Saturday July 22, 2023
News:
School's new artworks a link to region's mythic past
An outdoor mural captures the mythic creation of Te Āpiti Manawatū Gorge, when restless spirit Otakia summoned all his strength to forge a path to the ocean through a mountain, separating the Tararua and Ruahine ranges.
A coloured glass window artwork in the school library depicts the three kete, or baskets, of knowledge received from the heavens by the forest god Tāne.
Rangitāne kaumātua Wiremu Te Awe Awe attended the unveiling and blessed the pieces, which were both created by Christchurch artist Jess Collins following discussions with iwi and the school.
Wiremu Te Awe Awe said it was heartening to see schools embracing local history, and to watch 600 children perform a haka with feeling and meaning.
“It’s the Treaty in action.”....
See full article HERE
Māori health strategy strong
Ministry of Health deputy director general John Whaanga says the Hauora Māori strategy puts a strong emphasis on embracing mātauranga Māori within the overall health system.
Mr Whaanga says it continues to focus on building and empowering Māori to take care of their own health and address inequities on which there is strong evidence.
John Whaanga says ” Mātauranga Māori there’s not only a benefit for Māori but for the population generally. Matariki is a great example of where New Zealanders are generally embracing matauranga Māori as a feature of their own collective national identity....
See full article HERE
Deputy Police commissioners Māori can make a better system
Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha believes Māori have the answer for a better system to deal with family harm and mental health issues, which have escalated beyond control.....
See full article HERE
Country divided on race relations
It seems the country is divided on race relations with almost half the people surveyed in our latest 1News Verian poll saying the situation has got worse.
The question in the latest poll asked: “Do you believe race relations are getting worse or better or staying about the same in New Zealand?”
Only 14% say it’s getting better, 35% believe it’s about the same, and 47% say race relations are getting worse. The rest don’t know or refused to say.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Racism and early school leaving link with Māori youth, report
Wiremu Te Awe Awe said it was heartening to see schools embracing local history, and to watch 600 children perform a haka with feeling and meaning.
“It’s the Treaty in action.”....
See full article HERE
Māori health strategy strong
Ministry of Health deputy director general John Whaanga says the Hauora Māori strategy puts a strong emphasis on embracing mātauranga Māori within the overall health system.
Mr Whaanga says it continues to focus on building and empowering Māori to take care of their own health and address inequities on which there is strong evidence.
John Whaanga says ” Mātauranga Māori there’s not only a benefit for Māori but for the population generally. Matariki is a great example of where New Zealanders are generally embracing matauranga Māori as a feature of their own collective national identity....
See full article HERE
Deputy Police commissioners Māori can make a better system
Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha believes Māori have the answer for a better system to deal with family harm and mental health issues, which have escalated beyond control.....
See full article HERE
Country divided on race relations
It seems the country is divided on race relations with almost half the people surveyed in our latest 1News Verian poll saying the situation has got worse.
The question in the latest poll asked: “Do you believe race relations are getting worse or better or staying about the same in New Zealand?”
Only 14% say it’s getting better, 35% believe it’s about the same, and 47% say race relations are getting worse. The rest don’t know or refused to say.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Racism and early school leaving link with Māori youth, report
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 July 21, 2023
News:
Whenua Māori ok to take under Public Works Act Minister for Lands Damien O’Connor
Minister O’Connor was replying to a parliamentary question in the House on Wednesday from Green Party Māori Development Spokesperson Teanau Tuiono.
Minister O’Connor was asked if he thinks it is acceptable that the Public Works Act 1981 continues to allow compulsory acquisition of Māori land?
Minister O’Connor was asked if he thinks it is acceptable that the Public Works Act 1981 continues to allow compulsory acquisition of Māori land?
The Minister replied ‘yes’ to the first part of the question but followed it up, saying that it only occurs if a greater good of a public asset is required for all New Zealanders.
The Public Works Act 1981 gives the Crown power to acquire land from private landowners for public works. Public works may include works such as roads, schools, police stations and railways....
See full article HERE
Iwi rejects scientist’s claims about plastic pollution in Lake Rotorua
Haimona Te Nahu, manager of Te Papa Ahurewa at Te Arawa Lakes Trust, emphasises the significance of effective communication and collaboration with the trust over research in Te Arawa Lakes.
He highlights the importance of establishing liaison with the trust due to the regulations for researching and managing all 14 lakes under the responsibility of the Te Arawa Lakes Trust.
“This is a huge problem for us. People like this, who think they can just dive into our waters without permission or without consulting us in any way is unacceptable.....
See full article HERE
Māori Economic Development Fund Recipients Announced
Four Kāpiti businesses have been successful in their applications to the 2022/23 round of the Māori Economic Development Fund.
The contestable Fund was established in 2013 by the Kāpiti Coast District Council and Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti to support whānau, hapū, iwi and mātāwaka in Kāpiti to develop their business or social enterprise. This year $68,000 was available....
See full article HERE
Andrew Little says he is very proud of the step up the Government has made in recognising the Crown’s obligation under the Treaty and also in recognising the defining place of Te Ao Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Public Works Act 1981 gives the Crown power to acquire land from private landowners for public works. Public works may include works such as roads, schools, police stations and railways....
See full article HERE
Iwi rejects scientist’s claims about plastic pollution in Lake Rotorua
Haimona Te Nahu, manager of Te Papa Ahurewa at Te Arawa Lakes Trust, emphasises the significance of effective communication and collaboration with the trust over research in Te Arawa Lakes.
He highlights the importance of establishing liaison with the trust due to the regulations for researching and managing all 14 lakes under the responsibility of the Te Arawa Lakes Trust.
“This is a huge problem for us. People like this, who think they can just dive into our waters without permission or without consulting us in any way is unacceptable.....
See full article HERE
Māori Economic Development Fund Recipients Announced
Four Kāpiti businesses have been successful in their applications to the 2022/23 round of the Māori Economic Development Fund.
The contestable Fund was established in 2013 by the Kāpiti Coast District Council and Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti to support whānau, hapū, iwi and mātāwaka in Kāpiti to develop their business or social enterprise. This year $68,000 was available....
See full article HERE
Clear water reforms ahead
The former chair of Te Rarawa suggests the new water resource management system, which evolved out of the controversial 3 Waters Reforms, be called the Clear water reforms.
Haami Piripi says they are looking forward to Māori whanau and communities gaining rights and benefits from the system, equitable with what is delivered to other New Zealanders.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Sins of the Fathers…. - Barry Brill
All Are Equal – Dr Muriel Newman.
Propaganda:
ACC kaimahi draw inspiration from Matariki
Discrimination and trauma contributing to psychosis risk in Māori
Rob Campbell: A Pākehā/tangata Tiriti view on equity/Tiriti issues
The former chair of Te Rarawa suggests the new water resource management system, which evolved out of the controversial 3 Waters Reforms, be called the Clear water reforms.
Haami Piripi says they are looking forward to Māori whanau and communities gaining rights and benefits from the system, equitable with what is delivered to other New Zealanders.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Sins of the Fathers…. - Barry Brill
All Are Equal – Dr Muriel Newman.
Propaganda:
ACC kaimahi draw inspiration from Matariki
Discrimination and trauma contributing to psychosis risk in Māori
Rob Campbell: A Pākehā/tangata Tiriti view on equity/Tiriti issues
Thursday July 20, 2023
News:
Dog whistlers bad for Māori gains
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little says gains the government have made for the benefit of Māori are at risk if there is a change of Government.
Andrew Little says he is very proud of the step up the Government has made in recognising the Crown’s obligation under the Treaty and also in recognising the defining place of Te Ao Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Andrew Little says this is a pity as the National Party had a good track record in empowering Māori with leaders like Sir Doug Graham and Chris Finlayson but the current mob of dog whistlers every time Te Reo Māori is spoken or Māori signs are proposed want to take it back.
See full article HERE
UCOL Whanganui entrance re-design bringing awa into view
The redesign will open up the campus to a better view of the awa and has been designed in collaboration with local iwi Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi.
“It’s important to us that the whānau room and entranceway have a strong visual connection to the awa, so these two projects are closely tied together.”
Reilly said he hoped that this would help Māori kaimahi and ākonga feel more connected in campus life.
Reilly said the whānau room would offer Māori specific services such as mihi whakatau [welcoming new staff], karakia and waiata
See full article HERE
Changing name of Russell back to Kororāreka could be test case for NZ
Because the board failed to make a determination, the decision has been passed to the Land Information Minister.
A final decision is expected before the end of the year.
An unscientific Stuff poll of more than 18,000 readers found 57% want Russell to keep its name, instead of switching to Kororāreka.....
See full article HERE
Whiria te Tāngata: investing in our librarians
Whiria te Tāngata (Whiria), a mātauranga Māori led initiative ‘weaving people’ together across the library sector, is thrilled to announce a final run of this highly successful programme.
"The National Library are proud to continue supporting this kaupapa. It’s important we champion Māori initiatives through partnerships within the library sector."
Whiria is an eight-month learning and development journey, set within four tukutuku (panel) modules. These are Waharua, the mātauranga Māori workstream and its connection to the land; Poutama, symbolising the scaffolding of knowledge and its application to workforce capability; Purapura whetū, signifying the complexity of data, research, and evidence work; and Niho taniwha, representing the determination needed for collective impact.
Whiria te Tāngata is funded through the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme, led by Te Rōpū Whakahau and supported by the National Library of New Zealand. It is a collaborative initiative that brings together library and information professionals from diverse backgrounds to embark on a learning and development journey, underpinned by mātauranga Māori....
See full article HERE
Major study finds no change in children's average maths achievement
It found pupils' average achievement was not statistically different to results from the previous assessment in 2018.
However Māori and Pacific children in Year 8 and girls in Year 8 did slightly worse on average than in 2018.....
See full article HERE
Green policy package a chance to stop injustices
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says the Party’s policy package for Māori is about beating injustices not creating more in the process.
Marama Davidson says the Waitangi Tribunal used to have the power to make recommendations for private land but it was removed by a previous government back in the 1990’s.
She says restoring this power and lifting the 2008 deadline for historic claims would restore justice for whānau and Papatuānuku
Marama Davidson says Māori are a lot more generous than colonisation has been for Māori.....
See full article HERE
AT business plan questioned
An Auckland Transport (AT) board member has raised concerns over a plan by AT to give preferential treatment to Māori businesses.
At a board meeting last month, a draft Statement of Intent was presented, which sets a procurement spend of two per cent with Māori-owned businesses over the next three financial years.
Board member Abbie Reynolds commended the move to increase procurement to Māori businesses.....
See full article HERE
Cancer Society and partners supporting Māori cancer research
The Māori Cancer Researcher Awards 2023 are for researchers who are committed to hauora Māori, maximising Māori cancer health gains, and addressing existing cancer and health inequities. Both Masters and PhD scholarships are available.
This year is the first time when a Masters Scholarship will also be offered in collaboration with the Gut Cancer Foundation.
Cancer Society of New Zealand Research Manager Dr Nicole Stanton said the Māori Cancer Researcher Awards “demonstrate our shared commitment to advance Māori aspirations in cancer research, and our recognition of the importance of representation in the research workforce in achieving this”....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Kris Faafoi: The danger for politicians of scratching itches
UCOL Whanganui entrance re-design bringing awa into view
The redesign will open up the campus to a better view of the awa and has been designed in collaboration with local iwi Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi.
“It’s important to us that the whānau room and entranceway have a strong visual connection to the awa, so these two projects are closely tied together.”
Reilly said he hoped that this would help Māori kaimahi and ākonga feel more connected in campus life.
Reilly said the whānau room would offer Māori specific services such as mihi whakatau [welcoming new staff], karakia and waiata
See full article HERE
Changing name of Russell back to Kororāreka could be test case for NZ
Because the board failed to make a determination, the decision has been passed to the Land Information Minister.
A final decision is expected before the end of the year.
An unscientific Stuff poll of more than 18,000 readers found 57% want Russell to keep its name, instead of switching to Kororāreka.....
See full article HERE
Whiria te Tāngata: investing in our librarians
Whiria te Tāngata (Whiria), a mātauranga Māori led initiative ‘weaving people’ together across the library sector, is thrilled to announce a final run of this highly successful programme.
"The National Library are proud to continue supporting this kaupapa. It’s important we champion Māori initiatives through partnerships within the library sector."
Whiria is an eight-month learning and development journey, set within four tukutuku (panel) modules. These are Waharua, the mātauranga Māori workstream and its connection to the land; Poutama, symbolising the scaffolding of knowledge and its application to workforce capability; Purapura whetū, signifying the complexity of data, research, and evidence work; and Niho taniwha, representing the determination needed for collective impact.
Whiria te Tāngata is funded through the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme, led by Te Rōpū Whakahau and supported by the National Library of New Zealand. It is a collaborative initiative that brings together library and information professionals from diverse backgrounds to embark on a learning and development journey, underpinned by mātauranga Māori....
See full article HERE
Major study finds no change in children's average maths achievement
It found pupils' average achievement was not statistically different to results from the previous assessment in 2018.
However Māori and Pacific children in Year 8 and girls in Year 8 did slightly worse on average than in 2018.....
See full article HERE
Green policy package a chance to stop injustices
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says the Party’s policy package for Māori is about beating injustices not creating more in the process.
Marama Davidson says the Waitangi Tribunal used to have the power to make recommendations for private land but it was removed by a previous government back in the 1990’s.
She says restoring this power and lifting the 2008 deadline for historic claims would restore justice for whānau and Papatuānuku
Marama Davidson says Māori are a lot more generous than colonisation has been for Māori.....
See full article HERE
AT business plan questioned
An Auckland Transport (AT) board member has raised concerns over a plan by AT to give preferential treatment to Māori businesses.
At a board meeting last month, a draft Statement of Intent was presented, which sets a procurement spend of two per cent with Māori-owned businesses over the next three financial years.
Board member Abbie Reynolds commended the move to increase procurement to Māori businesses.....
See full article HERE
Cancer Society and partners supporting Māori cancer research
The Māori Cancer Researcher Awards 2023 are for researchers who are committed to hauora Māori, maximising Māori cancer health gains, and addressing existing cancer and health inequities. Both Masters and PhD scholarships are available.
This year is the first time when a Masters Scholarship will also be offered in collaboration with the Gut Cancer Foundation.
Cancer Society of New Zealand Research Manager Dr Nicole Stanton said the Māori Cancer Researcher Awards “demonstrate our shared commitment to advance Māori aspirations in cancer research, and our recognition of the importance of representation in the research workforce in achieving this”....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Kris Faafoi: The danger for politicians of scratching itches
Wednesday July 19, 2023
News:
Māori opera star Kawiti Jack Waetford claims he was discriminated against at Northland petrol station
Professionally trained Māori opera singer Kawiti Jack Waetford claims he was racially profiled at a Northland petrol station after they made him prepay for his gas while a well-dressed Pākehā in a flash truck behind him was allowed to fill up first and then pay.
But Caltex Kerikeri owner Vasonthia Walallavita says Waetford’s accusations are incorrect and his Facebook posting has caused huge stress and anxiety to his staff. He has sent a full report to Caltex HQ and the staff member who has worked there for six years has taken leave.
But Caltex Kerikeri owner Vasonthia Walallavita says Waetford’s accusations are incorrect and his Facebook posting has caused huge stress and anxiety to his staff. He has sent a full report to Caltex HQ and the staff member who has worked there for six years has taken leave.
“The issue was that they wouldn’t release the pump for me to fill my car, but two seconds later they did it for a well dressed Pākehā lady in a flash truck right in front of me,” Waetford told the Herald today.
“It was the disrespect that was shown to me.....
See full article HERE
Council tables ex-cemetery whenua for Iwi housing
Cemetery reserve land could be returned to iwi and developed to help address Rotorua's housing shortage.
Rotorua Lakes Council has backed the idea and invited the public to have a say on a proposed land purpose change....
See full article HERE
Fears few voting booths for Maori
Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson says he hears concerns from Māori that access to voting will be difficult particularly for whānau in rural and cyclone affected areas.
“It’s really a worry, so we’ll be looking at it shortly, because Māori must be given the opportunity, because we’ve always said if we don’t get the opportunity then how fair is democracy.” says Minister Jackson.
In the meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Electoral commission says it’s unable to give exact roll numbers for Māori until next week. While number and location of Māori voting boxes won’t be available until the middle of September....
See full article HERE
Whitiora a shelter for all at Starship Children’s Hospital
A cultural consultant says the new Starship Foundation building hopes to inspire more welcoming and Māori inclusive hospital infrastructure.
She says this is a great start towards further incorporating more Māori concepts into sterile and systemically non tikanga Māori catering spaces like hospitals...
See full article HERE
Labour Asks Pharmacists To Racially Profile
“Te Whatu Ora has taken its racial separatism a step further and is now asking pharmacists to act as ethnic enforcers, providing extra services to people solely because of ethnicity. Where will this madness end?” Asks ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
“The Community Pharmacy Minor Ailments Service allows pharmacies in selected areas to consult and provide treatment aids for a range of ‘common, uncomplicated conditions which can be diagnosed and managed without medical intervention.’ The catch, eligibility for the service is based on race. The service is offered only to children under 14 (and their whānau if they have the same illness), Community Service Card holders, or Māori and Pacific people. In other words, if you’re over 14, don’t have a CSC and aren’t Māori or Pacific, you’re ineligible.
“What’s worse, Labour has made pharmacists the enforcers of their ideology by lumping them with the undesirable job of figuring out what ethnicity patients are.....
See full article HERE
Luxon spruiks Māori trade skills
National Party leader Chris Luxon says it’s time for New Zealand to get out in the world and hustle its goods – and he expects Māori to be in the thick of it.
“Huge opportunities for Maori to do commerce with many countries New Zealand trades with and I’ve been on many delegations with Maori businesses and they’re just the best at it, I remember being in China and watching Maori businesses convert huge opportunities for their businesses which was just fantastic,” Mr Luxon says....
See full article HERE
Thumbs up for Maramataka learnings
Minister for Children and Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis has given a big thumbs up to kura kaupapa and Māori Medium Schools operating along Maramataka principles.
His support comes after Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai from Rotorua won the Supreme Award at last week’s Matariki Awards and from his experience of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi in Kaitaia who are running a maramataka philosophy with holidays in the middle of the year and not so much time off over summer.
He says they base their year around the planting and harvesting of kai and all its learnings such as water and soil quality, reading the tides and the clouds, and the tohu tūpuna used to rely on when to plant.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
The Māori in Me: How colonisation has impacted on Māori identity
Act's justice policy is racist rhetoric - Lady Tureiti Moxon
“It was the disrespect that was shown to me.....
See full article HERE
Council tables ex-cemetery whenua for Iwi housing
Cemetery reserve land could be returned to iwi and developed to help address Rotorua's housing shortage.
Rotorua Lakes Council has backed the idea and invited the public to have a say on a proposed land purpose change....
See full article HERE
Fears few voting booths for Maori
Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson says he hears concerns from Māori that access to voting will be difficult particularly for whānau in rural and cyclone affected areas.
“It’s really a worry, so we’ll be looking at it shortly, because Māori must be given the opportunity, because we’ve always said if we don’t get the opportunity then how fair is democracy.” says Minister Jackson.
In the meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Electoral commission says it’s unable to give exact roll numbers for Māori until next week. While number and location of Māori voting boxes won’t be available until the middle of September....
See full article HERE
Whitiora a shelter for all at Starship Children’s Hospital
A cultural consultant says the new Starship Foundation building hopes to inspire more welcoming and Māori inclusive hospital infrastructure.
She says this is a great start towards further incorporating more Māori concepts into sterile and systemically non tikanga Māori catering spaces like hospitals...
See full article HERE
Labour Asks Pharmacists To Racially Profile
“Te Whatu Ora has taken its racial separatism a step further and is now asking pharmacists to act as ethnic enforcers, providing extra services to people solely because of ethnicity. Where will this madness end?” Asks ACT’s Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden.
“The Community Pharmacy Minor Ailments Service allows pharmacies in selected areas to consult and provide treatment aids for a range of ‘common, uncomplicated conditions which can be diagnosed and managed without medical intervention.’ The catch, eligibility for the service is based on race. The service is offered only to children under 14 (and their whānau if they have the same illness), Community Service Card holders, or Māori and Pacific people. In other words, if you’re over 14, don’t have a CSC and aren’t Māori or Pacific, you’re ineligible.
“What’s worse, Labour has made pharmacists the enforcers of their ideology by lumping them with the undesirable job of figuring out what ethnicity patients are.....
See full article HERE
Luxon spruiks Māori trade skills
National Party leader Chris Luxon says it’s time for New Zealand to get out in the world and hustle its goods – and he expects Māori to be in the thick of it.
“Huge opportunities for Maori to do commerce with many countries New Zealand trades with and I’ve been on many delegations with Maori businesses and they’re just the best at it, I remember being in China and watching Maori businesses convert huge opportunities for their businesses which was just fantastic,” Mr Luxon says....
See full article HERE
Thumbs up for Maramataka learnings
Minister for Children and Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis has given a big thumbs up to kura kaupapa and Māori Medium Schools operating along Maramataka principles.
His support comes after Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai from Rotorua won the Supreme Award at last week’s Matariki Awards and from his experience of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi in Kaitaia who are running a maramataka philosophy with holidays in the middle of the year and not so much time off over summer.
He says they base their year around the planting and harvesting of kai and all its learnings such as water and soil quality, reading the tides and the clouds, and the tohu tūpuna used to rely on when to plant.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
The Māori in Me: How colonisation has impacted on Māori identity
Act's justice policy is racist rhetoric - Lady Tureiti Moxon
Tuesday July 18, 2023
News:
Greens propose private land acquisition for treaty settlements, if re-elected
The Greens say they will reform the Treaty of Waitangi settlements process, by compelling the crown to consider acquiring private land as it comes up for sale, if reelected to government, in October.
The party's 'Hoki Whenua Mai' policy unveiled today would also end historic treaty claim deadlines and perpetual leases on Māori land, which allow tenants indefinite rights to renew rents like those at Tokomaru Bay, at rates generally below market value.
The party's 'Hoki Whenua Mai' policy unveiled today would also end historic treaty claim deadlines and perpetual leases on Māori land, which allow tenants indefinite rights to renew rents like those at Tokomaru Bay, at rates generally below market value.
"The Aotearoa we know today has been built off of Māori land, much of which was wrongly taken through breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi over the last 183 years," Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson said in a statement....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Green Party 'desperate vandals' for its plan to 'return stolen land' to Māori - David Seymour
And here > Greens propose $350 million '#LandBack' fund to return stolen Māori land
Iwi approach a winner as professors unpack farm assurance
OLAW study delves into the labyrinth of systems to find how schemes can be enhanced to improve farmer-consumer relations.
Meantime incorporating more of a Māori world view into assurance schemes also provides some aspirational assurance models.
This includes learning from iwi groups that have built comprehensive monitoring systems for reporting into their collective ownership, while framing them around Māori values and relationship building, all which could provide some clues for non-iwi schemes in the future....
See full article HERE
No deals for Te Pāti Māori with forever in sight
Māori Party president John Tamihere says no deals before October election.
“And one one day the other sides will start to understand to govern this country properly and to unleash the potential of Maori people will require a Maori-driven world view in policy, in finance and in practice so the beauty of 2023 is it’s not about 2023, it’s about forever,” Mr Tamihere says.
National leader Chris Luxon today again ruled out working with Te Paati Maori, saying it has shifted ideologically from the days of Dame Tariana Turia and now wants separatism, not devolution.....
See full article HERE
Spain apologises for mocking haka as FIFA World Cup kick-off nears
Spain's women’s football team have formally apologised to Māori for appearing to mock the haka.
Following a pōwhiri in Palmerston North, where the team will be staying for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, captain Ivana Andres asked local iwi Rangitāne for forgiveness.
Speaking in Spanish, she said the team was learning everyday and know how important mana is to Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: Sorry, Professor Charters – We do not Agree
Planting trees creates those credits, which can then be traded. It’s led to the creation of an industry of carbon farming which many Māori landowners rely on.
More on the above here > Green Party 'desperate vandals' for its plan to 'return stolen land' to Māori - David Seymour
And here > Greens propose $350 million '#LandBack' fund to return stolen Māori land
Iwi approach a winner as professors unpack farm assurance
OLAW study delves into the labyrinth of systems to find how schemes can be enhanced to improve farmer-consumer relations.
Meantime incorporating more of a Māori world view into assurance schemes also provides some aspirational assurance models.
This includes learning from iwi groups that have built comprehensive monitoring systems for reporting into their collective ownership, while framing them around Māori values and relationship building, all which could provide some clues for non-iwi schemes in the future....
See full article HERE
No deals for Te Pāti Māori with forever in sight
Māori Party president John Tamihere says no deals before October election.
“And one one day the other sides will start to understand to govern this country properly and to unleash the potential of Maori people will require a Maori-driven world view in policy, in finance and in practice so the beauty of 2023 is it’s not about 2023, it’s about forever,” Mr Tamihere says.
National leader Chris Luxon today again ruled out working with Te Paati Maori, saying it has shifted ideologically from the days of Dame Tariana Turia and now wants separatism, not devolution.....
See full article HERE
Spain apologises for mocking haka as FIFA World Cup kick-off nears
Spain's women’s football team have formally apologised to Māori for appearing to mock the haka.
Following a pōwhiri in Palmerston North, where the team will be staying for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, captain Ivana Andres asked local iwi Rangitāne for forgiveness.
Speaking in Spanish, she said the team was learning everyday and know how important mana is to Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: Sorry, Professor Charters – We do not Agree
Monday July 17, 2023
News:
Māori landowners head to UN in bid to stop Emissions Trading Scheme changes
The scheme forces polluters to offset their emissions by buying carbon credits.
Planting trees creates those credits, which can then be traded. It’s led to the creation of an industry of carbon farming which many Māori landowners rely on.
They say the Government's proposals could jeopardise the local carbon credit industry, which is worth an estimated $16 billion to the Māori economy.....
See full article HERE
Hui underway for greater legal protection of Māori intellectual property
A nationwide engagement process is underway to provide greater legal protection for Māori cultural and intellectual property.
It follows backlash from the Dutch and Spanish women's football teams after they appeared to mock the haka during a training session in Auckland, just days before the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
While there are some protections for cultural practices, there are no laws preventing its use in derogatory ways or without permission....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Winsley: The legality of New Zealand’s government, and what should we do about the Doctrine of Discovery?
Propaganda:
William Anaru: Embracing mātauranga Māori is key to solving many environmental challenges
Rangi Matamua: The driving force behind Matariki celebrations
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Hui underway for greater legal protection of Māori intellectual property
A nationwide engagement process is underway to provide greater legal protection for Māori cultural and intellectual property.
It follows backlash from the Dutch and Spanish women's football teams after they appeared to mock the haka during a training session in Auckland, just days before the 2023 FIFA World Cup.
While there are some protections for cultural practices, there are no laws preventing its use in derogatory ways or without permission....
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Re 16th. Maori claim to be great conservationists (moa, hui etc excepted)with concern for the environment but the moment possible financial windfall is threatened the attitude vanishes ie the Kermandec fisheries and now the limitation of pine trees.True conservationists would delight to see the end of pine trees.The degree of hypocrisy is extraordinary. Good governemnt becomes impossible if nothing affecting maori can ever be ratcheted back. It severly constrains laws in the first place and prevents many of a somewhat trial nature.
I was watching country calendar, the only nz on air show that is not woke. None of the successful farmers there are saying that they feel guilty for owning their farms, or want to sign up to a land register to sell to iwi,
regardless of the greens. Nz is very quickly turning into zimbabwe the 2nd. Main stream media and radio were saying this policy will never see the light of day and barely mentioned it. Yet the polls say things are close. What will it take for kiwis to wake up?
Profiling occurs to all of us all the time. The world would operate very inefficiently without it. (Should police treat every contact as a high court judge or a bikie gang member?) Dressed in my customary work rags, driving an old car I am treated very different than in my "Sunday best" using the wife's car. Sometimes detect observation in hardware outlets. And I am obviously not significantly maori. Was it Waetford's colour or the reverse cap which prompted caution? Waetford should have pulled a balaclava over his face then he would not have been racially profiled. He seems to be just another trace maori constantly provoking, looking for, and hence finding discrimination.
If Police were allowed to collect random photos he could get a distinctive face tattoo and always ensure the camera catches it. Police would then regularly catch any such drive offs and the need for discrimination would reduce.
And as for the pharmacies, clearly it is time for a race ID card. Presumably DNA can detect % maori; those 50% and more can carry (The DNA records will also prove helpful elsewhere)
Hi Anonymous
Country Calendar is a disgrace. Sunday after Sunday presents extraordinarily motivated, energetic, imaginitive, intelligent, reourceful, environmentally aware, productive, net tax paying, mostly colonist descendants, usually with dynamic wives ditto and fully appreciated and supported children. It must all be very discouraging, dispiriting and demeaning for some other cultures with a different world view, so should be discontinued . (Incidentally it is about the only TV I now watch)
Re 20th. Andrew Little please note. Not adopting obstructive double sized bilingual road signs, with longer contrived maori twaddle words appearing first, is not denying a gain for maori. As motorists, even the miniscule few te reo fanatics, maori/trace maori are all going to be as distracted and confused by the signs as everyone else. Especially those many maori who struggle even with the established language aspect of the licence test.
Despite the difficult spelling of Kororareka, Russel seems to me to be one of the few worthy candidates for change. The English name has little relevance and the place has been known as Kororareka to significant numbers of Europeans from a very early date. All NZ born should have heard of it and all soon will through school history.
It is customary now to riddle council and govt policies with the need to favour maori business for contracts and employment. It is blatant racial discrimination but the fear of cancellation blocks any objections. It is absurd that because some owner or manager of a firm chances to be trace maori, that the firm should rate above other competitors. With co management, extensive compulsory "consultation, and maori favouritism for work, the maori takeover is near complete. Many non maori are likely to become completely dispirited and quit, leaving the field to maori, precisely as planned.
It was uncommonly brave of the Minister to not reject the taking of "whanau Maori" land for Public Works where appropriate. Much was taken in the past because it was the least productive. Where maori have strongly resisted we get the situation as the proposed Otaki to Levin motorway which will cut through prize market garden area instead of the less useful and used sandy maori land to the west.
It is a bit rich for someone sampling a few cups of water from, or putting their head under, Lake Rotorua to be expected to fathom all the parties with an interest in the lake and beg their permission prior. I wonder how many maori seek permission before tossing the Mac Donald's packaging in the water or drain tributaries.
I am astonished that a business called Hori Gallery qualifies for race based subsidy. I would expect them to be cancelled. With race based funding plus local Councils presumably all with the now customary requirement to favour maori business for contracts, racial discrimimnation seems in fine form at Kapiti. I wonder who tracks the expenditure, and how.
re 22. Wally Haumaha is correct. The solution lies with amori. Start complying with the post stone age civilised colonist derived conventions of societal behaviour and problems will hugely reduce.
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