Saturday July 27, 2024
News:
Hapu fights back against Waiuku Wind Farm proposal
A Māori trust says plans to bring people back to their ancestral land have been put on hold as it fights to protect sacred sites, one more than 1000 years old, from a proposed wind farm development.
Waiuku locals have been pushing back at a plan to build 13 giant wind turbines up to 190m high on a 560ha site near Karioitahi Beach which was approved for fast tracking under the Covid-19 Recovery Act in December last year.....
See full article HERE
Maori and Pacific had more violence inflicted on them - Inquiry
A survivor of abuse in a faith based institution wants a Pasifika specific approach to redress for some survivors. The Royal Commission's findings show Maori and Pacific survivors had more physical violence inflicted on them, than other ethnicities, RNZ Pacific reporter Caleb Fotheringham reports.....
See full article HERE
Crown breached Treaty principles in kura kaupapa claim, Waitangi Tribunal finds
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown breached its Treaty obligations to Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua during the Tomorrow’s Schools review and reform process.
The tribunal found the Crown breached Treaty principles of partnership and active protection in several instances during the Tomorrow’s Schools review and reform.
The report found the Crown’s breaches caused considerable prejudice to the claimants, including that the claimants do not have the powers they should, under the Treaty partnership, to shape policy applicable to Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua.
“To remedy this harm, the Tribunal made several recommendations, including that the Crown work with the claimants to develop specific policies for Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua in areas like property, curriculum support and network planning.....
See full article HERE
Twenty-five Ruapehu marae to receive $115k for emergency events
Marae around the Ruapehu district are to receive $115,000 funding from the local Civil Defence to self-manage and support the community in emergency events.
The funding came from the Civil Defence Emergency Managemen Resilience Fund Grant.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: Gods cause earthquakes....
Propaganda:
‘We used to live in the castle’ - Waikato-Tainui tells its story
Our ancestors’ gift: Māori and Pasifika tattoos - Dr Dion Enari and Dr Phillip Borell
'Detrimental': Māori education expert on boot camp policy
A decade of delivery: Te Waipounamu celebrates 10 years of Whānau Ora
Overruling court on coastal rights risks new protests, Te Pāti Māori warns
Ngāi Tahu challenges Government, says foreshore and seabed moves will reopen controversy
See full article HERE
Maori and Pacific had more violence inflicted on them - Inquiry
A survivor of abuse in a faith based institution wants a Pasifika specific approach to redress for some survivors. The Royal Commission's findings show Maori and Pacific survivors had more physical violence inflicted on them, than other ethnicities, RNZ Pacific reporter Caleb Fotheringham reports.....
See full article HERE
Crown breached Treaty principles in kura kaupapa claim, Waitangi Tribunal finds
The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown breached its Treaty obligations to Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua during the Tomorrow’s Schools review and reform process.
The tribunal found the Crown breached Treaty principles of partnership and active protection in several instances during the Tomorrow’s Schools review and reform.
The report found the Crown’s breaches caused considerable prejudice to the claimants, including that the claimants do not have the powers they should, under the Treaty partnership, to shape policy applicable to Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua.
“To remedy this harm, the Tribunal made several recommendations, including that the Crown work with the claimants to develop specific policies for Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua in areas like property, curriculum support and network planning.....
See full article HERE
Twenty-five Ruapehu marae to receive $115k for emergency events
Marae around the Ruapehu district are to receive $115,000 funding from the local Civil Defence to self-manage and support the community in emergency events.
The funding came from the Civil Defence Emergency Managemen Resilience Fund Grant.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: Gods cause earthquakes....
Propaganda:
‘We used to live in the castle’ - Waikato-Tainui tells its story
Our ancestors’ gift: Māori and Pasifika tattoos - Dr Dion Enari and Dr Phillip Borell
'Detrimental': Māori education expert on boot camp policy
A decade of delivery: Te Waipounamu celebrates 10 years of Whānau Ora
Overruling court on coastal rights risks new protests, Te Pāti Māori warns
Ngāi Tahu challenges Government, says foreshore and seabed moves will reopen controversy
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Friday July 26, 2024
News:
Councilor slams move to give Māori names to public places, bus stations
Efforts to give Māori names to numerous local public places as well as bus stations and structures that are part of the Eastern Busway are being criticised as unnecessary virtue signaling.
“This is just sticking it up the nostrils of the voters out here for no reason and it doesn’t benefit anybody,” Howick ward councilor Maurice Williamson says.
“This is just sticking it up the nostrils of the voters out here for no reason and it doesn’t benefit anybody,” Howick ward councilor Maurice Williamson says.
“It’s virtue signaling. I don’t believe that anybody sitting at a table in Waitangi in 1840 was saying, ‘I hope this Treaty applies to naming bus stops and tag-on and tag-off sites’.
“Let’s be sensible, let’s do things that make a difference.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Raukawa iwi having the final say as their Treaty of Waitangi claim wraps up
While much of the evidence being heard is from technical reports; the final session will see tino rangatiratanga expert Ani Mikaere (Ngāti Pareraukawa, Ngāti Raukawa) speaking on behalf of herself and her co-claimant, Whatarangi Winiata.
The basis of Mikaere’s evidence is that Ngāti Raukawa has never ceded sovereignty to the Crown.....
See full article HERE
Māori survivors of abuse in state care want transformative action now
The inquiry clearly identified Māori made up the majority of an estimated 200,000 people abused in state care between 1950 and 1999. It said tamariki, rangatahi and pakeke Māori were often targeted because of their ethnicity.
"Māori, Pacific, deaf and disabled people disproportionately bore the brunt of a lot of what occurred, and not only did this have a devastating impact on your life, but also your families and your communities," said Luxon.
The report found the unstable and harmful environments Māori were exposed to in state care compounded the intergenerational trauma and normalised the 'revolving door experience' many Māori became accustomed too....
See full article HERE
Taonga Māori priority for digital archive
Te ao Māori has been given top priority in the new strategic plan for Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision out to 2030.
Strategic advisor Stephanie Lay says the national audio and visual archive houses nearly 800-thousand different historical items, and it’s currently running the largest mass digitisation process for magnetic media in the world.
She says the collection provides access not only to official histories but societal and family histories.
It has developed frameworks to work with the appropriate kaitiaki when they take in or deal with Maori content.....
See full article HERE
Supporting community-focussed Māori-led research
The Government’s He tipu ka hua fund is investing in Māori organisations to lead research programmes that will address the challenges and opportunities facing Māori communities.
Three proposals will proceed to phase two of the application process for this one-off fund, with each receiving up to $300,000 to develop an implementation plan over the next six months.
“He tipu ka hua supports research programmes that focus on delivering outcomes and making a real difference for the communities in which they’re based,” says Dr Willy John-Martin Pou Pūtaiao Director Māori Science, Innovation and Technology.....
See full article HERE
Old Rangiora police station to make way for car parks
The Waimakariri District Council has bought the old Rangiora police station building for $1.3 million.
The property was offered to Ngāi Tahu under the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process.
The iwi had been working with the council on possible collaborative options for the site.
Ngāi Tahu sold the site to Paenga Kupenga Limited ( Ngāi Tuahuriri’s economic arm), which then on-sold the site to the council.....
See full article HERE
MP told to cover up laptop in Parliament debate due to stickers
Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was told to cover up her laptop in Parliament during a debate on Wednesday, due to the stickers she had on it.
The MP was speaking to the House on the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill, when concerns were raised about the stickers.
National MP James Meager raised a point of order saying political logos were not allowed to be displayed in the House....
See full article HERE
Tighter rules for customary marine title return under NZ First coalition deal
The coalition government is proposing legislation that would nullify a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act to restore Parliament’s test for customary marine title.
But it says existing customary marine title decisions will continue to be recognised.
This is the third revision of the legislation since the Helen Clark Labour government created the Foreshore and Seabed Act in 2004, which vested the ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown, extinguished Māori customary rights, and prescribed a process by which limited customary rights could be recognised.....
See full article HERE
Te iwi Māori Will Not Stand For Another Foreshore And Seabed
The Crown have run out of land to steal, so they are coming for the land under our moana.
Moana Jackson said: “The forces of colonisation demanded that there only be one site of power, that there only be one supreme sovereign.”
It is time for us to step into our tino rangatiratanga and break the Crown’s colonial monopoly on power....
See full article HERE
Strengthening partnership with Ngāti Maniapoto
Minister for Māori Development, Tama Potaka says the Government has today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the aspirations of Ngāti Maniapoto.
“The government is committed to delivering on Treaty commitments to Iwi and hapū.
“Sustaining strong partnerships with Iwi and hapū is essential to the prosperity of all New Zealanders.”....
See full article HERE
Potential greater build freedom for mana whenua
Restrictions on size, height and the number of dwellings could be eased on Māori land in Waikato - a move the district’s mayor says should cut roadblocks to housing.
With the planned changes, which include removing multiple restrictions for buildings constructed on whenua Māori (Māori land), council hopes to reduce “one of the barriers Māori landowners face when trying to develop their whenua”.
The changes include a complete removal of restrictions on height, number and size of houses, although some may require resource consent where underlying zone rules apply, and a removal of “pā zones”.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Hon Paul Goldsmith: Test for Customary Marine Title being restored
Propaganda:
They lost their land over $221 of unpaid rates – then the new owners gave it back
“Let’s be sensible, let’s do things that make a difference.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Raukawa iwi having the final say as their Treaty of Waitangi claim wraps up
While much of the evidence being heard is from technical reports; the final session will see tino rangatiratanga expert Ani Mikaere (Ngāti Pareraukawa, Ngāti Raukawa) speaking on behalf of herself and her co-claimant, Whatarangi Winiata.
The basis of Mikaere’s evidence is that Ngāti Raukawa has never ceded sovereignty to the Crown.....
See full article HERE
Māori survivors of abuse in state care want transformative action now
The inquiry clearly identified Māori made up the majority of an estimated 200,000 people abused in state care between 1950 and 1999. It said tamariki, rangatahi and pakeke Māori were often targeted because of their ethnicity.
"Māori, Pacific, deaf and disabled people disproportionately bore the brunt of a lot of what occurred, and not only did this have a devastating impact on your life, but also your families and your communities," said Luxon.
The report found the unstable and harmful environments Māori were exposed to in state care compounded the intergenerational trauma and normalised the 'revolving door experience' many Māori became accustomed too....
See full article HERE
Taonga Māori priority for digital archive
Te ao Māori has been given top priority in the new strategic plan for Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision out to 2030.
Strategic advisor Stephanie Lay says the national audio and visual archive houses nearly 800-thousand different historical items, and it’s currently running the largest mass digitisation process for magnetic media in the world.
She says the collection provides access not only to official histories but societal and family histories.
It has developed frameworks to work with the appropriate kaitiaki when they take in or deal with Maori content.....
See full article HERE
Supporting community-focussed Māori-led research
The Government’s He tipu ka hua fund is investing in Māori organisations to lead research programmes that will address the challenges and opportunities facing Māori communities.
Three proposals will proceed to phase two of the application process for this one-off fund, with each receiving up to $300,000 to develop an implementation plan over the next six months.
“He tipu ka hua supports research programmes that focus on delivering outcomes and making a real difference for the communities in which they’re based,” says Dr Willy John-Martin Pou Pūtaiao Director Māori Science, Innovation and Technology.....
See full article HERE
Old Rangiora police station to make way for car parks
The Waimakariri District Council has bought the old Rangiora police station building for $1.3 million.
The property was offered to Ngāi Tahu under the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process.
The iwi had been working with the council on possible collaborative options for the site.
Ngāi Tahu sold the site to Paenga Kupenga Limited ( Ngāi Tuahuriri’s economic arm), which then on-sold the site to the council.....
See full article HERE
MP told to cover up laptop in Parliament debate due to stickers
Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was told to cover up her laptop in Parliament during a debate on Wednesday, due to the stickers she had on it.
The MP was speaking to the House on the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill, when concerns were raised about the stickers.
National MP James Meager raised a point of order saying political logos were not allowed to be displayed in the House....
See full article HERE
Tighter rules for customary marine title return under NZ First coalition deal
The coalition government is proposing legislation that would nullify a Court of Appeal decision and amend the Marine and Coastal Area Act to restore Parliament’s test for customary marine title.
But it says existing customary marine title decisions will continue to be recognised.
This is the third revision of the legislation since the Helen Clark Labour government created the Foreshore and Seabed Act in 2004, which vested the ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown, extinguished Māori customary rights, and prescribed a process by which limited customary rights could be recognised.....
See full article HERE
Te iwi Māori Will Not Stand For Another Foreshore And Seabed
The Crown have run out of land to steal, so they are coming for the land under our moana.
Moana Jackson said: “The forces of colonisation demanded that there only be one site of power, that there only be one supreme sovereign.”
It is time for us to step into our tino rangatiratanga and break the Crown’s colonial monopoly on power....
See full article HERE
Strengthening partnership with Ngāti Maniapoto
Minister for Māori Development, Tama Potaka says the Government has today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the aspirations of Ngāti Maniapoto.
“The government is committed to delivering on Treaty commitments to Iwi and hapū.
“Sustaining strong partnerships with Iwi and hapū is essential to the prosperity of all New Zealanders.”....
See full article HERE
Potential greater build freedom for mana whenua
Restrictions on size, height and the number of dwellings could be eased on Māori land in Waikato - a move the district’s mayor says should cut roadblocks to housing.
With the planned changes, which include removing multiple restrictions for buildings constructed on whenua Māori (Māori land), council hopes to reduce “one of the barriers Māori landowners face when trying to develop their whenua”.
The changes include a complete removal of restrictions on height, number and size of houses, although some may require resource consent where underlying zone rules apply, and a removal of “pā zones”.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Hon Paul Goldsmith: Test for Customary Marine Title being restored
Propaganda:
They lost their land over $221 of unpaid rates – then the new owners gave it back
Thursday July 25, 2024
News:
Tensions flare, arrest as developer starts work on land subject to Treaty claim
Police have been called to a protest in the Bay of Islands where opponents of a housing development say three people were trespassed and one was taken away in handcuffs.
Ōpua residents and local hapū are protesting against a developer's plans for about 13 homes on a headland known as Puketītī, where a contractor resumed work on Tuesday.
Ōpua residents and local hapū are protesting against a developer's plans for about 13 homes on a headland known as Puketītī, where a contractor resumed work on Tuesday.
Police said they were called to the Kellet Street property at 2.45pm when security guards reported three people were trespassing and refusing to leave.....
See full article HERE
Pou recognises significance of harbour
A magnificent new pou named Ngaa Hua o Te Maanuka, carved by Dean Flavell (Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua) now stands on the Waimahia Inlet, overlooking the Manukau Harbour.
The pou whakairo depicts Kaiwhare, the harbour taniwha (spiritual guardian), wearing a kaitaka (prestigious cloak), and on his chest the kaimoana (seafood) of the harbour, entwined in a kupenga (fishing net) and worn as a taa hei (neck ornament)....
See full article HERE
Boot camp plan bad science says iwi
A Rangitāne leader says the military style boot camp for young offenders being established in his rohe is the wrong approach.
Ten young people, nine of them Maori, will start the three-month programme next week at Oranga Tamariki’s North youth justice residence Te Au Rere a te Tonga.
Professor Meihana Durie says the programme is based on a 1950’s American military framework which is not appropriate culturally for young Maori at risk.
“We have our own approaches which are kaupapa Maori driven, by Maori for Maori and for us as an iwi, we know that works and that’s an element of our angst....
See full article HERE
Whanganui council resists call to reverse Māori ward decision
Whanganui District Council is sticking with plans to introduce Māori seats, describing it as a pushback against government moves to bring in new rules around Māori wards.
Mayor Andrew Tripe said there were no plans to backtrack and - for now - the council was working on the basis that the 2025 council would include Māori seats.
The council voted last year to establish a single Māori ward for the 2025 and 2028 local body elections after dozens of councils introduced them in 2022.
The Government has since said that councils which created Māori wards without a poll must either reverse the decision or conduct a binding referendum during the 2025 local elections.
“It’s not on any agenda to rescind the decision,” Tripe said.....
See full article HERE
Rangitukia kura gets $37.5k grant for school van
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga was the biggest recipient, receiving $37,500 for a much-needed school van.
Located in Rangitukia, 160km from Gisborne, transportation costs challenge the small rural kura.
The new van will give students improved access to broader community networks, including marae, kohanga reo, other kura and the local church.....
See full article HERE
NZ’s biggest iwi, urban Māori, feel ‘left out’ in Treaty of Waitangi settlements
Most Māori feel ‘left out’ in the conversation over tribal lands because they live in large cities and have lost connections to their iwi, urban Māori advocates say.
About 80% per cent of New Zealand’s Māori population of 904,100 lives in urban areas. A large majority are disconnected from their culture and their whenua through generational and cultural assimilation.
“In some cases, urban Māori often feel left out of conversations around settlements and resource allocation. Settlement discussions have traditionally focused on tribal iwi, leaving urban Māori, who may not have a direct tribal affiliation, feeling marginalised.
“However, efforts have been made to include and represent urban Māori in these discussions, and organisations [such as] Te Whanau o Waipareira and Numa (National Urban Māori Authority) advocate for their rights and interests.
“So urban Māori suffered loss of assets, which was a clear Government policy. The Hunn Report of 1960 demonstrated that the best proud Māori were to be white-te-fied.
“We at Waipareira and urban Māori organisations are reclaiming our rights.”.....
See full article HERE
Māori Wards Bill back in the House
You can probably guess which of these two proposed changes received attention in the 10,000 plus submissions (as well as 13,403 submissions made through the Taxpayers Union submission tool and emailed on) considered by the Justice Select Committee.
A five figured number of submissions is a pretty reliable barometer of how much public interest there is in a bill. This number is actually quite extraordinary considering the five day deadline for submissions (a deadline which typically spans at minimum six weeks).....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Act Party wants Te Whatu Ora staff to ditch karakia
Propaganda:
How colonisation created the state care to prison pipeline
Painting over Te Tiriti with ignorance, neglect, and tyranny - Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Select committee given sense of Ōrākau wairua
Whenua: Our Land, Our History,
Māori wards: Coalition puts racism before rationality, ActionStation says
Are we ready for this? The Treaty of Waitangi debate in 2024
Pou recognises significance of harbour
A magnificent new pou named Ngaa Hua o Te Maanuka, carved by Dean Flavell (Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua) now stands on the Waimahia Inlet, overlooking the Manukau Harbour.
The pou whakairo depicts Kaiwhare, the harbour taniwha (spiritual guardian), wearing a kaitaka (prestigious cloak), and on his chest the kaimoana (seafood) of the harbour, entwined in a kupenga (fishing net) and worn as a taa hei (neck ornament)....
See full article HERE
Boot camp plan bad science says iwi
A Rangitāne leader says the military style boot camp for young offenders being established in his rohe is the wrong approach.
Ten young people, nine of them Maori, will start the three-month programme next week at Oranga Tamariki’s North youth justice residence Te Au Rere a te Tonga.
Professor Meihana Durie says the programme is based on a 1950’s American military framework which is not appropriate culturally for young Maori at risk.
“We have our own approaches which are kaupapa Maori driven, by Maori for Maori and for us as an iwi, we know that works and that’s an element of our angst....
See full article HERE
Whanganui council resists call to reverse Māori ward decision
Whanganui District Council is sticking with plans to introduce Māori seats, describing it as a pushback against government moves to bring in new rules around Māori wards.
Mayor Andrew Tripe said there were no plans to backtrack and - for now - the council was working on the basis that the 2025 council would include Māori seats.
The council voted last year to establish a single Māori ward for the 2025 and 2028 local body elections after dozens of councils introduced them in 2022.
The Government has since said that councils which created Māori wards without a poll must either reverse the decision or conduct a binding referendum during the 2025 local elections.
“It’s not on any agenda to rescind the decision,” Tripe said.....
See full article HERE
Rangitukia kura gets $37.5k grant for school van
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tapere-Nui-A-Whatonga was the biggest recipient, receiving $37,500 for a much-needed school van.
Located in Rangitukia, 160km from Gisborne, transportation costs challenge the small rural kura.
The new van will give students improved access to broader community networks, including marae, kohanga reo, other kura and the local church.....
See full article HERE
NZ’s biggest iwi, urban Māori, feel ‘left out’ in Treaty of Waitangi settlements
Most Māori feel ‘left out’ in the conversation over tribal lands because they live in large cities and have lost connections to their iwi, urban Māori advocates say.
About 80% per cent of New Zealand’s Māori population of 904,100 lives in urban areas. A large majority are disconnected from their culture and their whenua through generational and cultural assimilation.
“In some cases, urban Māori often feel left out of conversations around settlements and resource allocation. Settlement discussions have traditionally focused on tribal iwi, leaving urban Māori, who may not have a direct tribal affiliation, feeling marginalised.
“However, efforts have been made to include and represent urban Māori in these discussions, and organisations [such as] Te Whanau o Waipareira and Numa (National Urban Māori Authority) advocate for their rights and interests.
“So urban Māori suffered loss of assets, which was a clear Government policy. The Hunn Report of 1960 demonstrated that the best proud Māori were to be white-te-fied.
“We at Waipareira and urban Māori organisations are reclaiming our rights.”.....
See full article HERE
Māori Wards Bill back in the House
You can probably guess which of these two proposed changes received attention in the 10,000 plus submissions (as well as 13,403 submissions made through the Taxpayers Union submission tool and emailed on) considered by the Justice Select Committee.
A five figured number of submissions is a pretty reliable barometer of how much public interest there is in a bill. This number is actually quite extraordinary considering the five day deadline for submissions (a deadline which typically spans at minimum six weeks).....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Act Party wants Te Whatu Ora staff to ditch karakia
Propaganda:
How colonisation created the state care to prison pipeline
Painting over Te Tiriti with ignorance, neglect, and tyranny - Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Select committee given sense of Ōrākau wairua
Whenua: Our Land, Our History,
Māori wards: Coalition puts racism before rationality, ActionStation says
Are we ready for this? The Treaty of Waitangi debate in 2024
Wednesday July 24, 2024
News:
Te Pāti Māori marks 20 years of push back
John Tamihere says it’s one of the most successful modern Indigenous political movements, wining seats in six of the seven elections it has contested.
One in four children under 5 years old is Maori, and nearly one in three New Zealanders under 25 is of Maori descent.
One in four children under 5 years old is Maori, and nearly one in three New Zealanders under 25 is of Maori descent.
“This nation’s going to go nowhere unless the capacity and capability and potential of Maori is release for the greater common good. If we continue to be oppressed and pushed down and vilified for our language and our culture, of course we have to push back and stand up,” Mr Tamihere says.
The message at the AGM was Te Pati Maori doesn’t need the mainstream media to frame it, because it has its own media channels and influencers.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori calls out the Act Party over Treaty Principles donations plea
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said an Act Party email calling for donations to back a mainstream media discussion over its Treaty of Waitangi Principles referendum shows not even David Seymour and his party members have faith in this being accepted by the majority of New Zealanders.
Yesterday, Act sent an email to its supporters seeking financial support for its Treaty of Waitangi Principles referendum.
“We raised over $30k in the first 12 hours of that email going out and we are very grateful for people’s support. These are small donations, hundreds of people donating.
Once they have read at Treaty.nz, they say they want more people to read it.”.....
See full article HERE
Stats NZ senior adviser Nika Rua’s Rātana speech ‘offensive’ to ministers and ‘not politically neutral’
An investigation has found a senior public servant’s speech about the Government, made at Rātana Pā earlier this year, was “offensive,” “not politically neutral,” and fell short of Stats NZ’s expectations.
Statistics New Zealand senior adviser Nika Rua spoke to government leaders at the site in Te Reo, suggesting the Māori world view was being persecuted because of the policies the coalition government had.
Rua suggested the coalition was “oblivious” to the Māori worldview, adding “you only prioritise the few who voted you into Parliament.”....
See full article HERE
ACT slams Te Whatu Ora for encouraging karakia despite regular parliamentary prayers
CT was caught with its foot in its mouth this week after taking to social media to criticise Te Whatu Ora for encouraging daily karakia.
“To be clear, if someone wants to pray on their own time, that is their business. But they shouldn’t be paid or encouraged to do it by a government department,” ACT wrote in a social media post attributed to its health spokesperson Todd Stephenson.
But MPs are required to listen to a prayer before every parliamentary session, which is read by the Speaker.
Te Ao Māori News asked Stephenson for comment on the difference between a karakia and a prayer. We also asked: “If you are so opposed to karakia, will you oppose the prayer said in Parliament?”
We asked for a reply by 4pm to meet our publishing deadline.
At 5pm Stephenson adroitly replied: “I’m personally open to making changes to the parliamentary prayer.”....
See full article HERE
Health supremo told keep Māori in mind
Health Minister Shane Reti has given an assurance that Maori health will be front of mind for Te Whatu Ora’s new commissioner.
Dr Reti yesterday sacked the remaining board members of Te Whatu Ora-Health New Zealand and appointed its recently-installed chair, Lester Levy, to run the organisation as a commissioner for a year.
In his letter of expectation and in their discussions he told Professor Levy to work with the Hauora Maori Advisory Committee.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Rivers and whales as people? Legal personhood explained
Make Them Laugh; The Wants And Needs Of The Growing Māori Media Audience
The message at the AGM was Te Pati Maori doesn’t need the mainstream media to frame it, because it has its own media channels and influencers.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori calls out the Act Party over Treaty Principles donations plea
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said an Act Party email calling for donations to back a mainstream media discussion over its Treaty of Waitangi Principles referendum shows not even David Seymour and his party members have faith in this being accepted by the majority of New Zealanders.
Yesterday, Act sent an email to its supporters seeking financial support for its Treaty of Waitangi Principles referendum.
“We raised over $30k in the first 12 hours of that email going out and we are very grateful for people’s support. These are small donations, hundreds of people donating.
Once they have read at Treaty.nz, they say they want more people to read it.”.....
See full article HERE
Stats NZ senior adviser Nika Rua’s Rātana speech ‘offensive’ to ministers and ‘not politically neutral’
An investigation has found a senior public servant’s speech about the Government, made at Rātana Pā earlier this year, was “offensive,” “not politically neutral,” and fell short of Stats NZ’s expectations.
Statistics New Zealand senior adviser Nika Rua spoke to government leaders at the site in Te Reo, suggesting the Māori world view was being persecuted because of the policies the coalition government had.
Rua suggested the coalition was “oblivious” to the Māori worldview, adding “you only prioritise the few who voted you into Parliament.”....
See full article HERE
ACT slams Te Whatu Ora for encouraging karakia despite regular parliamentary prayers
CT was caught with its foot in its mouth this week after taking to social media to criticise Te Whatu Ora for encouraging daily karakia.
“To be clear, if someone wants to pray on their own time, that is their business. But they shouldn’t be paid or encouraged to do it by a government department,” ACT wrote in a social media post attributed to its health spokesperson Todd Stephenson.
But MPs are required to listen to a prayer before every parliamentary session, which is read by the Speaker.
Te Ao Māori News asked Stephenson for comment on the difference between a karakia and a prayer. We also asked: “If you are so opposed to karakia, will you oppose the prayer said in Parliament?”
We asked for a reply by 4pm to meet our publishing deadline.
At 5pm Stephenson adroitly replied: “I’m personally open to making changes to the parliamentary prayer.”....
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Health supremo told keep Māori in mind
Health Minister Shane Reti has given an assurance that Maori health will be front of mind for Te Whatu Ora’s new commissioner.
Dr Reti yesterday sacked the remaining board members of Te Whatu Ora-Health New Zealand and appointed its recently-installed chair, Lester Levy, to run the organisation as a commissioner for a year.
In his letter of expectation and in their discussions he told Professor Levy to work with the Hauora Maori Advisory Committee.....
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Oranga Tamariki acknowledges it should have engaged with mana whenua on youth boot camps earlier
Oranga Tamariki has acknowledged it should have engaged with mana whenua earlier when designing the Government’s pilot boot camps for young offenders in Palmerston North.
“We are grateful that we are now establishing the right engagement and relationship with mana whenua as we continue to progress the pilot.”....
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Iwi and Singapore game creator partner to promote Māori heritage
One of the country’s largest iwi has teamed up with a Singapore-based social enterprise specialising in immersive games to help promote Māori culture and heritage to visitors using the company’s innovative storytelling platform.
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua, which represents the interests of Ngāti Kahungunu within the Tararua District, announced the partnership with gaming company Hidden in a release on Saturday......
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Decision stalls on Russell's possible name change to Kororāreka
A decision about the name of a historic Bay of Islands town appears to have stalled, almost three years after a marae applied to change Russell back to the original Kororāreka.
In September 2021 the Kororāreka Marae Society lodged a name-change application with the New Zealand Geographic Board, which considered three options: An outright change to Kororāreka, the dual name Kororāreka/Russell, or the alternative names option where both have equal standing.
When the board was unable to reach a decision, responsibility was handed to Land Information Minister Damien O'Connor in the previous government.
As an example, she cited the Whangārei suburb of Kamo, which had recently reverted to its previous name of Te Kamo - even though most submissions called for the status quo.
In Russell's case, according to the Geographic Board's report, the number of submissions for and against was an almost even split.....
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The acknowledgment comes after RNZ asked the organisation on July 8 what involvement local iwi had had in the process and when that involvement had begun.
After four follow-up emails, Oranga Tamariki responded on July 19 with a statement saying a range of te ao Māori practitioners were consulted in the development of the military-style academy pilot, but the agency “acknowledges that it would have been better to have engagement with mana whenua earlier in the process”.
“We are grateful that we are now establishing the right engagement and relationship with mana whenua as we continue to progress the pilot.”....
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Iwi and Singapore game creator partner to promote Māori heritage
One of the country’s largest iwi has teamed up with a Singapore-based social enterprise specialising in immersive games to help promote Māori culture and heritage to visitors using the company’s innovative storytelling platform.
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua, which represents the interests of Ngāti Kahungunu within the Tararua District, announced the partnership with gaming company Hidden in a release on Saturday......
See full article HERE
Decision stalls on Russell's possible name change to Kororāreka
A decision about the name of a historic Bay of Islands town appears to have stalled, almost three years after a marae applied to change Russell back to the original Kororāreka.
In September 2021 the Kororāreka Marae Society lodged a name-change application with the New Zealand Geographic Board, which considered three options: An outright change to Kororāreka, the dual name Kororāreka/Russell, or the alternative names option where both have equal standing.
When the board was unable to reach a decision, responsibility was handed to Land Information Minister Damien O'Connor in the previous government.
As an example, she cited the Whangārei suburb of Kamo, which had recently reverted to its previous name of Te Kamo - even though most submissions called for the status quo.
In Russell's case, according to the Geographic Board's report, the number of submissions for and against was an almost even split.....
See full article HERE
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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.
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......
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Fresh questions raised on Tāmaki Makarau MP's electoral return
The Electoral Commission has confirmed it is reviewing the MP’s campaign donation and expense declarations following a Q+A story about a van registered to Manurewa Marae that Kemp used at last year's election.
The MP's electoral return contains no reference to the marae or the use of its van.
Electoral law expert professor Andrew Geddis said the issue created possible risks around the Charities Act and the Electoral Act.
"The problem is because her return is so sparse with the details, it’s very difficult to know whether the rules have been followed here," Geddis said.
Kemp listed $48,512.94 in donations but Manurewa Marae is not mentioned. The use of the van for advertising purposes has also not been mentioned in the return.
Kemp listed $5974.25 as an expense cost for “vehicle signage and van signage.” But there’s nothing in the return that explicitly accounts for the actual use of the marae’s van, said Geddes.....
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Ex-Manurewa Marae CEO and Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp to take leave after kidney disease diagnosis
“I am optimistic about my recovery and look forward to returning with renewed energy to continue the fight against this Government and for our communities, our whānau, our mokopuna and Te Tiriti o Waitangi,” Kemp said in a statement to Instagram.....
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Kemp listed $48,512.94 in donations but Manurewa Marae is not mentioned. The use of the van for advertising purposes has also not been mentioned in the return.
Kemp listed $5974.25 as an expense cost for “vehicle signage and van signage.” But there’s nothing in the return that explicitly accounts for the actual use of the marae’s van, said Geddes.....
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See full article HERE
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Generally I am opposed to change to maori names, and especially where the syllabus count increases significantly, accents are introduced, and/or multiple words. But where the name has historic significance beyond the tiny maori population of the time, and where the European name is especially bland, I weaken. Kororareka is a candidate. (despite 5 "sounds" where 2 sufficed)
What does trouble me is the weight given by the Geographic Board to the number of submissions. It hugely favours maori. Many have time on their hands, there is wide linkage in communities and beyond fostered by kura, common hobbies (te reo), state funded social events (kapa haka) and the insurgency coordination centres (marae). Non maori are often too busy to socialise at length and have priorities other than raising mana amongst themselves by riling other cultures.
I tried to read the racism in public health article but couldn’t finish it. I work in healthcare, and this ongoing bashing of healthcare providers, claiming that we have unacknowledged racial bias that negatively impacts health outcomes is incorrect, and one of the reasons healthcare providers are leaving their professions. How does one prove a negative? The authors offer no proof for their assertions, they simply present their ideas as facts.
It’s wokeness gone mad.
I wonder if John Tamihere and Te Pati Mokomai realise just how roundly despised they are by the majority of their fellow-New Zealanders?
Take a trip outside your own little echo chamber, guys, and find out.
As experts in milking the system for $$$ the moari party et al are hugely successful.
Agree with Anon at 9:33 AM - they have been generously aided and abetted by our politicians who seem to learn nothing and continue to use our resources to line the pockets of those like Tamihere and the Tea Party grifters. Finlayson, Key, Luxon, all tarred with the same brush.
So, according to the one under investigation on numerous counts of serious misconduct, three out of four children are non-Maori and two out of three under 25 are also Pakeha, so why then do we hear so much about Maori and why then is so much of our taxes going towards that cohort who are not meeting their responsibilities and paying their way? And , yes, Te Pati has its own media channels, but why are those so heavily subsidised by Pakeha, and why are the other media channels infiltrated by so much Te Reo when Maori have their own dedicated media? Maybe it's time we had Pakeha only media, like a Pakeha only All Blacks team? But oh, that's right, the majority of us are against apartheid.
To Anon at 7.51
The presence of Te Reo in the MSM media ( and society in general) and of Tikanga in legal contexts will increase exponentially from now on.
Why?
These cultural entities are key elements of the overall political strategy of Maori to install tribal rule by 20240 ( i.e. He Puapua).
For this reason, they cannot be kept separate . They must be steadily integrated into the mainstream system - until, ultimately, they will dominate this.
Very soon, a solid competence in Te Reo will be an essential competence for good jobs. (Already the case in the public service sector.)
In the legal field, the use of Tikanga will increase very quickly until this so-called legal system will have superior authority over Common Law.
NZers are ignoring these facts.
In nz herald today, they have started a big series on how iwi are claiming the whole of nz as stolen land. It will be interesting to see how this will affect non-maori land and home owners. Looks like nz is headed for zimbabwe the 2nd.
Re Zimbabwe
Remember the Mugabe regime allowed people to leave the country but their assets stayed behind. This was confiscation of assets.
I guarantee that most of the maori's will want to leave nz too once the maori authoritarian regime is in place and all the "colonisers' have left and nz is zimbabwe tribal hell.
re 25th. With maori totem poles who paid for is the question. And having observed the maori sense of humour I wonder just how much of the comtemporised design is also a leg pull. As maori relations continue to deteriorate sure to be a target of vandalism at a charge to all.
re 26. Proposed maori names for the bus way yet another example of an effort, time and money wasting attempt to tweak pakeha and thereby gain mana among fellows. Public transport is not used just by regulars. The presumption is that all strangers will carry smart phones via which they can fathom the link between where they want to go and the riddle maori name. As the percentage of maori speakers reveals, the eastern suburbs are quite the least appropriate place for pandering te reo names
Auckland transport has so many annoucements in te teo blasting out to customers who do not know the language. It is like they take pleasure in annoying people, rather than providing another language for practical reasons. Same with the buses, parks and street signs. All it does is create confusion and division, which nz never had in the past.. It is bullying the public.
Maurice is right to fight this paru hua-grovelling by woke turd Council colleagues..
Not only that, things never existed in pre-European Māori society should NEVER be given Māori names.
“It’s not cultural appropriation when WE do it.”
Has anyone else noticed that it is always the crown politicians who keep saying.not to worry, as the general pubic will still have access to the beaches if iwi get customary title, but you never hear this expressed from the iwi groups themselves?
RE: Anon at 8.51AM Funny you should say that, you are not alone in thinking (well knowing) that the pollies are speaking with forked tongues (aka lying their damned socks off) in the same vein as saying the MACA would only lead to a few claims. So naive! Give an inch and the gravy train grifters will take a mile or more. You'd have access to beaches but only if you pay some punk with his hand out for the pleasure. Time to end ALL this stupidity and stop funding the claim industry that is breaking this Country.
Even newstalk zb are misrepresenting what Goldsmith's bill is about. On the midday news they said that Goldsmith is changing the criteria, to make it harder for iwi to apply for claims, without mentioning that the govt are in fact just going back to what the law was in 2011. I wonder if the media will mind when their kids are not allowed access to beaches or if their houses become worthless because they are deemed to be on "stolen" land.
Maori arrived about 1350. How could a "sacred site", be 1000 years old?
re 27th. It is hard to imagine anyone less likely to be affected by a wind farm than occupants of a tiny remote country burial site. Probably the power company would stop close by turbines for the duration of a burial. Widespread papaikainga housing seems to be yet another problem in the magnifying. Communities, conveniently far from tedious jobs, expecting services, roading, health, education etc to be delivered. All adding to the CO2 burden with extensive travel. A nightmare for standards enforcement.
Was the housing proposed prior the wind farm rumours, or is it a ransom ploy?
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