested could be settled with shares.
“Shareholders should be very mindful that the land in and around the airport is subject to a treaty claim. Sure there is going to be some uncertainty – treaty claims always give rise to public uncertainty. But for us, there has never been any uncertainty. The fact of the matter is those lands are ours,” he says.
Mr Morgan says most of the available crown assets in Tamaki Makaurau have already gone to the 19 settled iwi, so the crown would have to dig deep to compensate the unsettled claims.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Tainui makes an audacious play for Auckland Council’s Airport shares - as Ngāti Whātua puts port deal on the table
Govt to announce Māori will lead efforts to tackle rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Māori living with irreversible brain damage caused by alcohol are meeting the Crown at Parliament on Thursday, with a wero (challenge) to the Government to make good on historic promises to protect Māori from the effects of alcohol.
The half-day hui on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) will bring together experts of FASD, ministers, and people with lived experience of the disorder which is caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol.
Its co-chair is to be Raawiri David Ratuu, lead claimant for Wai 2624, a Waitangi Tribunal claim which outlines the Crown’s failure to uphold legislation to protect Māori from alcohol-related harm.....
See full article HERE
Mana Whenua Trusts And Upper Hutt City Council Relationship Formalised
A memorandum of partnership (MOP) was signed last week on Wednesday by representative members of Hikoikoi Management Limited, Wellington Tenths Trust, and Palmerston North Māori Reserve Trust; and Upper Hutt City Council’s Mayor and Chief Executive.
The event took place in the Media Room at NZCIS on 31 May.
The MOP formalises a relationship that has been maturing over several years and is Upper Hutt’s first official partnership agreement with mana whenua....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Matariki calendar's 'evolutionary step' to understanding te ao Māori
Thursday June 8, 2023
News:
NZ history workshops for teachers launched at Waitangi
Two new interactive workshops for school teachers have been launched at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds with the aim of encouraging critical thought about the history of New Zealand.
Aotearoa New Zealand Histories (ANZH) provides teachers with an overview of the history curriculum up to year 10 while exploring activities relating to tino rangatiratanga and Government.
Aotearoa New Zealand Histories (ANZH) provides teachers with an overview of the history curriculum up to year 10 while exploring activities relating to tino rangatiratanga and Government.
“What better place for teachers to further develop a nuanced understanding of our past, fostering empathy, cultural appreciation, and respect for diversity than here at the Treaty Grounds?”....
See full article HERE
Ruapehu hapū warn Govt against selling ski fields without asking Māori
Te Peehi Tūroa defended his hapū's territory against repeated incursions by raiding war parties. Now, his descendants have placed the Prime Minister on notice they will fight any hasty attempt to sell control of Mt Ruapehu's ski fields to corporate raiders.
Representatives of the Ruapehu/Whanganui hapū grouping Patutokotoko, which has over the years embraced Ngāti Hekeawai, Ruakopiri, Hinetaro, Atamira, Pare and later Uenuku, have written demanding officials consult with iwi before signing off new operators for the Whakapapa and Tūroa ski fields on June 20.
"In the event this does not occur we are placing the Crown on notice that we will seek redress in the appropriate forum," write Hayden Turoa, Kura Wanikau Turoa and Novena McGuckin.....
See full article HERE
Indigenous-led blue carbon regime secures $4mil
Seven iwi are part of the initiative and have been presenting their work to American investors, Blue Green Futures, a group of experts that champion sustainability, economics and nature-based solutions.
“We are very proud to announce that we have secured $4 million to seek finance for our iwi to get going in this space and to design what Hinemoana Halo is going to look like,” said Mere Takoko, Vice-President of Conservation International Aotearoa.
The Hinemoana Halo Oceans Initiative promotes indigenous protection and monitoring of NZ’s rivers, coastal areas and high seas, employing traditional practices and modern science.
Iwi in the initiative also have an ambitious goal to manage the country's biodiversity.
“It's not appropriate in this day and age that the kāwana (government) thinks that it can still control those ocean environments. Give it back to us, we can look after the world's biodiversity.......
See full article HERE
New youth fund building leaders for the future
A youth fund is helping Māori support youth leadership and cultural development.
Ruia is an annual fund set up in 2019 by the Whānau Ora collective, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, the Rātā Foundation and the Ministry of Youth Development, for ideas or initiatives that serve 12-24-year-olds in the South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands.....
See full article HERE
Ministries team up to help Māori housing journey
The deputy chief executive of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development says a joint programme with Te Puni Kokiri will help iwi, hapū and other Māori entities address the housing needs of their whanau.
A further $200 million was earmarked for Whai Kāinga Whai Ōranga in this year’s Budget.
Kararaina Calcott-Cribb says the money can be used for everything from infrastructure and building new homes to repairing existing homes.
She says the ministries are stating to make progress in guiding Māori through the fragmented housing sector.....
See full article HERE
Emergency Management Bill introduced
Legislation introduced in Parliament today will ensure New Zealand’s emergency management system learns the lessons of recent and previous responses to natural disasters, including severe weather events and other emergencies.
recognising the important role Māori play in Aotearoa New Zealand’s emergency management system, and enhancing Māori participation at all levels – national, regional, and local, and across strategic, planning, and operational activity...
See full article HERE
Māori bid to force co-governance on forestry reforms, blocked at High Court
Te Taumata, a trade group representing forestry, among other businesses had sought an interim order to prevent the crown announcing reforms to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), claiming that the government had failed to fulfil its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and engage meaningfully with Māori, in-line with responsibilities around co-governance.
At issue are reforms Te Taumata Chair Chris Insley says could cost Māori forestry upwards of $10 billion.
Māori own some 48% of commercially planted forests, which is expected to increase with additional treaty settlements.....
See full article HERE
Calls to introduce 'ethnicity criteria' for all medications so Māori, Pacific patients can access better healthcare
Waikato University researchers have found Pharmac's 2021 decision to introduce ethnicity criteria on game-changing diabetes drugs has helped improve inequities in our healthcare system for Māori and Pacific people.
The team, led by Te Whatu Ora endocrinologist and University of Waikato Senior Lecturer Dr Ryan Paul (Ngāti Maru, Hauraki), said Pharmac should now consider rolling out ethnicity criteria for all medications....
See full article HERE
Proposed bilingual signs garner mixed response from Waimate councillors
Waimate councillors have mixed views on bilingual signs, from support to ambivalence, and one “totally against it”.
The councillors were discussing whether to submit on the bilingual traffic signs proposed by Waka Kotahi NZTA, which aimed to ensure te reo Māori is more visible on roads across New Zealand, after changes in 2022 established bilingual Kura/School traffic signs.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei offers Wayne Brown an alternative to massive rates rise or Auckland Airport share sell-off
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei deputy chairman Ngarimu Blair said the iwi has made the offer to all former Auckland supercity mayors, including John Banks, to release the 55 hectares locked up at the Auckland waterfront.
He says the iwi has long sought the return of its harbours, which were taken without the tribe’s consent.....
See full article HERE
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Ruapehu hapū warn Govt against selling ski fields without asking Māori
Te Peehi Tūroa defended his hapū's territory against repeated incursions by raiding war parties. Now, his descendants have placed the Prime Minister on notice they will fight any hasty attempt to sell control of Mt Ruapehu's ski fields to corporate raiders.
Representatives of the Ruapehu/Whanganui hapū grouping Patutokotoko, which has over the years embraced Ngāti Hekeawai, Ruakopiri, Hinetaro, Atamira, Pare and later Uenuku, have written demanding officials consult with iwi before signing off new operators for the Whakapapa and Tūroa ski fields on June 20.
"In the event this does not occur we are placing the Crown on notice that we will seek redress in the appropriate forum," write Hayden Turoa, Kura Wanikau Turoa and Novena McGuckin.....
See full article HERE
Indigenous-led blue carbon regime secures $4mil
Seven iwi are part of the initiative and have been presenting their work to American investors, Blue Green Futures, a group of experts that champion sustainability, economics and nature-based solutions.
“We are very proud to announce that we have secured $4 million to seek finance for our iwi to get going in this space and to design what Hinemoana Halo is going to look like,” said Mere Takoko, Vice-President of Conservation International Aotearoa.
The Hinemoana Halo Oceans Initiative promotes indigenous protection and monitoring of NZ’s rivers, coastal areas and high seas, employing traditional practices and modern science.
Iwi in the initiative also have an ambitious goal to manage the country's biodiversity.
“It's not appropriate in this day and age that the kāwana (government) thinks that it can still control those ocean environments. Give it back to us, we can look after the world's biodiversity.......
See full article HERE
New youth fund building leaders for the future
A youth fund is helping Māori support youth leadership and cultural development.
Ruia is an annual fund set up in 2019 by the Whānau Ora collective, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, the Rātā Foundation and the Ministry of Youth Development, for ideas or initiatives that serve 12-24-year-olds in the South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands.....
See full article HERE
Ministries team up to help Māori housing journey
The deputy chief executive of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development says a joint programme with Te Puni Kokiri will help iwi, hapū and other Māori entities address the housing needs of their whanau.
A further $200 million was earmarked for Whai Kāinga Whai Ōranga in this year’s Budget.
Kararaina Calcott-Cribb says the money can be used for everything from infrastructure and building new homes to repairing existing homes.
She says the ministries are stating to make progress in guiding Māori through the fragmented housing sector.....
See full article HERE
Emergency Management Bill introduced
Legislation introduced in Parliament today will ensure New Zealand’s emergency management system learns the lessons of recent and previous responses to natural disasters, including severe weather events and other emergencies.
recognising the important role Māori play in Aotearoa New Zealand’s emergency management system, and enhancing Māori participation at all levels – national, regional, and local, and across strategic, planning, and operational activity...
See full article HERE
Māori bid to force co-governance on forestry reforms, blocked at High Court
Te Taumata, a trade group representing forestry, among other businesses had sought an interim order to prevent the crown announcing reforms to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), claiming that the government had failed to fulfil its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and engage meaningfully with Māori, in-line with responsibilities around co-governance.
At issue are reforms Te Taumata Chair Chris Insley says could cost Māori forestry upwards of $10 billion.
Māori own some 48% of commercially planted forests, which is expected to increase with additional treaty settlements.....
See full article HERE
Calls to introduce 'ethnicity criteria' for all medications so Māori, Pacific patients can access better healthcare
Waikato University researchers have found Pharmac's 2021 decision to introduce ethnicity criteria on game-changing diabetes drugs has helped improve inequities in our healthcare system for Māori and Pacific people.
The team, led by Te Whatu Ora endocrinologist and University of Waikato Senior Lecturer Dr Ryan Paul (Ngāti Maru, Hauraki), said Pharmac should now consider rolling out ethnicity criteria for all medications....
See full article HERE
Proposed bilingual signs garner mixed response from Waimate councillors
Waimate councillors have mixed views on bilingual signs, from support to ambivalence, and one “totally against it”.
The councillors were discussing whether to submit on the bilingual traffic signs proposed by Waka Kotahi NZTA, which aimed to ensure te reo Māori is more visible on roads across New Zealand, after changes in 2022 established bilingual Kura/School traffic signs.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei offers Wayne Brown an alternative to massive rates rise or Auckland Airport share sell-off
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei deputy chairman Ngarimu Blair said the iwi has made the offer to all former Auckland supercity mayors, including John Banks, to release the 55 hectares locked up at the Auckland waterfront.
He says the iwi has long sought the return of its harbours, which were taken without the tribe’s consent.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Rt Hon Winston Peters - Latest Electoral Review: More Dangerous Woke Nonsense
Wednesday June 7, 2023
News:
Changes to electoral system 'fairer' for Māori but unlikely to garner support
Dr Maria Bargh (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa), the panel's deputy chairperson told teaomaori.news the review found that more could be done with the electoral system to engage Māori voters and participation, including the addition of a 'give effect to Te Tiriti' clause in the Electoral Act that would see equitable growth for Māori electorates.
"We had some promises under Te Tiriti. But over the years, and in many areas, including in our electoral laws, we haven't seen that kind of equitable treatment. If we take, for example, the fact that the Māori electorates were pegged at four for about 125 years, so they couldn't increase at all, but in the general electorate seats, they were increasing as our population increased.
"We had some promises under Te Tiriti. But over the years, and in many areas, including in our electoral laws, we haven't seen that kind of equitable treatment. If we take, for example, the fact that the Māori electorates were pegged at four for about 125 years, so they couldn't increase at all, but in the general electorate seats, they were increasing as our population increased.
"This is one of the areas where we've seen different treatments."
One of the recommendations by the panel is to further evolve the Māori Electoral option and allow Māori voters to change roles at any time. A law change came into effect recently allowing Māori voters to change at any time up to 3 months before an election.
Bargh said that doesn't go far enough.....
See full article HERE
Equal gender representation on public sector boards for third year in a row
Māori and ethnic diversity has increased steadily since 2019 when data collection for ethnicities on boards began. Māori board members now hold 26.8 percent of board roles, Pacific board members 7.2 percent, and Asian board members 6.1 percent.....
See full article HERE
Tirikatene talks trade with Singapore
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Rino Tirikatene is heading for Singapore today with Māori trade high on his agenda.....
See full article HERE
Exploring Te Aranga design principles in Tāmaki
Te Aranga Design Principles are a cultural landscape strategy/approach to design thinking and making which incorporates a series of Māori cultural values and principles. This study strives towards a better understanding of the principles, and how they apply in developing policy and design for residential development in the Tāmaki Area. This study also suggests how the principles can be embedded through procurement, and develops a framework to translate them into the design process and contracts for the Tāmaki Regeneration Company.....
See full article HERE
Mauri stone laid at new Blenheim campus sets foundation for the future
A mauri stone has been laid at Blenheim’s new co-located colleges’ campus as contractors prepare for the first phase of construction on the site.
Peter Meihana, speaking on behalf of the iwi involved in the project, Rangitāne o Warau, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngāti Rārua, said the fire was lit and karakia was recited as the ceremony began.
“The kōhatu was taken to this place where the stone was going to rest, and our kaikarakia recited karakia that imbues that stone with mauri, with life force, and that’s to ensure a good build,” Meihana said.....
See full article HERE
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Honouring the past, building tomorrow: The outlook for Māori-owned business in New Zealand
One of the recommendations by the panel is to further evolve the Māori Electoral option and allow Māori voters to change roles at any time. A law change came into effect recently allowing Māori voters to change at any time up to 3 months before an election.
Bargh said that doesn't go far enough.....
See full article HERE
Equal gender representation on public sector boards for third year in a row
Māori and ethnic diversity has increased steadily since 2019 when data collection for ethnicities on boards began. Māori board members now hold 26.8 percent of board roles, Pacific board members 7.2 percent, and Asian board members 6.1 percent.....
See full article HERE
Tirikatene talks trade with Singapore
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Rino Tirikatene is heading for Singapore today with Māori trade high on his agenda.....
See full article HERE
Exploring Te Aranga design principles in Tāmaki
Te Aranga Design Principles are a cultural landscape strategy/approach to design thinking and making which incorporates a series of Māori cultural values and principles. This study strives towards a better understanding of the principles, and how they apply in developing policy and design for residential development in the Tāmaki Area. This study also suggests how the principles can be embedded through procurement, and develops a framework to translate them into the design process and contracts for the Tāmaki Regeneration Company.....
See full article HERE
Mauri stone laid at new Blenheim campus sets foundation for the future
A mauri stone has been laid at Blenheim’s new co-located colleges’ campus as contractors prepare for the first phase of construction on the site.
Peter Meihana, speaking on behalf of the iwi involved in the project, Rangitāne o Warau, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngāti Rārua, said the fire was lit and karakia was recited as the ceremony began.
“The kōhatu was taken to this place where the stone was going to rest, and our kaikarakia recited karakia that imbues that stone with mauri, with life force, and that’s to ensure a good build,” Meihana said.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Honouring the past, building tomorrow: The outlook for Māori-owned business in New Zealand
Monday June 5, 2023
News:
Kōrero of excitement, commitment at court
The mahi for Tangatarite to beome a service as part of the Te Ao Mārama vision for the Gisborne District Court was celebrated and acknowledged yesterday by those working to see change in the justice system.
Whakaorangia te Mana Tangata is a whānau-centred initiative designed and provided by local iwi or iwi-mandated service providers, to support Māori offenders, victims and whānau through the court process....
See full article HERE
Programme aims to apply a 'Māori lens to data' in online world
A data apprenticeship programme has been launched in the Manawatū to help Māori in the region enhance their data capabilities.
Co-founder of Auraki group Naomi Manu said the programme will help address colonial bias that might be inherent in data and grow the Māori data workforce, which was currently quite small.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Whānau Ora chair Merepeka Raukawa-Tait questions if National 'trying to pitch Māori as being public enemy no.1'
Shaneel Lal: Teaching true history of Treaty of Waitangi in schools is crucial
Calls for greater recognition of kapa haka as it births some of Aotearoa's greatest musicians
Did Chris Luxon tell me, or the bowling club, his real feelings about te reo?
With so many people speaking 'their truth', how do we know what the truth really is?
Untangling implicit bias in our hospital
Kennedy Warne on Deep Water Cove, Whanganui River and Māori kinship
Programme aims to apply a 'Māori lens to data' in online world
A data apprenticeship programme has been launched in the Manawatū to help Māori in the region enhance their data capabilities.
Co-founder of Auraki group Naomi Manu said the programme will help address colonial bias that might be inherent in data and grow the Māori data workforce, which was currently quite small.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Whānau Ora chair Merepeka Raukawa-Tait questions if National 'trying to pitch Māori as being public enemy no.1'
Shaneel Lal: Teaching true history of Treaty of Waitangi in schools is crucial
Calls for greater recognition of kapa haka as it births some of Aotearoa's greatest musicians
Did Chris Luxon tell me, or the bowling club, his real feelings about te reo?
With so many people speaking 'their truth', how do we know what the truth really is?
Untangling implicit bias in our hospital
Kennedy Warne on Deep Water Cove, Whanganui River and Māori kinship
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:
I cannot understand why Shaneel lal is employed. His contribution to Sunday Herald comprises a string of current very well known trite pro maori platitudes I will save my effort for a response to the Herald. Curiously the Sunday edition has proven somewhat more receptive than the weekly. (Same applies to the Stuff free neswpapers) I presume they were all in on the PIJFunding.
re 7th. Re changes to the electoral system for maori. Bargh says it does not go far enough. Whatever race based concessions and advantages are granted them maori always demand more.
re the 8th. No better place for an introduction course on NZ history than Waitangi. This is near where the Musket Wars started, and the civilising influence of Europeans commenced. The wars prompted many tribes to sign the Treaty in the hope of preservation of their very existance. The Musket War land "ownership" rearragemnts were a major factor in most of the later conflict with colonists, remain so today, and of current inter tribal conflict (ie Ngati Whatua claimiming, not without formidible sound basis, to be the only mana whenua for Auckland.) The teacher "student' can be shown where the canoe loads of heads from the tribes south of Auckland were landed and the cannibal feasts of captives conducted in full view of the incredibly brave missionaries risking their lives to move maori out of the stone age to civilisation. The stories when retold to studenst should capture the attention of many boys and encourage attendance. And it only a short journey to the site of the Boyd massacres.
One Mere Takako says "give it back to us. We can look after the world's bio diversity " Remember the tv programme which went the way of the Police programmme and showed Fisheries officers in action. Maori contrived, strived/strive endlessly not just to take back the paua diversity but to take it away from NZ completely.
Re 9th. Try on number two for the Cive river has worked. If the Board had rejected I wonder if they could have whittled it down to one word. Was all the maori consultation paid for? As everywhere the English name was doomed. Has the village managed to retain? With colonist connotations a sure target. But among ordinary busy effcient folk not obsessed with hobby language it will remain the Cive River, certainly while Clive is Clive.
Re 9th
I believe Auckland Airport was built on reclaimed land.
Prior to the airport being built, the land did not exist.
There must be a group of people among the various tribes who sit around all day thinking up where claims can be made for land and assets.
Claims paid for by taxpayers no less.
Re 10th.I feel sorry for at least some of the teachers captive in the Wanganui te reo classes. Presumably not all have been successfully brainwashed to believe that the future of NZ lies in te reo. To feign enthusiasm for two days must be taxing. They must rue the time wasted, the intellectual energy diverted, and the enormous private time they will need to devote to remember any of it. Many must realise that what they and NZ really need is an intensive course in teaching reading and written English, arithmetic (let alone "math") and science. (real, not contrived matauranga )
Whilst our education system is generally a failure it seems to produce a stream of wondrously imaginative writers. These produce the likes of Mahuta's latest, and the pages of near unfathomable to reo riddled gobblydegook which originate from Ministries, Councils, submissions to the WT etc.
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