Saturday November 4, 2023
News:
Support for tourist village to restore 'most beautiful name'
A bid by a central North Island iwi to change the name of National Park back to Waimarino has been accepted by Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa NZ Geographic Board.
The iwi Uenuku has called for the ski and tourist village and its railway station, located by Mt Ruapehu, to revert to its previous names, Waimarino and Waimarino Railway Station.
The iwi says the historic Waimarino Pā was located on the site currently referred to as National Park Village.
A three-month public consultation on the name change proposal will open on Tuesday, 7 November.....
See full article HERE
Community mental health centre opens in Invercargill
Tūmanako Oranga Wellness Centre doesn’t just fill this space, it does so in a way that’s culturally responsive, offering a “by Māori, for Māori” approach, weaving together different kinds of services in the spirit of village thinking.
Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust has invested $1 million to repurpose the old Heritage Court Motel in Avenal, and most of the centre’s programmes are already up and running.....
See full article HERE
Changes to Takutai Moana law not a priority for new government - Shane Jones
Incoming NZ First MP Shane Jones says changing the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act won’t be a priority for the new government, despite a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal, effectively making it easier for iwi to confirm customary title over parts of coastal New Zealand......
See full article HERE
Ngapuhi facing cuts as income falls
Staff at Te Runanga o Ngapuhi have been told their jobs are being disestablished as the Kaikohe-based runanga deals with a lower anticipated dividend from the fisheries settlement trust Te Ohu Kaimoana.
A consultation document seen by Radio Waatea says the restructure could result in a decrease from around 21 staff to around 9.
The Ngapuhi Asset Holding Company says it can only pay $1.4 million this year instead of the usual $2.3 million, and anythng above that will result in lower net asset growth......
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori claims victory in 6 of the 7 Māori electorates
The special vote count has seen Te Pāti Māori claim victory in six of the seven Māori electorates, ousting incumbent Labour MPs Kelvin Davis and Peeni Henare.
Te Pāti Māori candidate Takutai Tarsh Kemp has won Tāmaki Makaurau by a slim margin of just four votes over Peeni Henare.....
See full article HERE
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson dares National Government on Treaty
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has dared the incoming National-led Government on its stance on the Treaty of Waitangi as she promises the new Opposition parties would advocate for Māori.
“Just try and come for the Treaty, just try,” she said in a message to the still-to-be-formed Government.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Māori ward councillors one year on - 'We are the experts of our own whenua'
A three-month public consultation on the name change proposal will open on Tuesday, 7 November.....
See full article HERE
Community mental health centre opens in Invercargill
Tūmanako Oranga Wellness Centre doesn’t just fill this space, it does so in a way that’s culturally responsive, offering a “by Māori, for Māori” approach, weaving together different kinds of services in the spirit of village thinking.
Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust has invested $1 million to repurpose the old Heritage Court Motel in Avenal, and most of the centre’s programmes are already up and running.....
See full article HERE
Changes to Takutai Moana law not a priority for new government - Shane Jones
Incoming NZ First MP Shane Jones says changing the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act won’t be a priority for the new government, despite a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal, effectively making it easier for iwi to confirm customary title over parts of coastal New Zealand......
See full article HERE
Ngapuhi facing cuts as income falls
Staff at Te Runanga o Ngapuhi have been told their jobs are being disestablished as the Kaikohe-based runanga deals with a lower anticipated dividend from the fisheries settlement trust Te Ohu Kaimoana.
A consultation document seen by Radio Waatea says the restructure could result in a decrease from around 21 staff to around 9.
The Ngapuhi Asset Holding Company says it can only pay $1.4 million this year instead of the usual $2.3 million, and anythng above that will result in lower net asset growth......
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori claims victory in 6 of the 7 Māori electorates
The special vote count has seen Te Pāti Māori claim victory in six of the seven Māori electorates, ousting incumbent Labour MPs Kelvin Davis and Peeni Henare.
Te Pāti Māori candidate Takutai Tarsh Kemp has won Tāmaki Makaurau by a slim margin of just four votes over Peeni Henare.....
See full article HERE
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson dares National Government on Treaty
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has dared the incoming National-led Government on its stance on the Treaty of Waitangi as she promises the new Opposition parties would advocate for Māori.
“Just try and come for the Treaty, just try,” she said in a message to the still-to-be-formed Government.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Māori ward councillors one year on - 'We are the experts of our own whenua'
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
Friday November 3, 2023
News:
Te Pāti Māori warns of 'uprising of hikoi of all hikois' if incoming Government responds to landmark foreshore, seabed decision
The foreshore and seabed debate is threatening to rear its head again following a landmark Court of Appeal decision which will make it easier for Māori to make claims to the coastline.
Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has promised the next Government will respond to the decision. But Te Pāti Māori says that would spark the hikoi of all hikois.
Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has promised the next Government will respond to the decision. But Te Pāti Māori says that would spark the hikoi of all hikois.
Stephen Franks wants the next Government to go back to the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act.
"There will be a whole lot of huffing and puffing but where we are now is on a path to really destructive relationships," he said.....
See full article HERE
Gang tatttoo ban mask for racist response
A Māori law professor says the incoming Government is likely to run into some serious legal problems with its proposed anti- gang strategy – including conflict with the Treaty of Waitangi.
Khylee Quince from Auckland University of Technology says while National’s police spokesperson Mark Mitchell is technically right when he says can circumvent the Bill of Right Act to ban tattoos and gang patches, the policy could trigger a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into whether it breaches treaty rights to active protection of taonga.
She says the proposed measures and anti-gang rhetoric are a thinly veiled cover for being anti-Māori....
See full article HERE
Treaty role too big for referendum
Outgoing Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta says the Treaty of Waitangi is at the heart of nationhood in Aotearoa.
“The bigger question should be, what does nation building look like with the treaty at its heart? And the more difficult question for New Zealanders and certainly Maori is, should we start to now formalise what has once been a moral document in a constitutional form? That’s been an argument that’s been around for a very long time,” she says...
See full article HERE
Building our capability to engage, support and partner with Māori
Standards New Zealand will deliver on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Te Ara Amiorangi Organisation- Wide Strategy, Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery’s Wawata Māori Strategy, and our broader Te Tiriti o Waitangi Crown obligations by being an active and effective Te Tiriti partner.
Implementing a Standards New Zealand Māori engagement capability work programme will increase Standards New Zealand’s ability to partner better with Māori, while continuing to increase our capability under the government-wide strategy, to increase Māori capability – Whāinga Amorangi and the Public Services Act 2020.....
See full article HERE
New entrance at Garin College marks start of school expansion
But principal John Maguire said the 250 square metre structure by the entrance, which opened on Monday, served as more than a shelter for students who traditionally gathered there each morning.
The building, which had been in the pipeline for two years, was funded by the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, out of a package provided by the government to state-integrated schools, following the same funding for property upgrades to all state schools four years ago.....
See full article HERE
Māori Bridging Scholarships
The Division of Humanities at the University of Otago is offering a number of Bridging Scholarships for Māori students in 2024. These awards are designed to encourage graduating Māori students to proceed to their first year of taught postgraduate study in Humanities.
SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
• $10,000 plustuition fee waiver for one year.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1) Applicants must be Māori students.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
M9: Te Kohe Tuhaka - My culture is my superpower
Why a referendum on Te Tiriti will backfire
What stands in the way of the ACT Party plan for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi
"There will be a whole lot of huffing and puffing but where we are now is on a path to really destructive relationships," he said.....
See full article HERE
Gang tatttoo ban mask for racist response
A Māori law professor says the incoming Government is likely to run into some serious legal problems with its proposed anti- gang strategy – including conflict with the Treaty of Waitangi.
Khylee Quince from Auckland University of Technology says while National’s police spokesperson Mark Mitchell is technically right when he says can circumvent the Bill of Right Act to ban tattoos and gang patches, the policy could trigger a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into whether it breaches treaty rights to active protection of taonga.
She says the proposed measures and anti-gang rhetoric are a thinly veiled cover for being anti-Māori....
See full article HERE
Treaty role too big for referendum
Outgoing Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta says the Treaty of Waitangi is at the heart of nationhood in Aotearoa.
“The bigger question should be, what does nation building look like with the treaty at its heart? And the more difficult question for New Zealanders and certainly Maori is, should we start to now formalise what has once been a moral document in a constitutional form? That’s been an argument that’s been around for a very long time,” she says...
See full article HERE
Building our capability to engage, support and partner with Māori
Standards New Zealand will deliver on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Te Ara Amiorangi Organisation- Wide Strategy, Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery’s Wawata Māori Strategy, and our broader Te Tiriti o Waitangi Crown obligations by being an active and effective Te Tiriti partner.
Implementing a Standards New Zealand Māori engagement capability work programme will increase Standards New Zealand’s ability to partner better with Māori, while continuing to increase our capability under the government-wide strategy, to increase Māori capability – Whāinga Amorangi and the Public Services Act 2020.....
See full article HERE
New entrance at Garin College marks start of school expansion
But principal John Maguire said the 250 square metre structure by the entrance, which opened on Monday, served as more than a shelter for students who traditionally gathered there each morning.
The building, which had been in the pipeline for two years, was funded by the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, out of a package provided by the government to state-integrated schools, following the same funding for property upgrades to all state schools four years ago.....
See full article HERE
Māori Bridging Scholarships
The Division of Humanities at the University of Otago is offering a number of Bridging Scholarships for Māori students in 2024. These awards are designed to encourage graduating Māori students to proceed to their first year of taught postgraduate study in Humanities.
SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
• $10,000 plustuition fee waiver for one year.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1) Applicants must be Māori students.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
M9: Te Kohe Tuhaka - My culture is my superpower
Why a referendum on Te Tiriti will backfire
What stands in the way of the ACT Party plan for a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi
Thursday November 2, 2023
News:
Māori title to marine areas could become ‘easier’
A senior court finds a section of the Marine and Coastal Area Act could have ended up shutting many Māori out from gaining customary title, rather than enabling their legal rights
The first big Court of Appeal case covering Māori customary rights over the foreshore and seabed has seen the bench divided on how to interpret Parliament's intentions.
The first big Court of Appeal case covering Māori customary rights over the foreshore and seabed has seen the bench divided on how to interpret Parliament's intentions.
The split result has produced a more nuanced reading of the law, one that other judges will need to consider when dealing with iwi, hapū and whānau applications for rights over the shoreline and nearby waters....
See full article HERE
Foreshore and seabed: Judges say current test breaches Treaty of Waitangi
The Government-in-waiting has been called on to amend the foreshore and seabed law following a landmark decision in the Court of Appeal which is expected to lower the test for iwi to be awarded customary title in parts of coastal New Zealand.
Former attorney-general Chris Finlayson, who was responsible for the passage of the law, said at the time he expected about only 10 per cent of the coastal marine area would end up in customary marine title (CMT).
But the new decision is likely to lower the test and potentially increase the likelihood of a claim to succeed.....
See full article HERE
Treaty poll could spark protest
The outgoing Māori-Crown Relations Minister says Māori can expect a fight under the new National-led Government – and Labour will have their backs.
He says from what was said on the campaign trail, it will be Maori who will bear the brunt of most of that change, including the prospect of a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.
Changes to the treaty would require the informed consent of the descendants of those who signed.
“Just to unilaterally declare you are going to make changes to something that is as fundamental to our country as the principles of te tiriti or te tiriti itself is just asking for an argument and I think Maori have to really prepare ourselves for a bit of a protest,” he says.....
See full article HERE
New Green Party MP Tamatha Paul says Treaty of Waitangi should not be up for debate
New Green Party MP for Wellington Central Tamatha Paul says the Treaty of Waitangi should not be up for debate.
“Having a referendum to reinterpret the principles of Te Tiriti, that’s not how treaties work. Indigenous people’s rights are not up for debate and they’re not up for interpretation through a referendum.”....
See full article HERE
Iwi references need weeding from statutory garden
Newly-elected New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says many of Auckland’s mana whenua iwi may be quietly satisfied at the council’s failure to create Māori wards for the next local government election.
Just two of the 19 iwi made submissions on the plan, which was voted down last week 11 to 9.
Mr Jones says that could be because the existing Independent Maori Statutory Board already gives iwi a say in how the city is run.
He says parliament was wrong to elevate the role of iwi and hapu in local government.....
See full article HERE
Maori unemployment rises to 7.6%, as overall rate slightly up at 3.9%
Māori unemployment has risen to 7.6% in the year to September 30, up 1.2 percentage points.
And Pasifika unemployment has risen to 6.6%, up 0.6 of a percentage point.
They contrast with the overalll unemployment rate, which rose to 3.9% in the year to Sept 30, from 3.6%....
See full article HERE
First reo Māori-based tutoring programme launched for kura and wharekura
With the first of its kind, Māori education provider TupuOra has launched a reo Māori-based tutoring programme designed specifically to help kura kaupapa and wharekura students from years 7 to 13.
Tuku Marumaru is the name of the programme developed to upskill ākonga (students) in specialised subjects like mathematics, science and arts through te reo Māori.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Muriel Newman: Court of Appeal Opens Coast to Māori Ownership
Roger Childs: A dishonest, inaccurate piece of legislation
Don Brash: Should we have a referendum on the treaty
Propaganda:
Preserving The Integrity Of Te Tiriti: Why A Referendum Is Not The Solution
Foreshore and seabed: Judges say current test breaches Treaty of Waitangi
The Government-in-waiting has been called on to amend the foreshore and seabed law following a landmark decision in the Court of Appeal which is expected to lower the test for iwi to be awarded customary title in parts of coastal New Zealand.
Former attorney-general Chris Finlayson, who was responsible for the passage of the law, said at the time he expected about only 10 per cent of the coastal marine area would end up in customary marine title (CMT).
But the new decision is likely to lower the test and potentially increase the likelihood of a claim to succeed.....
See full article HERE
Treaty poll could spark protest
The outgoing Māori-Crown Relations Minister says Māori can expect a fight under the new National-led Government – and Labour will have their backs.
He says from what was said on the campaign trail, it will be Maori who will bear the brunt of most of that change, including the prospect of a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi.
Changes to the treaty would require the informed consent of the descendants of those who signed.
“Just to unilaterally declare you are going to make changes to something that is as fundamental to our country as the principles of te tiriti or te tiriti itself is just asking for an argument and I think Maori have to really prepare ourselves for a bit of a protest,” he says.....
See full article HERE
New Green Party MP Tamatha Paul says Treaty of Waitangi should not be up for debate
New Green Party MP for Wellington Central Tamatha Paul says the Treaty of Waitangi should not be up for debate.
“Having a referendum to reinterpret the principles of Te Tiriti, that’s not how treaties work. Indigenous people’s rights are not up for debate and they’re not up for interpretation through a referendum.”....
See full article HERE
Iwi references need weeding from statutory garden
Newly-elected New Zealand First MP Shane Jones says many of Auckland’s mana whenua iwi may be quietly satisfied at the council’s failure to create Māori wards for the next local government election.
Just two of the 19 iwi made submissions on the plan, which was voted down last week 11 to 9.
Mr Jones says that could be because the existing Independent Maori Statutory Board already gives iwi a say in how the city is run.
He says parliament was wrong to elevate the role of iwi and hapu in local government.....
See full article HERE
Maori unemployment rises to 7.6%, as overall rate slightly up at 3.9%
Māori unemployment has risen to 7.6% in the year to September 30, up 1.2 percentage points.
And Pasifika unemployment has risen to 6.6%, up 0.6 of a percentage point.
They contrast with the overalll unemployment rate, which rose to 3.9% in the year to Sept 30, from 3.6%....
See full article HERE
First reo Māori-based tutoring programme launched for kura and wharekura
With the first of its kind, Māori education provider TupuOra has launched a reo Māori-based tutoring programme designed specifically to help kura kaupapa and wharekura students from years 7 to 13.
Tuku Marumaru is the name of the programme developed to upskill ākonga (students) in specialised subjects like mathematics, science and arts through te reo Māori.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Muriel Newman: Court of Appeal Opens Coast to Māori Ownership
Roger Childs: A dishonest, inaccurate piece of legislation
Don Brash: Should we have a referendum on the treaty
Propaganda:
Preserving The Integrity Of Te Tiriti: Why A Referendum Is Not The Solution
Wednesday November 1, 2023
News:
Luxon says ground work laid for iwi partnerships
Prime Minister Chris Luxon says National will be a Government that gets thing done for Māori by partnering with iwi.
He says much of the pre-election rhetoric that Maori would get hammered by the new Government has been unhelpful and a sign of bias by some media.
He says much of the pre-election rhetoric that Maori would get hammered by the new Government has been unhelpful and a sign of bias by some media.
He says he’s held private meetings with iwi leaders over the past six months to discuss possible partnerships in areas like housing, education and infrastructure.....
See full article HERE
A great sign of the times as Waka Kotahi and Te Matawai win award for bilingual signage
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Māori language promotion agency Te Mātāwai have picked up an award for the public engagement used to introduce bilingual signs.
The process paved the way for the erection of signs saying kura and school on state highways and local roads across Aotearoa.
He says the bilingual signage project has been a great success, and feedback from Māori has been overwhelmingly positive....
See full article HERE
Pacific and Māori community strategies rolled out
The Porirua City Council is rolling out two new strategies for its Pasifika and Māori communities.
An audience of 50 community leaders were at the council chambers during a Te Puna Kōrero meeting in early October to witness councillors agreeing to adopt both documents.....
See full article HERE
Māori wards voted in at TCDC
In a unanimous vote today, Thames-Coromandel District Council voted that a Māori ward or wards be established in Thames-Coromandel District in time for the 2025 local elections.
Under the Local Electoral Act, this decision now triggers a representation review that will consider the detail of the wards, such as how many and their names and boundaries, and how many councillors in total TCDC will have. This review process is heavily prescribed under the Act and will involve considerable public consultation. However, the review process does not revisit the decision to have Māori wards.
Tuesday’s decision means the Thames-Coromandel district will have a Māori ward or wards for at least the 2025 and 2028 local elections.....
See full article HERE
Matatini money well spent on kids’ kapa
Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says seeing nieces and nephews from his old school Kawakawa Primary competing at Te Mana Kuratahi brought tears to his eyes.
He says kura had been helped to the primary school kapa haka competition in Nelson with some of the $32 million putea given to Te Matatini in this year’s Budget.
He says it was money well spent, and the support and needs to be continued.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Cam Slater: Tau Henare Spits the Dummy
Chris Trotter: The Demographic Fix.
Propaganda:
The reo Māori road-naming journey that keeps going around in circles
A great sign of the times as Waka Kotahi and Te Matawai win award for bilingual signage
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Māori language promotion agency Te Mātāwai have picked up an award for the public engagement used to introduce bilingual signs.
The process paved the way for the erection of signs saying kura and school on state highways and local roads across Aotearoa.
He says the bilingual signage project has been a great success, and feedback from Māori has been overwhelmingly positive....
See full article HERE
Pacific and Māori community strategies rolled out
The Porirua City Council is rolling out two new strategies for its Pasifika and Māori communities.
An audience of 50 community leaders were at the council chambers during a Te Puna Kōrero meeting in early October to witness councillors agreeing to adopt both documents.....
See full article HERE
Māori wards voted in at TCDC
In a unanimous vote today, Thames-Coromandel District Council voted that a Māori ward or wards be established in Thames-Coromandel District in time for the 2025 local elections.
Under the Local Electoral Act, this decision now triggers a representation review that will consider the detail of the wards, such as how many and their names and boundaries, and how many councillors in total TCDC will have. This review process is heavily prescribed under the Act and will involve considerable public consultation. However, the review process does not revisit the decision to have Māori wards.
Tuesday’s decision means the Thames-Coromandel district will have a Māori ward or wards for at least the 2025 and 2028 local elections.....
See full article HERE
Matatini money well spent on kids’ kapa
Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says seeing nieces and nephews from his old school Kawakawa Primary competing at Te Mana Kuratahi brought tears to his eyes.
He says kura had been helped to the primary school kapa haka competition in Nelson with some of the $32 million putea given to Te Matatini in this year’s Budget.
He says it was money well spent, and the support and needs to be continued.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Cam Slater: Tau Henare Spits the Dummy
Chris Trotter: The Demographic Fix.
Propaganda:
The reo Māori road-naming journey that keeps going around in circles
Tuesday October 31, 2023
News:
Former MP Tau Henare vows retribution against Auckland councillors who voted ‘no’ to Māori seats
Former MP Tau Henare has vowed retribution against councillors who voted against Māori seats on Auckland Council last Thursday.
Following the vote, the deputy chair of the Independent Māori Statutory Board (IMSB) tweeted he would vote no and oppose everything put forward by the 11 councillors who voted against Māori seats at the 2025 local body elections......
See full article HERE
Which Waikato councils have established Māori wards?
The number of councils with Māori wards is growing across the Waikato region as Hauraki District Council has joined eight other local authorities in establishing the seats.
See which Waikato councils have established Māori wards....
See full article HERE
Ceremony bestows 78 sets of medals to descendants of 28th Māori Battalion
A total of 78 sets of medals were given out on Saturday - mostly earned by members of the legendary 28th Māori Battalion and presented to the soldiers' descendants, as part of a campaign to recognise those who had not been honoured in their lifetimes.
While the majority of those honoured were men who served during World War II, also included were veterans of World War I and later conflicts such as the Malayan Emergency, and a few women.....
See full article HERE
Māori Party co-leader wants mana motuhake excercised
He says the Maori Party’s policy of mana motuhake requires a stance of armed neutrality.
“And so we are continuously at the whim of the Americans, who to me, are propping up many of these wars around the place. You know, who’s providing all the military support to Israelis, who’s supporting the military support to the Ukraine And I’m not afraid to say these types of things,” he says
Rawiri Waititi says mana motuhake is that we are able to stand on our own two feet.....
See full article HERE
Is it Wakanui or Whakanui - or both?
Officially the rural Canterbury area is Wakanui, but the 'Wh' spelling has been creeping into Ashburton District Council's usage, raising questions about its spelling.
Local rūnanga say 'Whakanui' is correct - but both spellings are acceptable.
Te Wera King, Upoko o Te Rūnaka o Arowhenua, said the incorrect use of 'Wa' is a common mistake for traditional place names....
See full article HERE
No leadership for Auckland Māori wards push
Former Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere has described Mayor Wayne Brown as gutless for abstaining from the vote on Māori wards.
The Waipareira head says while the urban Māori groups backed on the proposal, only two of the 19 mana whenua iwi made submissions, pointing to a lack of leadership that may have affected the outcome.....
See full article HERE
Iwi bring the numbers to Census
The success of three trial iwi census data collection programmes has sparked calls for the government to expand it nationwide.
Te Mana Whakatipu spokesperson Rahui Papa says the initiative in Te Tai Tokerau, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui., and Te Tairawhiti was a huge success in all three regions.
In Te Whānau-ā-Apanui the response rate was 92 percent compared with less than 60 percent in the 2018 census … and it was locals collecting information from locals that made all the difference.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Roger Childs: Now the Wellington Regional Council adopts apartheid representation
Propaganda:
He Whakaputanga: The history behind the founding document we rarely talk about
He tapu Te Tiriti
ACT’s Treaty referendum: a bad idea, and even worse timing
The kohanga reo kids have arrived in Parliament and know how to use their voices
Dame Tariana Turia says ACT is using the Treaty of Waitangi document as a way to further disenfranchise Maori
The number of councils with Māori wards is growing across the Waikato region as Hauraki District Council has joined eight other local authorities in establishing the seats.
See which Waikato councils have established Māori wards....
See full article HERE
Ceremony bestows 78 sets of medals to descendants of 28th Māori Battalion
A total of 78 sets of medals were given out on Saturday - mostly earned by members of the legendary 28th Māori Battalion and presented to the soldiers' descendants, as part of a campaign to recognise those who had not been honoured in their lifetimes.
While the majority of those honoured were men who served during World War II, also included were veterans of World War I and later conflicts such as the Malayan Emergency, and a few women.....
See full article HERE
Māori Party co-leader wants mana motuhake excercised
He says the Maori Party’s policy of mana motuhake requires a stance of armed neutrality.
“And so we are continuously at the whim of the Americans, who to me, are propping up many of these wars around the place. You know, who’s providing all the military support to Israelis, who’s supporting the military support to the Ukraine And I’m not afraid to say these types of things,” he says
Rawiri Waititi says mana motuhake is that we are able to stand on our own two feet.....
See full article HERE
Is it Wakanui or Whakanui - or both?
Officially the rural Canterbury area is Wakanui, but the 'Wh' spelling has been creeping into Ashburton District Council's usage, raising questions about its spelling.
Local rūnanga say 'Whakanui' is correct - but both spellings are acceptable.
Te Wera King, Upoko o Te Rūnaka o Arowhenua, said the incorrect use of 'Wa' is a common mistake for traditional place names....
See full article HERE
No leadership for Auckland Māori wards push
Former Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere has described Mayor Wayne Brown as gutless for abstaining from the vote on Māori wards.
The Waipareira head says while the urban Māori groups backed on the proposal, only two of the 19 mana whenua iwi made submissions, pointing to a lack of leadership that may have affected the outcome.....
See full article HERE
Iwi bring the numbers to Census
The success of three trial iwi census data collection programmes has sparked calls for the government to expand it nationwide.
Te Mana Whakatipu spokesperson Rahui Papa says the initiative in Te Tai Tokerau, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui., and Te Tairawhiti was a huge success in all three regions.
In Te Whānau-ā-Apanui the response rate was 92 percent compared with less than 60 percent in the 2018 census … and it was locals collecting information from locals that made all the difference.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Roger Childs: Now the Wellington Regional Council adopts apartheid representation
Propaganda:
He Whakaputanga: The history behind the founding document we rarely talk about
He tapu Te Tiriti
ACT’s Treaty referendum: a bad idea, and even worse timing
The kohanga reo kids have arrived in Parliament and know how to use their voices
Dame Tariana Turia says ACT is using the Treaty of Waitangi document as a way to further disenfranchise Maori
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
11 comments:
Maori mafia inner circle outing themselves now eh!!.
Henare, Turia? Who's next?
Tau Henare's outburst represents all that is wrong with race based appointments. Instead of considering each matter in the common good, with a strong consideration for maori, race based maori representatives routinely apply a wilful obstructive mana seeking block mentality to near everything proposed but which is not blatantly to maori advantage.
Prior to 2019 I had a reasonably uncommitted attitude toward matters pro maori. Then I attended a lavish hui by the sham co governed Te Puna Maunga Authority in Auckland, the expensive outfit established to manage (using ratepayer funds) hilltop parks for maori and mere "others". Some trace maori rep from the TMA announced that sticking it to the colonists for (undefined) past sins was part of their driving ethic. Then Tau Henare, despite his responsible position on the council Independent Maori Statutory Board recounted how he grew up in bare feet in Mangere (or wherever) and that as a (trace) maori he would unquestionably support any decision the maori dominated TMA Board made, whatever. I was so disgusted I was tempted to speak out but wanted to get home with my car tyres intact. And with maori tv present it was too unsafe. A situation typical of what shapes so many responses to matters pro maori nowadays.
It is astonishing that so few mana whenua iwi groups troubled to make submissions. There was no need to reveal their true negative motivations, but an input would have assisted to con the voting Councillors. The mana whenua reps had only to fill in a form. I guess the many very dubiously justified mana whenua groups are so accustomed to being paid for consultation, the prospect of beavering for several days unpaid on a serious submission as I did was not contemplated.
If maori ward seats are adopted the 5th column IMSB should be disbanded.
It was very appropriate that the mayor abstained. As a thoughtful, realistic person he could only have voted against and that would have supplied endless ammunition for the myriad maori now brain washed to consider themselves wronged.
Prime Minister Chris Luxon says National will be a Government that gets thing done for Māori by partnering with iwi.
So APARTHEID has morphed yet again, from CO-Governance to PARTNERING?
Let's get things done for Maori? Did they campaign on that slogan??
Re 1st. I had qualms about not voting for National. But on reading that Luxon has indicated partnerships with maori on, among other things, education, I am satisfied that I did the right thing. Any education partnership effectively involves support for the diversionary political exercise of teaching reactionary hobby stone age te reo with effective support of the rebel counter colonisation, counter order, political movement behind it.
And Waka Kotahi, instead of being censured for the gross waste of time and money when real matters of transport safety and efficiency loom, has absurdly been awarded, by an absurdly named organisation, for their efforts in conjuring traffic signs in contrived te reo. I understand Luxon has promised to reject and with Seymour and Winston in there he fortunately will have no alternative.
I am looking forward to the msm review of the submissions made.
I guess in areas like Thames Coromandel all councillors are sufficiently close to the people, and maori so numerous and aggressive, that the cancellation fear persists despite the govt election outcome. They have voted for race based maori council wards. Council meetings will get longer and longer. And ordinary folk put off being candidates by the tikanga twaddle and te reo. All part of the plan to oust those with colonist abilities and energy.
Kelvin Davis rejoices that govt money has enabled his young relatives to travel half the length of the country to participate in a rebel propaganda and promotion celebration in the form of a stone age violence worshipping kapa haka get together. I belong to a non submersive semi social Club. Govt subsidy for an annual get together would be very welcome and we could spread our considerable real productive non subversive skills to the young.
And so the language reveals the real intentions.....
Tighten your seat belt.
Is the Luxon article on iwi partnerships for real? If so it looks like Labour and friends reincarnated.
Nov 2nd. As 17 of 19 mana whenua iwi could not stir and organise themselves to just fill in a return form for the Auckland Council survey on maori wards, then it is astonishing that a whacking 9 of 11 councillors voted for maori wards. Many councillors seem to be programmed beyond the power of reason.
Drawing on her vast experience Tamatha Paul has warned against reinterpretation of the Treaty by referendum. It has already been reinterpreted; the intention is to re establish the original demonstratably understood intent.
The part maori population is now so numerous that unrestricted exploitation of fisheries using modern vessels and techniques would not have been practical, irrespective of Treaty wording. Fish stocks are reckoned to have collapsed in the 1950s when the total population was about that of maori/ trace maori today. And that before wholescale export which major maori fishery investments are champions of. Modern restrictions must apply uniformly to all.
Te Pāti Māori warns of 'uprising of hikoi of all hikois' if incoming Government responds to landmark foreshore, seabed decision.
Maori mafia 'political arm' now making threats to keep their FRAUDULENT asset grab being exposed.
The msm should jump on the maori professor for his statement about gang patches and tattoos but they will not. Of course gangs will try the subterfuge of adopting some vagueley maori symbol and the vast industry associated the Waitangi Tribunal will employ itself for weeks, but the action will be a start. As tattoos seem to be used as a device to avoid employment, removal should be made a condition of some benefits.
I thought stupidly that nz might come right and hoped that it would go back to us all being kiwis, living together with no division the way it used to be. To see the articles written above from the greens and others, I think I have been mistaken. The media will destroy this govt. Everything will be "racist'. It will be like something we have never seen before. Luxon won't be able to stand up to it. I think it may still be wise to leave nz.
Re 4th.The maori and pro maori activists on NZ Geographical Board must have been miffed when instead of some multi word multi syllable obscure metaphorical name, the local iwi have requested reinstatement of longtime used, well established, pleasant, rememberable, spellable, pronouncable Waimarino for National Park. A golden opportunity to put another mana gaining word soup across the colonists missed.
I am a bit nervous that Shane Jones not strong on countering the shoreline developments. I hope he does not turn out to be a 5th columnist.
Maori must be quite the most ungrateful race ever. As Sir Apirana Ngata observed no other indigenous race has fared so well. Labour having near destroyed itself by its relentless promotion of matters pro maori, the maori voters respond by ditching the party. I wonder if Davis and Henare
will front at the local political propaganda centre (marae) and wonder what their reception will be.
Davidson has revealed her typical contemptuous maori reaction to the workings of democracy. A violent response is in accord with genetics and te ao and hake worship and decolonisation and crime figures (and child abuse).
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