Saturday October 7, 2023
News:
Waitangi Tribunal says National’s foreshore and seabed law is in breach of the Treaty
The Waitangi Tribunal wants the Government to re-open claims by Māori for recognition of customary title and rights in the foreshore and seabed.
It also wants the Government to compensate all affected iwi, hapū and whānau for reclaimed land that has been vested in the Crown.
It is part of the tribunal’s findings, released today, that the law passed by the former National government to repeal Labour’s foreshore and seabed act breaches principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson led the repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 when he was a minister in John Key’s government, with the support of the Māori Party which was formed in protest against the act.
Its replacement, the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 restored the right of Māori to claim recognition of customary title and use rights in the foreshore and seabed - while protecting public access and navigation.
And it set a deadline of six years for Māori to lodge claims under the act, either to the High Court or to the government for direct negotiation. They were closed off in 2017.
The tribunal says that the replacement act does not provide a fair and reasonable test for customary marine title. And it wants the Government to repeal the deadline.....
See full article HERE
Co-governance talks: council keen to ‘magnify voice and status of mana whenua’
Gisborne District Council is planning to implement full co-governance and has invited iwi on to joint-decision making body “with full powers of council”.....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Who owns the water? Government about to pose contentious question
The Government is pushing ahead with contentious work on how to allocate rights to water - sparking a war of words with the ACT Party over co-governance.
Parker said it is “a tight deadline, so work needs to get under way.”
But David Seymour, ACT’s leader, claimed Parker is trying to “sneak more co-governance past voters and into water rights” before the election......
See full article HERE
Gondola drops insulting time tunnel narration
Christchurch Gondola’s Time Tunnel is no more. The rebranded Discovery Ride, featuring a script created alongside mana whenua, was quietly installed over 10 months ago.
A report prepared for the Christchurch City Council meeting, held on Wednesday, appears to be the first time the upgrade has been publicised.
For 17 years, the time tunnel ride took tourists on a seven minute journey through Canterbury’s past, but only mentioned Māori for 17 seconds.
The significant omission, along with the Pākehā narrator’s mispronunciation of basic te reo Māori words, had been described as offensive and disheartening. In 2020, former Ngāi Tahu kaiwhakahaere Tā Mark Solomon said the ride was “insulting and a bit of a joke”.....
See full article HERE
Iwi planning new 20-30 store supermarket chain -report
A consortium of iwi is reported to be in advanced talks over setting up a new supermarket chain, initially with between 20 and 30 stores, to take on Countdown and Foodstuffs.
Stuff, quoting “multiple sources”, says Waikato Tainui, through its commercial arm Tainui Group Holdings, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, are leading the discussions. It has approached both for comment.
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Will co-governance drive a counter-revolution?
Propaganda:
First year as Maori ward councillors challenging, educational, enjoyable
Former Treaty Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson led the repeal of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 when he was a minister in John Key’s government, with the support of the Māori Party which was formed in protest against the act.
Its replacement, the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 restored the right of Māori to claim recognition of customary title and use rights in the foreshore and seabed - while protecting public access and navigation.
And it set a deadline of six years for Māori to lodge claims under the act, either to the High Court or to the government for direct negotiation. They were closed off in 2017.
The tribunal says that the replacement act does not provide a fair and reasonable test for customary marine title. And it wants the Government to repeal the deadline.....
See full article HERE
Co-governance talks: council keen to ‘magnify voice and status of mana whenua’
Gisborne District Council is planning to implement full co-governance and has invited iwi on to joint-decision making body “with full powers of council”.....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Who owns the water? Government about to pose contentious question
The Government is pushing ahead with contentious work on how to allocate rights to water - sparking a war of words with the ACT Party over co-governance.
Parker said it is “a tight deadline, so work needs to get under way.”
But David Seymour, ACT’s leader, claimed Parker is trying to “sneak more co-governance past voters and into water rights” before the election......
See full article HERE
Gondola drops insulting time tunnel narration
Christchurch Gondola’s Time Tunnel is no more. The rebranded Discovery Ride, featuring a script created alongside mana whenua, was quietly installed over 10 months ago.
A report prepared for the Christchurch City Council meeting, held on Wednesday, appears to be the first time the upgrade has been publicised.
For 17 years, the time tunnel ride took tourists on a seven minute journey through Canterbury’s past, but only mentioned Māori for 17 seconds.
The significant omission, along with the Pākehā narrator’s mispronunciation of basic te reo Māori words, had been described as offensive and disheartening. In 2020, former Ngāi Tahu kaiwhakahaere Tā Mark Solomon said the ride was “insulting and a bit of a joke”.....
See full article HERE
Iwi planning new 20-30 store supermarket chain -report
A consortium of iwi is reported to be in advanced talks over setting up a new supermarket chain, initially with between 20 and 30 stores, to take on Countdown and Foodstuffs.
Stuff, quoting “multiple sources”, says Waikato Tainui, through its commercial arm Tainui Group Holdings, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, are leading the discussions. It has approached both for comment.
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Will co-governance drive a counter-revolution?
Propaganda:
First year as Maori ward councillors challenging, educational, enjoyable
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Friday October 6, 2023
News:
Government announces six new South Island marine reserves
The government has announced plans for six new marine reserves between Timaru and the Catlins, expected to come into force in the middle of next year
Provisions had also been made for Kāi Tahu to continue to access the marine reserve areas for retrieving koiwi tākata (ancestral remains), artefacts and marine mammal remains, and carrying out practices that enhanced their mātauraka Māori (traditional knowledge), and they would continue to manage the reserves alongside the Department of Conservation, she said.
Provisions had also been made for Kāi Tahu to continue to access the marine reserve areas for retrieving koiwi tākata (ancestral remains), artefacts and marine mammal remains, and carrying out practices that enhanced their mātauraka Māori (traditional knowledge), and they would continue to manage the reserves alongside the Department of Conservation, she said.
"I acknowledge Kāi Tahu - as kaitiaki for this spectacular coast - for their engagement in the shaping of the new marine reserves."
In a statement, Kāi Tahu welcomed the announcement, saying it reflected the cultural significance of the moana.....
See full article HERE
Kaupapa Māori polling booth opens
One of the first kaupapa Māori polling booths has opened at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae in West Auckland, staffed by seniors of the school.
The Electoral Commission has established 15 kaupapa Māori polling booths around the country.
The Electoral Commission’s Hone Mathews says it’s hoped this will address complaints about unfair treatment and institutional racism that Māori voters have experienced in previous elections, with a pilot kaupapa Māori polling booth set up during the last election.....
See full article HERE
Hurunui council decides against Māori ward
The Hurunui District Council has decided against establishing a Māori ward, for now.
Councillors have listened to feedback from Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga and voted against creating a Māori ward for the 2025 and 2028 local government elections.
But they agreed to continue to review options for Māori representation.....
See full article HERE
Southland District Council says no to establishing Māori ward
Elected members of the Southland District Council have decided not to establish a Māori ward in the district.
Māori wards sit alongside general wards in a district and allow voters on the Māori roll to elect a representative to their local council.
However, at a council meeting on Wednesday, council staff said Ngā Rūnanga, a collective representing the four papatipu rūnanga of Murihiku/Southland, did not support the establishment of a Māori ward in the Southland District at this time....
See full article HERE
Te reo translations on Tauranga bins painted over in 'racist' act
The Tauranga City Council have struck out at a "sad" and "racist" section of the community after te reo Māori translations on more than 40 rubbish bins were painted over.
Council Commission chairwoman Anne Tolley labelled the act as "racist", saying the police have been notified and such behaviour won't be tolerated.
Tolley said it is important that te reo is visible in the city and added the bins will be "swiftly restored to their original state".
"Te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, and anyone who chooses to detract from the increasingly important role it plays in our everyday language is detracting from our heritage.".....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Te Rangi iwi protests at Parliament over stalled Treaty settlement process
Frustrated Ngāi Te Rangi members protested outside Parliament yesterday over stalled Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations.
Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little, however, said in response the delay was a result of the Tauranga iwi’s choices.
Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust chief executive Paora Stanley said about 350 iwi members held a “non-violent but passionate” and peaceful protest about the prolonged delay in completing its settlement with the Crown over historical grievances.....
See full article HERE
Far North mayor Moko Tepania to receive award for being one of world’s top young politicians
Far North mayor Moko Tepania is due to be presented with an award on Wednesday evening naming him one of the world’s top young politicians of 2023.
Tepania, who made history last year when he was elected the youngest and first Māori mayor of the Far North District, is currently at the One Young World summit in Northern Ireland.....
See full article HERE
In a statement, Kāi Tahu welcomed the announcement, saying it reflected the cultural significance of the moana.....
See full article HERE
Kaupapa Māori polling booth opens
One of the first kaupapa Māori polling booths has opened at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae in West Auckland, staffed by seniors of the school.
The Electoral Commission has established 15 kaupapa Māori polling booths around the country.
The Electoral Commission’s Hone Mathews says it’s hoped this will address complaints about unfair treatment and institutional racism that Māori voters have experienced in previous elections, with a pilot kaupapa Māori polling booth set up during the last election.....
See full article HERE
Hurunui council decides against Māori ward
The Hurunui District Council has decided against establishing a Māori ward, for now.
Councillors have listened to feedback from Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga and voted against creating a Māori ward for the 2025 and 2028 local government elections.
But they agreed to continue to review options for Māori representation.....
See full article HERE
Southland District Council says no to establishing Māori ward
Elected members of the Southland District Council have decided not to establish a Māori ward in the district.
Māori wards sit alongside general wards in a district and allow voters on the Māori roll to elect a representative to their local council.
However, at a council meeting on Wednesday, council staff said Ngā Rūnanga, a collective representing the four papatipu rūnanga of Murihiku/Southland, did not support the establishment of a Māori ward in the Southland District at this time....
See full article HERE
Te reo translations on Tauranga bins painted over in 'racist' act
The Tauranga City Council have struck out at a "sad" and "racist" section of the community after te reo Māori translations on more than 40 rubbish bins were painted over.
Council Commission chairwoman Anne Tolley labelled the act as "racist", saying the police have been notified and such behaviour won't be tolerated.
Tolley said it is important that te reo is visible in the city and added the bins will be "swiftly restored to their original state".
"Te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, and anyone who chooses to detract from the increasingly important role it plays in our everyday language is detracting from our heritage.".....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Te Rangi iwi protests at Parliament over stalled Treaty settlement process
Frustrated Ngāi Te Rangi members protested outside Parliament yesterday over stalled Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations.
Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little, however, said in response the delay was a result of the Tauranga iwi’s choices.
Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust chief executive Paora Stanley said about 350 iwi members held a “non-violent but passionate” and peaceful protest about the prolonged delay in completing its settlement with the Crown over historical grievances.....
See full article HERE
Far North mayor Moko Tepania to receive award for being one of world’s top young politicians
Far North mayor Moko Tepania is due to be presented with an award on Wednesday evening naming him one of the world’s top young politicians of 2023.
Tepania, who made history last year when he was elected the youngest and first Māori mayor of the Far North District, is currently at the One Young World summit in Northern Ireland.....
See full article HERE
Thursday October 5, 2023
News:
Co-governance fear powering rural voters
New Zealand First Northland candidate Shane Jones says co-governance has become an issue this election because Labour tried to go too far too fast on water infrastructure reform.
Mr Jones rejects claims there is widespread race baiting in the election campaign, saying there have been a few incidents at events that unwisely were being held in pubs.
Mr Jones rejects claims there is widespread race baiting in the election campaign, saying there have been a few incidents at events that unwisely were being held in pubs.
He says having hapu and iwi involved in governance of water utilities is an option, but the Government needed to explain its position and secure a mandate from voters.
“And if you don’t do that because you’re not confident, then your idea should fail rather than flourish but no, what Nanaia Mahuta did is that she, in this very stealthy way, introduced co-governance into three waters, designed from my perspective predominantly to advance the interests of Waikato over the future of Waikato River, and I can think of no other single issue in rural New Zealand that is going to bring the Government to its knees than this issue,” Mr Jones says.
See full article HERE
Four Square launches te reo Māori shopping app Rārangi Kai via FCB Aotearoa and RUN
Launched last year, Rārangi Kai is a shopping list translator web app that takes over 200 everyday essentials in English and then translates them into te reo Māori at the click of a button.
Developed by Four Square supermarkets alongside FCB Aotearoa and RUN, the app has been recently updated to include audio of each kupu Māori, to guide correct pronunciation.
The “voice” of the app, RUN’s Pou Ahurea / Māori cultural director, Ariana Stone, says it is important for the platform to keep growing: “The most rewarding part of this mahi is building on what we created last year. Four Square’s commitment to the kaupapa, and their willingness to make it even more accessible, ensures that it continues to be a useful tool in people’s te reo Māori kete.”....
See full article HERE
Māori Jesus whited out
A mural of a Māori Jesus at a Dunedin primary school has been painted over in what the principal believes was a racist attack.
St Joseph’s Cathedral School principal Jo Stanley says she arrived at school to find the new mural had been fully covered in white paint.
The mural was painted by Dunedin artist Aroha Novak of Ngai Te Rangi and Ngati Kahungunu.....
See full article HERE
Global trade and Maori
In just three short weeks, Te Taumata will facilitate the most significant, Māori-focused trade hui that has ever been held at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand!
This hui has been designed to allow for open and transparent discussions about how we can, as a country, fast-track Māori opportunities from the recently signed EU and UK free trade agreements.
Bringing together government ministers and officials with top Māori business leaders, this hui will be guided by our four pou (see infographic) – the cornerstones Te Taumata has identified as being the enablers of Māori global trade.....
See full article HERE
Lake Taupō campground future uncertain as iwi redress begins
A committee has been established to oversee the future of a popular Lake Taupō reserve, with the aim of restoring the mana of its ancestral owners Ngāti Te Rangiita.
The Taupō District Council ultimately decided to push ahead with the make up of the committee that will oversee the review of the Motutere Reserve Management Plan, despite concerns from some councillors over conflict of interest....
See full article HERE
Rotorua council agrees to return reserve land to Ngāti Kearoa Ngāti Tuara
Rotorua Lakes Council has agreed to begin the process of returning a section of reserve land to Ngāti Kearoa Ngāti Tuara.
Wednesday's council infrastructure and environment committee resolution begins the process of revoking the reserve status of the land, which will require consultation with the minister of conservation and the public to complete.....
See full article HERE
Law commission on weaving together of state law and tikanga
Because tikanga has not featured in general legal education until recent times, the legal profession and judiciary are still developing expertise in engaging with tikanga. The Commission suggests:
Tikanga should be interpreted and applied through a tikanga lens. Legal practitioners and the judiciary must consider tikanga as it is understood within te ao Māori — the Māori worldview. This requires understanding tikanga from the inside and an understanding of concepts that inform te ao Māori.
Judges should be guided by manaakitanga when engaging with tikanga. Judges also require assistance in satisfying their obligations to tikanga. Tools already available include:.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Our community is moving naturally towards te ao Māori, despite attacks
What is 'race-baiting' and who decides?
“And if you don’t do that because you’re not confident, then your idea should fail rather than flourish but no, what Nanaia Mahuta did is that she, in this very stealthy way, introduced co-governance into three waters, designed from my perspective predominantly to advance the interests of Waikato over the future of Waikato River, and I can think of no other single issue in rural New Zealand that is going to bring the Government to its knees than this issue,” Mr Jones says.
See full article HERE
Four Square launches te reo Māori shopping app Rārangi Kai via FCB Aotearoa and RUN
Launched last year, Rārangi Kai is a shopping list translator web app that takes over 200 everyday essentials in English and then translates them into te reo Māori at the click of a button.
Developed by Four Square supermarkets alongside FCB Aotearoa and RUN, the app has been recently updated to include audio of each kupu Māori, to guide correct pronunciation.
The “voice” of the app, RUN’s Pou Ahurea / Māori cultural director, Ariana Stone, says it is important for the platform to keep growing: “The most rewarding part of this mahi is building on what we created last year. Four Square’s commitment to the kaupapa, and their willingness to make it even more accessible, ensures that it continues to be a useful tool in people’s te reo Māori kete.”....
See full article HERE
Māori Jesus whited out
A mural of a Māori Jesus at a Dunedin primary school has been painted over in what the principal believes was a racist attack.
St Joseph’s Cathedral School principal Jo Stanley says she arrived at school to find the new mural had been fully covered in white paint.
The mural was painted by Dunedin artist Aroha Novak of Ngai Te Rangi and Ngati Kahungunu.....
See full article HERE
Global trade and Maori
In just three short weeks, Te Taumata will facilitate the most significant, Māori-focused trade hui that has ever been held at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand!
This hui has been designed to allow for open and transparent discussions about how we can, as a country, fast-track Māori opportunities from the recently signed EU and UK free trade agreements.
Bringing together government ministers and officials with top Māori business leaders, this hui will be guided by our four pou (see infographic) – the cornerstones Te Taumata has identified as being the enablers of Māori global trade.....
See full article HERE
Lake Taupō campground future uncertain as iwi redress begins
A committee has been established to oversee the future of a popular Lake Taupō reserve, with the aim of restoring the mana of its ancestral owners Ngāti Te Rangiita.
The Taupō District Council ultimately decided to push ahead with the make up of the committee that will oversee the review of the Motutere Reserve Management Plan, despite concerns from some councillors over conflict of interest....
See full article HERE
Rotorua council agrees to return reserve land to Ngāti Kearoa Ngāti Tuara
Rotorua Lakes Council has agreed to begin the process of returning a section of reserve land to Ngāti Kearoa Ngāti Tuara.
Wednesday's council infrastructure and environment committee resolution begins the process of revoking the reserve status of the land, which will require consultation with the minister of conservation and the public to complete.....
See full article HERE
Law commission on weaving together of state law and tikanga
Because tikanga has not featured in general legal education until recent times, the legal profession and judiciary are still developing expertise in engaging with tikanga. The Commission suggests:
Tikanga should be interpreted and applied through a tikanga lens. Legal practitioners and the judiciary must consider tikanga as it is understood within te ao Māori — the Māori worldview. This requires understanding tikanga from the inside and an understanding of concepts that inform te ao Māori.
Judges should be guided by manaakitanga when engaging with tikanga. Judges also require assistance in satisfying their obligations to tikanga. Tools already available include:.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Our community is moving naturally towards te ao Māori, despite attacks
What is 'race-baiting' and who decides?
Wednesday October 4, 2023
News:
Māori priorities in policies from Labour, National, Greens, Act, Māori Party, NZ First
The Herald’s political and specialist reporters examine the big issues facing New Zealand and how the main political parties plan to deal with them. Michael Neilson looks at kaupapa Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi policies.
What for many might be classed as the most progressive term in Government for Māori aspirations and upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi, for others the complete opposite holds true.
What for many might be classed as the most progressive term in Government for Māori aspirations and upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi, for others the complete opposite holds true.
The fact that Labour launched its kaupapa Māori campaign without any new policies speaks to that tension, which Māori campaign chairman Willie Jackson has described to the Herald as a “tightrope” as the party seeks to gain back ground from National in the centre.
All parties on track to enter Parliament agree enormous inequities still face Māori, all are outraged by those facts and all parties agree with addressing breaches of the country’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
But ideas are vastly different about how to address the inequities, and even what is behind them......
See full article and policiies HERE
Planning framework out for iwi comment
The Government has asked local government and Māori groups to comment on a draft National Planning Framework under the new resource management legislation.
Environment Minister David Parker says it consolidates around 20 existing policy statements, standards and other regulations, and includes a new chapter on infrastructure.
He says local government is the key implementer of the framework, and there are also obligations under Treaty settlements, agreed by successive governments, that need to be carried forward from the Resource Management Act.....
See full article HERE
Government backing Canterbury’s future in aerospace industry
“Today I can confirm we will provide a $5.4 million grant to the Tāwhaki Joint Venture to fund a sealed runway and hangar facilities to encourage investment, growth and continued research and development in New Zealand’s aerospace industry,” Megan Woods said.
Tāwhaki is a Māori-Crown partnership between Kaitorete mana whenua - Te Taumutu Rūnanga and Wairewa Rūnanga, and the Crown, with a dual kaupapa to heal and rejuvenate the unique whenua at Kaitorete and advance Aotearoa’s aerospace industry....
See full article HERE
Nanaia Mahuta facing serious challenge in Hauraki-Waikato, poll shows
Incumbent MP Nanaia Mahuta is just four points ahead of one of the youngest candidates in this year's general election, a poll conducted for Whakaata Māori (Māori TV) is revealing.
The poll, conducted by Curia Market Research, has Mahuta leading on 36 percent while Te Pāti Māori newcomer, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is on 32 percent. Fourteen percent of those polled remain undecided......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Cam Slater: Not with Your Lot, No
Peter Hemmingson: We are the eighty-percenters (80%)
Wayne Ryburn: “When Truth becomes Distorted and made to Disappear”
Elizabeth Rata: Two Treaties of Waitangi: The Articles Treaty and the Principles Treaty
Healing Racial Tensions – Dr Muriel Newman.
Always Was, Always Will Be About Power – David Barton
David Lillis: A Just New Zealand - lessons for our Leaders?
Propaganda:
Climate change ‘challenge of our lifetime’ - Ngāi Tahu
Rob Campbell: The opinion piece I’ve been dreading to pen - Māori health and the serious consequences we face
Dear politicians: The Treaty is not a patu to beat us with, it's a taonga
All parties on track to enter Parliament agree enormous inequities still face Māori, all are outraged by those facts and all parties agree with addressing breaches of the country’s founding document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
But ideas are vastly different about how to address the inequities, and even what is behind them......
See full article and policiies HERE
Planning framework out for iwi comment
The Government has asked local government and Māori groups to comment on a draft National Planning Framework under the new resource management legislation.
Environment Minister David Parker says it consolidates around 20 existing policy statements, standards and other regulations, and includes a new chapter on infrastructure.
He says local government is the key implementer of the framework, and there are also obligations under Treaty settlements, agreed by successive governments, that need to be carried forward from the Resource Management Act.....
See full article HERE
Government backing Canterbury’s future in aerospace industry
“Today I can confirm we will provide a $5.4 million grant to the Tāwhaki Joint Venture to fund a sealed runway and hangar facilities to encourage investment, growth and continued research and development in New Zealand’s aerospace industry,” Megan Woods said.
Tāwhaki is a Māori-Crown partnership between Kaitorete mana whenua - Te Taumutu Rūnanga and Wairewa Rūnanga, and the Crown, with a dual kaupapa to heal and rejuvenate the unique whenua at Kaitorete and advance Aotearoa’s aerospace industry....
See full article HERE
Nanaia Mahuta facing serious challenge in Hauraki-Waikato, poll shows
Incumbent MP Nanaia Mahuta is just four points ahead of one of the youngest candidates in this year's general election, a poll conducted for Whakaata Māori (Māori TV) is revealing.
The poll, conducted by Curia Market Research, has Mahuta leading on 36 percent while Te Pāti Māori newcomer, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is on 32 percent. Fourteen percent of those polled remain undecided......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Cam Slater: Not with Your Lot, No
Peter Hemmingson: We are the eighty-percenters (80%)
Wayne Ryburn: “When Truth becomes Distorted and made to Disappear”
Elizabeth Rata: Two Treaties of Waitangi: The Articles Treaty and the Principles Treaty
Healing Racial Tensions – Dr Muriel Newman.
Always Was, Always Will Be About Power – David Barton
David Lillis: A Just New Zealand - lessons for our Leaders?
Propaganda:
Climate change ‘challenge of our lifetime’ - Ngāi Tahu
Rob Campbell: The opinion piece I’ve been dreading to pen - Māori health and the serious consequences we face
Dear politicians: The Treaty is not a patu to beat us with, it's a taonga
Monday October 2, 2023
News:
The ethnic and political divide opening over co-governance
A new study shows the extent to which New Zealanders’ party voting choices are divided on co-governance, Treaty of Waitangi, and racial harmony
The co-governance, treaty and race related issues are not the top ranked among 41 issues from which those surveyed could select. The top five were health (64%), rising food prices (62%), affordable housing (56%), crime (55%) and education (55%).
The co-governance, treaty and race related issues are not the top ranked among 41 issues from which those surveyed could select. The top five were health (64%), rising food prices (62%), affordable housing (56%), crime (55%) and education (55%).
However, at 26%, stopping co-governance is “most important” in helping decide the votes of around 1,036,000 adults.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
New marine protection reserves NOT created equal for all
Māori customary fishing rights skirt ban
Propaganda:
Why Māori voices need to be at the table, for the sake of all Kiwis
Restorative justice is not Māori justice
Mindfulness from a Te Ao Māori perspective
Articles:
New marine protection reserves NOT created equal for all
Māori customary fishing rights skirt ban
Propaganda:
Why Māori voices need to be at the table, for the sake of all Kiwis
Restorative justice is not Māori justice
Mindfulness from a Te Ao Māori perspective
Sunday October 1, 2023
News:
Ōwhata Medical Centre to be given to Ngāti Pikiao in ‘extraordinary gift’
Non-profit primary health organisation Pinnacle, which manages the healthcare of nearly half a million people in 84 practices around Aotearoa, has just given one of those practices to the people of Ngāti Pikiao.
The Ōwhata Medical Centre, in Rotorua, a GP services clinic, will be handed over to the iwi, which says the extraordinary gift will increase access to healthcare for its people and community, and help address health inequities......
See full article HERE
New survey finds ‘large divide’ between Māori and Pākehā voters over co-governance and treaty
The Horizon Research study released today exposes a large divide between Māori and European/Pākehā voters on co-governance and honouring the treaty.
28% of Pākehā surveyed say stopping co-governance policies is an important influence on their party vote choice, compared with 17% of Māori.
But the most marked divide is in regard to the treaty.
46% of Māori consider honouring the treaty an important influence, as opposed to 20% of Pākehā......
See full article HERE
Ōtaki hapū to raise loss of whenua and te reo concerns at marae tribunal hearing
Spokesperson Denise Hapeta says the main issue for Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki is “the taking of their whenua”.
In Ōtaki the hapū have lost large tracts of land, she says, despite their tūpuna gifting land to the community, such as the whenua where Te Wānanga o Raukawa now stands. That land was given to the Church Mission Society to establish schooling for the community like the Ōtaki Native Boy’s School, now the site of the wānanga, says Hapeta.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robinson: A positive future - to get the job done free from racial division
Propaganda:
Wellington City Council advances 10-year Māori strategy, Tūpiki Ora
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New survey finds ‘large divide’ between Māori and Pākehā voters over co-governance and treaty
The Horizon Research study released today exposes a large divide between Māori and European/Pākehā voters on co-governance and honouring the treaty.
28% of Pākehā surveyed say stopping co-governance policies is an important influence on their party vote choice, compared with 17% of Māori.
But the most marked divide is in regard to the treaty.
46% of Māori consider honouring the treaty an important influence, as opposed to 20% of Pākehā......
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Ōtaki hapū to raise loss of whenua and te reo concerns at marae tribunal hearing
Spokesperson Denise Hapeta says the main issue for Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki is “the taking of their whenua”.
In Ōtaki the hapū have lost large tracts of land, she says, despite their tūpuna gifting land to the community, such as the whenua where Te Wānanga o Raukawa now stands. That land was given to the Church Mission Society to establish schooling for the community like the Ōtaki Native Boy’s School, now the site of the wānanga, says Hapeta.....
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John Robinson: A positive future - to get the job done free from racial division
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Wellington City Council advances 10-year Māori strategy, Tūpiki Ora
'An honour' to inspire the next generation of te reo Māori speakers
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re 1st. The Rotorua Medical centre handed to iwi again raises the question of treatment of any non maori who chance or dares to present. Personally I would be fearful of a maori run establishment, both because of the now inherent anti colonist attitude and the likely easy going te ao maori world view approach to vital matters. I trust they do not practice racism in accepting/ declining clients.
Poll questions are muddied because uncertain of which interpretation assumed. Co governance and 50/50 co governance are vitally different in likely effective outcome. And which interpretation of the Treaty do the polled envisage? Maori, English, Littlewood, Kawharau, WT? If the msm objectively and analytically covered 50/50 co governance, and fully reported disasters such as the Tipuna Maunga Authority, the "others" polling would be vastly more certain and different.
Co governance ranks low because very few are aware of the proposals and connotations. The msm and RNZ amke little or no attempt to explain the inevitable working of 50/50 co governance. The very unsatisfactory and very very expensive outcomes of existing arrangements such as the Tupuna Maunga Authority are not objectively reperted. If asked whether they want maori control or not the response would be vastly greater.
In my world, apartheid masquerading as co-governance is top ranked, as it has a negative influence on every other metric.
re 4th. Winston aims to withdraw from UNDRIP and change all govt dept names to English. Would that the othere swere so emboldened and direct. Scrubbing maori as official langauge would be another progessive step.
Incidentally listening to RNZthe label Red Radio is not the most appropraite. It is very clearly Rebel Radio. Mahurangi (or whatever) Forbes in particular blatantly and relentlessly pushes current maori activist propoganda.
Re 5th. If all Right mps were as vocal and clear on co governance as Shane, the Right would sweep in in such numbers that Shane would not be required.
I avoid 4 Square because of prices and the ability to enter instantly into obfuscating te reo conversation when purchasing will not change my response.
The Taupo reserve seems headed at best for a disaster like the Tupuna Maunga Authority.
It is incredible that the law is to incorporate tikanga when this is seen as so complex only a very few seem to be able to interpret it. As the offenders will not have any hint of such understanding, hard to see how it will be relevant.
The maori artist/activist who produced the maori Jesus would seem to have chosen the wrong area in which to work. His sacrilegious work might be better appreciated in Rotorua or South Auckland.
I trust no one paid for it.
Oct 6 Based on the Waikaremoana experience, management of reserves "alongside the Dept of Conservation" is ominouus, especially as maori are vying to control the latter.
Intriguing that two Councils have rejected maori seats. I guess as the election outcome has become obvious , the fear of cancellation has reduced somewhat and Councillors feel free to vote as they believe serves their communities best. A satisfying trend.
Sat 7. Good luck Gisborne. Rates will be dissipated in extra representatives, endless obstructive mana seeking debate, statement projects irrelevant to most, channelling of work to maori. I don’t suppose in Gisborne they have heard of the disastrous, expensive co governance Tupuna Maunga Authority. If Gisborne gets on with it promptly the experience will assist to deter others. Gisborne ruined the Cook celebration a few years ago. Now they will be able to ruin everything the colonist settlers have achieved.
And I wonder about the gondola message. The fact is the contribution of maori to the development of canterbury was not of greta moment. And maori pronunciations were not then as now, and murdered throughout, so the spiel was presumably a more honest rendition. Presumably now visitors will instead be presented with an account of the pre European maori slaughter in the area.
Re this headline - "Waitangi Tribunal says National’s foreshore and seabed law is in breach of the Treaty"
Just another example of the racist Tribunal trying to grab more and more money, assets and land.
This body of robber barons has been out of control for many years, ruthlessly attacking our nation.
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