Saturday July 15, 2023
News:
Matariki is a mark of how far we have come, and how far we have to travel – Claire Charters
The celebration of Matariki is a tremendous milestone in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. It signals a turning point.
Matariki reflects the value that we now place on Māori culture and traditions after 180 years of colonisation.
We need a constitutional reset. We need to work towards a governmental structure that upholds and protects all our rights, including Māori political rights.
It requires a constitution that reflects our foundation in te Tiriti o Waitangi....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori says they will push for capital gains tax at party launch
Te Pāti Māori says the Prime Minister is not in a position to call any shots until the next election, and the party will push for a capital gains tax.
Te Pati Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said the party's tax policy, which would be released soon, would have a major focus on redistributing wealth.
"We gotta stop making sure that the rich live comfortably. It's about time they pay their taxes here in this country to alleviate the pain that many of our people are living in.....
See full article HERE
Māori concerns ETS review putting $16b economic opportunity at risk, calling for UN to investigate
Māori business group Te Taumata wants the UN to investigate Government plans to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme, amid concerns the proposals are putting a “$16b economic opportunity for Māori at risk”.
Members of Te Taumata would call for the UN investigation during meetings in Geneva in the coming week, the group said in a statement on Friday.
The ETS review would have far reaching implications for Māori land rights as well as the future of the Māori economy.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Co-governance smoulders in election run-up
Caleb Anderson: Matariki Day Exposed
Propaganda:
How Matariki is helping to unite Kiwis by shining a light on Māori astronomy
The other type of 'special treatment for Māori' everyone forgets
The Māori in Me podcast: What is ‘cultural embeddedness’?
It requires a constitution that reflects our foundation in te Tiriti o Waitangi....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori says they will push for capital gains tax at party launch
Te Pāti Māori says the Prime Minister is not in a position to call any shots until the next election, and the party will push for a capital gains tax.
Te Pati Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi said the party's tax policy, which would be released soon, would have a major focus on redistributing wealth.
"We gotta stop making sure that the rich live comfortably. It's about time they pay their taxes here in this country to alleviate the pain that many of our people are living in.....
See full article HERE
Māori concerns ETS review putting $16b economic opportunity at risk, calling for UN to investigate
Māori business group Te Taumata wants the UN to investigate Government plans to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme, amid concerns the proposals are putting a “$16b economic opportunity for Māori at risk”.
Members of Te Taumata would call for the UN investigation during meetings in Geneva in the coming week, the group said in a statement on Friday.
The ETS review would have far reaching implications for Māori land rights as well as the future of the Māori economy.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Co-governance smoulders in election run-up
Caleb Anderson: Matariki Day Exposed
Propaganda:
How Matariki is helping to unite Kiwis by shining a light on Māori astronomy
The other type of 'special treatment for Māori' everyone forgets
The Māori in Me podcast: What is ‘cultural embeddedness’?
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Friday July 14, 2023
News:
Younger court age state violence
National Urban Māori Authority chair Tureiti Lady Moxon says ACT’s proposal to treat 17-year-old offenders as adults is a continuation of the official violence meted out to Māori since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
She says rather than pushing people into the criminal justice system, the state needs to support whanau so their babies don’t end up before the courts.....
See full article HERE
Better climate interaction sought
As climate change becomes a reality, local land holdings group Wairarapa Moana Incorporation is calling for better government engagement with Māori groups about adaptation.
Rimene said that Māori are adaptable: “We know only too well what it’s like to be uprooted, dislocated and displaced.”
She said the success of Māori can be attributed to resilience and the exercise of our rangatiratanga [self-determination], which stems from Te Tiriti [The Treaty of Waitangi]....
See full article HERE
Government promises to stamp out unfairness in health with new strategies
The Government's promising to stamp out unfairnesses in the health system, releasing hundreds of pages of strategies for how it will achieve that.
But the equity adjustor tool that clinicians devised to address inequitable surgical waitlists is still on hold and is being reviewed after the Opposition attacked it.
The case for change could not be clearer - especially for Māori.
The strategy put it in black and white: "racism is a root cause of health inequity".....
See full article HERE
StatsNZ counts iwi census lessons
The Government Statistician says there’s more work to do to improve Māori census turnout.
Estimates released yesterday indicate between 89 and 91 percent of the overall population including 75 percent of Māori competed forms for the 2023 census.
That’s well short of the 90 percent target for Māori....
See full article HERE
Rotorua council seeks to return cemetery reserve land to iwi for housing development
Cemetery reserve land could be returned to iwi and developed to help address Rotorua’s housing shortage.
The Rotorua Lakes Council is backing the idea and has invited the public to have a say on a proposed land purpose change.....
See full article HERE
Māori trade leader hails FTA rush
Māori agribusiness leader Traci Houpapa says the Government’s commitment to trade and growing the economy has been good for business generally and Māori business in particular.
The Federation of Maori Authorities chair and Agribusiness NZ director says it has made an effort to engage with tribal organisations and Maori leaders on six new free trade agreements and FTA upgrades, all of which have included Treaty of Waitangi references and indigenous chapters.
That makes Aotearoa the first country to push through an indigenous peoples economic and trading agreement.....
See full article HERE
Māori Party says PM and Labour won't call the shots come election night
A surging Te Pāti Māori is warning Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Labour they won’t be calling all the shots come election day in response to his ruling out a wealth and/or capital gains tax.
“I think the Prime Minister will not have the luxury to be deciding what they will or won’t do [after the election].”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Wayne Ryburn: Article 2 - Exposing History Curriculum Myths
Don Brash: What did the treaty really say?
Peter Williams: Otago University rebrands - but why?
Propaganda:
Disabled aspire to achieve inclusion, recognition in Māori New Year
Understanding cumulative effects from a te ao Māori perspective
Better climate interaction sought
As climate change becomes a reality, local land holdings group Wairarapa Moana Incorporation is calling for better government engagement with Māori groups about adaptation.
Rimene said that Māori are adaptable: “We know only too well what it’s like to be uprooted, dislocated and displaced.”
She said the success of Māori can be attributed to resilience and the exercise of our rangatiratanga [self-determination], which stems from Te Tiriti [The Treaty of Waitangi]....
See full article HERE
Government promises to stamp out unfairness in health with new strategies
The Government's promising to stamp out unfairnesses in the health system, releasing hundreds of pages of strategies for how it will achieve that.
But the equity adjustor tool that clinicians devised to address inequitable surgical waitlists is still on hold and is being reviewed after the Opposition attacked it.
The case for change could not be clearer - especially for Māori.
The strategy put it in black and white: "racism is a root cause of health inequity".....
See full article HERE
StatsNZ counts iwi census lessons
The Government Statistician says there’s more work to do to improve Māori census turnout.
Estimates released yesterday indicate between 89 and 91 percent of the overall population including 75 percent of Māori competed forms for the 2023 census.
That’s well short of the 90 percent target for Māori....
See full article HERE
Rotorua council seeks to return cemetery reserve land to iwi for housing development
Cemetery reserve land could be returned to iwi and developed to help address Rotorua’s housing shortage.
The Rotorua Lakes Council is backing the idea and has invited the public to have a say on a proposed land purpose change.....
See full article HERE
Māori trade leader hails FTA rush
Māori agribusiness leader Traci Houpapa says the Government’s commitment to trade and growing the economy has been good for business generally and Māori business in particular.
The Federation of Maori Authorities chair and Agribusiness NZ director says it has made an effort to engage with tribal organisations and Maori leaders on six new free trade agreements and FTA upgrades, all of which have included Treaty of Waitangi references and indigenous chapters.
That makes Aotearoa the first country to push through an indigenous peoples economic and trading agreement.....
See full article HERE
Māori Party says PM and Labour won't call the shots come election night
A surging Te Pāti Māori is warning Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Labour they won’t be calling all the shots come election day in response to his ruling out a wealth and/or capital gains tax.
“I think the Prime Minister will not have the luxury to be deciding what they will or won’t do [after the election].”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Wayne Ryburn: Article 2 - Exposing History Curriculum Myths
Don Brash: What did the treaty really say?
Peter Williams: Otago University rebrands - but why?
Propaganda:
Disabled aspire to achieve inclusion, recognition in Māori New Year
Understanding cumulative effects from a te ao Māori perspective
Thursday July 13, 2023
News:
Engaging better with Maori farmers
DairyNZ is working on a project to engage better with Māori dairy farmers and in a way that has meaning to them.
Its special advisor on Māori issues Clinton Hemana has been running a series of 'Kai and Korero' meetings around the country, but mainly in the North Island, to meet with Māori dairy farmers.
Its special advisor on Māori issues Clinton Hemana has been running a series of 'Kai and Korero' meetings around the country, but mainly in the North Island, to meet with Māori dairy farmers.
DairyNZ farm performance manager Sarah Speight told Dairy News that Māori are very important to the sector and the Kai and Korero sessions were developed to engage with Māori at the Trustee level to identify the key things that they wanted to know from DairyNZ.
She admits that in the past, DairyNZ probably hasn't engaged as well as it should with Māori and there are now several initiatives planned to change that....
See full article HERE
Approval granted to build water sports centre
Following mana whenua engagement, the trust has developed an ongoing relationship with local iwi Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, which has included discussions around the pre-works archaeological investigation and a site blessing.....
See full article HERE
Iwi upset at being left out of recovery project for damaged state highway after flooding
Te Aitanga a Mahaki lead negotiator Willie Te Aho has condemned what he calls an “arrogant approach” by Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency and its major contractors within the eastern tribe’s rohe.
Te Aho, who also represents Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, said he had reiterated to Waka Kotahi that the transport agency’s model of procurement in Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki was flawed.....
See full article HERE
Chris Luxon commits to dual-language government departments
Luxon had told the crowd someone at a different meeting had complained about not knowing what the names of the agencies were, and he was "of the view that we should rename our government departments in English so people can navigate their government".
"But I'm also of the view that actually we should have te reo on there and we should have dual language on it," he said. "But you have to have a choice, right?"....
See full article HERE
Rural med school good for Māori says Reti
He says it will be cheaper to study in Hamilton, and its rural focus will be good for Maori students and rural Maori communities.
“After the first year so four years, first year will be spent in Hamilton but the next three years all of your training, we somewhat make that commitment that every night you will be back with your family, back in your bed, back in your community. It’s called training in place and the way we do that is we will power up the peripheral hospitals, Taupo, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and we will send the trainers out to there and the medical students will come to their local peripheral hospital for their clinical training,” he says....
See full article HERE
Māori carvings advance at Parliament
It comes as separate plans to install pare (carved slabs), pou (carved wooden posts) and mōuri markers on Parliament’s front forecourt advance, with resource consent recently granted by Wellington City Council.
They would acknowledge and recognise Parliament’s commitment to a “genuine partnership” between it and Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui, said Kara Puketapu-Dentice, the chairperson of Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui, previously.
The project would also signify Parliament’s willingness to better reflect the country’s unique cultural makeup, recognise te ao Māori, and acknowledge Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Rurawhe said.....
See full article HERE
Celebrating Matariki at Z Energy: Supporting Trees That Count
As Aotearoa celebrates Matariki, Z Energy (Z) is marking this special time in the Māori calendar with Trees That Count, a charity that’s seen over 1.7 million natives planted across New Zealand.
Planting trees – or te whakatō rākau – signifies new life and new beginnings, which is a strong theme throughout Matariki, so it’s fitting that Z is making a $120,000 donation to Trees That Count to mark te tau hou Māori (Māori New Year)......
See full article HERE
Paritūtū could go back to Māori in park revamp
Paritūtū maunga could eventually be returned to Māori ownership under a proposed revamp of a popular New Plymouth reserve. Hapū have been leading an overhaul of the reserve management plan, emphasising Māori values in the future of Paritūtū Centennial Park......
See full article HERE
When Will Media Call Out Te Pāti Māori's Racism?
“Te Pāti Māori continues to show that it’s the only racist political party in Parliament, openly and brazenly engaging in discrimination in a media that refuses to hold them accountable for it”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Te Pāti Māori’s candidate for Hauraki-Waikato, was interviewed by Re: News about Matariki, and was reported as saying:
‘She says there’s a difference between Māori celebrating the New Year and Pākehā celebrating the New Year. The Pākehā concept is often about getting drunk and releasing fireworks at midnight, whereas the Māori concept is about releasing in a spiritual and healthy healing way.’....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lindsay Mitchell: More racial discrimination looming in the health sector
A High Stakes Election – Dr Muriel Newman.
Taxing Gangs – Anthony Willy.
Propaganda:
Sharing Māori food knowledge, so future generations can enjoy Matariki too
She admits that in the past, DairyNZ probably hasn't engaged as well as it should with Māori and there are now several initiatives planned to change that....
See full article HERE
Approval granted to build water sports centre
Following mana whenua engagement, the trust has developed an ongoing relationship with local iwi Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, which has included discussions around the pre-works archaeological investigation and a site blessing.....
See full article HERE
Iwi upset at being left out of recovery project for damaged state highway after flooding
Te Aitanga a Mahaki lead negotiator Willie Te Aho has condemned what he calls an “arrogant approach” by Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency and its major contractors within the eastern tribe’s rohe.
Te Aho, who also represents Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, said he had reiterated to Waka Kotahi that the transport agency’s model of procurement in Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki was flawed.....
See full article HERE
Chris Luxon commits to dual-language government departments
Luxon had told the crowd someone at a different meeting had complained about not knowing what the names of the agencies were, and he was "of the view that we should rename our government departments in English so people can navigate their government".
"But I'm also of the view that actually we should have te reo on there and we should have dual language on it," he said. "But you have to have a choice, right?"....
See full article HERE
Rural med school good for Māori says Reti
He says it will be cheaper to study in Hamilton, and its rural focus will be good for Maori students and rural Maori communities.
“After the first year so four years, first year will be spent in Hamilton but the next three years all of your training, we somewhat make that commitment that every night you will be back with your family, back in your bed, back in your community. It’s called training in place and the way we do that is we will power up the peripheral hospitals, Taupo, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and we will send the trainers out to there and the medical students will come to their local peripheral hospital for their clinical training,” he says....
See full article HERE
Māori carvings advance at Parliament
It comes as separate plans to install pare (carved slabs), pou (carved wooden posts) and mōuri markers on Parliament’s front forecourt advance, with resource consent recently granted by Wellington City Council.
They would acknowledge and recognise Parliament’s commitment to a “genuine partnership” between it and Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui, said Kara Puketapu-Dentice, the chairperson of Te Āti Awa Taranaki Whānui, previously.
The project would also signify Parliament’s willingness to better reflect the country’s unique cultural makeup, recognise te ao Māori, and acknowledge Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Rurawhe said.....
See full article HERE
Celebrating Matariki at Z Energy: Supporting Trees That Count
As Aotearoa celebrates Matariki, Z Energy (Z) is marking this special time in the Māori calendar with Trees That Count, a charity that’s seen over 1.7 million natives planted across New Zealand.
Planting trees – or te whakatō rākau – signifies new life and new beginnings, which is a strong theme throughout Matariki, so it’s fitting that Z is making a $120,000 donation to Trees That Count to mark te tau hou Māori (Māori New Year)......
See full article HERE
Paritūtū could go back to Māori in park revamp
Paritūtū maunga could eventually be returned to Māori ownership under a proposed revamp of a popular New Plymouth reserve. Hapū have been leading an overhaul of the reserve management plan, emphasising Māori values in the future of Paritūtū Centennial Park......
See full article HERE
When Will Media Call Out Te Pāti Māori's Racism?
“Te Pāti Māori continues to show that it’s the only racist political party in Parliament, openly and brazenly engaging in discrimination in a media that refuses to hold them accountable for it”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, Te Pāti Māori’s candidate for Hauraki-Waikato, was interviewed by Re: News about Matariki, and was reported as saying:
‘She says there’s a difference between Māori celebrating the New Year and Pākehā celebrating the New Year. The Pākehā concept is often about getting drunk and releasing fireworks at midnight, whereas the Māori concept is about releasing in a spiritual and healthy healing way.’....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lindsay Mitchell: More racial discrimination looming in the health sector
A High Stakes Election – Dr Muriel Newman.
Taxing Gangs – Anthony Willy.
Propaganda:
Sharing Māori food knowledge, so future generations can enjoy Matariki too
Wednesday July 12, 2023
News:
University of Otago adopts new Māori name and symbol
The University of Otago council has adopted a new Māori name and symbol, with the new ‘’visual identity’’ to be implemented next year.
The university launched in March a proposal to change the tertiary institution’s current Māori name from Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo, to Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – a metaphor meaning A Place of Many Firsts, as well as a new tohu (symbol).
The university launched in March a proposal to change the tertiary institution’s current Māori name from Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo, to Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – a metaphor meaning A Place of Many Firsts, as well as a new tohu (symbol).
Chancellor Stephen Higgs said: “We believe the new brand reflects the shared view of council, and the vast majority of our community, of the importance of our relationship with mana whenua and our goal to be Te Tiriti-led’’.....
See full article HERE
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi: The school where the moon dictates what you learn
But for pupils at a kura kaupapa in the Far North, it's second nature. The entire school year at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi - including all their lessons - is organised in relation to the phases of the moon, emphasising the connection between the moon and well-being.
So the 30 students or tauira are having their long school holiday now and in August they'll be back at their school based in Kaitaia.
"At our school, there's no such thing as term 1, 2, 3 and 4. We run according to the signs and movement of the environment. So during the summer, for example, school is running as normal," kura principal Rangimarie Pomare explained....
See full article HERE
Pharmacies celebrating ‘David and Goliath win’
Independent pharmacies also claimed district health boards had obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, but the court ruled that Maori representatives from Tairāwhiti were involved in the panels that considered the contract.....
See full article HERE
Auckland Airport to make PA announcements in te reo Māori for a day
Auckland Airport will deliver PA announcements in te reo Māori throughout international and domestic terminals, in celebration of Matariki.
On July 14, travellers arriving and departing from Auckland Airport will hear greetings and farewells in teo reo Māori as well as English explanations about Matariki’s significance.....
See full article HERE
Water cremation could soon be arriving in New Zealand
"Also, members of iwi have told me that this actually mimics ancient cultural practices where chiefs and other important people would be placed in tapu hot springs and then iwi members would go back a year later and take the bones.....
See full article HERE
Mana whenua guidance key to reptile surveillance
As well as the skink discovery, the Okahukura trip was also a success in terms of partnership with mana whenua, with several kaitiaki from local iwi Te Uri o Hau, Gavin Kemp and Henry Nathan, accompanying the ecologists, guiding them to the two camping sites, sharing their invaluable knowledge of the area and getting practical experience in the field, alongside the ecologists.....
See full article HERE
Call to shift gun turret ‘used to kill our people’ on eve of Waikato invasion anniversary
A gunboat turret from the New Zealand Wars needs to be moved out of Mercer, says a hapū ahead of the 160th anniversary of the British invasion of Waikato on Wednesday.
“It’s an instrument of war,” Ngāti Naho Trust chief executive Haydn Solomon said of the turret from the gunboat Pioneer.
“It’s not appropriate to have it in the middle of a community where people’s tūpuna (ancestors) were directly affected by the war.”....
See full article HERE
The power and potential of mātauranga Māori in education
There is profound value in mātauranga Māori for framing and addressing critical research questions and educational practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Professor Melinda Webber (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaue).
In the lecture, Webber will draw together the threads of 25 years of teaching, research and service in education, recognising the power and potential of mātauranga Māori in the mahi rangatira (chiefly work) of educators.....
See full article HERE
Collaboration key to Māori infrastructure business
Collaboration could be the key to getting more Māori firms active in the infrastructure sector.
A new report for Te Puni Kokiri, part of a series on the Māori potential in various industries, highlights a shortfall of Māori investment.....
See full article HERE
Whakapapa connection trounces Oranga Tamariki lock-ups
A large Māori social service provider says there are alternatives for youth offenders rather than locking them up in Oranga Tamariki facilities.
Ngapuhi Iwi Social Services chief executive Moana Eruera says it’s looking to expand its successful Mahuru programme.....
See full article HERE
Kiwi relish but main missing in FTA
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is sounding a warning over the free trade agreement with the European Union signed this week.
He says it’s great news for Maori in the kiwifruit industry, but there is little for sheep, beef and dairy producers.
“I think it’s progress but it’s not as good a deal as we would have liked and for the Maori world there are aspects that are good but in some of the big picture thing’s it’s disappointing. We can hope in the next 10, 15 years we can dramatically improve that. It’s better than having no deal and that’s the point here,” Mr Peters says....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Williams: Sorry whitey, we can't help you
Gary Judd: “We were here first,” is no justification for anything
Barry Brill: Does healthcare treat people or races?
Propaganda:
The Māori in Me: New NZ Herald podcast looks at the complexities of being mixed race
Matariki is a time to celebrate our dual heritage and embrace cultural diversity
ACC reports strong rise in demand for rongoā Māori sessions
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi: The school where the moon dictates what you learn
But for pupils at a kura kaupapa in the Far North, it's second nature. The entire school year at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi - including all their lessons - is organised in relation to the phases of the moon, emphasising the connection between the moon and well-being.
So the 30 students or tauira are having their long school holiday now and in August they'll be back at their school based in Kaitaia.
"At our school, there's no such thing as term 1, 2, 3 and 4. We run according to the signs and movement of the environment. So during the summer, for example, school is running as normal," kura principal Rangimarie Pomare explained....
See full article HERE
Pharmacies celebrating ‘David and Goliath win’
Independent pharmacies also claimed district health boards had obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, but the court ruled that Maori representatives from Tairāwhiti were involved in the panels that considered the contract.....
See full article HERE
Auckland Airport to make PA announcements in te reo Māori for a day
Auckland Airport will deliver PA announcements in te reo Māori throughout international and domestic terminals, in celebration of Matariki.
On July 14, travellers arriving and departing from Auckland Airport will hear greetings and farewells in teo reo Māori as well as English explanations about Matariki’s significance.....
See full article HERE
Water cremation could soon be arriving in New Zealand
"Also, members of iwi have told me that this actually mimics ancient cultural practices where chiefs and other important people would be placed in tapu hot springs and then iwi members would go back a year later and take the bones.....
See full article HERE
Mana whenua guidance key to reptile surveillance
As well as the skink discovery, the Okahukura trip was also a success in terms of partnership with mana whenua, with several kaitiaki from local iwi Te Uri o Hau, Gavin Kemp and Henry Nathan, accompanying the ecologists, guiding them to the two camping sites, sharing their invaluable knowledge of the area and getting practical experience in the field, alongside the ecologists.....
See full article HERE
Call to shift gun turret ‘used to kill our people’ on eve of Waikato invasion anniversary
A gunboat turret from the New Zealand Wars needs to be moved out of Mercer, says a hapū ahead of the 160th anniversary of the British invasion of Waikato on Wednesday.
“It’s an instrument of war,” Ngāti Naho Trust chief executive Haydn Solomon said of the turret from the gunboat Pioneer.
“It’s not appropriate to have it in the middle of a community where people’s tūpuna (ancestors) were directly affected by the war.”....
See full article HERE
The power and potential of mātauranga Māori in education
There is profound value in mātauranga Māori for framing and addressing critical research questions and educational practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, says Professor Melinda Webber (Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hau, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaue).
In the lecture, Webber will draw together the threads of 25 years of teaching, research and service in education, recognising the power and potential of mātauranga Māori in the mahi rangatira (chiefly work) of educators.....
See full article HERE
Collaboration key to Māori infrastructure business
Collaboration could be the key to getting more Māori firms active in the infrastructure sector.
A new report for Te Puni Kokiri, part of a series on the Māori potential in various industries, highlights a shortfall of Māori investment.....
See full article HERE
Whakapapa connection trounces Oranga Tamariki lock-ups
A large Māori social service provider says there are alternatives for youth offenders rather than locking them up in Oranga Tamariki facilities.
Ngapuhi Iwi Social Services chief executive Moana Eruera says it’s looking to expand its successful Mahuru programme.....
See full article HERE
Kiwi relish but main missing in FTA
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is sounding a warning over the free trade agreement with the European Union signed this week.
He says it’s great news for Maori in the kiwifruit industry, but there is little for sheep, beef and dairy producers.
“I think it’s progress but it’s not as good a deal as we would have liked and for the Maori world there are aspects that are good but in some of the big picture thing’s it’s disappointing. We can hope in the next 10, 15 years we can dramatically improve that. It’s better than having no deal and that’s the point here,” Mr Peters says....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Williams: Sorry whitey, we can't help you
Gary Judd: “We were here first,” is no justification for anything
Barry Brill: Does healthcare treat people or races?
Propaganda:
The Māori in Me: New NZ Herald podcast looks at the complexities of being mixed race
Matariki is a time to celebrate our dual heritage and embrace cultural diversity
ACC reports strong rise in demand for rongoā Māori sessions
Tuesday July 11, 2023
News:
Opportunities for increased Māori representation welcomed
The Future for Local Government Review Panel's final report, He piki tūranga, he piki kōtuku, released last month, called for legislation to lower the threshold for Māori wards and to enable Te Tiriti-based appointments, such as Environment Canterbury's Ngāi Tahu councillors.
It also recommended changes to the Local Government Act to recognise local government as a partner to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
It also recommended changes to the Local Government Act to recognise local government as a partner to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua chairperson Fiona Pimm hopes the next government after October's general election picks up the panel’s recommendations and commits to reforming the entire local government system.
“We would expect the Local Government Act to be amended to include a commitment from local government as a Tiriti o Waitangi partner....
See full article HERE
EU free trade deal signed as new Māori chapter opens
The FTA contains another important ‘EU first’ for New Zealand – a Māori Trade and Economic Cooperation chapter that it’s hoped will create a platform for greater engagement with the EU on Māori economic and trade interests.....
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Grant to feed Māori fat bias research
Ashlea Gillon (pictured) of Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi and Ngāiterangi whakapapa, has been awarded a Māori Health Emerging Researcher First Grant from the Government’s Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand.
Her project titled Mana Mōmona: Exploring Fat (Bias) within Health Spaces for Māori, will look at fat bias within healthcare settings for Māori and how it contributes to and is part of a system of oppression that inhibits and restricts access to wellness and equitable healthcare.....
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Pā brings past and future together for Waikato Uni
Waikato University has a new front door.
The Pā opened this morning as a student hub and ceremonial space.
It brings together four key projects under one roof structure; a wharenui to the east, a wing for the university executive leadership team, a central student hub, and the refurbished Building A housing the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: In Response to Stuff Limited
JC: NZ’s School Curriculum Is a Disgrace
Graham Adams: The PM pushes old-time religion
John Robinson: The Treaty of Waitangi, 1840 and 2023
Propaganda:
John Cowan: Astronomer says Matariki ‘belongs to all of New Zealand’, not just Māori
Matariki excitement builds
“We would expect the Local Government Act to be amended to include a commitment from local government as a Tiriti o Waitangi partner....
See full article HERE
EU free trade deal signed as new Māori chapter opens
The FTA contains another important ‘EU first’ for New Zealand – a Māori Trade and Economic Cooperation chapter that it’s hoped will create a platform for greater engagement with the EU on Māori economic and trade interests.....
See full article HERE
Grant to feed Māori fat bias research
Ashlea Gillon (pictured) of Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi and Ngāiterangi whakapapa, has been awarded a Māori Health Emerging Researcher First Grant from the Government’s Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand.
Her project titled Mana Mōmona: Exploring Fat (Bias) within Health Spaces for Māori, will look at fat bias within healthcare settings for Māori and how it contributes to and is part of a system of oppression that inhibits and restricts access to wellness and equitable healthcare.....
See full article HERE
Pā brings past and future together for Waikato Uni
Waikato University has a new front door.
The Pā opened this morning as a student hub and ceremonial space.
It brings together four key projects under one roof structure; a wharenui to the east, a wing for the university executive leadership team, a central student hub, and the refurbished Building A housing the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: In Response to Stuff Limited
JC: NZ’s School Curriculum Is a Disgrace
Graham Adams: The PM pushes old-time religion
John Robinson: The Treaty of Waitangi, 1840 and 2023
Propaganda:
John Cowan: Astronomer says Matariki ‘belongs to all of New Zealand’, not just Māori
Matariki excitement builds
Monday July 10, 2023
News:
'Cutting edge' Māori designed panels set for installation at new Karanga-a-Hape train station
Cutting edge Māori designed Atua (deity) panels are being readied for installation at the City Rail Link's new Karanga-a-Hape station in Tāmaki Makaurau.
City Rail Link says the panels are part of the "homage" the new stations are paying to "our city's unique heritage and history, referencing both physical and spiritual elements."....
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Worst youth justice system not seen yet – Chief Children’s Commissioner
“A by Māori for Māori approach is essential. A significant proportion of the young people in residences whakapapa Māori. A system that responds to their cultural needs not only will help them reconnect with their identity and build their mana, it will also benefit all young people struggling to cope with understanding how they fit into society and help them heal.....
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Hutt City Council mourns passing of Dr Ihakara Porutu Puketapu
The flags on the Hutt City Council building have been lowered to half-mast this morning to express profound sadness at the passing of iwi leader Dr Ihakara Porutu Puketapu, a relentless champion for Māori development.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bruce Moon: Should these books be burnt?
David Hughes: What is ‘Indigenous policy’?
Propaganda:
Lady Tureiti Moxon: By Māori for Māori is the only solution for Māori
My Matariki: ‘As a Māori, it’s making me really want to learn more’
Rare Māori sail on loan from British Museum shows 'genius of tūpuna'
Moving past the Pākehā backlash
Worst youth justice system not seen yet – Chief Children’s Commissioner
“A by Māori for Māori approach is essential. A significant proportion of the young people in residences whakapapa Māori. A system that responds to their cultural needs not only will help them reconnect with their identity and build their mana, it will also benefit all young people struggling to cope with understanding how they fit into society and help them heal.....
See full article HERE
Hutt City Council mourns passing of Dr Ihakara Porutu Puketapu
The flags on the Hutt City Council building have been lowered to half-mast this morning to express profound sadness at the passing of iwi leader Dr Ihakara Porutu Puketapu, a relentless champion for Māori development.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bruce Moon: Should these books be burnt?
David Hughes: What is ‘Indigenous policy’?
Propaganda:
Lady Tureiti Moxon: By Māori for Māori is the only solution for Māori
My Matariki: ‘As a Māori, it’s making me really want to learn more’
Rare Māori sail on loan from British Museum shows 'genius of tūpuna'
Moving past the Pākehā backlash
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8 comments:
re 10th. Curious that the Lower Hutt Council saw fit to lower flags for the death of some local maori. Will be interesting to see if, in 20 or so years time, they do same for Bob Jones, another significant local.
The now Chief Childrens Commissioner seems somewhat naive. She purports to believe in the for maori by maori mantra.This despite the maori upbringing being the source of the problem in many cases. How sufficient ideal keepers can be recruited from a seriously flawed population is not explained. She advocates promotion of mana, but an excess of this is much of the problem; a sense of supremacy and great confidence, boosted by endless haka, is not going to groom delinquents to comply with the cooperative conduct conventions of the post stone age civilised world.
re 11th An unbelievable $269000 allocated to study "fat bias". Made for Monty Python. Of course there is a degree of bias. Medics are less inclined to become very involved with persons they perceive as lacking in the will power to follow instructions. Or to involve themselves in the higher risk of complications. And surgeons do not eagerly embark on tasks involving burrowing about in a mountain of fat. I will accept $500 for that advice, about specialist rate.
(I belonged to an oldies walking/tramping group.One petite lady had had 4 hip replacements. A grossly fat bloke had waited forever for his first. I could not but help musing that the mechanics had selected to work on a Morris 1000 and not a ten ton bus)
Seems to me a study of exactly what fat maori eat would be more helpful. But no one is sufficently brave to attempt.)
re 12th.I trust graduates from the school operating according to the moon will advise any future employers of their background. In addition to the traditional m.d.o and tangi days off attendance is likely to be cyclical.
All speaker announcements are irksome. Unless very familiar have to concentrate intently to unfathom. Already te reo permeates to complicate. But with full te reo have to listen intently for a lengthy period to identify and fathom when ended and a return to functional language.
Poor passengers at akl airport. All they want to know is if their plane has been delayed or if their flight is boarding. On the akl trains we are bombarded with te reo which no one understands. All you do is pop in your ear phones and try to block it out.
Re 13th.If anyone can explain exactly what Willie te Aho desires re Gisborne roads I would be interested. Do the roads cross maori land? Is he fishing for an ongoing consultation fee? Is he paid for the time spent agitating so far?
Before the New Plymouth Council transfers Paratutu to maori it must familiarise with the Tupuna Maunga Authority disaster, which is mere co governance. You can bet access to the (always sacred) summit will be very limited (and expensive). Maori have delighted in effectively excluding trampers from the Waitakeres. Blocking off Paratutu to colonists would be an even greater boost to mana. Anyone been to Tarawera in recent times? How much did it cost?
Re 14th Moxon seems to establish a formidable case for titles not being applied to spouses. Her moniker conveys an a degree authority without logical basis. She attributes maori offending to poverty. Yet during the 1930s Depression vast sections of the populance were far more poverty stricken than modern pampered maori, yet crime was nothing like the present. There must be at least as many others in the limited wealth categories but maori dominate crime.
Te Pati is rejoicing in the fact that as a coalition with Labour they will be effectively in control of the country. Legacy msm will not trumpet this horror as they are aware of the vast war chest National has available for election advertising. Hopefully Luxon will exhibit the forcefulness of Muldoon and make sure the message of pending maori control reaches all. An astonishing prortion of the population is out of touch with developments. But although few dare express, reserve about maorification is widespread and is available to be captured.
I have just read Claire Charters long and rambling divisive tirade in which she promotes a separate apartheid style state based upon tribal ancestry.
However all her long arguments fall over completely, because she bases her arguments on "indigenous rights".
Maori are NOT "indigenous" to New Zealand. So all her arguments are worthless, based upon a falsehood.
Claire C presents a very modern maori centric view of Matariki. With time consuminmg get-togethers a cultural norm, to spend the day at the local marae, where many are relatives or regular social contacts, many with time on their hands, and spend the day at feasting and festivity, most funded externally, is not unattractive. But to most employed Europeans it is just a holiday to be spent to extend a weekend and/or make inroads into various home tasks. It is a day when TV and RNZ are a write off. Very few can locate the Southern Cross despite its iconic status and huge importance to early European settlers because of its considerable novelty. Having had calendars for centuries, they knew what any day was; the methods of their ancestors a thousand or several before had long ceased to be relevant. Matariki has ceased to be of practical importance to amaori since settlers arrived with calendars. The number of maori, who can identify matariki would be miniscule, Europeans ditto, and the number of the latter who care a toss ditto. The adoption of Matariki celebration will should represent a high point in the maorification process with a steady return to sane 21st century government and reality thereafter.
And, true though it is, the not indigenous theme will unlikely acheive anything.
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