Saturday July 20, 2024
News:
Pharmac director quits over Government’s Treaty of Waitangi directive
Pharmac director Dr Anthony Jordan has quit over the Government’s Treaty directive, the Pharmac Minister’s office says.
Associate Health Minister David Seymour this week told Pharmac it was inappropriate for the agency to keep considering the Treaty of Waitangi’s place in the health sector.
Seymour has released his letter to Pharmac board chair Paula Bennett setting out his expectations for the agency......
See full article HERE
Iwi-led support hub for tamariki Māori in state care opens in Hastings
The opening of Te Ara Mātua Hub in Heretaunga is Ngāti Kahungunu’s latest milestone in its journey to provide independent support for whānau to keep tamariki Māori out of state care.
The iwi, its health and wellbeing advisory group Te Tumu Whakahaere o Te Wero (Te Wero) and Oranga Tamariki officially launched Te Ara Mātua in April last year....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: Repost with evidence - Health New Zealand “encourages” its employees to say Māori prayers daily
Propaganda:
Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies
See full article HERE
Iwi-led support hub for tamariki Māori in state care opens in Hastings
The opening of Te Ara Mātua Hub in Heretaunga is Ngāti Kahungunu’s latest milestone in its journey to provide independent support for whānau to keep tamariki Māori out of state care.
The iwi, its health and wellbeing advisory group Te Tumu Whakahaere o Te Wero (Te Wero) and Oranga Tamariki officially launched Te Ara Mātua in April last year....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: Repost with evidence - Health New Zealand “encourages” its employees to say Māori prayers daily
Propaganda:
Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies
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Friday July 19, 2024
News:
Resurgence of traditional rongoā Māori explored at Kaitāia’s ‘Fabulous Friday’ sessions
Since June 2020, ACC has been offering rongoā Maori as an option for people in their recovery and has delivered rongoā in more than 10,000 claims. There are now 200 practitioners registered with ACC from the Far North down to Stewart Island.
There are 24 organisations / practitioners in Northland registered with ACC to provide rongoā Maori services, and from June 2020 to March 2024, ACC has supported access to rongoā Maori services for 658 kiritaki in the Northland region.....
See full article HERE
Te Tai Kaha Māori Fights Resource Management Bill Changes
Te Tai Kaha Māori Collective has issued a strong message of opposition against changes set out in the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill.
The new amendment proposes the dismantling of Te Mana o te Wai from the consenting process.
Te Mana o te Wai ensures the health and well-being of the water is protected and human health needs are provided for before enabling other uses of water.
Te Tai Kaha Māori Chair, Kingi Smiler, said the coalition government seems to want to remove all Māori references from the statute books and drew comparisons to the proposed removal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.....
See full article HERE
Ruapuke application will face intense scrutiny
A new application to establish a mātaitai reserve around the Ruapuke island group, which has been increasingly used by recreational fishers as a safe area in the wild waters of Foveaux Strait, is now under way.
The area is being overfished, according to the applicants, the Topi and Whaitiri whānau and Te Rūnaka o Awarua.
They assert tikanga and customary fishing rights alongside a need for greater environmental protection.
When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed at Ruapuke, Chief Tūhawaiki asked the Crown to sign another document acknowledging that those islands were for him and his people.
As a result, the “significance and claimed sovereign status” of the group meant it had sat outside most processes…
See full article HERE
Articles:
Caleb Anderson: Of Course Sovereignty Was Ceded
Bruce Moon: The New Zealand School Trustees Association and the Treaty
Propaganda:
New ministers blur line into operations
Te Tai Kaha Māori Fights Resource Management Bill Changes
Te Tai Kaha Māori Collective has issued a strong message of opposition against changes set out in the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill.
The new amendment proposes the dismantling of Te Mana o te Wai from the consenting process.
Te Mana o te Wai ensures the health and well-being of the water is protected and human health needs are provided for before enabling other uses of water.
Te Tai Kaha Māori Chair, Kingi Smiler, said the coalition government seems to want to remove all Māori references from the statute books and drew comparisons to the proposed removal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.....
See full article HERE
Ruapuke application will face intense scrutiny
A new application to establish a mātaitai reserve around the Ruapuke island group, which has been increasingly used by recreational fishers as a safe area in the wild waters of Foveaux Strait, is now under way.
The area is being overfished, according to the applicants, the Topi and Whaitiri whānau and Te Rūnaka o Awarua.
They assert tikanga and customary fishing rights alongside a need for greater environmental protection.
When the Treaty of Waitangi was signed at Ruapuke, Chief Tūhawaiki asked the Crown to sign another document acknowledging that those islands were for him and his people.
As a result, the “significance and claimed sovereign status” of the group meant it had sat outside most processes…
See full article HERE
Articles:
Caleb Anderson: Of Course Sovereignty Was Ceded
Bruce Moon: The New Zealand School Trustees Association and the Treaty
Propaganda:
New ministers blur line into operations
Thursday July 18, 2024
News:
Jones rejects blood rhetoric
New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones is calling out Te Pāti Māori for its extreme rhetoric.
He’s taking issue with party leaders using words like genocide to describe the Government’s policies.
He’s taking issue with party leaders using words like genocide to describe the Government’s policies.
He told Radio Waatea host Dale Husband a new ideology seems to have emerged in the party during the three years when New Zealand First was out of parliament.
“It’s a type of blood shaming and that term mau mau to toto Maori, it means blood traitor and the fact that’s now part of the Maori political lexicon is a deep indictment on the Maori Party. It’s almost as if they’re trying to run some sort of blood classification scheme out of Harry Potter,” Mr Jones says.
See full article HERE
Funding doubt roils Māori media
Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson says the Māori media sector is in chaos because the Government who won’t invest in Māori broadcasting.
Sector representatives are meeting at TVNZ today to wānanga with funding agency Te Māngai Pāho about Māori news and current affairs.
Mr Jackson says Labour spent $130 million to strengthen the sector with the intention of increasing baseline funding in the future, but the coalition has told Whakaata Māori and other media there will be no new funding.....
See full article HERE
Whaikaha Māori voice missing in disability review
The Health and Disability Commission’s deputy commissioner for disability says she’s disappointed a review of services administered by disability ministry Whaikaha does not include any tāngata whaikaha Māori or disability community leaders on the panel.
Rose Wells has released a report on five years of complaints made to HDC about residential disability support services.....
See full article HERE
Ruapehu claimants cold on skifield plan
Central North Island hapu are calling for a pause on talks about the future of the Ruapehu skifields and the Chateau Tongariro until their historic treaty claims over the amount of land taken for Tongariro National Park are settled.
The claimants met with Maori Development Minster Tama Potaka on Friday, but Mr Gilbert says the new Government seems unsure about how to address the issues.
He’d rather see an iwi partnership running the skifields, but iwi are being treated as an afterthought in the way the process is being run to get the businesses running again....
See full article HERE
Our Intentions: Treaty Settlement Commitments, Auckland Council Emergency Preparedness - Office of the Auditor-General
Over the years, since it was signed in 1840, the Crown has not met its obligations to Māori under te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi. In modern times, this has led to claims against the Crown through the Waitangi Tribunal. Since the 1980s, successive Governments have attempted to settle historical claims and provide redress for Treaty breaches.
By 2023, more than 100 settlements had been reached with more than 70 different groups, and further settlements will be reached in the future. For Treaty settlements to be enduring, public organisations need to meet these commitments in a timely and effective way.....
See full article HERE
Dementia treatment: Northland marae-based mate wareware (dementia) clinic trial extended
A groundbreaking marae-based mate wareware (dementia) care clinic established in Kaitāia has been hailed a success after its first six months and extended indefinitely.
The Centre for Brain Research, Te Huinga Hinengaro at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland partnered with Northland iwi Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa, and kaupapa Māori-led health organisation Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi to pilot the clinic aimed at assisting kaiāwhina, carers of people with mate wareware.....
See full article HERE
Annie Aranui Scholarship opens for applications
Scholarships are currently available to support mana wāhine, aged between 17 and 24, who are working in the public sector, iwi-owned organisations or community-focused Non Government Organisations. This includes support for rangatahi who are already working to progress their development and career, and offers up to $5,000 to support their endeavours.....
See full article HERE
Northland reserve name change
Submissions are sought from those in support of or against the proposed name change for a Northland reserve. The Department of Conservation [DOC] has proposed a name change of the Otaika Valley Scenic Reserve to Tiakiriri Kukupa Scenic Reserve after iwi Te Parawhau, Te Patukharakeke o te Parawhau requested the shift.
A pā site southwest of Teo Teo, Otaike, is identified as native land. It is also the birthplace of Kukupa Tiakiriri and is now part of the Otaika Valley Scenic Reserve, owned by the Crown and managed by DOC. Changing the name would signify the importance of the pā site and the tūpuna’s stories of the land as well as helping to develop the relationship between Te Parawhau and DOC, according to the department website.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Hipkins: Luxon has 'no standards' on ministerial conduct
David Seymour Is Unfit To Serve As Minister
Iwi steam helps Kawerau paper mill cut carbon
Cultural misappropriation is the adoption of a culture’s elements in a way that disrespects or misunderstands its purpose in its culture of origin.
“It’s a type of blood shaming and that term mau mau to toto Maori, it means blood traitor and the fact that’s now part of the Maori political lexicon is a deep indictment on the Maori Party. It’s almost as if they’re trying to run some sort of blood classification scheme out of Harry Potter,” Mr Jones says.
See full article HERE
Funding doubt roils Māori media
Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson says the Māori media sector is in chaos because the Government who won’t invest in Māori broadcasting.
Sector representatives are meeting at TVNZ today to wānanga with funding agency Te Māngai Pāho about Māori news and current affairs.
Mr Jackson says Labour spent $130 million to strengthen the sector with the intention of increasing baseline funding in the future, but the coalition has told Whakaata Māori and other media there will be no new funding.....
See full article HERE
Whaikaha Māori voice missing in disability review
The Health and Disability Commission’s deputy commissioner for disability says she’s disappointed a review of services administered by disability ministry Whaikaha does not include any tāngata whaikaha Māori or disability community leaders on the panel.
Rose Wells has released a report on five years of complaints made to HDC about residential disability support services.....
See full article HERE
Ruapehu claimants cold on skifield plan
Central North Island hapu are calling for a pause on talks about the future of the Ruapehu skifields and the Chateau Tongariro until their historic treaty claims over the amount of land taken for Tongariro National Park are settled.
The claimants met with Maori Development Minster Tama Potaka on Friday, but Mr Gilbert says the new Government seems unsure about how to address the issues.
He’d rather see an iwi partnership running the skifields, but iwi are being treated as an afterthought in the way the process is being run to get the businesses running again....
See full article HERE
Our Intentions: Treaty Settlement Commitments, Auckland Council Emergency Preparedness - Office of the Auditor-General
Over the years, since it was signed in 1840, the Crown has not met its obligations to Māori under te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi. In modern times, this has led to claims against the Crown through the Waitangi Tribunal. Since the 1980s, successive Governments have attempted to settle historical claims and provide redress for Treaty breaches.
By 2023, more than 100 settlements had been reached with more than 70 different groups, and further settlements will be reached in the future. For Treaty settlements to be enduring, public organisations need to meet these commitments in a timely and effective way.....
See full article HERE
Dementia treatment: Northland marae-based mate wareware (dementia) clinic trial extended
A groundbreaking marae-based mate wareware (dementia) care clinic established in Kaitāia has been hailed a success after its first six months and extended indefinitely.
The Centre for Brain Research, Te Huinga Hinengaro at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland partnered with Northland iwi Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa, and kaupapa Māori-led health organisation Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi to pilot the clinic aimed at assisting kaiāwhina, carers of people with mate wareware.....
See full article HERE
Annie Aranui Scholarship opens for applications
Scholarships are currently available to support mana wāhine, aged between 17 and 24, who are working in the public sector, iwi-owned organisations or community-focused Non Government Organisations. This includes support for rangatahi who are already working to progress their development and career, and offers up to $5,000 to support their endeavours.....
See full article HERE
Northland reserve name change
Submissions are sought from those in support of or against the proposed name change for a Northland reserve. The Department of Conservation [DOC] has proposed a name change of the Otaika Valley Scenic Reserve to Tiakiriri Kukupa Scenic Reserve after iwi Te Parawhau, Te Patukharakeke o te Parawhau requested the shift.
A pā site southwest of Teo Teo, Otaike, is identified as native land. It is also the birthplace of Kukupa Tiakiriri and is now part of the Otaika Valley Scenic Reserve, owned by the Crown and managed by DOC. Changing the name would signify the importance of the pā site and the tūpuna’s stories of the land as well as helping to develop the relationship between Te Parawhau and DOC, according to the department website.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Hipkins: Luxon has 'no standards' on ministerial conduct
David Seymour Is Unfit To Serve As Minister
Iwi steam helps Kawerau paper mill cut carbon
Wednesday July 17, 2024
News:
Does Aotearoa need cultural misappropriation laws?
An Auckland legal scholar is proposing a new tort law to protect against cultural misappropriation.
Cultural misappropriation is the adoption of a culture’s elements in a way that disrespects or misunderstands its purpose in its culture of origin.
University of Auckland legal scholar Jayden Houghton (Rereahu Maniapoto) wants to protect cultures from misappropriation, particularly mātauranga Māori, with a proposed new tort.
Tort law allows for compensation claims when someone hurts a person or their property, but when their case isn’t necessarily based on a crime recognised by the justice system or based on a contract.....
See full article HERE
Council Supports NZDF’s Homes For Families Development In Waiouru
The first $75m stage of the Homes for Families project will see the NZDF build 50 new homes on newly developed land in partnership with local iwi Ngāti Rangi.
The NZDF estimates that they require 211 homes to support military and civilian personnel in Waiouru and have plans to modernise a further 161 homes in a second stage.....
See full article HERE
Mount Maunganui-based Te Tuhi Māreikura Charitable Trust has launched a crowd-funding campaign to establish “clear legal parameters” for the national Māori flag’s use, ensuring its authenticity and protecting its integrity.
Tort law allows for compensation claims when someone hurts a person or their property, but when their case isn’t necessarily based on a crime recognised by the justice system or based on a contract.....
See full article HERE
Council Supports NZDF’s Homes For Families Development In Waiouru
The first $75m stage of the Homes for Families project will see the NZDF build 50 new homes on newly developed land in partnership with local iwi Ngāti Rangi.
The NZDF estimates that they require 211 homes to support military and civilian personnel in Waiouru and have plans to modernise a further 161 homes in a second stage.....
See full article HERE
Hapū keeps door open for NorthPort expansion
Juliane Chetham, the resource management and customary fisheries manager for Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust, says hapu were not consulted on how to best expand the port, and the plan would have destroyed pipi beds the trust is working to restore.
The trust could support alternate proposals.
“We hope Northport and decision makers and our politicians will look very carefully about this decision and have a hard think about better mitigating the effects of this and continuing to korero with us. We can work on this together to potentially get somewhere with something which will be a win win for everyone,” Ms Chetham says.....
See full article HERE
Seymour tells Pharmac to stop embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across health sector
Associate Health Minister David Seymour David Seymour has sent Pharmac chair Paula Bennett a letter of expectation, calling for Te Tiriti o Waitangi to stop being embedded in its drug-buying decisions.
In the letter, Seymour believed that embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector was not an appropriate expectation to place on Pharmac.....
See full article HERE
'Pay for it yourselves': NZ First MP Shane Jones savages hapū's Papatūānuku proposal
NZ First MP Shane Jones has savaged a proposal for a giant statue of Papatūānuku at Bastion Point, saying it is laughable Aucklanders are forking out for the work.
Auckland Council has earmarked $1 million in its budget for the project, but Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei Trust deputy chairman spokesman Ngarimu Blair says the idea is unformed and it is "early days".
But Jones, who is also Regional Economic Development Minister and Associate Finance Minister, ripped into the idea during an interview with Stuff on Monday.
"The notion that the ratepayers of Auckland should foot the costs for this cultural mimicry promoted by the Ōrākei hapū is risible," Jones said.
"We need to bear in mind that the Maoris up at Ōrākei do not have an exclusive rights to promote a statue in the form of the earth goddess on behalf of anyone other than themselves.
"If they want it for themselves then they should spend their own money and not misrepresent the broader Maori community that a statue, in the form of Christ the Redeemer out of Brazil, is an appropriate expression of Maori identity, or indeed New Zealand identity."....
See full article HERE
Repairing the vandalised Te Rangatira o Waihī statue took $15K and ‘very specific skills’
A bronze chief has had $15K in repairs more than a decade after his taiaha was broken and his patu taken.
The statue, Te Rangatira, was created by sculptor Michael Weir for the Waihī Streetscape 2000. He was commissioned by the Hauraki District Council to create a rangatira (Māori chief) holding a taiaha (spear) and “striking the ground from which water gushed”.
Just 18 months after the statue was installed the tongue of the taiaha was broken off and left in the bushes. Then, in 2011, the other end of the taiaha was broken off, and the patu (club) was removed.
Newmont Mines originally funded the statue, but Hauraki District Council cash had to cover the restoration process, communications team leader Margaret Maclaurin said....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lessons from the UK - Dr Muriel Newman.
JD: To Fix the Disruptions to Our Society
Dismantling the Constitution - Anthony Willy
Propaganda:
Pākehā myths and Māori legends are as mysterious as they are magical - Anaru Eketone
Juliane Chetham, the resource management and customary fisheries manager for Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust, says hapu were not consulted on how to best expand the port, and the plan would have destroyed pipi beds the trust is working to restore.
The trust could support alternate proposals.
“We hope Northport and decision makers and our politicians will look very carefully about this decision and have a hard think about better mitigating the effects of this and continuing to korero with us. We can work on this together to potentially get somewhere with something which will be a win win for everyone,” Ms Chetham says.....
See full article HERE
Seymour tells Pharmac to stop embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across health sector
Associate Health Minister David Seymour David Seymour has sent Pharmac chair Paula Bennett a letter of expectation, calling for Te Tiriti o Waitangi to stop being embedded in its drug-buying decisions.
In the letter, Seymour believed that embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector was not an appropriate expectation to place on Pharmac.....
See full article HERE
'Pay for it yourselves': NZ First MP Shane Jones savages hapū's Papatūānuku proposal
NZ First MP Shane Jones has savaged a proposal for a giant statue of Papatūānuku at Bastion Point, saying it is laughable Aucklanders are forking out for the work.
Auckland Council has earmarked $1 million in its budget for the project, but Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei Trust deputy chairman spokesman Ngarimu Blair says the idea is unformed and it is "early days".
But Jones, who is also Regional Economic Development Minister and Associate Finance Minister, ripped into the idea during an interview with Stuff on Monday.
"The notion that the ratepayers of Auckland should foot the costs for this cultural mimicry promoted by the Ōrākei hapū is risible," Jones said.
"We need to bear in mind that the Maoris up at Ōrākei do not have an exclusive rights to promote a statue in the form of the earth goddess on behalf of anyone other than themselves.
"If they want it for themselves then they should spend their own money and not misrepresent the broader Maori community that a statue, in the form of Christ the Redeemer out of Brazil, is an appropriate expression of Maori identity, or indeed New Zealand identity."....
See full article HERE
Repairing the vandalised Te Rangatira o Waihī statue took $15K and ‘very specific skills’
A bronze chief has had $15K in repairs more than a decade after his taiaha was broken and his patu taken.
The statue, Te Rangatira, was created by sculptor Michael Weir for the Waihī Streetscape 2000. He was commissioned by the Hauraki District Council to create a rangatira (Māori chief) holding a taiaha (spear) and “striking the ground from which water gushed”.
Just 18 months after the statue was installed the tongue of the taiaha was broken off and left in the bushes. Then, in 2011, the other end of the taiaha was broken off, and the patu (club) was removed.
Newmont Mines originally funded the statue, but Hauraki District Council cash had to cover the restoration process, communications team leader Margaret Maclaurin said....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lessons from the UK - Dr Muriel Newman.
JD: To Fix the Disruptions to Our Society
Dismantling the Constitution - Anthony Willy
Propaganda:
Pākehā myths and Māori legends are as mysterious as they are magical - Anaru Eketone
Tuesday July 16, 2024
News:
Tino Rangatiratanga flag: Te Tuhi Māreikura Trust launches campaign to protect design
The “prolific” misuse and misappropriation of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag on clothing and “knock-off” products has prompted a Bay of Plenty trust to campaign for the protection of the flag’s legacy.
Mount Maunganui-based Te Tuhi Māreikura Charitable Trust has launched a crowd-funding campaign to establish “clear legal parameters” for the national Māori flag’s use, ensuring its authenticity and protecting its integrity.
A statement said the trust and the sole surviving designer of the flag Linda Munn hoped to address the “widespread misuse and misappropriation” of the flag......
See full article HERE
New names link past and present
More than 20 Franklin parks have received names from mana whenua iwi Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Aakitai Waiohua and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki.
Most have been adopted as dual names, with the Māori name sitting alongside the English name.
Few have had sole Māori names adopted, such as Te Nikau Pā, where the Clevedon Scenic Reserve has had the original name restored to acknowledge Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki as the original inhabitants and recognise the significance of the name and site.....
See full article HERE
Auckland University launches dedicated space in library to practise te reo Māori
Auckland University is launching a dedicated area in its main library in which students and staff can practice speaking te reo Māori.
From Wednesday ReoSpace will reflect the need for public spaces where te reo Māori is the primary language spoken. Encouraging te reo Māori use is in keeping with the University’s strategy for te reo Māori revitalisation.....
See full article HERE
Putea pressure on Te Taura Whiri
The Māori Language Commission Te Taura Whiri is fighting to protect its reserves from a raid to fund the Government’s tax cuts.
Chief executive Ngahiwi Apanui-Barr says he was surprised to be told the commission was to have its funding cut based on the reserves it has built up over the past decade.
He says Te Taura Whiri is not a department but a crown entity, so shouldn’t be caught up in the cuts to departmental expenses.
“We’ve been pretty practical. We don’t get a lot of money. We get around $11 million a year to do what we have to do and we spend every cent of that money very, very carefully,” Mr Apanui says.....
See full article HERE
Rangatahi mural project making waves on Willis Street
Xoë’s design portrays the building as a kaitiaki of all those within, adorned with Atua and guardians to protect the rangatahi who use Te Tai Ohinga and the residents of the apartments above as part of Wellington City Council’s Te Kāinga complex.
“I enjoy painting murals that give te Ao Māori a public platform to reclaim space and tell our stories to the new generation,” Xoë explains.....
See full article HERE
Home place for Indigenous rights battle
Māori Party president John Tamihere says New Zealand needs to put the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into domestic law – but it won’t happen under the current Government.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has dismissed as fallacious a report by the Human Rights Commission to last week’s Expert Mechanism in Geneva on New Zealand’s lack of progress on implementing the declaration.
Mr Tamihere says Mr Peters consistently rejects the idea of Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Treaty principles mapped to Catholic social aims
Two Catholic organisations, the Christian Life Community and the Bicultural Committee of the Archdiocesan Commission for Ecology, Justice, and Peace, have held a two-day hui in Wellington to help Catholics to develop an understanding and appreciation of Te Tiriti and related issues .
One of the speakers, Mathieson Ammunson of Wairarapa Moana, says as an agreement between two peoples the treaty takes on a spiritual dimension, so it’s often referred to a a kawenata tapu or sacred covenant,
Matt Ammundsen says there are parishes which conduct the Mass in te reo Maori....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Denis O’Reilly: We can honour the Treaty by honouring each other
Three strikes entrenching racism
New names link past and present
More than 20 Franklin parks have received names from mana whenua iwi Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua, Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Aakitai Waiohua and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki.
Most have been adopted as dual names, with the Māori name sitting alongside the English name.
Few have had sole Māori names adopted, such as Te Nikau Pā, where the Clevedon Scenic Reserve has had the original name restored to acknowledge Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki as the original inhabitants and recognise the significance of the name and site.....
See full article HERE
Auckland University launches dedicated space in library to practise te reo Māori
Auckland University is launching a dedicated area in its main library in which students and staff can practice speaking te reo Māori.
From Wednesday ReoSpace will reflect the need for public spaces where te reo Māori is the primary language spoken. Encouraging te reo Māori use is in keeping with the University’s strategy for te reo Māori revitalisation.....
See full article HERE
Putea pressure on Te Taura Whiri
The Māori Language Commission Te Taura Whiri is fighting to protect its reserves from a raid to fund the Government’s tax cuts.
Chief executive Ngahiwi Apanui-Barr says he was surprised to be told the commission was to have its funding cut based on the reserves it has built up over the past decade.
He says Te Taura Whiri is not a department but a crown entity, so shouldn’t be caught up in the cuts to departmental expenses.
“We’ve been pretty practical. We don’t get a lot of money. We get around $11 million a year to do what we have to do and we spend every cent of that money very, very carefully,” Mr Apanui says.....
See full article HERE
Rangatahi mural project making waves on Willis Street
Xoë’s design portrays the building as a kaitiaki of all those within, adorned with Atua and guardians to protect the rangatahi who use Te Tai Ohinga and the residents of the apartments above as part of Wellington City Council’s Te Kāinga complex.
“I enjoy painting murals that give te Ao Māori a public platform to reclaim space and tell our stories to the new generation,” Xoë explains.....
See full article HERE
Home place for Indigenous rights battle
Māori Party president John Tamihere says New Zealand needs to put the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into domestic law – but it won’t happen under the current Government.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has dismissed as fallacious a report by the Human Rights Commission to last week’s Expert Mechanism in Geneva on New Zealand’s lack of progress on implementing the declaration.
Mr Tamihere says Mr Peters consistently rejects the idea of Indigenous rights in Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Treaty principles mapped to Catholic social aims
Two Catholic organisations, the Christian Life Community and the Bicultural Committee of the Archdiocesan Commission for Ecology, Justice, and Peace, have held a two-day hui in Wellington to help Catholics to develop an understanding and appreciation of Te Tiriti and related issues .
One of the speakers, Mathieson Ammunson of Wairarapa Moana, says as an agreement between two peoples the treaty takes on a spiritual dimension, so it’s often referred to a a kawenata tapu or sacred covenant,
Matt Ammundsen says there are parishes which conduct the Mass in te reo Maori....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Denis O’Reilly: We can honour the Treaty by honouring each other
Three strikes entrenching racism
Monday July 15, 2024
News:
Manurewa Marae's election donation raises further questions of political neutrality
Donation returns from two Action Team candidates — Auckland councillor Daniel Newman and chair of Wiri Licensing Trust Brian Blake — show a $3500 gift from the marae trust board to the campaign.
As a registered charity, the marae trust is restricted in what political activities it can engage in, and must not support political parties or candidates. That includes making a donation, endorsing a party or candidate, or allowing them to use a charity’s resources.
Three senior marae figures — then-chief executive and now Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp, chair Rangi McLean and Hilda Peters — were standing as candidates for a local board on the Manurewa-Papakura Action Team ticket. McLean was also re-elected a trustee of the licensing trust.
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), which monitors compliance with all registered charities under the Charities Act, confirmed it is considering information about the marae to see if action is needed.....
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Three senior marae figures — then-chief executive and now Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp, chair Rangi McLean and Hilda Peters — were standing as candidates for a local board on the Manurewa-Papakura Action Team ticket. McLean was also re-elected a trustee of the licensing trust.
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), which monitors compliance with all registered charities under the Charities Act, confirmed it is considering information about the marae to see if action is needed.....
See full article HERE
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Sunday July 14, 2024
News:
Northland iwi 'vindicated' by rejection of plans for major port expansion in Whangārei Harbour
A Northland hapū says it has been vindicated by a surprise decision to reject plans for a major port expansion in Whangārei Harbour.
This week, commissioners declined a raft of resource consents required by Northport, which operates the deepwater port at Marsden Point, to build a dedicated container terminal.
The commissioners' reasons for rejecting the port company's plans - the loss of public access, and cultural and recreational values if the reclamation went ahead - echoed the hapū's concerns.....
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Rotorua’s Te Arawa Lakes Trust celebrates 100 years
It was a night filled with pride as the country’s “first Māori Trust Board” celebrated its centennial at a special ball on Thursday night.
Rotorua’s Te Arawa Māori Trust Board was established a century ago.
It was renamed in 2006 as Te Arawa Lakes Trust to represent the interests of Te Arawa hapū and iwi members in relation to the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006.
On Thursday night it held a centennial ball, with about 600 people invited.
“We are stronger than ever, and we must have an extreme focus on building our knowledge, building our capability, building our capacity to become sustainable and resilient people.”
Other dignitaries who attended included the Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka.....
See full article HERE
Iwi-inspired wāhi tākaro opened at Kaipātiki Reserve
A new Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara inspired wāhi tākaro, play space and community recreational area, has been officially opened at Kaipātiki Reserve on Saturday, formerly the Parakai Recreation Reserve well-known for the Parakai Springs hot pool complex.
The redevelopment, begun in late January 2023, includes a new playground with māra hūpara (traditional Māori play elements), basketball court and multiple covered BBQ areas with seating.
The works also include two rentable holiday cabins and five self-contained campervan sites available for temporary stays.
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara have long connections with the geothermal springs located on the reserve, with the mineral springs recognised for their rongoā or natural healing qualities.
The Crown formally returned the reserve jointly to Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara with Auckland Council in 2013 under a Tiriti o Waitangi settlement after acquiring the land in July 1878.
Since the establishment of the co-governance arrangement, the original name of Kaipātiki has been restored to the whenua.....
See full article HERE
The commissioners' reasons for rejecting the port company's plans - the loss of public access, and cultural and recreational values if the reclamation went ahead - echoed the hapū's concerns.....
See full article HERE
Rotorua’s Te Arawa Lakes Trust celebrates 100 years
It was a night filled with pride as the country’s “first Māori Trust Board” celebrated its centennial at a special ball on Thursday night.
Rotorua’s Te Arawa Māori Trust Board was established a century ago.
It was renamed in 2006 as Te Arawa Lakes Trust to represent the interests of Te Arawa hapū and iwi members in relation to the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006.
On Thursday night it held a centennial ball, with about 600 people invited.
“We are stronger than ever, and we must have an extreme focus on building our knowledge, building our capability, building our capacity to become sustainable and resilient people.”
Other dignitaries who attended included the Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka.....
See full article HERE
Iwi-inspired wāhi tākaro opened at Kaipātiki Reserve
A new Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara inspired wāhi tākaro, play space and community recreational area, has been officially opened at Kaipātiki Reserve on Saturday, formerly the Parakai Recreation Reserve well-known for the Parakai Springs hot pool complex.
The redevelopment, begun in late January 2023, includes a new playground with māra hūpara (traditional Māori play elements), basketball court and multiple covered BBQ areas with seating.
The works also include two rentable holiday cabins and five self-contained campervan sites available for temporary stays.
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara have long connections with the geothermal springs located on the reserve, with the mineral springs recognised for their rongoā or natural healing qualities.
The Crown formally returned the reserve jointly to Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara with Auckland Council in 2013 under a Tiriti o Waitangi settlement after acquiring the land in July 1878.
Since the establishment of the co-governance arrangement, the original name of Kaipātiki has been restored to the whenua.....
See full article HERE
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Does the Marsden decision also mean that the rail extension to the port is cancelled? It is irksome to have large sections of attractive coast rendered inaccessible by private properties or port development, especially where formerly very accessible. Decades ago the public could wander wharves which was some consolation. Seems they chose the wrong commissioners for Marsden. I doubt if all the lawyers and consultants involved will be upset by the prospect for more concerted well paid effort. The kai moana argument is a stretch. Maori have been granted huge share of far off shore rights so, with benefits, gathered sea food is not essential for survival. If it were not for the employment provided by local industry local maori numbers would likely be very small. It seems absurd to trade good employment propsects for a not unique hobby activity. Some concessions are necessary for the high by world norms standard of living we all enjoy. The koha will clearly have to be increased.
On the side bar to the reference re Parakai redevelopment, a weird response to a survey on the use of the n word and others which all persons I know would consider far far worse. I would have though the appropriate answer for near all would be "in context", bearing in mind that this would include after rugby match get togethers with lots of piss (one word not surveyed), and marae gatherings. I always thought the n word came from niger, the origin, and a more specific word than the now routine and accepted but awful "black".
Re 15th Wearing the facial disfigurement and dyed blonde hair simultaneously would seem to constitute a bet both ways. Blonde hair alone is a good device to put those not fashiobaly pro maori off guard so is adopted by some msm interviewers.
The symbolism of the rangatiratanga flag is so dire, anything which limits its proliferation is welcome. Black surfing in on the back of white over a sea of blood.
July 17 My guess is that the law industry now with its advisory groups heavily maori infiltrated will support a new tort. Anything which increases scope for their very lucratively paid work is welcome.
The most appropriate statue for Bastion Point would be a giant Dun Mihaka style whakapohone "directed" to all non trace Ngati Whatua.
Any accessible structure incorporating copper brass or bronze or aluminium or stainless steel is doomed to be raided. Quite apart from our local low life many new immigrants come from countries where such theft is part of the culture. Presumably we still have one or two cast iron foundries. And the frail parts can be galvanised steel.
Every time a trace Māori engages with anything brought, built, or developed by the settlers, their Māori part is engaging in cultural appropriation.
Far better to simply regard everything that is here, physical or metaphysical, as part of the common heritage of all New Zealanders, and kick this horse wallop to the kerb where it belongs.
July 18. Willie Jackson in moaning for yet more maori broadcasting funds overlooks that RNZ devotes enormous time and bias to pro maori material. A large proportion of RNZ costs should be regarded as maori broadcasting.
One notes the many scholarships available to maori. Is it legal to offer similar to specific racial groups ie pure Northern European?
Yet another mana seeking attempted leg pull convoluted name change. Otaika reserve, reasonably easy to remember and spell with just 3 or 4 "sounds" to be replaced by a contorted hard to remember and spell name with 8 "sounds". Cancellation threat will ensure adoption. For sure only one of the words will likely enter common use.
To Anon at 10,09 am
Brilliant - Gary Judd KC would be no doubt delighted to argue that one in court on behalf of all NZers.... pro bono!
The tort idea is a step too far!
Why doesn't that irish woman debbie packer go back to her own country of Ireland if she doesn't like it here?. Nz is a decent country where we do not discriminate based on race.
July 19. It is incredible that ACC have entered into the rongoa con. As with so much else maori, with no or little written record, tradition is whatever maori choose to make it. With an apparent heightened need for personal interaction maori are often a close knit community with patient/client /customer and practitioner/witch doctor linked. Rongoa treatment seems even better made for rort than physio therapy. As with all else maori It will prove difficult to reduce, with claims to the WT inevitable, plus claims of maori genocide etc.
re july 20 Apparently Jordan is Ngati Wai descended, but few outlets see fit to mention this despite it now a very established tradition. As indicated by Seymour, seems persons serving in these organisations are supposed to operate in the greater general good. If they see their role primarily as advocating for advantage of one racial group then perhaps the organisations is better off without them. Surely considering the maori diabetes problem does not require reference to the Treaty. I trust maori/non pro maori patients feel safe in Jordan's care. Seymour observedI that he thinks Pharmac has burned a lot of energy trying to fulfil lits commitment to the Treaty. This comment applies to a prodigious amount of effort by a myriad departments, councils and oragnisations throughout NZ. it is unfortunate with so few now receiving newspapers Seymour's responses and general approach will take time to dawn on all despite its huge appea lin keeping with the views of very many/most NZers..
re my july 20 comment. My fervent hope is that similar instructions will be issued to all ministries and govt departments (and Councils). Hopefully such will trigger more abdications. With luck RNZ will the drop all the gratuitous te reo and pandering pro amori interviews and become my favourite station again.
Well said Robert A.
Wonder if Luxon and Potaka Inc. might follow the example of Dr Jordan?
Maybe we need a few letters of expectation directed at them to get things back on track a wee bit quicker! There is way too much inertia in the public service, some government entities and the government itself. Less woke and more wake up is required?
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