Saturday June 15, 2024
News:
Govt spends nearly $1m defending policies affecting Māori
Legal battles challenging the Government’s so-called “anti-Māori” policies have cost taxpayers nearly $1 million in fees so far – and more cases are on the way.
Among them is Waikato-Tainui's High Court challenge over the use of te reo Māori in the public sector. Thirteen Crown Law staff worked on the case over five months, costing the Government just over $250,000 in legal fees.
Cabinet minister Chris Bishop told 1News there was nothing to "stop people suing the government. We'll defend those claims.
"If people want to waste time and money doing that, well, they're entitled to that."
Waikato-Tainui spokesperson Tukoroirangi Morgan said the iwi "have no options but to protect ourselves".
"We will not stop because someone has to hold them to account."....
See full article HERE
Hokai Rangi affirmed for Corrections
Corrections’ new deputy chief executive Māori, Herewini Te Koha, says the deparment is committed to the Hokai Rangi policy.
That commitment was questioned by the independent inquiry into the riot at Waikeria Prison four years ago which found an at times disrespectful staff culture and generally poor conditions which were inconsistent with the principles of Hōkai Rangi.
Mr Te Koha says new minister Mark Mitchell has reaffirmed the department’s commitment to the policy to uplift the oranga of Māori and others in custody.....
See full article HERE
Te Urewera Board And Tūhoe Look To The Future After Court Resolution
Te Urewera Board and Tūhoe are moving ahead with plans to re-imagine the future of Te Urewera as the homeland of Tūhoe and a place that is accessible to all New Zealanders.
This follows the High Court’s decision on remedies yesterday following its judgement (reported in December) that the Board’s decision to decommission end-of-life huts in 2022 was made unlawfully. The Court granted declarations that the decision-making was unlawful, but declined to make directions on what it called "more onerous" relief requested by the applicant.
“The board and Tūhoe acknowledge the High Court’s declarations, and have put in place processes to avoid any defects in decision making in the future," said Tāmati Kruger.....
See full article HERE
Tikanga on path to shape law
An expert in law and tikanga says the progress of tikanga into the judicial system is unstoppable.
Victoria University of Wellington senior law lecturer Mamari Stephens says judges are looking at the application of ture-tikanga, or Māori law, in cases before them.
That trend is set to gather momentum from next year when the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori become a compulsory subject in law studies.
She says like the common law it will take decades for the two systems to fuse together into Aotearoa-New Zealand law – but that’s how it should be.....
See full article HERE
Call to arms over fast track bill.
Submitters on the Fast Track Approvals Bill have warned a parliamentary select committee committee unconstrained development could lead to violence.
Submitters for Whangaroa’s Ngati Ruamahue hapu in the far north told the committee they considered whanau and whenua to be one of the same.
Kuia Frances Goulton said they are ready for action.
“Whether it be toxic mining, earth removal, degredation, dredging or any other force against nature, we will fight. We don’t want to take up arms but certainly we will if it means the protection of our whenua,” she said.
See full article HERE
‘Vile backlash’: Marae hails tough decision to fund upgrades
A Whanganui marae leader is hailing a "brave decision" by Whanganui District Council to set aside $3.5 million in its 10-year plan for marae upgrades but says social media backlash has been "vile".
The district's nearly 20 marae will be able to apply for marae development grants from a $500,000 pool each year for seven years.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal inquiry: Crown accused of 'gaslighting' Māori through te reo policy
An emotional final day has wrapped up the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the use of te reo in the public sector.
Claimants on Friday accused the government of gaslighting Māori through its te reo policy, something lawyers for the Crown denied.
Lawyer Annette Sykes battled through tears recalling the gains te reo Māori advocates had made across the decades.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: New Initiatives at Massey University
Propaganda:
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Wairoa iwi grow horticulture talent
"If people want to waste time and money doing that, well, they're entitled to that."
Waikato-Tainui spokesperson Tukoroirangi Morgan said the iwi "have no options but to protect ourselves".
"We will not stop because someone has to hold them to account."....
See full article HERE
Hokai Rangi affirmed for Corrections
Corrections’ new deputy chief executive Māori, Herewini Te Koha, says the deparment is committed to the Hokai Rangi policy.
That commitment was questioned by the independent inquiry into the riot at Waikeria Prison four years ago which found an at times disrespectful staff culture and generally poor conditions which were inconsistent with the principles of Hōkai Rangi.
Mr Te Koha says new minister Mark Mitchell has reaffirmed the department’s commitment to the policy to uplift the oranga of Māori and others in custody.....
See full article HERE
Te Urewera Board And Tūhoe Look To The Future After Court Resolution
Te Urewera Board and Tūhoe are moving ahead with plans to re-imagine the future of Te Urewera as the homeland of Tūhoe and a place that is accessible to all New Zealanders.
This follows the High Court’s decision on remedies yesterday following its judgement (reported in December) that the Board’s decision to decommission end-of-life huts in 2022 was made unlawfully. The Court granted declarations that the decision-making was unlawful, but declined to make directions on what it called "more onerous" relief requested by the applicant.
“The board and Tūhoe acknowledge the High Court’s declarations, and have put in place processes to avoid any defects in decision making in the future," said Tāmati Kruger.....
See full article HERE
Tikanga on path to shape law
An expert in law and tikanga says the progress of tikanga into the judicial system is unstoppable.
Victoria University of Wellington senior law lecturer Mamari Stephens says judges are looking at the application of ture-tikanga, or Māori law, in cases before them.
That trend is set to gather momentum from next year when the general principles and practices of tikanga Māori become a compulsory subject in law studies.
She says like the common law it will take decades for the two systems to fuse together into Aotearoa-New Zealand law – but that’s how it should be.....
See full article HERE
Call to arms over fast track bill.
Submitters on the Fast Track Approvals Bill have warned a parliamentary select committee committee unconstrained development could lead to violence.
Submitters for Whangaroa’s Ngati Ruamahue hapu in the far north told the committee they considered whanau and whenua to be one of the same.
Kuia Frances Goulton said they are ready for action.
“Whether it be toxic mining, earth removal, degredation, dredging or any other force against nature, we will fight. We don’t want to take up arms but certainly we will if it means the protection of our whenua,” she said.
See full article HERE
‘Vile backlash’: Marae hails tough decision to fund upgrades
A Whanganui marae leader is hailing a "brave decision" by Whanganui District Council to set aside $3.5 million in its 10-year plan for marae upgrades but says social media backlash has been "vile".
The district's nearly 20 marae will be able to apply for marae development grants from a $500,000 pool each year for seven years.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal inquiry: Crown accused of 'gaslighting' Māori through te reo policy
An emotional final day has wrapped up the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the use of te reo in the public sector.
Claimants on Friday accused the government of gaslighting Māori through its te reo policy, something lawyers for the Crown denied.
Lawyer Annette Sykes battled through tears recalling the gains te reo Māori advocates had made across the decades.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: New Initiatives at Massey University
Propaganda:
Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke’s stoush with Winston Peters goes viral; rival politician admires her confidence
What is Tangata Tiriti? It’s certainly not something that should scare us - Andrew Judd
Wairoa iwi grow horticulture talent
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Friday June 14, 2024
News:
Ngāi Tahu reveals surprise plans for Greenpark Huts - but residents still have to go
The 32 bach owners were due to vacate their homes at the end of this month. But they have been given a one-year reprieve, with Ngāi Tahu extending the date to June 30, 2025.
In its reasons for ending hut leases, Ngāi Tahu cited sea level rise, issues with wastewater removal and drinking water supply, and the cultural significance of the area.
In its reasons for ending hut leases, Ngāi Tahu cited sea level rise, issues with wastewater removal and drinking water supply, and the cultural significance of the area.
But Selwyn Times can reveal Ngāi Tahu plans to establish a centre of excellence for mahinga kai on the site. Mahinga kai means 'garden' or 'food-gathering place'.
It relates to traditional food gathering practices, as well as protecting ecosystems and habitats species are found in.
Resident Ross Wilson said the Ngāi Tahu plan was a double standard.
“It would be nice to find out a bit more about that, and we will in time, but it seems very strange if they’re going to put that on here when they’re talking about sea level rise,” Wilson said......
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei whānau occupy whenua
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei siblings Steve and Len Phillips have occupied a piece of real estate in Remuera following a decision by Whai Rawa, the commercial arm of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, to offer the whenua on a long lease.
The land, at 246-266 Ōrākei Rd in Remuera, overlooks Hobson Bay. It’s only a tiny piece of land at 11,000 square metres and is next door to the Ōrākei train station.
He says whānau were not consulted on the decision and is calling on the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust Board to call a special general meeting so the iwi can decide what to do with the whenua.
“Initial feelings? We were quite upset, really because there had been no kōrero taking place prior to their decision to put it on the market.”....
See full article HERE
Kiwi Olympians and Paralympians gifted rare pounamu for Paris games
New Zealand’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been gifted pendants made from an extremely rare pounamu as they prepare for the 2024 Paris Games.
The pendants are made from Tahutahi pounamu, or snowflake jade, which can only be found on the Cascade Plateau in the West Coast of the South Island.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, a Māori iwi from the South Island, presented the pendants to New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) on Thursday....
See full article HERE
Te reo Māori in public sector: More work to be done for normalisation of te reo
Two prominent Māori public servants have given evidence at the penultimate day of the Waitangi Tribunal's Te Reo in the Public Sector hearing.
Te Puni Kōkiri deputy secretary Paula Rawiri was first to give evidence in the morning.
Government agencies have made steady progress but there is more work to be done in the normalisation of te reo, she said.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lindsay Mitchell: Oranga Tamariki behind the scenes
Propaganda:
Māori nurses navigating racist system
“That $12 million was not the final amount, it’s not what we applied for, and we had a work programme in place around that with that expectation that we would try to get that full amount.
It relates to traditional food gathering practices, as well as protecting ecosystems and habitats species are found in.
Resident Ross Wilson said the Ngāi Tahu plan was a double standard.
“It would be nice to find out a bit more about that, and we will in time, but it seems very strange if they’re going to put that on here when they’re talking about sea level rise,” Wilson said......
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei whānau occupy whenua
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei siblings Steve and Len Phillips have occupied a piece of real estate in Remuera following a decision by Whai Rawa, the commercial arm of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, to offer the whenua on a long lease.
The land, at 246-266 Ōrākei Rd in Remuera, overlooks Hobson Bay. It’s only a tiny piece of land at 11,000 square metres and is next door to the Ōrākei train station.
He says whānau were not consulted on the decision and is calling on the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust Board to call a special general meeting so the iwi can decide what to do with the whenua.
“Initial feelings? We were quite upset, really because there had been no kōrero taking place prior to their decision to put it on the market.”....
See full article HERE
Kiwi Olympians and Paralympians gifted rare pounamu for Paris games
New Zealand’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been gifted pendants made from an extremely rare pounamu as they prepare for the 2024 Paris Games.
The pendants are made from Tahutahi pounamu, or snowflake jade, which can only be found on the Cascade Plateau in the West Coast of the South Island.
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, a Māori iwi from the South Island, presented the pendants to New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) and Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) on Thursday....
See full article HERE
Te reo Māori in public sector: More work to be done for normalisation of te reo
Two prominent Māori public servants have given evidence at the penultimate day of the Waitangi Tribunal's Te Reo in the Public Sector hearing.
Te Puni Kōkiri deputy secretary Paula Rawiri was first to give evidence in the morning.
Government agencies have made steady progress but there is more work to be done in the normalisation of te reo, she said.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lindsay Mitchell: Oranga Tamariki behind the scenes
Propaganda:
Māori nurses navigating racist system
Thursday June 13, 2024
News:
Some kōhanga reo expected to miss out on $12m property maintenance
Kōhanga reo received a $12 million boost from the 2024 government to spend over four years for property maintenance and upgrade cost pressures but Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust tumu whakarae Angus Hartley says some kōhanga will still have to miss out.
“That $12 million was not the final amount, it’s not what we applied for, and we had a work programme in place around that with that expectation that we would try to get that full amount.
“After we reprioritise the work programme again and have that discussion with whānau, we will have to go out and start that conversation all over again with our whānau because some [kōhanga] are going to miss out.”
Hartley did not disclose how much more they had applied for but did say it was “significantly more,” which he said would had covered at least 50 kōhanga reo over the course of three years.
He was disappointed by the amount granted due to some buildings needing urgent repairs.....
See full article HERE
Public views sought on Maewa name and Rangitīkei macron
Public feedback is being sought on the name for Feilding’s inaugural suburb, and the belated addition of a macron to a neighbouring district.
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has opened consultation on the adoption of the name Maewa for the burgeoning suburb in Feilding’s north, and adding a macron to the second “i” in Rangitīkei District.
The Manawatū District Council has proposed an extension to the existing locality of Maewa to include a future 187-hectare housing development previously referred to as Precinct 4, and to formalise it as an official suburb of Feilding - the town’s first....
See full article HERE
Hartley did not disclose how much more they had applied for but did say it was “significantly more,” which he said would had covered at least 50 kōhanga reo over the course of three years.
He was disappointed by the amount granted due to some buildings needing urgent repairs.....
See full article HERE
Public views sought on Maewa name and Rangitīkei macron
Public feedback is being sought on the name for Feilding’s inaugural suburb, and the belated addition of a macron to a neighbouring district.
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has opened consultation on the adoption of the name Maewa for the burgeoning suburb in Feilding’s north, and adding a macron to the second “i” in Rangitīkei District.
The Manawatū District Council has proposed an extension to the existing locality of Maewa to include a future 187-hectare housing development previously referred to as Precinct 4, and to formalise it as an official suburb of Feilding - the town’s first....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Whātua ground rent challenge thrown out
The Court of Appeal has delivered a major win the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei commercial subsidiary Whai Rawa Railway Lands in a dispute over ground rents for a central Auckland apartment complex.
It reversed a 2022 High Court order and struck out an application by the body corporate for the 81-apartment Parnell Terraces complex next to the old Auckland Railway Station.
The body corporate wanted the High Court to to set aside or vary the rental clause in its lease, on the ground that it is harsh or unconscionable.....
See full article HERE
Mauri laid for Māori space at Westlake
The head of te reo at Westlake Girls High School says a new whare wānanga will help Māori students at the North Shore school be proud of their Māoritanga.
Eddie Hudson says the mauri for the new space was laid last week, and work will start in the next couple of weeks to convert the former staffroom into a space where mana wahine can be explored and celebrated.
About 7 percent of the school’s 2200 pupils are Maori and they’re looking forward to a space they can call their own.....
See full article HERE
Conference leaves legacy for rongoā Māori to flourish
Many more New Zealanders are set to benefit from rongoā Māori over the coming years, following a historic and hugely successful hui in Rotorua.
The first ever ACC Rongoā Māori Conference was proudly hosted on the whenua of Ngāti Whakaue and brought together more than 400 participants, including rongoā practitioners, clinicians, researchers and other health professionals from all over the country, with some even travelling from overseas.
It was a chance to whakawhanaunga (build relationships) and grow understanding of traditional Māori healing and its place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s health sector. The wider aim was to share knowledge for the benefit of kiritaki (clients) who engage with rongoā services.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
New intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge
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Government reforms rank top on Kawerau council risk list
Crown responds on day two of Waitangi Tribunal urgent te reo Māori inquiry
The Court of Appeal has delivered a major win the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei commercial subsidiary Whai Rawa Railway Lands in a dispute over ground rents for a central Auckland apartment complex.
It reversed a 2022 High Court order and struck out an application by the body corporate for the 81-apartment Parnell Terraces complex next to the old Auckland Railway Station.
The body corporate wanted the High Court to to set aside or vary the rental clause in its lease, on the ground that it is harsh or unconscionable.....
See full article HERE
Mauri laid for Māori space at Westlake
The head of te reo at Westlake Girls High School says a new whare wānanga will help Māori students at the North Shore school be proud of their Māoritanga.
Eddie Hudson says the mauri for the new space was laid last week, and work will start in the next couple of weeks to convert the former staffroom into a space where mana wahine can be explored and celebrated.
About 7 percent of the school’s 2200 pupils are Maori and they’re looking forward to a space they can call their own.....
See full article HERE
Conference leaves legacy for rongoā Māori to flourish
Many more New Zealanders are set to benefit from rongoā Māori over the coming years, following a historic and hugely successful hui in Rotorua.
The first ever ACC Rongoā Māori Conference was proudly hosted on the whenua of Ngāti Whakaue and brought together more than 400 participants, including rongoā practitioners, clinicians, researchers and other health professionals from all over the country, with some even travelling from overseas.
It was a chance to whakawhanaunga (build relationships) and grow understanding of traditional Māori healing and its place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s health sector. The wider aim was to share knowledge for the benefit of kiritaki (clients) who engage with rongoā services.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
New intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge
The calls for Māori representation - (Maori Parliament)
Removing Māori wards is a racist, targeted attack on tangata whenua - Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
Māori voice sought in fast track process
The calls for Māori representation
Government reforms rank top on Kawerau council risk list
Crown responds on day two of Waitangi Tribunal urgent te reo Māori inquiry
Wednesday June 12, 2024
News:
Education Ministry spent $3m on one course with 29 graduates
The Education Ministry spent nearly $3 million on one course that enrolled just 42 students and had 29 graduates over two years.
Annual funding of $4.5m for the Te Kawa Matakura course was axed in last month's Budget, with the government citing consistent underspends and low enrolments.
Annual funding of $4.5m for the Te Kawa Matakura course was axed in last month's Budget, with the government citing consistent underspends and low enrolments.
The level 5 diploma in the knowledge and customs of individual iwi had just two intakes of students in Te Tai Tokerau in 2020 and 2021.....
See full article HERE
Māori roles first on chopping block
An employment recruiter says Māori jobs and positions seem to make up a significant proportion of the 4000 jobs culled so far from the state sector, with more to come.
Russell Spratt from Wellington-based TribeRecruit says a lot of the jobs that have gone were Māori roles established in response to treaty policy.
“Māori-specific jobs within the state sector, roles that I’ve had the privilege of seeing being built up and the capacity and size and scale of these jobs increasing over the last 10 or so years. And now these jobs too are being impacted and that’s just sad and I think it’s wrong,” he says.....
See full article HERE
Māori MPs warn fast-track protests foreshadow 'hikois from hell' over Treaty Principles Bill
Two of the coalition's Māori MPs are defending the Government's planned fast-track legislation, just days after tens of thousands of people marched in protest against it.
ACT's Karen Chhour and National MP Dana Kirkpatrick were taking part in a political debate on The Hui.
Kirkpatrick told The Hui host Julian Wilcox that iwi, hapu and post-settlement governance entities were queuing up with projects they wanted fast-tracked.
"They know they have projects they want to get moving. They want to do it because they want to put money into their social investment arms. They want to deliver for their people, they want jobs, they want apprenticeships. And they know that the fast-track legislation will get them there."
Kirkpatrick declined a suggestion by Labour MP Willie Jackson that she hang her head in shame. "I don't think I'll be doing that."
She was backed up by Chhour who said the consenting process was currently costing $1.3 billion every year.
"It shouldn't take longer to consent than actually to build."....
See full article HERE
Māori activation day organiser happy with the thousands who turned out - and has more days of disruption planned
Eru Kapa-Kingi - one of the organisers of the May 30 national day of activation - says by his calculations up to 100,000 people took part in the carkoi and hikoi around New Zealand - and more activations days of protest are planned.
Kapa-Kingi said at short notice Māori were able to organise across 40 locations to “scorch the truth across social media: by my reckoning, over 100,000 turned up on that day. With just three days’ notice, those thousands responded to the call of Toitū Te Tiriti, and they responded in the name of making good decisions for our mokopuna.
“I can not be specific of when next but we are an agile people and will always ask our whānau to support our kaupapa,” Kapa-Kingi said.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dr Peter Winsley: The mask has slipped - now we can see tribalism’s true face
Mike's Minute: Are these tribunal hearings value for money?
Propaganda:
Unpacking the Māori wards referendum: discrimination or democracy?
Tears shed at Waitangi Tribunal inquiry over coalition dumping Māori names
Māori roles first on chopping block
An employment recruiter says Māori jobs and positions seem to make up a significant proportion of the 4000 jobs culled so far from the state sector, with more to come.
Russell Spratt from Wellington-based TribeRecruit says a lot of the jobs that have gone were Māori roles established in response to treaty policy.
“Māori-specific jobs within the state sector, roles that I’ve had the privilege of seeing being built up and the capacity and size and scale of these jobs increasing over the last 10 or so years. And now these jobs too are being impacted and that’s just sad and I think it’s wrong,” he says.....
See full article HERE
Māori MPs warn fast-track protests foreshadow 'hikois from hell' over Treaty Principles Bill
Two of the coalition's Māori MPs are defending the Government's planned fast-track legislation, just days after tens of thousands of people marched in protest against it.
ACT's Karen Chhour and National MP Dana Kirkpatrick were taking part in a political debate on The Hui.
Kirkpatrick told The Hui host Julian Wilcox that iwi, hapu and post-settlement governance entities were queuing up with projects they wanted fast-tracked.
"They know they have projects they want to get moving. They want to do it because they want to put money into their social investment arms. They want to deliver for their people, they want jobs, they want apprenticeships. And they know that the fast-track legislation will get them there."
Kirkpatrick declined a suggestion by Labour MP Willie Jackson that she hang her head in shame. "I don't think I'll be doing that."
She was backed up by Chhour who said the consenting process was currently costing $1.3 billion every year.
"It shouldn't take longer to consent than actually to build."....
See full article HERE
Māori activation day organiser happy with the thousands who turned out - and has more days of disruption planned
Eru Kapa-Kingi - one of the organisers of the May 30 national day of activation - says by his calculations up to 100,000 people took part in the carkoi and hikoi around New Zealand - and more activations days of protest are planned.
Kapa-Kingi said at short notice Māori were able to organise across 40 locations to “scorch the truth across social media: by my reckoning, over 100,000 turned up on that day. With just three days’ notice, those thousands responded to the call of Toitū Te Tiriti, and they responded in the name of making good decisions for our mokopuna.
“I can not be specific of when next but we are an agile people and will always ask our whānau to support our kaupapa,” Kapa-Kingi said.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dr Peter Winsley: The mask has slipped - now we can see tribalism’s true face
Mike's Minute: Are these tribunal hearings value for money?
Propaganda:
Unpacking the Māori wards referendum: discrimination or democracy?
Tears shed at Waitangi Tribunal inquiry over coalition dumping Māori names
Tuesday June 11, 2024
News:
Comprehending te reo Māori proves difficult for Crown Counsel in Tribunal hearing
An urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into claims coalition government policy is causing significant, irreversible harm to te reo Māori is underway in Wellington.
Ngāi Te Rangi filed the application late last year after the government announced plans to prioritise Pākehā names and language in the public sector.
Ngāi Te Rangi filed the application late last year after the government announced plans to prioritise Pākehā names and language in the public sector.
Opening statements from iwi representatives advised the tribunal Ngāi Te Rangi would be prioritising te reo Māori throughout the hearing.
According to iwi lawyer Mataanuku Mahuika, under the Māori Language Act, the government had a legal obligation to consult iwi on matters regarding te reo Māori.
The treaty stipulates the Crown is obligated to promote and protect our language,
Crown lawyers said Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis had decided against issuing directives to the public sector regarding the use of te reo Māori.
The minister had instead left decisions with Individual ministers and agencies to respond to the coalition commitment on a case-by-case basis.....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Tahu want Fast-track Approvals Bill to recognise rangatiratanga of territory
South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu want amendments to the Fast-track Approvals Bill to avoid costly legal battles with the Crown.
Manawatu said it was important to note the Crown's apology to Ngāi Tahu - part of its Treaty Settlement more than 25 years ago - expressly stated the iwi had sole rangatiratanga over their takiwā.
"The Ngāi Tahu settlement is the only settlement that have the recognition of rangatiratanga and cannot be ignored. It requires specific recognition in this bill.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
The foreshore and seabed generation.
Demographics won't count if we don't believe we exist
According to iwi lawyer Mataanuku Mahuika, under the Māori Language Act, the government had a legal obligation to consult iwi on matters regarding te reo Māori.
The treaty stipulates the Crown is obligated to promote and protect our language,
Crown lawyers said Minister for the Public Service Nicola Willis had decided against issuing directives to the public sector regarding the use of te reo Māori.
The minister had instead left decisions with Individual ministers and agencies to respond to the coalition commitment on a case-by-case basis.....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Tahu want Fast-track Approvals Bill to recognise rangatiratanga of territory
South Island iwi Ngāi Tahu want amendments to the Fast-track Approvals Bill to avoid costly legal battles with the Crown.
Manawatu said it was important to note the Crown's apology to Ngāi Tahu - part of its Treaty Settlement more than 25 years ago - expressly stated the iwi had sole rangatiratanga over their takiwā.
"The Ngāi Tahu settlement is the only settlement that have the recognition of rangatiratanga and cannot be ignored. It requires specific recognition in this bill.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
The foreshore and seabed generation.
Demographics won't count if we don't believe we exist
Monday June 10, 2024
News:
Te reo Māori in public sector Waitangi Tribunal inquiry gets underway
An urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into claims coalition government policy is causing significant irreversible harm to te reo Māori begins in Wellington today.
Ngāi Te Rangi filed the application late last year after the government instructed non-Māori departments to prioritise Pākehā names and language.
Ngāi Te Rangi filed the application late last year after the government instructed non-Māori departments to prioritise Pākehā names and language.
Ngāi Te Rangi chairperson Charlie Tawhiao told Morning Report the Tauranga-based iwi had been inundated with support since lodging its application with the Tribunal.....
See full article HERE
‘At all costs’: Ngāi Tahu will protect its rangatiratanga from the Fast-track Approvals Bill
The Fast-track Approvals Bill will likely lead to “conflict and contestation at every turn” in Te Waipounamu if the Government doesn’t protect rangatiratanga or uphold environmental safeguards, the head of Ngāi Tahu says.
The bill - aimed at speeding up the decision making process over infrastructure and development projects that could have significant benefits to the nation - has sparked varied responses across the motu.
Environmentalists sharing grave concerns over the mechanisms for who makes the call on what projects will get the green light, whereas some developers have heralded the move as unchaining them from building a new future for Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Karen Chhour's Speech At ACT's 'Change Makers' Rally
Propaganda:
It honours te reo to correct place names
Select Committee Hearings Prove Racist Motives Behind Govt Removal Of Māori Wards
Mason Durie: An independent Māori voice is needed
Debbie Broughton: Whakapapa is everything
Making mokopuna decisions
Maungarongo Te Kawa: ‘We have brightness and talent’
Demographics won't count if we don't believe we exist
Taking on the challenge of the Treaty’s meaning
‘At all costs’: Ngāi Tahu will protect its rangatiratanga from the Fast-track Approvals Bill
The Fast-track Approvals Bill will likely lead to “conflict and contestation at every turn” in Te Waipounamu if the Government doesn’t protect rangatiratanga or uphold environmental safeguards, the head of Ngāi Tahu says.
The bill - aimed at speeding up the decision making process over infrastructure and development projects that could have significant benefits to the nation - has sparked varied responses across the motu.
Environmentalists sharing grave concerns over the mechanisms for who makes the call on what projects will get the green light, whereas some developers have heralded the move as unchaining them from building a new future for Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Karen Chhour's Speech At ACT's 'Change Makers' Rally
Propaganda:
It honours te reo to correct place names
Select Committee Hearings Prove Racist Motives Behind Govt Removal Of Māori Wards
Mason Durie: An independent Māori voice is needed
Debbie Broughton: Whakapapa is everything
Making mokopuna decisions
Maungarongo Te Kawa: ‘We have brightness and talent’
Demographics won't count if we don't believe we exist
Taking on the challenge of the Treaty’s meaning
Sunday June 9, 2024
News:
Brand new campus for pioneering preschool-to-tertiary Māori immersion school in Hastings
Classes will begin next week in the new Te Wānanga Whare Tāpere o Takitimu campus in Hastings where children learn from pre-school to tertiary level.
The Māori language immersion institution is the first of its kind in Aotearoa.
The Māori language immersion institution is the first of its kind in Aotearoa.
Many of its staff attended as children and have returned as part of a self-sustaining life-long learning model. James Pocock reports.
Heretaunga’s oldest kura kaupapa Māori is poised for new growth at its newly-opened home.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Wānanga Whare Tāpere o Takitimu Maori performing arts school will begin classes next week in its purpose-built new multi-million dollar site on Bennett Rd.....
See full article HERE
Lawyer Graeme Edgeler's take on Te Pāti Māori data probe: Stats NZ could face legal action
Edgeler - an electoral law expert - said if Stats NZ's investigation finds that Census data was copied, retained, and then used to help Te Pāti Māori's election campaign, it could lead to legal action, because private data is protected under the law.
"The financial damage claims that can follow from certain privacy breaches can be reasonably substantial, particularly if there are a lot of breaches," he said.
If it's found that people's data was misused, those people could potentially sue the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, Edgeler said.
"Yes, or potentially also Statistics New Zealand, who's got the information and who potentially hasn't put in place the types of protections for that information."
Government statistician and Stats NZ chief executive Mark Sowden said independent investigator Doug Craig had been appointed to lead the investigation.
"Like the New Zealand public, we are very concerned about the allegations, and we are taking this extremely seriously," Craig said in a statement.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dr Barnett Bond: A letter to the University of Otago
Guest Post: There are Racists in my country
Propaganda:
Far North rongoā practitioner welcomes resurgence of traditional Māori healing practice
Heretaunga’s oldest kura kaupapa Māori is poised for new growth at its newly-opened home.
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Wānanga Whare Tāpere o Takitimu Maori performing arts school will begin classes next week in its purpose-built new multi-million dollar site on Bennett Rd.....
See full article HERE
Lawyer Graeme Edgeler's take on Te Pāti Māori data probe: Stats NZ could face legal action
Edgeler - an electoral law expert - said if Stats NZ's investigation finds that Census data was copied, retained, and then used to help Te Pāti Māori's election campaign, it could lead to legal action, because private data is protected under the law.
"The financial damage claims that can follow from certain privacy breaches can be reasonably substantial, particularly if there are a lot of breaches," he said.
If it's found that people's data was misused, those people could potentially sue the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency, Edgeler said.
"Yes, or potentially also Statistics New Zealand, who's got the information and who potentially hasn't put in place the types of protections for that information."
Government statistician and Stats NZ chief executive Mark Sowden said independent investigator Doug Craig had been appointed to lead the investigation.
"Like the New Zealand public, we are very concerned about the allegations, and we are taking this extremely seriously," Craig said in a statement.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dr Barnett Bond: A letter to the University of Otago
Guest Post: There are Racists in my country
Propaganda:
Far North rongoā practitioner welcomes resurgence of traditional Māori healing practice
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Recently I was watching a new netflix documentary about hitler. To try to avoid war, Chamberlain the British pm, Hitler and the Russians signed an agreement to give Hitler Sudetenland thinking that this would appease him. All this actually did was give him more ambition to invade europe. Hitler thought that the other countries were weak, so he could do anything. I was quite alamed with the parallels to Nz in 2024, with maori land claims. Billions paid out and still they want more and more and more, and now want to overthrow the govt and civil war as a thanks for all they have been given.
Maori immersion seems to fall into the Emperor has no clothes category. No one dares point out the absurdity of directing other than hobby energy into a recently hugely extended stone age based diversion. All victims will emerge with a chip if they cannot find full and lucrative employment. So will become ardent and subversive empire builders in their own interest. The more able minds attracted are lost to the real world, all will politically agitate for maori favour policies to employ their peculiar acquired ability. All will be resentful if they cannot succeed in the alternative normal post stone age society. Similar comments can be applied to other subjects but the students are far less likely to emerge as bent on sabotage of the proven order, or able to achieve.
On the issue of taxpayer-funded Māori immersion education, on all the evidence each succeeding generation of brown supremacist part-Māori is growing up even more angry, arrogant, ignorant, and indifferent to historical facts than the one that preceded it.
We are nurturing a viper in the bosom of what should be one nation.
The real pity is that National alone is never going to do anything about this ridiculous situation.
The parallels to the Third Reich are quite striking.
C'mon Luxon do something before we slip inevitably into racial violence.
Govt has just budgeted a staggering 447 million to support the kapa haka festivals; all an exercise in maori unification with a view to throwing ove the established order. And a yera or os gao I think it was $50 million went into renovating the insurgency propoganda centres (marae).
Constructive Gatekeeping I
Dear Ministers
I write to you as Ministers for SOEs, the Public Service, and Local Government respectively.
A stated commitment of this Government is that central and local government entities and government-funded organisations such as SOEs—unless they are dealing primarily with part-Māori—revert to a suitable English name and communicate with the public solely in English.
I was wondering if this directive also goes as far as not taking partisan political positions on the public dime with respect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori language and culture?
As a postgraduate-qualified property professional with over 30 years of experience across a broad range of roles, I note that many of the best-remunerated property jobs advertised are with central and local government organisations.
Constructive dismissal is an employment law term covering a situation where an employer wants to get rid of an employee, and makes it so nasty for them to continue in the job that they leave it.
It is rightly illegal.
Constructive gatekeeping’ is a term that I have coined for “Don’t bother applying here unless you can pass a ‘woke’ litmus test.”
This actually breaches the Human Rights Act 1993,which at Section 21(j), prohibits discrimination in employment on the grounds of political opinion.
These organisations are upfront effectively stating that those holding incompatible political views are unwelcome in their workplace.
Having applied for many of these jobs and despite being very well-qualified and directly experienced not even getting an interview, I know damn well this is because of my political views on Treaty issues, which are readily ascertainable via a Google search.
Unable to prove it of course.
One example (there are many more) from a recent Kainga Ora (Housing NZ) Seek job advertisement:
“What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders' lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa [who gave these Nimrods permission to rename our country?]
“We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better [who gave these Nimrods the mandate to ‘transform’ New Zealand into some ‘woke’ version of ‘better’?] That includes being a trusted partner [government departments are not in ‘partnership’ with groups with a self-selected ethnocentric membership base] for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.”
Anyone in part descended from a Māori is under Te Tiriti an equal citizen of New Zealand with exactly the same individual rights and duties as every other citizen.
HNZ is a government department that should be serving all New Zealanders on the basis of need, not ethnocentric identity, meaning this tendentious, virtue-seeking ethnocentric twaddle has to go.
Simple to end this horse wallop.
Bulk mail each taxpayer-funded organisation that this practice is to stop.
Set up a hotline and email address to which complaints of non-compliance can be sent.
Reduce organisation’s funding in next budget round by 10% for each offence.
Underscore to these Nimrods that partisan politicking using taxpayers’ money in unacceptable.
This ‘woke,’ social narcissistic public virtue-signalling is now bleeding over into the private sector.
Constructive Gatekeeping II
A virtue-signalling political statement masquerading as a job ad recently posted on Seek.
Facilities Manager - Brightside
Southern Cross Healthcare (NZ)
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
Are you an experienced Facilities Manager looking for your next opportunity? Our Brightside Hospital team are looking for a self-motivated Facilities Manager who will be responsible for the day to day building management of the hospital. As the Facilities Manager you will be based full time at the hospital and be part of the Senior Leadership Team of nurses and support staff onsite.
An overview of the role:
* Managing all proactive and reactive repairs and maintenance
* Managing contractor maintenance programmes – management, delivery, performance, compliance, and budgeting for all building related services
* Ensuring building compliance with the local authority regulations and relevant NZ standards
* Working with the team in our National Support Office for capital requirements, requests and delivery of upgrades or replacements
* Initiating and participating in projects involving facility refurbishments, expansions, and upgrades
* Health and Safety – providing a safe environment for staff, patients, and visitors
* Coordinating security
* On-call responsibilities
* Being part of a team of Facilities Managers across our hospital portfolio
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience
* A minimum of 5 years Facilities Management experience
* Experience of Building Management Systems (BMS)
* Ability to triage building related issues
* Excellent communication skills and relationship building abilities
* Knowledge and experience of Health and Safety and Building Compliance
* Being adaptable and responsive to the changing needs of the business
* Ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively
* Familiarity with building compliance, local authority regulations and relevant NZ standards
* Willingness to work with the hospital and national Property Team for capital requirements, requests and delivery of upgrades or replacements
* Experience of projects involving facility refurbishments, expansions, and upgrades
Ngā mea ka taea e mātou te tuku I a koe | What we can offer you:
* Competitive remuneration package and on-call allowance
* Subsidised health insurance
* Discounts on products and services from a range of our partners
* Wellbeing programme
* Employee referral bonus scheme
Ko wai matou | Our Organisation
Southern Cross Healthcare is driven by a clear purpose to advance the provision of quality healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our people are at the core of everything we do and the care we provide. We combine the skills of more than 4,000 people, including 2,000 nurses and anaesthetic technicians working with more than 1,200 specialists, surgeons, anaesthetists, and allied health professionals.
Together, we are one of the largest providers of healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand and the most trusted brand in our industry.
Our strong ‘for purpose’ organisational ethos means we don’t merely think in financial quarters, we think in generations and the decades it takes to get there.
Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion
As an organisation, we are committed to upholding the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing a culturally safe environment that demonstrates manaakitanga and embraces diversity.
We welcome and encourage applications from our Māori, Pacific, disabled and rainbow communities as we aspire to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
If you would like to discuss your specific needs and how we can support you, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at
Haere mai, ā, mā te mahi tahi ka whai wāhi ki tētahi mea whai take, ka āwhina i ngā tāngata ki te whai oranga mā te whakaaro anō ki te tautiaki hauora
Join us, and together, each of us can be part of something important, helping people live their best lives by reimagining healthcare.
You have to love Ngai Tahu's chutzpah, bleating on about saving the environment. Their history of burning most of the South Island to the ground is conveniently forgotten. They blocked a marine reserve around the Kermadec's because of customary rights.
I do wonder if they will be so concerned once they are given all the state owned land back. Suddenly it will be all about moving forward and royalties, the environment can then go suck eggs.
All this mess .... NZers are going to pay very dearly for their non-reaction to this .... and very soon.
It is incredible that the state should pour millions into a course essentially of maori folklore delivered apparently by a private contractor. Presumably with the end of funding the course material will be retained as private property. Hopefully a large staff in the MoE checked the course material for veracity, no mean feat as much would have been based on undocumented imaginatively "remembered" folklore. I presume the courses did not stray into modern times when meth manufacture, gang membership, encouraging insurgency etc seems to be a major custom of some iwi. Hopefully the moE staff cuts represent reduced preoccupation with such courses and similar indulgent efforts.
Not so long ago on the basis of cost, evening technical night classes in workshop practice were disbanded. Yet these provided very useful and constructive skills to many of the productive population.
Long live the cull.
At least Maewa is mecifully short. But is it Maywah or Mayeewah, or MayeewA (for apple)? For all its faults there is much to be said for English, including near universal understanding.
In getting involved with rongoa ACC is setting itself up for endless problems. Any attempted windback and the WT will be involved for days, involving more expenditure than a cancer cure. Rongoa treatment of maori by connected maori is just made for scams. I guess as with every govt dept there are many in ACC pro maori brainwashed and eager to generate employment in their field.
And whilst some introductory insurgency promulgaton centres are to have their subsidy delayed, a race based group of girls at Westlake are to get their very own wahine insurgency propaganda promulgation centre.
Paul Henry was absolutely correct in his recent speech at Changemakers, this Country is in the Sh1t.
June 14.July 14. The Orakei site is perfect for senior city workers. It is in a good locality and very close to the rail and city. But any occupants with an invested interest will be very wary of any lease on maori land. Hopefully it will not become a concentration of persons with no need for the transport advantage to the city (or any workplace). I would like to own a tiny 11,000 sq metres of prime Auckland land.
At Greenpark I wonder who will cover ongoing costs of the provided power and roading infrastructure? Will living there be banned? Will all structures be removed? Or will it become a rural slum?
If it was made crystal clear to the greater public that normalisation of te reo everywhere is the general aim, very many citizens would shed genuine tears, not the te ao tears of tikanga (observed by Logan Campbell and others, and again in fashion.)
Further to the above even Annette Sykes has now managed tears for the WT show. She overlooks that many like me have over the years shed tears as each piece of maori pandering potentially rebellion fostering NZ destroying legislation has been passed. Annette and her circle have experienced decades of successful conning of whitey and other colonist descendants and colonists. Some of the population have woken up at last, although apparently not Luxon.
June 15 These snippets mostly from maori publications are of considerable interest. It is a pity the msm do not read and comment. I guess the shadow of the PIJFund still deters. And there is a real chance the next election will revert us all to maori control.
At the WT do the maori plaintiffs meet their own legal expenses? Presumably most are registered as charities. Are the expenses made well known to their beneficiaries? As the WT always finds the Crown defendants at fault are costs awarded against the Crown (ie us citizens)? Same comments apply to the Urewaera Board legal gymnastics.
The Urewera Board told they are naughty boys to burn down DOC huts but no compensation required and the programme to continue. The Board statements are master examples of double speak. They profess to be working (in maori time) toward what reads like what they have destroyed. Not mentioned but I suspect the replacement experience will have to be purchased and will come with endless maori twaddle associated.
Not sure what a "self contained" village is. Own power? own roads? own enemplyment benefits to support life far from the risk of work?
It seems Waikeria lacked hokai rangi, whatever that is. And staff lacked respect for the clients. having watched the TV programme where visitor cars were searched, I do not know how anyone could muster respect for such devious scum or their imprisoned associates
Wanganui Council is to contribute $3.5 million to maintenance of insurgency propogation centres (marae)
Another call to arm.
" We don’t want to take up arms but certainly we will if it means the protection of our whenua,” she said."
If only.
@ Robert A
It is my understanding that any claim for anything at all against the crown, including WT, is funded by the taxpayer.
I do however stand to be corrected.
Pondering the million spent defending the moderation of te reo, as one of 5 million it reprsents 20c so money well spent (As my proportion of net taxpayers it would be very much more). if it would rid NZ of the scourge of gratuitous te reo words inserted everywhere, and make all govt department names instantly fathomable again, and eliminate contrived lengthy leg pull street and other names, and elimintae time wasting karakia and powhiri mumbo jumbo, I would happily front $200. I wonder if any of the msm have asked Geoffrey Palmer and the likes of, their views.
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