Saturday June 8, 2024
News:
Manurewa Marae allegations: David Seymour says Te Pāti Māori claims need resolving; John Tamihere says‘baseless innuendo’
Act leader David Seymour says Government agencies need to get to the bottom of the allegations surrounding Te Pāti Māori as fast as possible to determine whether wrongdoing has occurred - or the party has been “unfairly maligned”.
The allegations relate to the alleged misuse of Census data and Covid-19 vaccination information at Manurewa Marae, which was headed at the time by Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp, for Te Pāti Māori’s election campaign.
Te Pāti Māori called the claims “baseless and simply untrue” and that they welcomed an investigation.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere retaliates over data accusations
Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere has hit back at allegations his party misused private information to help its election campaign, saying it was being "endlessly attacked" and scapegoated.Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere has hit back at allegations his party misused private information to help its election campaign, saying it was being "endlessly attacked" and scapegoated.
Tamihere has released a statement calling the allegations part of a continuing narrative of attack on "all matters Māori".
He requested evidence be supplied, and called the claims "baseless innuendo".
"The fact of the matter is, as usual Māori are being used as a scapegoat to cover up and deflect from what is really going on in this country," he said.
"Te Pāti Māori are endlessly attacked and the matter is being made into a race debate through no fault of our own."....
See full article HERE
Māori health directorate beefed up
The Health Ministry’s deputy director Māori says the Māori voice hasn’t been silenced with the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora.
Critics of the move said the Maori Health Aiuthority was essential for addressing health inequity and monitoring the rest of the systmem.
But John Whaanga says as well as those who transferred over the Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, he has beefed up the Maori directorate within Manatu Hauora with experts in Maori health and Maori development.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori called the claims “baseless and simply untrue” and that they welcomed an investigation.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere retaliates over data accusations
Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere has hit back at allegations his party misused private information to help its election campaign, saying it was being "endlessly attacked" and scapegoated.Te Pāti Māori's president John Tamihere has hit back at allegations his party misused private information to help its election campaign, saying it was being "endlessly attacked" and scapegoated.
Tamihere has released a statement calling the allegations part of a continuing narrative of attack on "all matters Māori".
He requested evidence be supplied, and called the claims "baseless innuendo".
"The fact of the matter is, as usual Māori are being used as a scapegoat to cover up and deflect from what is really going on in this country," he said.
"Te Pāti Māori are endlessly attacked and the matter is being made into a race debate through no fault of our own."....
See full article HERE
Māori health directorate beefed up
The Health Ministry’s deputy director Māori says the Māori voice hasn’t been silenced with the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora.
Critics of the move said the Maori Health Aiuthority was essential for addressing health inequity and monitoring the rest of the systmem.
But John Whaanga says as well as those who transferred over the Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, he has beefed up the Maori directorate within Manatu Hauora with experts in Maori health and Maori development.....
See full article HERE
Broad opposition to Māori ward bill
Green MP Huhana Lyndon says opposition to the coalition’s plan to roll back Māori wards in local government is ovewhelming.
Ms Lyndon says the Government’s attempt to fast track the bill backfired, with thousands of Maori heeding the call to put in submissions despite having ony five days to do so.
The justice select committee held three days of hearings this week, and she only heard three submissions in favour.
“There were no councils that support the changes and they were very strong and clear....
See full article HERE
Nurses call for stop to removal of Te Tiriti provisions from Corrections Amendment Bill
Corrections nurse and New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) delegate Tracey Tui said Māori were already overrepresented in the system
"Now they want to scrap the very provisions that allow our whai tangata access to programmes and support that allow them access to their own culture.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
‘Step back from racist doctrine’: Ngāti Ruanui voices opposition to mandatory Māori ward polls
Wardens bring aroha to tough streets
Taranaki councils praised for 'bold' Māori wards stand
Green MP Huhana Lyndon says opposition to the coalition’s plan to roll back Māori wards in local government is ovewhelming.
Ms Lyndon says the Government’s attempt to fast track the bill backfired, with thousands of Maori heeding the call to put in submissions despite having ony five days to do so.
The justice select committee held three days of hearings this week, and she only heard three submissions in favour.
“There were no councils that support the changes and they were very strong and clear....
See full article HERE
Nurses call for stop to removal of Te Tiriti provisions from Corrections Amendment Bill
Corrections nurse and New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) delegate Tracey Tui said Māori were already overrepresented in the system
"Now they want to scrap the very provisions that allow our whai tangata access to programmes and support that allow them access to their own culture.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
‘Step back from racist doctrine’: Ngāti Ruanui voices opposition to mandatory Māori ward polls
Wardens bring aroha to tough streets
Taranaki councils praised for 'bold' Māori wards stand
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Friday June 7, 2024
News:
Treaty provisions set to be scrapped from Corrections Amendment Bill
1News can reveal multiple Treaty of Waitangi provisions are set to be scrapped from the Corrections Amendment Bill, legislation that would have compelled the agency to improve outcomes for Māori in the corrections system.
Breast Cancer Cure and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ have awarded Dr Ronald $300,000 for a three-year fellowship with Hei Āhuru Mōwai Māori Cancer Leadership Aotearoa.
Iwi and Māori experts throughout the country were involved in the development of the draft treaty provisions and the legislation was introduced to Parliament by the former Labour Government last year.
But last month, Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell sought Cabinet approval to "remove these provisions in their entirety".....
See full article HERE
Māori Wards: Waikato councils speak out against Local Government Amendment Bill
Several Waikato councils have spoken out against proposed changes to the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill.
Waikato Regional Council, as well as Waipā and Taupō District Councils are among the numerous local authorities around the country to voiced opposition to the changes.
Waipā District Council has asked the Government to halt the bill.....
See full article HERE
Proposed legislation on Maori wards discriminatory says HRC
Proposed legislation to reinstate polls on Māori wards is discriminatory and will undermine local decision-making, says Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission.
In an oral submission to the Justice Select Committee on the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill this week, Commission Legal Advisor Brittany Peck said the proposed amendments would likely result in Māori being underrepresented in local government.....
See full article HERE
Accusations of double standards fly in meeting
For months Cr Birchfield has been alleging West Coast iwi are charging to give affected parties cultural information for resource consent applications.
Last week, he emailed council management demanding his concern about iwi clipping the ticket on resource consent applications be aired at the full council meeting on Tuesday.
Māori Wards: Waikato councils speak out against Local Government Amendment Bill
Several Waikato councils have spoken out against proposed changes to the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill.
Waikato Regional Council, as well as Waipā and Taupō District Councils are among the numerous local authorities around the country to voiced opposition to the changes.
Waipā District Council has asked the Government to halt the bill.....
See full article HERE
Proposed legislation on Maori wards discriminatory says HRC
Proposed legislation to reinstate polls on Māori wards is discriminatory and will undermine local decision-making, says Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission.
In an oral submission to the Justice Select Committee on the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill this week, Commission Legal Advisor Brittany Peck said the proposed amendments would likely result in Māori being underrepresented in local government.....
See full article HERE
Accusations of double standards fly in meeting
For months Cr Birchfield has been alleging West Coast iwi are charging to give affected parties cultural information for resource consent applications.
Last week, he emailed council management demanding his concern about iwi clipping the ticket on resource consent applications be aired at the full council meeting on Tuesday.
Cr Birchfield said he believed Te Rununga o Ngati Waewae was charging applicants "for consultation and written approval for a consent application".
He wanted to know if council had legitimised the practice.....
See full article HERE
Protests going off half pie
New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones says the Māori Party is selling its supporters short.
Mr Jones says he noted the large turn-out of young people on last week’s Budget day protests, but the reality is too many Māori are crossing the Tasman because they don’t see economic prospects here for them or their whānau.
“They’re fighting battles that belong in the 1990s. They’re fighting battles where they feel the pie we need to carve up to sustain the nation is finite. We’ve got to expand the economic pie. You can’t do it if you’re an island unto yourself and a lot of the rhetoric guiding these marches in my view is the rhetoric of fighting about a diminishing pie.....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Tahu Responds To Fast-track Approvals Bill
The Fast-track Approvals Bill must strike the right balance between progress and preservation, says Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa.
Justin Tipa says it is a concern that the Bill does not contain a clause in relation to Treaty principles.
“Treaty obligations need to be clear to decision-makers and a clause in the Bill would achieve this.”
He says the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act enshrines the Crown’s commitment to honouring the rangatiratanga of the iwi in its takiwā.....
See full article HERE
Ratana in line for major upgrades as Shane Jones splashes the regional cash and fires a warning to Māoridom
Ratana Pā and Village is in line for a significant upgrade with support from Shane Jones’ $1.2 billion regional infrastructure fund and he has a warning for Māoridom - drop the Green Lantern thinking.
Regional Development Minister Jones has been in discussions with Housing Minister Chris Bishop about the needs of the township near Whanganui, which plays host to major hui several times a year.
An upgrade was promised in the term of the previous National Government minister by then Treaty Negotiations Chris Finlayson, who committed to a housing and infrastructure upgrade of Ratana Pā, but the initiative fell by the wayside under Labour.
Jones confirmed the Ratana upgrade was back on the table.....
See full article HERE
Restoring land to mana whenua marks ‘exciting new relationship’
Returning land in central Tauranga to mana whenua has resolved a long-standing grievance.
The legal process to transfer the land, which the $306 million civic precinct Te Manawataki O Te Papa is being built on, to a joint trust is complete.
The initial signing of the deed to return the land, know as site A, back to mana whenua happened two years ago. Former prime minister Jacinda Ardern witnessed the “incredibly important occasion”.
It formalised the agreement between Tauranga City Council and the Otamataha Trust, which represents mana whenua from Ngāi Tamarāwaho and Ngāti Tapu hapū, to jointly own the land through Te Manawataki o Te Papa Charitable Trust.....
See full article HERE
Consultation opens on plan to change Petone’s spelling to Pito One
Public consultation opens today on a proposal to correct the spelling of the Lower Hutt suburb Petone to Pito One.
The proposal was made to Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board by The Wellington Tenths Trust and the Palmerston North Māori Reserve Trust with support from the Hutt City Council and numerous iwi groups from the region.
Board secretary Wendy Shaw said Pito One was the correct spelling for the suburb....
See full article HERE
On size fits all not right for Māori teachers
A teacher of Māori teachers is waiting for details to see whether a programme to train 1200 teachers on the job will help kura Māori.
“When you have that view that Māori are going to be served by the mainstream settings, the reality is we know those mainstream settings haven’t delivered equitably for our people so often equity is about recognising need and targeting that need in order to make a difference so that is my concern there might be a one size fits all approach,” Mr Dale says.....
See full article HERE
Māori names proposed for Auckland suburbs
The New Zealand Geographic Board is opening consultations on a proposal to correct and restore two Māori place names in Auckland.
The Board is hearing proposals to restore the original Māori name Te Tōangaroa to an area on Auckland’s waterfront, as well as to correct the spelling of the suburb Takanini to Takaanini.
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is wanting to see the return of the traditional Māori name Te Tōangaroa and assign it as an official place name for an area bordered by Britomart Place, Beach Road, Quay Street and State Highway 16.....
See full article HERE
From The Party President – ‘Naughty Natives Are At It Again’
The only activist party in our political landscape is Te Pāti Māori. We are the only Pāti that will unapologetically speak our truth. We make absolutely no apology for ensuring that we will overturn every piece of legislation when we form part of a new Government. So the message to rich landlords (me being one of them) is you will pay your fair dues when we take power.
They are on notice as are their friends at the New Zealand Taxpayers Union; their friends at Curia Polling; their friends at Hobson’s Pledge; their friends at Federated Farmers and their friends at Employers and Manufacturers. They all have to accept the fact that we are never surrendering and we grow stronger every day....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Battle over place of tikanga is looming
Why tensions between Māoridom and the coalition Government are reaching boiling point – The Front Page
Budget Review - Dr Muriel Newman.
Propaganda:
Toward Māori Tino Rangatiratanga: Aspirations and Pathways to 2040
Local Government Amendment Bill
Racist ideology driving Māori seat roll back
He wanted to know if council had legitimised the practice.....
See full article HERE
Protests going off half pie
New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones says the Māori Party is selling its supporters short.
Mr Jones says he noted the large turn-out of young people on last week’s Budget day protests, but the reality is too many Māori are crossing the Tasman because they don’t see economic prospects here for them or their whānau.
“They’re fighting battles that belong in the 1990s. They’re fighting battles where they feel the pie we need to carve up to sustain the nation is finite. We’ve got to expand the economic pie. You can’t do it if you’re an island unto yourself and a lot of the rhetoric guiding these marches in my view is the rhetoric of fighting about a diminishing pie.....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Tahu Responds To Fast-track Approvals Bill
The Fast-track Approvals Bill must strike the right balance between progress and preservation, says Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Justin Tipa.
Justin Tipa says it is a concern that the Bill does not contain a clause in relation to Treaty principles.
“Treaty obligations need to be clear to decision-makers and a clause in the Bill would achieve this.”
He says the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act enshrines the Crown’s commitment to honouring the rangatiratanga of the iwi in its takiwā.....
See full article HERE
Ratana in line for major upgrades as Shane Jones splashes the regional cash and fires a warning to Māoridom
Ratana Pā and Village is in line for a significant upgrade with support from Shane Jones’ $1.2 billion regional infrastructure fund and he has a warning for Māoridom - drop the Green Lantern thinking.
Regional Development Minister Jones has been in discussions with Housing Minister Chris Bishop about the needs of the township near Whanganui, which plays host to major hui several times a year.
An upgrade was promised in the term of the previous National Government minister by then Treaty Negotiations Chris Finlayson, who committed to a housing and infrastructure upgrade of Ratana Pā, but the initiative fell by the wayside under Labour.
Jones confirmed the Ratana upgrade was back on the table.....
See full article HERE
Restoring land to mana whenua marks ‘exciting new relationship’
Returning land in central Tauranga to mana whenua has resolved a long-standing grievance.
The legal process to transfer the land, which the $306 million civic precinct Te Manawataki O Te Papa is being built on, to a joint trust is complete.
The initial signing of the deed to return the land, know as site A, back to mana whenua happened two years ago. Former prime minister Jacinda Ardern witnessed the “incredibly important occasion”.
It formalised the agreement between Tauranga City Council and the Otamataha Trust, which represents mana whenua from Ngāi Tamarāwaho and Ngāti Tapu hapū, to jointly own the land through Te Manawataki o Te Papa Charitable Trust.....
See full article HERE
Consultation opens on plan to change Petone’s spelling to Pito One
Public consultation opens today on a proposal to correct the spelling of the Lower Hutt suburb Petone to Pito One.
The proposal was made to Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board by The Wellington Tenths Trust and the Palmerston North Māori Reserve Trust with support from the Hutt City Council and numerous iwi groups from the region.
Board secretary Wendy Shaw said Pito One was the correct spelling for the suburb....
See full article HERE
On size fits all not right for Māori teachers
A teacher of Māori teachers is waiting for details to see whether a programme to train 1200 teachers on the job will help kura Māori.
“When you have that view that Māori are going to be served by the mainstream settings, the reality is we know those mainstream settings haven’t delivered equitably for our people so often equity is about recognising need and targeting that need in order to make a difference so that is my concern there might be a one size fits all approach,” Mr Dale says.....
See full article HERE
Māori names proposed for Auckland suburbs
The New Zealand Geographic Board is opening consultations on a proposal to correct and restore two Māori place names in Auckland.
The Board is hearing proposals to restore the original Māori name Te Tōangaroa to an area on Auckland’s waterfront, as well as to correct the spelling of the suburb Takanini to Takaanini.
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is wanting to see the return of the traditional Māori name Te Tōangaroa and assign it as an official place name for an area bordered by Britomart Place, Beach Road, Quay Street and State Highway 16.....
See full article HERE
From The Party President – ‘Naughty Natives Are At It Again’
The only activist party in our political landscape is Te Pāti Māori. We are the only Pāti that will unapologetically speak our truth. We make absolutely no apology for ensuring that we will overturn every piece of legislation when we form part of a new Government. So the message to rich landlords (me being one of them) is you will pay your fair dues when we take power.
They are on notice as are their friends at the New Zealand Taxpayers Union; their friends at Curia Polling; their friends at Hobson’s Pledge; their friends at Federated Farmers and their friends at Employers and Manufacturers. They all have to accept the fact that we are never surrendering and we grow stronger every day....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Battle over place of tikanga is looming
Why tensions between Māoridom and the coalition Government are reaching boiling point – The Front Page
Budget Review - Dr Muriel Newman.
Propaganda:
Toward Māori Tino Rangatiratanga: Aspirations and Pathways to 2040
Local Government Amendment Bill
Racist ideology driving Māori seat roll back
Thursday June 6, 2024
News:
Māori surgeon awarded $300,000 research boost to close breast cancer survival gap
Northland surgeon Dr Maxine Ronald (Te Kapotai ki Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Rangi) has been named the inaugural Māori Breast Cancer Research Leadership Fellow, in a bid to address the disparities faced by wāhine Māori and Pasifika women affected by breast cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Breast Cancer Cure and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ have awarded Dr Ronald $300,000 for a three-year fellowship with Hei Āhuru Mōwai Māori Cancer Leadership Aotearoa.
Research shows wāhine Māori and Pasifika women are more likely to develop breast cancer (35% and 20% respectively) and are more likely to die from it (33% and 52% respectively) than non-Māori.
As the world’s only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon, Dr Ronald has advocated for indigenous health equity for many years.....
See full article HERE
Mental health: Report faults ‘unacceptable inequities for Māori’
The report highlights several critical points about the mental health access and outcomes for Māori in New Zealand:
Higher levels of psychological distress: According to the 2022/23 New Zealand Health Survey, 18.2 per cent of Māori aged 15 and over reported high or very high levels of psychological distress in the past four weeks. This is significantly higher than 11.9 per cent of the general population in the same age group.
Overrepresentation in mental health services: Māori make up 29.1 per cent of those using specialist mental health and addiction services, indicating a disproportionate need for these services relative to their population size.....
See full article HERE
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Te Pāti Māori allegations very serious
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has called the allegations surrounding Te Pāti Māori “very serious” and says any improper conduct needs to be investigated.
The party has “unequivocally refuted” claims it misused data from Census records to help its election campaign, or deceptively obtained personal information from the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for campaigning purposes.
Hipkins told Newstalk ZB’s Nick Mills these were “very serious allegations”....
See full article HERE
Wai 262 directions on trend with UN treaty
Protection for Māori rights over native plant species could be boosted by a new treaty covering intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge,
The treaty passed last month in Geneva by the United Nations Word Intellectual Property Organisation is the first WIPO treaty to include provisions specifically for Indigenous Peoples as well as local communities.
David Jefferson....says the new treaty is in line with what the Waitangi Tribunal found in its report on the Wai 262 flora and fauna claim.
“It hasn’t entered into force yet, it’s quite new, but when it does I suspect that we will see a reform to the Patents Act, that will in some ways repsond to a lot of the recommendations that the Waitangi Tribunal made,’ Dr Jefferson says.
Work on protecting Māori taonga species started by the previous Government seem to have been paused by the coalition.....
See full article HERE
David Seymour 'a political idiot' for pursuing Treaty Principles Bill, Tuku Morgan says
"You've got a political idiot here, who is trying to modernise a document that will make the 1840 signing a nullity," Morgan says.
"It's an attack on an agreement that was enshrined in a trusting way by those Rangatira in 1840."
If the bill did go beyond a first reading, Morgan says the resulting protest action would be at a level "never seen in the history of this country before".
“And please don’t tell me there are a million Maori in this country because if one part in 512 makes you a Maori then you don’t know what a Maori is, or one part in 66 or one part in 32 can’t surely mean you are a Maori in this context but that’s how they are writing this deceitful and divisive census survey in this context,” Mr Peters says.
As the world’s only wahine Māori consultant breast cancer surgeon, Dr Ronald has advocated for indigenous health equity for many years.....
See full article HERE
Mental health: Report faults ‘unacceptable inequities for Māori’
The report highlights several critical points about the mental health access and outcomes for Māori in New Zealand:
Higher levels of psychological distress: According to the 2022/23 New Zealand Health Survey, 18.2 per cent of Māori aged 15 and over reported high or very high levels of psychological distress in the past four weeks. This is significantly higher than 11.9 per cent of the general population in the same age group.
Overrepresentation in mental health services: Māori make up 29.1 per cent of those using specialist mental health and addiction services, indicating a disproportionate need for these services relative to their population size.....
See full article HERE
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Te Pāti Māori allegations very serious
Labour leader Chris Hipkins has called the allegations surrounding Te Pāti Māori “very serious” and says any improper conduct needs to be investigated.
The party has “unequivocally refuted” claims it misused data from Census records to help its election campaign, or deceptively obtained personal information from the Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for campaigning purposes.
Hipkins told Newstalk ZB’s Nick Mills these were “very serious allegations”....
See full article HERE
Wai 262 directions on trend with UN treaty
Protection for Māori rights over native plant species could be boosted by a new treaty covering intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge,
The treaty passed last month in Geneva by the United Nations Word Intellectual Property Organisation is the first WIPO treaty to include provisions specifically for Indigenous Peoples as well as local communities.
David Jefferson....says the new treaty is in line with what the Waitangi Tribunal found in its report on the Wai 262 flora and fauna claim.
“It hasn’t entered into force yet, it’s quite new, but when it does I suspect that we will see a reform to the Patents Act, that will in some ways repsond to a lot of the recommendations that the Waitangi Tribunal made,’ Dr Jefferson says.
Work on protecting Māori taonga species started by the previous Government seem to have been paused by the coalition.....
See full article HERE
David Seymour 'a political idiot' for pursuing Treaty Principles Bill, Tuku Morgan says
"You've got a political idiot here, who is trying to modernise a document that will make the 1840 signing a nullity," Morgan says.
"It's an attack on an agreement that was enshrined in a trusting way by those Rangatira in 1840."
If the bill did go beyond a first reading, Morgan says the resulting protest action would be at a level "never seen in the history of this country before".
"There are those of us who ... will not sit still and remain idle," he says.
"If this bill is passed, and it goes beyond the first reading, there'll be hell to play, simple as that."
"We're an iwi now who has economic power, nearly $2.4 billion of assets.
"We're capable of doing what we need to do to protect that which is our own and protect the future of our young ones. Because in the end, it's the young ones who we serve."......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Te Tiriti should be something that bonds us all, the Government is using it as a platform to drive us apart - Hūhana Lyndon
Speaking up for the value of mātauranga Māori in science
"If this bill is passed, and it goes beyond the first reading, there'll be hell to play, simple as that."
"We're an iwi now who has economic power, nearly $2.4 billion of assets.
"We're capable of doing what we need to do to protect that which is our own and protect the future of our young ones. Because in the end, it's the young ones who we serve."......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Te Tiriti should be something that bonds us all, the Government is using it as a platform to drive us apart - Hūhana Lyndon
Speaking up for the value of mātauranga Māori in science
Wednesday June 5, 2024
News:
Peters setting tighter test for Māoriness
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters isn’t taking anything positive from a census finding that one in five New Zealanders has whakapapa Māori.
“And please don’t tell me there are a million Maori in this country because if one part in 512 makes you a Maori then you don’t know what a Maori is, or one part in 66 or one part in 32 can’t surely mean you are a Maori in this context but that’s how they are writing this deceitful and divisive census survey in this context,” Mr Peters says.
Before the 1975 change that defined Maori as a descendant of a Maori, you has to be at least 50 percent Maori to be on the Maori electoral roll.....
At a workshop on Tuesday, May 28, he asked fellow councillors if they wanted Stratford District Council to put in a submission on it.
See full article HERE
Nelson Tenths case: Iwi upset government to spend $3.6m to continue legal fight over land
Iwi in the top of the South Island are disappointed the government has allocated $3.6 million of taxpayer funds to appeal the High Court's forthcoming decision in the Nelson Tenths case.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that the government must honour a land deal struck in the 1840s between the New Zealand Company and Māori - but it has not yet been resolved.
Wakatū Incorporation chief executive Kerensa Johnston said it was incredibly disappointing funding has been allocated to continue fighting the case, rather than resolve it.....
See full article HERE
New Manukura campus opened
After 20 years of teaching from temporary buildings on the Hokowhitu campus, Manukura has officially opened on the edge of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Manawatū campus. It is the first secondary educational initiative of its kind to be based on a university campus.....
See full article HERE
World-first data storage infrastructure solution built by Iwi Māori, for Iwi Māori
Te Kāhui Raraunga Charitable Trust (TKR) is on a mission to provide a data storage solution like no other in the pursuit of mana motuhake when it comes to data and the digital future. The concept of the network’s purpose is encapsulated in its name, Te Pā Tūwatawata.
And after six months of testing, the pilot phase has proven so successful, TKR expects Te Pā Tūwatawata to go live in early 2025.
The kaupapa involves the development of a distributed storage network to enable iwi, hapū and whānau Māori to collect, store, protect, access and control their own data....
See full article HERE
Te Pitomata grant 2024 opens to encourage Māori students into healthcare careers
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has today announced the opening of Te Pitomata grants, continuing the mission to support more Māori students pursuing careers in health services. This year, the grant has been expanded to include students studying to become rongoā practitioners, broadening the scope of its support.
Te Pitomata grant, also known as ‘The Power of Potential’ fund, was developed to provide access to financial assistance for students of Māori descent across various health and disability-related programmes.
Eligible students must be of Māori descent and currently enrolled in a relevant programme of study......
See full article HERE
Parnell tenants lose fight with Ngati Whatua over rising ground rents
A bitter battle has ended, with a Ngāta Whatua Orakei subsidiary winning an Appeal Court case to stop Parnell tenants challenging their ground rent.
The issue is one of many similar arguments over recent years after Ngāti Whatua offered to lease its Treaty settlement land in the central city to developers at peppercorn rentals for many years before setting market rentals.
But, when the time came for those rentals to be set, many apartment owners, who had bought their units from developers, were horrified by their new ground rentals, which were extremely high because the land value had risen sharply. Most of these disputes have since been settled in mediation or arbitration....
See full article HERE
Tensions run high at select committee on Māori wards
Councillors have fronted up for the first time at a select committee over the Government's plan to re-instate binding referendums on Māori Wards, with some calling it "nasty", "mean-spirited" and "discriminatory".....
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Nelson Tenths case: Iwi upset government to spend $3.6m to continue legal fight over land
Iwi in the top of the South Island are disappointed the government has allocated $3.6 million of taxpayer funds to appeal the High Court's forthcoming decision in the Nelson Tenths case.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that the government must honour a land deal struck in the 1840s between the New Zealand Company and Māori - but it has not yet been resolved.
Wakatū Incorporation chief executive Kerensa Johnston said it was incredibly disappointing funding has been allocated to continue fighting the case, rather than resolve it.....
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New Manukura campus opened
After 20 years of teaching from temporary buildings on the Hokowhitu campus, Manukura has officially opened on the edge of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Manawatū campus. It is the first secondary educational initiative of its kind to be based on a university campus.....
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World-first data storage infrastructure solution built by Iwi Māori, for Iwi Māori
Te Kāhui Raraunga Charitable Trust (TKR) is on a mission to provide a data storage solution like no other in the pursuit of mana motuhake when it comes to data and the digital future. The concept of the network’s purpose is encapsulated in its name, Te Pā Tūwatawata.
And after six months of testing, the pilot phase has proven so successful, TKR expects Te Pā Tūwatawata to go live in early 2025.
The kaupapa involves the development of a distributed storage network to enable iwi, hapū and whānau Māori to collect, store, protect, access and control their own data....
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Te Pitomata grant 2024 opens to encourage Māori students into healthcare careers
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has today announced the opening of Te Pitomata grants, continuing the mission to support more Māori students pursuing careers in health services. This year, the grant has been expanded to include students studying to become rongoā practitioners, broadening the scope of its support.
Te Pitomata grant, also known as ‘The Power of Potential’ fund, was developed to provide access to financial assistance for students of Māori descent across various health and disability-related programmes.
Eligible students must be of Māori descent and currently enrolled in a relevant programme of study......
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Parnell tenants lose fight with Ngati Whatua over rising ground rents
A bitter battle has ended, with a Ngāta Whatua Orakei subsidiary winning an Appeal Court case to stop Parnell tenants challenging their ground rent.
The issue is one of many similar arguments over recent years after Ngāti Whatua offered to lease its Treaty settlement land in the central city to developers at peppercorn rentals for many years before setting market rentals.
But, when the time came for those rentals to be set, many apartment owners, who had bought their units from developers, were horrified by their new ground rentals, which were extremely high because the land value had risen sharply. Most of these disputes have since been settled in mediation or arbitration....
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Tensions run high at select committee on Māori wards
Councillors have fronted up for the first time at a select committee over the Government's plan to re-instate binding referendums on Māori Wards, with some calling it "nasty", "mean-spirited" and "discriminatory".....
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Tuesday June 4, 2024
News:
Stratford District councillors agree on submission opposing changes to Māori wards
Stratford District mayor Neil Volzke said a five-day timeframe for consultation on a Government bill was nowhere near long enough.
At a workshop on Tuesday, May 28, he asked fellow councillors if they wanted Stratford District Council to put in a submission on it.
Councillors decided to make the submission opposing the amendment bill.
Speaking after the workshop, Volzke said the decision was unanimous.......
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Mangai Maori Olly Te Ua to contest vacant Maori ward seat in city
A māngai Māori representative at Hamilton City Council has decided to contest the Māori ward seat left vacant by Melaina Huaki.
Olly Te Ua (Ngāti Porou) - a former council general manager who now runs a fleet of milk trucks - said on Sunday he’s keen to help fix the city’s finances as an elected representative....
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Māori biggest losers in Budget 2024
Māori are the biggest losers in the 2024 budget. Over $300m of previously targeted Māori funding has been cut, while some initiatives have been completely scrapped.
The targeted funding came from intense lobbying and collaboration between Māori and the previous Labour Government. In 6 years Māori received around $2b to deliver health, housing and te reo language programming. Justice programmes to address recidivism like Hokai Rangi and Te Ao Marama were also part of the funding initiatives.
Last week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Willis delivered a ‘universal budget’ saying it’s a more fiscally responsible way to balance the country’s books......
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Articles:
Fiona Mackenzie: Why the Term "Non-Māori" is Unhelpful
David Farrar: A traumatic story
Guest Post: Diversity in NZ
Propaganda:
The shape of a Māori Parliament
Speaking after the workshop, Volzke said the decision was unanimous.......
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Mangai Maori Olly Te Ua to contest vacant Maori ward seat in city
A māngai Māori representative at Hamilton City Council has decided to contest the Māori ward seat left vacant by Melaina Huaki.
Olly Te Ua (Ngāti Porou) - a former council general manager who now runs a fleet of milk trucks - said on Sunday he’s keen to help fix the city’s finances as an elected representative....
See full article HERE
Māori biggest losers in Budget 2024
Māori are the biggest losers in the 2024 budget. Over $300m of previously targeted Māori funding has been cut, while some initiatives have been completely scrapped.
The targeted funding came from intense lobbying and collaboration between Māori and the previous Labour Government. In 6 years Māori received around $2b to deliver health, housing and te reo language programming. Justice programmes to address recidivism like Hokai Rangi and Te Ao Marama were also part of the funding initiatives.
Last week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Willis delivered a ‘universal budget’ saying it’s a more fiscally responsible way to balance the country’s books......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Fiona Mackenzie: Why the Term "Non-Māori" is Unhelpful
David Farrar: A traumatic story
Guest Post: Diversity in NZ
Propaganda:
The shape of a Māori Parliament
Sunday June 2, 2024
News:
Iwi injuncted to stop protesting wastewater plan by sacred lake
A Rotorua iwi group fears legal action will limit its ability to peacefully protest a sewerage project it believes poses pollution risks to a sacred lake.
Rotorua Lakes Council has applied to the Rotorua District Court for an injunction to stop “interference” with construction of the $29 million Tarawera Wastewater Reticulation Scheme.
Rotorua Lakes Council has applied to the Rotorua District Court for an injunction to stop “interference” with construction of the $29 million Tarawera Wastewater Reticulation Scheme.
The council said work was paused in January after "protest obstruction, interference with the work site and safety concerns raised by the contractor".....
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Kiingi Tuheitia calls for more kōrero about unity after national hui at Hastings
Kiingi Tuheitia, the Māori King, says more kōrero is needed about kotahitanga (unity) following a national hui in Heretaunga/Hastings.
On Saturday, Kiingitanga spokesman Ngira Simmonds said Kiingi Tuheitia is encouraging Māori to keep up discussions around mana motuhake [self-determination and authority].
The latest comments from the Kiingitanga come after Te Pāti Māori issued a Declaration of Political Independence, or Te Ngākau o Te Iwi Māori, on Thursday. The party said it wants to establish an independent Māori Parliament.
At Friday's hui, Kiingi Tuheitia himself said of the idea: "actually it frightens me".
Others at the hui also expressed uncertainty.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Brian Tamaki: Rawiri Is Calling for a Civil War
Piers Seed: The ticking time-bomb under the Waitangi Tribunal
Propaganda:
What’s this Māori ward nonsense about?
Adversity brings kotahitanga - Tau Henare
Willie Jackson: 2024 will go down in history as Mother of anti-Māori Budgets
Kiingi Tuheitia calls for more kōrero about unity after national hui at Hastings
Kiingi Tuheitia, the Māori King, says more kōrero is needed about kotahitanga (unity) following a national hui in Heretaunga/Hastings.
On Saturday, Kiingitanga spokesman Ngira Simmonds said Kiingi Tuheitia is encouraging Māori to keep up discussions around mana motuhake [self-determination and authority].
The latest comments from the Kiingitanga come after Te Pāti Māori issued a Declaration of Political Independence, or Te Ngākau o Te Iwi Māori, on Thursday. The party said it wants to establish an independent Māori Parliament.
At Friday's hui, Kiingi Tuheitia himself said of the idea: "actually it frightens me".
Others at the hui also expressed uncertainty.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Brian Tamaki: Rawiri Is Calling for a Civil War
Piers Seed: The ticking time-bomb under the Waitangi Tribunal
Propaganda:
What’s this Māori ward nonsense about?
Adversity brings kotahitanga - Tau Henare
Willie Jackson: 2024 will go down in history as Mother of anti-Māori Budgets
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16 comments:
I suspect my general ability, except in te reo, approaches that of ex truck driver King Taheitia. Faced with being a leader of a maori insurrection on behalf of Te Pati I would also be frightened.
In 2 years we are getting another election. If labour,.te pati,.greens, and the media party form a coalition then what happens?
A L/G/TPM coalition: anyone with a brain ( and any resources) should leave.
hopefully by the next election, and despite the lack of serious criticism from msm and RNZ, Te Pati will bo so widely recognised as maniacally extreme that parties will be forced to declare a disconnect from them. Sadly the population seems too brainwashed and naive not to realise that the same should apply to the Greens.
Unfortunately our democratic system is not suited to adequately recognise those who sort out a financial mess when the full effect of that mess does not become apparent during the term of those responsible.
Anonymous @ 10:47
That is the easy way.
Those of us too old to consider leaving will sort it out one way or the other.
Probably the other.
So the Stratford District Council believe it is appropriate to segregate its Wards based on those whom identify with a particular race. What a pack of truly racist ignoramuses who are patently woke in the extreme.
They should all be given a copy of Dr Suess' "The Sneetches", but I suspect it would require a level of comprehension and understanding quite beyond them.
Back-block NZ, although I'm sure they'll refer to it as Aotearoa. Enough said!
Re 4th. I wonder how the Sratford vote would have gone if it had been completely confidential.The power of cancellation, especially as can be applied to Councillors, is overwhelming.
To be "maori" in 2024 has little to do with culture or race. It is all about marxism or a woke form of it infiltrating the west. How do you indocrinate people into this movement? You lie and say it is about honouring your mana and ancestors blah blah and you bash the good people as evil white colonists. A very common tactic.
Here, here Winnie !
My dog identifies as an elderly, LGBQT+, pregnant Maori invalid which entitles me to park my truck outside the front door of the supermarket when I'm doing my grocery shopping & it drives the idiots that support this nonsense crazy.
I love it !!!
Hazel - are you too elderly and infirm to do a runner with your groceries ?
Back into that disabled parking spot, leave the boot up, and have the mokopuna all ready to unload the trolley.
Make sure they are careful with the bottles of champagne and chocolate.
So Tuku Morgan is willing to use his billions to bludgeon NZ into his way of thinking, but not willing to use it to stop his fellow Maori bludgeoning their beloved children. Interesting moral compass he lives by.
6th. Re the surgeon, when quoting lineage just where does the trail stop? Parents (both), grandparents, great grandparents? For many non maori could be fourteen distinct districts, the equivalent of tribes. Once into the middle 19th century persons were less mobile and married local otherwise the list would continue, if any bored soul bothered to unfathom. I guess with maori, hugely intermarried, omitting the mere colonist side moderates the list. On the other hand did captives adopt the new tribe as substitute, or is it considered additional?
Quite right Robert Arthur.
Interesting that Maori can state lineage way back when. Given that they had no written history.
Most, if not all us male, pale, stale colonists could find a lineage going back way further than the arrival of the first canoe at NZ.
Maybe we could get MSM to publish our lineage whenever we get something published.
Oh wait, MSM is not interested in much factual stuff to do with the paleface.
I am surprised that Cr Birchfied is surprised by maori gouging for reaource consents. Everyone else who can does. There is only so mauch satisfaction to be gained by blockading for mana alone.
The best way to “improve outcomes for [part-] Māori in the corrections system” is not to commit crimes in the first place.
Profiling: Why It Occurs
I'm part-Maori through my father's side. Not so obviously, but you might see it if you look hard.
If I apply for a job and get it that's good.
If I apply and don't get it, I don't go all "snowflake" about it, I simply accept that the employer felt another applicant was a better fit with the position.
Ditto if I apply for a rental property.
If I’m chosen as the tenant, well and good. Should the landlord prefer to let the property to another applicant, that’s their prerogative as owner.
If a cop pulls me over, I accept he is just doing his job.
If I threaten a cop or physically assault him, and he uses force to subdue me, I probably deserve it.
If I am arrested, I accept that I have broken the law.
If I get put in jail for committing a crime, I accept that might be the consequence of breaking the law.
You pays your money and you takes your chance.
As for shopkeepers or cops "profiling" people, if the browner part-Maori don't like being followed around stores, not selected as tenants, or singled out for police attention, as a group they need to lose the well-deserved reputation they have acquired for thieving; violent behaviour; and hard partying, threatening and assaulting neighbours who ask them to tone it down, non-payment of rent, and causing property damage.
A friend is the night manager of a large Countdown supermarket in Auckland. She is a Filipina, and considerably browner than most part-Maori.
She tells me 99% of those they bust for shoplifting are part-Maori or to a lesser extent Pacific Island Polynesian, aged between 12 - 35 who come into the store in groups specifically to steal. Some distract staff or block cameras while others do the stealing.
When busted they are foul-mouthed, threatening, and aggressive, acting like THEY'RE the ones being victimised.
"You're just picking on us because we're brown" is the prevailing refrain.
Nope, you’re getting the arm put on you because you’re a thieving c# nt.
I think it fair to say my friend has no undue prejudice against brown people, being brown herself. She simply knows from experience who the shitbag shoplifters are most likely to be.
That’s how ‘profiling’ works. You direct your enforcement effort to where experience shows you it is most needed.
So if part-Maori don't like being followed around stores, turned down for rental accomodation, or singled out for police attention don’t blame whitey, blame your cuzzies who give the rest of you a bad name.
Lift your game as a group.
Tamihere claims a continuing narrative of attack on all matters maori. As a regular listener to RNZ I abserve the opposite. Contibued exaggerated
promotion of matters maori and an at least implied continued narrative of attack of those not ardently pro maori.(So far exhibit no rsponse to the election outcome)
And in response to Anonymous above I maintain the Imagime Decolonistaion mantra spread though the insurrection centres (marae) by jackson, Sykes, Motu and co is largely the cause of current maori attitudes. They do not feel compelled by the norms of civilised (ie colonist derived) behaviour. Quite the oppsite; they feel compelled to openly act counter and they do.
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