Saturday September 16, 2023
News:
Voters want a referendum on co-governance - but not bilingual signs, poll shows
Almost half of voters believe there should be a referendum on Māori co-governance – and reject bilingual road signs, according to a new poll.
It comes as Labour signalled a delay to plans to add te reo Māori to traffic signage.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua opens Te Wharekura cultural and marine education space
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei has opened a cultural and marine education space, Te Wharekura, on the downtown Auckland waterfront.
The iwi and Auckland Council have partnered to repurpose the 108-year-old heritage kiosk next to the downtown ferry terminal into the new space.....
See full article HERE
Sealord Announces Purchase Of Independent Fisheries
Deepwater fishing company Sealord has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-owned Independent Fisheries - the largest financial transaction in the seafood sector since the Sealord deal in 1992, which was part of the Māori Treaty Settlement. This transaction will make Sealord New Zealand’s biggest seafood business.
Sealord Board Chair Jamie Tuuta said Sealord is an inter-generational fishing company and the purchase of Independent Fisheries further cements this position for the long-term.
“Our investment in Independent Fisheries is based on a strong belief in the business, the long-term sustainability of the commercial fishing sector in New Zealand and the ability to deliver increased returns to Sealord’s shareholders, half of whom are iwi.
“Māori have a strong affinity with the moana, kaimoana and fishing. The fisheries settlement allocating iwi ownership of quota, including through the purchase of 50% of Sealord, underpins that cultural value system. This transaction grows iwi quota ownership, enhancing our strong connection with the moana in Aotearoa.”......
See full article HERE
Rangatahi-led And Kaupapa Māori Projects Supported With $60,000
For the third year running, Tapuwae Roa has awarded $60,000 to empower rangatahi and promote kaupapa-Māori initiatives as part of their annual funding.
This year's Tukuoha funding round featured the return of two significant grants: the Pou Herenga Tangata Award, dedicated to supporting rangatahi aspiring to community leadership, and the Tonganui Scholarship, designed to advance tikanga Māori, mātauranga tuku iho, and Te Ao Māori in the oceans sector.....
See full article HERE
All Waipā parks and reserves to have Māori names in bilingual project
New bilingual signs are soon to be introduced at Waipā parks and reserves.
Waipā District Council said it had been partnering with mana whenua over the past two years to identify te reo Māori names for parks and reserves across the district and made the announcement as part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori language week activities......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Jerry Coyne: University of Auckland continues to promote indigenous ways of knowing....
Propaganda:
National-ACT agenda taking back country 50 years
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua opens Te Wharekura cultural and marine education space
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei has opened a cultural and marine education space, Te Wharekura, on the downtown Auckland waterfront.
The iwi and Auckland Council have partnered to repurpose the 108-year-old heritage kiosk next to the downtown ferry terminal into the new space.....
See full article HERE
Sealord Announces Purchase Of Independent Fisheries
Deepwater fishing company Sealord has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-owned Independent Fisheries - the largest financial transaction in the seafood sector since the Sealord deal in 1992, which was part of the Māori Treaty Settlement. This transaction will make Sealord New Zealand’s biggest seafood business.
Sealord Board Chair Jamie Tuuta said Sealord is an inter-generational fishing company and the purchase of Independent Fisheries further cements this position for the long-term.
“Our investment in Independent Fisheries is based on a strong belief in the business, the long-term sustainability of the commercial fishing sector in New Zealand and the ability to deliver increased returns to Sealord’s shareholders, half of whom are iwi.
“Māori have a strong affinity with the moana, kaimoana and fishing. The fisheries settlement allocating iwi ownership of quota, including through the purchase of 50% of Sealord, underpins that cultural value system. This transaction grows iwi quota ownership, enhancing our strong connection with the moana in Aotearoa.”......
See full article HERE
Rangatahi-led And Kaupapa Māori Projects Supported With $60,000
For the third year running, Tapuwae Roa has awarded $60,000 to empower rangatahi and promote kaupapa-Māori initiatives as part of their annual funding.
This year's Tukuoha funding round featured the return of two significant grants: the Pou Herenga Tangata Award, dedicated to supporting rangatahi aspiring to community leadership, and the Tonganui Scholarship, designed to advance tikanga Māori, mātauranga tuku iho, and Te Ao Māori in the oceans sector.....
See full article HERE
All Waipā parks and reserves to have Māori names in bilingual project
New bilingual signs are soon to be introduced at Waipā parks and reserves.
Waipā District Council said it had been partnering with mana whenua over the past two years to identify te reo Māori names for parks and reserves across the district and made the announcement as part of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori language week activities......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Jerry Coyne: University of Auckland continues to promote indigenous ways of knowing....
Propaganda:
National-ACT agenda taking back country 50 years
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Friday September 15, 2023
News:
Elites not speaking for Māori vote says Peters
New Zealand First leader Winston Peter has accused iwi leaders of backing elite growth projects rather than looking after the concerns of ordinary Māori.
“Their plans are all about their elite woke projects – all over the country. But when you say ‘what about the ordinary person, when are you going to help them in the Māori world,’ they haven’t got a plan. They speak as if they represent them, but they don’t,” Mr Peters says.
He says Māori have the same concerns they have had for decades – housing, health, jobs and real world wages.....
See full article HERE
Recon and reflection as Revitalise te Taiao marks one-year milestone
The weaving together of mātauranga Māori and modern science to help revitalise Te Taiao is a powerful force. Each strand of knowledge needs to be carefully threaded to ensure that connection to te Taiao, people, and community remains at the heart of Revitalise Te Taiao, a research programme launched back in March 2022.
While this has been a priority, it has required ongoing training and support around cultural competency in terms of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, te reo Māori, and tikanga Māori.
Trying to get the balance right to ensure that there is a collective voice from tangata whenua and tangata tiriti in terms of the knowledge systems of mātauranga Māori and modern science being explored within Ngā Kaiurungi Taiao will help assist the research outcomes......
See full article HERE
Indigenous attack Peters pandering to pakeha
Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahutu is disappointed at her predecessor’s push to withdraw New Zealand’s recognition of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
She says Winston Peters is doubling down on his assertion Maori aren’t indigenous, in an attempt to attract non-Maori votes for New Zealand First – and it feeds a negative media sentiment.
“I’m disappointed in that type of statement. I just hope Maori will see it for what it is and they vote positively at the booths and if they want continued positive change enabled by a Government like ours, then they have to vote for it,” she says.....
See full article HERE
University celebrates Kiingitanga resiliance
Waikato University is today marking its unique connection with the Kīngitanga and Waikato-Tainui with a range of events and special lectures.
The land on which the university stands was returned to the iwi as part of the Waikato-Tainui treaty settlement, under the mana of the first Maori King, Potatau Te Wherowhero.....
See full article HERE
Colonisation had 'positive impact': Indigenous senator
Opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on Thursday delivered a National Press Club speech in Canberra setting out her argument against having an advisory body enshrined in the constitution.
* Provide Māori leadership on the strategic issues in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the existing screening programmes and any further screening programmes under consideration
He says Māori have the same concerns they have had for decades – housing, health, jobs and real world wages.....
See full article HERE
Recon and reflection as Revitalise te Taiao marks one-year milestone
The weaving together of mātauranga Māori and modern science to help revitalise Te Taiao is a powerful force. Each strand of knowledge needs to be carefully threaded to ensure that connection to te Taiao, people, and community remains at the heart of Revitalise Te Taiao, a research programme launched back in March 2022.
While this has been a priority, it has required ongoing training and support around cultural competency in terms of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, te reo Māori, and tikanga Māori.
Trying to get the balance right to ensure that there is a collective voice from tangata whenua and tangata tiriti in terms of the knowledge systems of mātauranga Māori and modern science being explored within Ngā Kaiurungi Taiao will help assist the research outcomes......
See full article HERE
Indigenous attack Peters pandering to pakeha
Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahutu is disappointed at her predecessor’s push to withdraw New Zealand’s recognition of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
She says Winston Peters is doubling down on his assertion Maori aren’t indigenous, in an attempt to attract non-Maori votes for New Zealand First – and it feeds a negative media sentiment.
“I’m disappointed in that type of statement. I just hope Maori will see it for what it is and they vote positively at the booths and if they want continued positive change enabled by a Government like ours, then they have to vote for it,” she says.....
See full article HERE
University celebrates Kiingitanga resiliance
Waikato University is today marking its unique connection with the Kīngitanga and Waikato-Tainui with a range of events and special lectures.
The land on which the university stands was returned to the iwi as part of the Waikato-Tainui treaty settlement, under the mana of the first Maori King, Potatau Te Wherowhero.....
See full article HERE
Colonisation had 'positive impact': Indigenous senator
Opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on Thursday delivered a National Press Club speech in Canberra setting out her argument against having an advisory body enshrined in the constitution.
Asked if she accepted that trauma sparked by colonisation had been passed down between generations of Indigenous Australians, Senator Price rejected the idea.
"That would mean that those of us whose ancestors were dispossessed of their own country and brought here in chains as convicts are also suffering from intergenerational trauma," she said.
"So I should be doubly suffering."
Senator Price said colonisation had delivered many benefits......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Hemmingson: The Trojan Horse of Te Reo
Propaganda:
Anaru Eketone : Dad taught us to count to tekau, but thought learning te reo Māori would hold us back
Dame Susan Devoy thinks some Kiwis will never stop being racist
"That would mean that those of us whose ancestors were dispossessed of their own country and brought here in chains as convicts are also suffering from intergenerational trauma," she said.
"So I should be doubly suffering."
Senator Price said colonisation had delivered many benefits......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Peter Hemmingson: The Trojan Horse of Te Reo
Propaganda:
Anaru Eketone : Dad taught us to count to tekau, but thought learning te reo Māori would hold us back
Dame Susan Devoy thinks some Kiwis will never stop being racist
Thursday September 14, 2023
News:
Māori Monitoring and Equity Group
The objectives of the Group include:
* Provide Māori leadership on the strategic issues in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the existing screening programmes and any further screening programmes under consideration
* Provide Māori leadership on strategic issues related to population health screening and its impact on Māori health and inequalities
* Develop a collective equity assessment framework improving equity (reducing inequalities) in health for Māori and therefore for all
* Provide Māori leadership that is clinically and technically sound
Review new technological advances that may impact Māori Health....
See full article HERE
Home ownership policy needed for Māori
Māori housing network Te Matapihi says the housing crisis for Māori won’t improve if Governments continue to see social housing and renting as the only viable solutions.
Only 47 percent of Māori live in an owner-occupied home, compared with 70 percent of pakeha.
“We’re not just about putting us in a thing with four walls. There’s more to sustainable housing, being on our land, being able to be Māori in the way in which we live, creating those communities and allowing us to drive that and scaling up on the policy to allow us to do that in all sectors, not just in the housing space,” she says.....
See full article HERE
‘Undoing 180 years of Crown-led housing solutions’
An initiative that aims to tackle homelessness among Māori was launched today.
He Ara Hiki Mauri ensures whānau-centred housing solutions are led locally by iwi, hapū, marae and Māori providers.
“It’s about honouring Māori, having the knowledge and the relationships to do the work in a unique Māori way,” says Associate Minister for Homelessness Marama Davidson.
The funding of $24.7 million for He Ara Hiki Mauri was announced by Davidson last year - and the agreement was made official today....
See full article HERE
Facial moko: Māori war veteran with mataora barred from Perth pub
A Māori SAS veteran has spoken out after a Perth pub denied him service because he proudly wears facial moko.
“It was at that stage that the bar person then turned around and said, ‘sorry, I can’t serve you’, and I said, ‘why is that?’, and she said, ‘because you have facial tattoos’.”
Barclay said he attempted to explain the cultural significance of his markings, as other patrons stepped in to try and persuade the staffer to reverse their decision....
See full article HERE
Whakapapa distraction from path to power
New Zealand First Northland candidate Shane Jones says whakapapa isn’t going to fix the challenges Māori face.
Programme manager Anahera Higgins, says manawhenua work within their own iwi to determine an appropriate name and narrative, which is then gifted to council.
* Develop a collective equity assessment framework improving equity (reducing inequalities) in health for Māori and therefore for all
* Provide Māori leadership that is clinically and technically sound
Review new technological advances that may impact Māori Health....
See full article HERE
Home ownership policy needed for Māori
Māori housing network Te Matapihi says the housing crisis for Māori won’t improve if Governments continue to see social housing and renting as the only viable solutions.
Only 47 percent of Māori live in an owner-occupied home, compared with 70 percent of pakeha.
“We’re not just about putting us in a thing with four walls. There’s more to sustainable housing, being on our land, being able to be Māori in the way in which we live, creating those communities and allowing us to drive that and scaling up on the policy to allow us to do that in all sectors, not just in the housing space,” she says.....
See full article HERE
‘Undoing 180 years of Crown-led housing solutions’
An initiative that aims to tackle homelessness among Māori was launched today.
He Ara Hiki Mauri ensures whānau-centred housing solutions are led locally by iwi, hapū, marae and Māori providers.
“It’s about honouring Māori, having the knowledge and the relationships to do the work in a unique Māori way,” says Associate Minister for Homelessness Marama Davidson.
The funding of $24.7 million for He Ara Hiki Mauri was announced by Davidson last year - and the agreement was made official today....
See full article HERE
Facial moko: Māori war veteran with mataora barred from Perth pub
A Māori SAS veteran has spoken out after a Perth pub denied him service because he proudly wears facial moko.
“It was at that stage that the bar person then turned around and said, ‘sorry, I can’t serve you’, and I said, ‘why is that?’, and she said, ‘because you have facial tattoos’.”
Barclay said he attempted to explain the cultural significance of his markings, as other patrons stepped in to try and persuade the staffer to reverse their decision....
See full article HERE
Whakapapa distraction from path to power
New Zealand First Northland candidate Shane Jones says whakapapa isn’t going to fix the challenges Māori face.
Mr Jones many New Zealanders feel they are being told they have lesser status as citizens because they are not labeled indigenous or tangata whenua or iwi.
He says the Treaty of Waitangi created indivisible citizenship.
Shane Jones says no one is denying the bonds of whakapapa, faith or marae, but life is for the future....
See full article HERE
New poupou for Auckland university campus
The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, has welcomed a new poupou – named He Taumata Rau – to its city campus.
The design of the pou has multiple references to tūpuna and the many great feats they were involved in, which leaves Waipapa Taumata Rau with a rich connection, history and whakapapa to the whenua.....
See full article HERE
Kiwi ambulances with te reo Māori names arrive in Ukraine
A fleet of ambulances from Aotearoa has arrived in Ukraine to deliver medical supplies and care as the war with Russia rages on.
The seven retired St John ambulances bear names that reflect te ao Māori principles and were officially accepted into Ukrainian medical teams in a ceremony on Tuesday....
See full article HERE
Frater Lane in the town centre gets renamed - Waikanae
Contained in last night’s WCB agenda, at the meeting the recommendation from the council for the name to be changed to Te Ara Tangata was passed....
See full article HERE
Commerce Commission clears Moana to buy Sanford's North Island inshore fishing business
Iwi-owned fishing company Moana New Zealand has been cleared to buy the North Island inshore catch rights from rival Sanford, making it the largest inshore fisheries company in Aotearoa.
The Commerce Commission has approved the deal that will see Moana lease the catch entitlement from Sanford for at least 10 years. Sanford would retain ownership of the quota.
Inshore fisheries are those out to 12 nautical miles from the New Zealand coast....
See full article HERE
Tauranga to launch Māori local curriculum
More than 1700 early childhood, primary and secondary school teachers will gather at Mercury BayPark on Monday for the launch of the new Māori local curriculum.
The “highly anticipated” Te Tai Whanake ki Tauranga Moana Te Ao Māori local curriculum has been developed through a collaboration by Ngāti Ranginui Iwi, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi and Ngāti Pukenga Iwi in partnership with Tauranga Moana schools.....
See full article HERE
Tongariro National Park Treaty talks restart but dark clouds loom
Treaty negotiations for Tongariro National Park have resumed between the Crown and the central North Island iwi of Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little and Conservation Minister Willow-Jean Prime met iwi representatives to discuss cultural redress in Taupō earlier this week.....
See full article HERE
Kai Sovereignty
Kai sovereignty is the freedom and responsibility of Tangata Whenua to protect their ancestral food systems, to protect the cultural knowledge, practices and ceremonies associated with the production, distribution, and consumption of food.
Māori have the right to access, manage, share, and produce safe and nourishing food for their communities. Kai sovereignty has been practiced by our tūpuna for generations....
See full article HERE
Hearing on coastal claims underway
A high court hearing which could have a significant impact on local hapū claim to coastal areas is underway in Masterton.
Applications for Customary Marine Titles [CMTs] and Protected Customary Rights [PCRs] are being heard six years after the application due date.....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Te ao Maori offers ‘point of difference’
Kiri Dell: Te reo Māori as a vehicle for decolonising the nation
He says the Treaty of Waitangi created indivisible citizenship.
Shane Jones says no one is denying the bonds of whakapapa, faith or marae, but life is for the future....
See full article HERE
New poupou for Auckland university campus
The University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau, has welcomed a new poupou – named He Taumata Rau – to its city campus.
The design of the pou has multiple references to tūpuna and the many great feats they were involved in, which leaves Waipapa Taumata Rau with a rich connection, history and whakapapa to the whenua.....
See full article HERE
Kiwi ambulances with te reo Māori names arrive in Ukraine
A fleet of ambulances from Aotearoa has arrived in Ukraine to deliver medical supplies and care as the war with Russia rages on.
The seven retired St John ambulances bear names that reflect te ao Māori principles and were officially accepted into Ukrainian medical teams in a ceremony on Tuesday....
See full article HERE
Frater Lane in the town centre gets renamed - Waikanae
Contained in last night’s WCB agenda, at the meeting the recommendation from the council for the name to be changed to Te Ara Tangata was passed....
See full article HERE
Commerce Commission clears Moana to buy Sanford's North Island inshore fishing business
Iwi-owned fishing company Moana New Zealand has been cleared to buy the North Island inshore catch rights from rival Sanford, making it the largest inshore fisheries company in Aotearoa.
The Commerce Commission has approved the deal that will see Moana lease the catch entitlement from Sanford for at least 10 years. Sanford would retain ownership of the quota.
Inshore fisheries are those out to 12 nautical miles from the New Zealand coast....
See full article HERE
Tauranga to launch Māori local curriculum
More than 1700 early childhood, primary and secondary school teachers will gather at Mercury BayPark on Monday for the launch of the new Māori local curriculum.
The “highly anticipated” Te Tai Whanake ki Tauranga Moana Te Ao Māori local curriculum has been developed through a collaboration by Ngāti Ranginui Iwi, Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi and Ngāti Pukenga Iwi in partnership with Tauranga Moana schools.....
See full article HERE
Tongariro National Park Treaty talks restart but dark clouds loom
Treaty negotiations for Tongariro National Park have resumed between the Crown and the central North Island iwi of Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little and Conservation Minister Willow-Jean Prime met iwi representatives to discuss cultural redress in Taupō earlier this week.....
See full article HERE
Kai Sovereignty
Kai sovereignty is the freedom and responsibility of Tangata Whenua to protect their ancestral food systems, to protect the cultural knowledge, practices and ceremonies associated with the production, distribution, and consumption of food.
Māori have the right to access, manage, share, and produce safe and nourishing food for their communities. Kai sovereignty has been practiced by our tūpuna for generations....
See full article HERE
Hearing on coastal claims underway
A high court hearing which could have a significant impact on local hapū claim to coastal areas is underway in Masterton.
Applications for Customary Marine Titles [CMTs] and Protected Customary Rights [PCRs] are being heard six years after the application due date.....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Te ao Maori offers ‘point of difference’
Kiri Dell: Te reo Māori as a vehicle for decolonising the nation
Wednesday September 13, 2023
News:
Māori names found for Northcote parks
Auckland Council has added bilingual names to nine Northcote parks.
Programme manager Anahera Higgins, says manawhenua work within their own iwi to determine an appropriate name and narrative, which is then gifted to council.
An example is Cadness Reserve – which will also be known as Puāwai – meaning to blossom.....
See full article HERE
Ploughmans Country Grains Becomes Ngā Tōpata To Mark Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori
George Weston Foods (GWF) Baking NZ Ltd will produce Ploughmans Country Grains loaves in Te Reo Māori packaging with an English translation to mark Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. To honour Te Reo Māori and encourage its everyday use Ploughmans Country Grains will be presented as Ngā Tōpata Tuawhenua for two weeks from September 11th.
The initiative is in line with the company’s ongoing commitment to improving recognition and understanding of Te Āo Māori across its operations and promoting authentic appreciation and use of Te Reo Māori......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lushington D. Brady: Peters Tells the Harsh Truth
Propaganda:
Teachers need to embrace te reo Māori 'if serious about equity'
Ploughmans Country Grains Becomes Ngā Tōpata To Mark Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori
George Weston Foods (GWF) Baking NZ Ltd will produce Ploughmans Country Grains loaves in Te Reo Māori packaging with an English translation to mark Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. To honour Te Reo Māori and encourage its everyday use Ploughmans Country Grains will be presented as Ngā Tōpata Tuawhenua for two weeks from September 11th.
The initiative is in line with the company’s ongoing commitment to improving recognition and understanding of Te Āo Māori across its operations and promoting authentic appreciation and use of Te Reo Māori......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lushington D. Brady: Peters Tells the Harsh Truth
Propaganda:
Teachers need to embrace te reo Māori 'if serious about equity'
Tuesday September 12, 2023
News:
Indigenous comment riles tangata kakariki
We may not be indigenous, but we’re certainly tangata whenua.
That’s the response from Greens’ Northland candidate Huhana Lyndon to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters’ claim at a Nelson meeting that Māori are not indigenous because they came from Hawaiiki 900 or so years ago.
That’s the response from Greens’ Northland candidate Huhana Lyndon to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters’ claim at a Nelson meeting that Māori are not indigenous because they came from Hawaiiki 900 or so years ago.
“And the indigenous term itself is difficult. He kupu pakeha tera, but te iwi Maori is tangata whenua. Te iwi Maori have a tiriti with the crown that needs to be honoured” Ms Lyndon says.....
See full article HERE
Māori street name ideas shouldn't be pocketed and 'plucked' from later, says iwi
An idea to “word bank” rejected Māori street names for developers to “pluck” from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō, or macrons, promised two years ago.....
See full article HERE
Police Commissioner welcomes new Deputy Chief Executive Iwi & Community
In the role he will focus on:
1. Ensuring our Māori, Pacific and ethnic strategies are owned and implemented right across the organisation
2. Enabling local leaders to develop meaningful iwi and community relationships
3. Ensuring we bring through the next generation of leaders from our Māori, Pacific and ethnic communities.....
See full article HERE
Business network launched in support of te Reo Māori
The Māori Language Commission, Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori, has launched a free nationwide network for businesses supporting te Reo Māori.
The online network is open to all New Zealand businesses, and will provide a safe space for businesses to share their see te Reo Māori practices and learnings, so Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori can support the private sector....
See full article HERE
Covid hub marae gets spruce up
Auckland Council stepped in with funding for not only a new deck but a new roof and flooring for the wharekai, a new kitchen, and new lighting and carpets for the wharenui....
See full article HERE
ACC appoints Deputy Chief Executive Māori
The role of Deputy Chief Executive Māori was created following the feedback and consultation on evolving our Māori and equity model earlier this year.
“It reflects the need for ACC to have influential and widely recognised Māori expertise, strategic guidance and advice at the highest level of the organisation,” ACC Chief Executive Megan Main says.
“Doing so will ensure we honour our Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and fulfil the potential of our ten-year strategy, Huakina Te Rā.”....
See full article HERE
No Māori ward for Gore district after council and Hokonui Rūnanga meet
Hokonui Rūnanga representatives have a ‘’clear preference’’ for the Gore District Council not to establish a Māori ward, a report says.
Instead, the two organisations will establish a Gore District Council–Hokonui Rūnanga combined representative working group to advance issues of mutual interest and significance.....
See full article HERE
Te Aka Whai Ora invests in Māori nursing and midwifery leaders of tomorrow
Te Aka Whai Ora is investing $1 million to develop more leaders within the nursing and midwifery workforce over the next year, in line with the goals of the recently released Health Workforce Plan.
Ngā Manukura: Clinical Leadership Programme offers a marae-based kaupapa Māori leadership development programme to aspiring and established Māori clinical leaders in nursing and midwifery....
See full article HERE
Maori Ward in prospect for Kapiti Council
Kāpiti Coast District Council is seeking the community’s views on whether to establish a Māori ward ahead of the 2025 local elections. Feedback closes at 5pm Friday 13 October.
Kāpiti’s two neighbouring Councils, Porirua and Horowhenua, both have Maori Wards (Horowhenua has two), as do Wellington City and Masterton Council....
See full article HERE
Articles:
A Broken Country – Muriel Newman.
Yes, we have apartheid – John Robinson.
Barrie Davis: Maranga Mai and the Doctrine of Deceit
Wayne Ryburn: Article 8 - Exposing History Curriculum Myths
Māori are 'not indigenous', Winston Peters claims
Peter Williams: Winston hits the spot - again
Propaganda:
Want to support te reo Māori? Learn about colonisation
The importance of compulsory Māori papers at university’s and why there should be more
Māori street name ideas shouldn't be pocketed and 'plucked' from later, says iwi
An idea to “word bank” rejected Māori street names for developers to “pluck” from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō, or macrons, promised two years ago.....
See full article HERE
Police Commissioner welcomes new Deputy Chief Executive Iwi & Community
In the role he will focus on:
1. Ensuring our Māori, Pacific and ethnic strategies are owned and implemented right across the organisation
2. Enabling local leaders to develop meaningful iwi and community relationships
3. Ensuring we bring through the next generation of leaders from our Māori, Pacific and ethnic communities.....
See full article HERE
Business network launched in support of te Reo Māori
The Māori Language Commission, Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori, has launched a free nationwide network for businesses supporting te Reo Māori.
The online network is open to all New Zealand businesses, and will provide a safe space for businesses to share their see te Reo Māori practices and learnings, so Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori can support the private sector....
See full article HERE
Covid hub marae gets spruce up
Auckland Council stepped in with funding for not only a new deck but a new roof and flooring for the wharekai, a new kitchen, and new lighting and carpets for the wharenui....
See full article HERE
ACC appoints Deputy Chief Executive Māori
The role of Deputy Chief Executive Māori was created following the feedback and consultation on evolving our Māori and equity model earlier this year.
“It reflects the need for ACC to have influential and widely recognised Māori expertise, strategic guidance and advice at the highest level of the organisation,” ACC Chief Executive Megan Main says.
“Doing so will ensure we honour our Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and fulfil the potential of our ten-year strategy, Huakina Te Rā.”....
See full article HERE
No Māori ward for Gore district after council and Hokonui Rūnanga meet
Hokonui Rūnanga representatives have a ‘’clear preference’’ for the Gore District Council not to establish a Māori ward, a report says.
Instead, the two organisations will establish a Gore District Council–Hokonui Rūnanga combined representative working group to advance issues of mutual interest and significance.....
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Te Aka Whai Ora invests in Māori nursing and midwifery leaders of tomorrow
Te Aka Whai Ora is investing $1 million to develop more leaders within the nursing and midwifery workforce over the next year, in line with the goals of the recently released Health Workforce Plan.
Ngā Manukura: Clinical Leadership Programme offers a marae-based kaupapa Māori leadership development programme to aspiring and established Māori clinical leaders in nursing and midwifery....
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Maori Ward in prospect for Kapiti Council
Kāpiti Coast District Council is seeking the community’s views on whether to establish a Māori ward ahead of the 2025 local elections. Feedback closes at 5pm Friday 13 October.
Kāpiti’s two neighbouring Councils, Porirua and Horowhenua, both have Maori Wards (Horowhenua has two), as do Wellington City and Masterton Council....
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Sunday September 10, 2023
News:
Te Pāti Māori promise prison abolition in new justice policy
Te Pāti Māori have announced today their new "transformational" justice policy, which promises the establishment of a Māori Justice Authority and a path toward the abolition of all prisons by 2040.
The new policy is aimed at "challenging the institutional racism that has traumatised and failed Māori communities at every level".
Te Pāti Māori's justice plans also include the redistribution of state funds to a parallel Māori justice system "based on tikanga and self-governance," the party announced today.
"20% of the Corrections, Police, and Courts budgets will be reallocated to the [new] Māori Justice Authority, marking a significant shift in power and resources to Tangata Whenua."
Further proposed changes include the establishment of Māori Legal Aid Services and investment in kaupapa Māori legal units, as well as increasing the Steps to Freedom Grant from $350 to $1000, reinstating the right for all prisoners to vote, and enhancing community mental health and addiction services.
The plan would also see the age of criminal responsibility raised to 16.
Under Te Pāti Māori's policy, drug laws would be reformed. It would be treated as a health issue rather than a criminal issue and previous criminal convictions for drug use and possession would be wiped.
"We are asserting our tino rangatiratanga to oversee our own tikanga-based models of restorative justice," said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. "This is the only path to equitable justice in Aotearoa."
"Our tipuna did not sign Te Tiriti o Waitangi for whānau to be in care, incarcerated, and continually traumatised," Waititi said. "The time for change is well overdue. This is a by Māori, for Māori, according to Māori solution and we will not compromise."....
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Pupils develop school mural
A Dunedin school is bringing its Māori values and Catholic character together with a new mural of Māori Jesus.
Dunedin artist Aroha Novak (Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Kahungunu) teamed up with some young collaborators from St Joseph’s Cathedral School over the last few months to create a multicultural representation of what Jesus could look like.
In the mural, Jesus is depicted wearing a korowai, a Māori cloak, that has designs the schools pupils created embedded in it.....
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Māori delegation in Peru to set record straight on ocean voyaging
A trio of Māori academics from Aotearoa is in Peru to reinforce indigenous bonds and rewrite a shared history that transcends colonised boundaries.
The delegation, led by Waikato University academic Kelly Klink, is working with Raul Diez, a professor at the University of San Ignacio de Loyola, to document the pre-colonial historical ties between Māori and the Inca people.
A central focus of the research is about correcting curriculums in Aotearoa that portray Māori as somewhat accidental discoverers of Aotearoa, who primarily traversed only Polynesia.
Te Pāti Māori's justice plans also include the redistribution of state funds to a parallel Māori justice system "based on tikanga and self-governance," the party announced today.
"20% of the Corrections, Police, and Courts budgets will be reallocated to the [new] Māori Justice Authority, marking a significant shift in power and resources to Tangata Whenua."
Further proposed changes include the establishment of Māori Legal Aid Services and investment in kaupapa Māori legal units, as well as increasing the Steps to Freedom Grant from $350 to $1000, reinstating the right for all prisoners to vote, and enhancing community mental health and addiction services.
The plan would also see the age of criminal responsibility raised to 16.
Under Te Pāti Māori's policy, drug laws would be reformed. It would be treated as a health issue rather than a criminal issue and previous criminal convictions for drug use and possession would be wiped.
"We are asserting our tino rangatiratanga to oversee our own tikanga-based models of restorative justice," said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. "This is the only path to equitable justice in Aotearoa."
"Our tipuna did not sign Te Tiriti o Waitangi for whānau to be in care, incarcerated, and continually traumatised," Waititi said. "The time for change is well overdue. This is a by Māori, for Māori, according to Māori solution and we will not compromise."....
See full article HERE
Pupils develop school mural
A Dunedin school is bringing its Māori values and Catholic character together with a new mural of Māori Jesus.
Dunedin artist Aroha Novak (Ngai Te Rangi, Ngati Kahungunu) teamed up with some young collaborators from St Joseph’s Cathedral School over the last few months to create a multicultural representation of what Jesus could look like.
In the mural, Jesus is depicted wearing a korowai, a Māori cloak, that has designs the schools pupils created embedded in it.....
See full article HERE
Māori delegation in Peru to set record straight on ocean voyaging
A trio of Māori academics from Aotearoa is in Peru to reinforce indigenous bonds and rewrite a shared history that transcends colonised boundaries.
The delegation, led by Waikato University academic Kelly Klink, is working with Raul Diez, a professor at the University of San Ignacio de Loyola, to document the pre-colonial historical ties between Māori and the Inca people.
A central focus of the research is about correcting curriculums in Aotearoa that portray Māori as somewhat accidental discoverers of Aotearoa, who primarily traversed only Polynesia.
“What we’re trying to do and Raul is doing, is to smash down those racial barriers and look at Māori as the great navigators that we were.” she added,.....
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Point of Order: Why Asians could make a stronger case than Māori to be given seats on the Auckland Council
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Point of Order: Why Asians could make a stronger case than Māori to be given seats on the Auckland Council
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10th The msm should wade into Waitati and tear him to shreds for his absurd attention seeking statements about prisons. It should shift maori voters from the crazy Te Pati to the merely undemocratic Labour, but it will not. After the election his role as leader is sure to end. Replaced by one of the glib tongued but not entirely demented wahine. Traditional maori concepts of justice are totally non applicable to the modern world as were based on a communal society where almost nothing was personally owned, including the slaves, and where only territory was of significant value (if only for mana). Justice was administered on a whim by a blow to the skull with a mere, one te ao practice which, confined to maori, would certainly reduce crime in NZ.
In traditional society maori used to compound any misfortune befallen. if someones wife changed allegiance, the bloke was robbed of the little he possessed. Shipwrecked sailors faired poorly. The tikanga is continued today in the form of repeat ram raids of already devastated business'.
And I trust public funds are not paying for the junket to Peru to establish that maori navigators ranked with the Vikings, Tasman and Cook. If the Peruvians have an unfashionable concept of maori navigation, so what? All been thoroughly raked over after Kon Tiki.
We may not be indigenous, but we’re certainly tangata whenua.
No Huhana Lyndon you are not.
Pre 1840 your ancestors called themselves Tangata Maori, as they freely admitted that their were others here before they arrived, the true whenua of the land.
You are all just part Maori now.
Empty prisons and close them down, oh wait, only maori prisoners would no longer be part of the correction/punishment system.
Would that mean if a maori killed a maori, he or she would have some sort of punishment applied by maori on a cultural basis. Like for like perhaps.
That in its self becomes a crime.
Only a moron like Waitati could propose such a plan in the 21st century.
Not all maori are fools and will see the proposal for what it is.
Re 12th. Hoarding rejected maori street names means the absurd ones will not go away. If later used will another "gifting" fee be necessary? Maori names, unless with some vey sound historic basis, should be restricted to three "sounds" plus Te where appropriate. Less likley to then be rejected.
I note the Manurewa pro maori propoganda foster centre is to receive a huge council grant. Presumably no payements were made for the emergency accomodaion and other services recently provided.
I have not learned Maori because I am concentrating on learning up English phonemes and spelling patterns to help students read and write well in English. This knowledge has almost been lost because of a crazy ideology that has dominated in teaching literacy in NZ for about 70 years.It is established that our educational standards in the basics are rock bottom. What about those students who wish to get work overseas whether Maori or non Maori or wish to read up esoteric subjects in eg engineering or the sciences that have not been translated competently or are likely to ever be, into Maori ?
As a wise Maori leader said 'Maori is our culture but English is our bread and butter".
Like so much that is going on now this complete obsession with Te Reo at the expense of other areas of learning is thoroughly destructive.
As anon@6.22am suggests NEITHER INDIGENOUS, NOR TANGATA WENUA - (note correct spelling). Check Article the Third of the authentic Maori version of the Treaty. The alternatives are falsehoods promulgated by Maori activists and woke idiots who neither know the Treaty nor our history.
Re 13th. For all these names to be genuine "gifts" presumably the recipient contributes in no way to the cost of deliberation and consultation.Of course the recipient carries the cost of all the duplication. And society carries the inefficency and danger associated confusion.
I wonder who will experience the "authentic appreciation" of the renamed bread. Even the most ardent head in the sand te reo activist must find the convoluted title taxing. All the mug purchasers carry the huge cost of the redesign and printing. Some free publicity may be obtained but many, like me, will make a point of shunning it, at least until rational packaging is restored. The Maori Lingo Commission must have been hard pressed to devise terms for ploughman, a function unknown to pre European maori. Personally I am very wary of any food handler who is observed to or claims to follow te ao in its process. Staff may not sit on tables but do they use a hankercheif or tissue, wash their hands, etc?
re 14th. Dictionaries give two meanings for equity, neither is equality. But maori/pro maori factions aave for decades used the word such their adherents and many others think the word means equqlity. The new meaning is adopted above. It is not just th eTreaty which has been redefined.
And as for the lane in Waikanae; what a mouthful for such an insignificant thoroughfare. Six distinctive sounds in place of two, and that plenty for such a minor way. If such a title is to be allocated, surely there must be many vastly more appropriate local route for application.
re 15th I would be very grateful if someone would read through the Revitalis Te Taiao item, translate, and explain what each outfit purports to do and who funds. And translate Hemi's utterances from the coded piffle of maori and current academia into plain understandable Churchillian English.
Rolling on floor laughing- Nanaia thinks that telling the truth that Maori are not indigenous is racist and negative. By implication telling a lie about Maori status or, equally redefining the meaning of indigenous, is good for Maori and should encourage positive change?
re 16th. I trust with the road sign question all were clear that it was the traffic signs in question rather than street names. And that the contrived maori twaddle was to appear on top. The msm should trawl through the submissions and report objectively, but they won't.
The moderate opposition to co governance is simply an indication of the failure of msm, including RNZ, to publicise the disasters to date (ie Tupuna Maunga Authority) and to convey the certain outcome of effective total maori control. Achieved by veto, and by the fact that at least one of the "others" faction will inevitably side with maori for a myriad reasons, not the least being fear of cancellation.
Any counter argument, such as presented by Bachelor, and however rational, goes unreported
(the Urewera is not a typical example as the land was handed to Tuhoe in total and they are free to do as they please. However the anti "others" response is typical, as with the Tupuna Maunga Authority)
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