Saturday August 17, 2024
News:
Waitangi Tribunal releases scathing report on Treaty Principles Bill
David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill is unfair, discriminatory and needs to be abandoned, a scathing Waitangi Tribunal report has found.
The Waitangi Tribunal described the bill “as a solution to a problem that does not exist”
“Despite the constitutional significance of defining the Treaty principles in legislation and the importance of this to Māori, the Crown agreed to pursue the policy without any engagement or discussion with Māori.
“Māori did not want this policy and in fact many have been strongly opposed to it from the beginning.”....
See full article HERE
David Seymour welcomes critical Waitangi Tribunal report
ACT leader David Seymour - the architect of the government's proposed Treaty Principles Bill - has welcomed a Waitangi Tribunal report, despite it recommending the idea be abandoned.
Waitangi Tribunal chair Caren Fox said the bill and a proposed review of Treaty clauses - put forward by New Zealand First - were part of a pattern of the Crown using Parliament's policy process against Māori.
However, Seymour saw the report as a contribution to the national conversation he had long been calling for.
"We need a national conversation about our founding document. Are there two classes of New Zealanders in partnership, each with different rights? Or are we a modern democracy where all citizens have equal rights?"
Seymour said he looked forward to having that discussion over the next several months....
See full article HERE
High Court rejects iwi’s request to intervene in government changes to customary rights
An iwi has failed to convince the High Court to intervene in the government’s controversial plans to change the law around customary rights to the foreshore and seabed.
In a just-released decision, Justice David Boldt said Ngāti Whātua was wrong to assert treaty negotiations minister Paul Goldsmith has a duty to consult with them before drafting legislation.
In his decision, Justice Boldt declined the iwi’s request for a declaration and said the court had no role in supervising the drafting of legislation.
He went on to say the iwi was wrong to say the minister was under any obligation to consult before introducing the legislation. And while he acknowledged the three-week timeframe was tight, “it is better than nothing”.
He also found Chen’s argument that the minister must keep an open mind was “especially inept in the legislative process”.....
NOTE: The NZ Herald link is faulty - so Google the headline to read the full article
“Māori did not want this policy and in fact many have been strongly opposed to it from the beginning.”....
See full article HERE
David Seymour welcomes critical Waitangi Tribunal report
ACT leader David Seymour - the architect of the government's proposed Treaty Principles Bill - has welcomed a Waitangi Tribunal report, despite it recommending the idea be abandoned.
Waitangi Tribunal chair Caren Fox said the bill and a proposed review of Treaty clauses - put forward by New Zealand First - were part of a pattern of the Crown using Parliament's policy process against Māori.
However, Seymour saw the report as a contribution to the national conversation he had long been calling for.
"We need a national conversation about our founding document. Are there two classes of New Zealanders in partnership, each with different rights? Or are we a modern democracy where all citizens have equal rights?"
Seymour said he looked forward to having that discussion over the next several months....
See full article HERE
High Court rejects iwi’s request to intervene in government changes to customary rights
An iwi has failed to convince the High Court to intervene in the government’s controversial plans to change the law around customary rights to the foreshore and seabed.
In a just-released decision, Justice David Boldt said Ngāti Whātua was wrong to assert treaty negotiations minister Paul Goldsmith has a duty to consult with them before drafting legislation.
In his decision, Justice Boldt declined the iwi’s request for a declaration and said the court had no role in supervising the drafting of legislation.
He went on to say the iwi was wrong to say the minister was under any obligation to consult before introducing the legislation. And while he acknowledged the three-week timeframe was tight, “it is better than nothing”.
He also found Chen’s argument that the minister must keep an open mind was “especially inept in the legislative process”.....
NOTE: The NZ Herald link is faulty - so Google the headline to read the full article
Council Seeks Community Feedback On The Future Of The Horowhenua Māori Ward
Horowhenua District Council is seeking community feedback on the future of the Horowhenua (Māori) Ward for the 2025 Local Elections.
The community are encouraged to learn more and have their say and share their thoughts through our Let’s Kōrero online engagement platform. Feedback closes at 11.59pm on Sunday 25 August 2024.
For more information or to have your say, visit, letskorero.horowhenua.govt.nz/maoriwards
See full article HERE
Have West Coast councils already solved the Māori wards issue?
By contrast, the West Coast Regional Council – despite its less-than-progressive reputation in the past – took steps decades ago to ensure mana whenua had seats at the table.
The council has had iwi reps for 35 years, well before Ngāi Tahu settled its Treaty claims.
Council chair Peter Haddock says the stable system has allowed the council to work well with Poutini Ngai Tahu for more than three decades.....
See full article HERE
Aukus: Breach of Te Tiriti and unaligned with Māori values, advocacy group says
But Grey said if the government decided to join Aukus it would be a serious violation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi as well as He Whakaputanga because it didn’t talk to hapū and iwi.
Grey argued the government didn’t have full sovereignty to make such decisions.
Although Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has discussed Aukus, there have been few other Māori voices central to the conversation.....
See full article HERE
Iwi tied to regional development - Jones
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones wants to see Māori and iwi groups working with other government and private partners on infrastructure projects.
The Government is keen lot to look at models of co-investment with hapu and iwi rather than co-governance......
See full article HERE
Treaty principles under surface in bank view
A Māori economist believes Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr – who is of Cook Island Māori descent – is doing his best to honour the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
He says Mr Orr, who has Cook Islands Maori whakapapa, thinks Treaty principles are important.
“I think he’s trying to find ways for the Reserve Bank to live up to its tiriti obligations more. But, if we didn’t have Adrian – let’s face it, with the current government we’ve got, it can be easy to see even the small amount of progress we’ve made in having Maori input into things like the cash rate, the budget-setting, disappear,” Professor Roskruge says.....
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Fisheries cases reigniting settled grievance
New Zealand First minister Shane Jones says the Marine and Coastal Areas Act is setting iwi and hapū on a path of perpetual grievance.
The Government intends to introduce legislation tightening the definition of customary marine title after judgments form the High Court and Court of Appeal which is says widens the definition.
Mr Jones says the Takutai Moana legislation came out of a negotiation between the Maori Party and the National Party under John Key and Christopher Finlayson, and the amendment is about restoring the law to what was intended in 2011.
He says a lot of the concerns hapu and iwi have were addressed by the Maori fisheries settlements......
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robinson: New Zealand nonsense (four). Weaponizing the Treaty of Waitangi
Propaganda:
Kaipara mayor Craig Jepson silent as bill for anti-Māori ward vote likely to top $100,000
Whakatāne council to seek legal advice on refusing Māori wards poll
‘Don’t be scared, mate’: Ruapehu councillors’ call on Māori ward
Greens Call On Luxon To Abandon Treaty Principles Bill Following Waitangi Tribunal Report
‘Seymour does not know what he is talking about’ - Labour/Jackson on Waitangi Tribunal’s report
'Take a stand, Christopher': Calls for PM to kill Treaty Principles Bill
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Friday August 16, 2024
News:
Ushering in a new era of Te Tiriti leadership at Massey
A new leadership group at Massey University has been created to provide Māori expertise.
Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i Te Tiriti o Waitangi i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa has been established to provide a high level of Te Tiriti o Waitangi expertise and te ao Māori leadership for the university’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi goals and commitments.
Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i Te Tiriti o Waitangi i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa has been established to provide a high level of Te Tiriti o Waitangi expertise and te ao Māori leadership for the university’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi goals and commitments.
Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau has representatives from the university’s three mana whenua iwi: Ngāti Whātua, Rangitāne and Te Ātiawa, as well as a member representing Ngā Iwi nō Ngā Hau e Whā (iwi from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand) and a representative each for Māori staff and ākonga (students).....
See full article HERE
Iwi Chairs Forum asks police to use discretion in applying gang patch ban
The National Iwi Chairs Forum has raised concerns over new legislation which would ban gang patches in public.
Members of the forum expressed their concerns during a recent meeting with Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.
The forum's Pou Tangata co-chairperson Rahui Papa said they were concerned that Māori incarceration levels will increase if the police do not use their discretion in applying the new law.....
See full article HERE
Whakatāne votes to keep Māori wards after next year’s elections
Whakatāne District Council has unanimously voted to retain its Māori wards after next year’s local government elections.
Whakatāne joins the ranks of Stratford, Kawerau, Gisborne, and Palmerston North as those who’ve decided to keep their Māori wards.
As of now, Kaipara is the only council to vote to remove it.....
See full article HERE
Komiti recommends Greater Wellington retains Māori constituency
Greater Wellington’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi Komiti has today recommended that the regional council affirm its commitment to establish a Māori constituency.
Te komiti chair, Hikitia Ropata, says today’s recommendation is the right thing to do, and puts the Council on the right side of history.
“We made a commitment to Māori - that Māori voices would be heard from a seat at the council table – and today’s recommendation by te komiti honours that commitment,” Cr Ropata says.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robinson: New Zealand nonsense (three). How Maori rebels broke the Treaty.
Propaganda:
Bigger discussions needed on advertising in news outlets after Hobson's Pledge ad - lecturer
Real Life: Once Were Warriors author Alan Duff claims welfare is robbing Māori of ‘self-dignity’
Satellites are making the night sky brighter – as a launch site, NZ has a duty to combat light pollution
Iwi Chairs Forum asks police to use discretion in applying gang patch ban
The National Iwi Chairs Forum has raised concerns over new legislation which would ban gang patches in public.
Members of the forum expressed their concerns during a recent meeting with Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.
The forum's Pou Tangata co-chairperson Rahui Papa said they were concerned that Māori incarceration levels will increase if the police do not use their discretion in applying the new law.....
See full article HERE
Whakatāne votes to keep Māori wards after next year’s elections
Whakatāne District Council has unanimously voted to retain its Māori wards after next year’s local government elections.
Whakatāne joins the ranks of Stratford, Kawerau, Gisborne, and Palmerston North as those who’ve decided to keep their Māori wards.
As of now, Kaipara is the only council to vote to remove it.....
See full article HERE
Komiti recommends Greater Wellington retains Māori constituency
Greater Wellington’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi Komiti has today recommended that the regional council affirm its commitment to establish a Māori constituency.
Te komiti chair, Hikitia Ropata, says today’s recommendation is the right thing to do, and puts the Council on the right side of history.
“We made a commitment to Māori - that Māori voices would be heard from a seat at the council table – and today’s recommendation by te komiti honours that commitment,” Cr Ropata says.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robinson: New Zealand nonsense (three). How Maori rebels broke the Treaty.
Propaganda:
Bigger discussions needed on advertising in news outlets after Hobson's Pledge ad - lecturer
Real Life: Once Were Warriors author Alan Duff claims welfare is robbing Māori of ‘self-dignity’
Satellites are making the night sky brighter – as a launch site, NZ has a duty to combat light pollution
Thursday August 15, 2024
News:
Government agrees approach for accelerating Māori development
The Government will modernise its approach to Māori development and accelerate opportunities for the Māori economy through improving Māori GDP per capita, reducing regulatory burdens, and activating opportunities for access to capital.
“For New Zealand to become a world-leading small, advanced economy, government will more effectively work with and alongside Iwi and Māori organisations,” Māori Development and Māori Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka says.....
See full article HERE
Chong fails in bid to change Ngāmotu to New Plymouth
The first sign of Chong’s unrest came as Renee Davies, council’s manager of strategic planning, was addressing the meeting on the outcome of a fairly non-descript report back from the Ngāmotu Growth Advisory Panel’s first get together.
After enquiring who had decided to call it the Ngāmotu Growth Advisory Panel, Chong tabled an amendment to rename it the New Plymouth District Growth Advisory Panel.
He argued the Government had moved to make names of organisations more clear and council should follow suit.....
See full article HERE
Kawerau council reaffirms Māori wards
If Kawerau electors want to have Māori wards on their district council after 2028 they will need to vote for them.
Kawerau District Council voted on Wednesday to reaffirm their decision, made in November last year, to have Māori wards at next year’s local elections.
It is currently consulting on a representation proposal for next year’s election to have one Māori ward with three elected members, one general ward with three elected members and one at large ward with two elected members.
It is one of 13 councils throughout New Zealand that decided last year to have Māori wards from next year.....
See full article HERE
Northland whānau distraught following banning from Whangārei Hospital by Oranga Tamariki
A family in Northland claims it is being vilified by Oranga Tamariki, which has seen the whānau trespassed from Whangārei Hospital while their child is undergoing surgery.
For privacy reasons, Te Ao Māori News is unable to identify the child and parents and Oranga Tamariki is unable to provide a comment.
We understand that the toddler suffers from a congenital condition.
While at the hospital, the child underwent a procedure that is typically ordered when there is a suspicion of physical abuse towards a child or a non-accidental injury....
See full article HERE
Parliament final judge of treaty says Brash
Hobson’s Pledge founder Don Brash says it should be up to parliament to say what the Treaty of Waitangi means.
Dr Brash told Waatea Digital host Matthew Tukaki the courts are interpreting the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act to grant customary marine title to a much greater extent than was promised by National when it passed the bill.
“Parliament after all represernts in principle all New Zealanders so parliament has to clarify what the law is finally. Courts should interpret that law but if the parliament thinks they have got it wrong they have to clarify that law,” he says.
Dr Brash says he wants the Treaty of Waitrangi to be interfpreted in the way he grew up with, that Maori surrendered sovereignty and were in exchange given the same rights as other citizens.....
See full article HERE
Aboriginal community opposes Māori plans for $14m ‘marae’ in Sydney
A Sydney-based Māori group is proceeding with its development of a “marae”, despite pushback from local Aboriginal people.
In 2022, the SMA gained approval to occupy the Hyland Rd Reserve in Sydney, and in June it got consent from the New South Wales Planning and Development Department and the Cumberland Council to build on the 15-hectare block.
Therefore, there has been further pushbacks from nearby residents and the Dharug Ngurra Aboriginal community.
“The local people didn’t want anything on the whenua because it’s barren. It’s a big parkland so [the locals] would prefer to keep it as is,” Cooper said.
The Dharug Ngurra have publicly claimed they were being “re-colonised” with the cultural centre being placed “on country” – traditional land associated with the Aboriginal tribe.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Moving the health system out of Wellington and into the whare - Rob Hennin
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New wānanga aims to put māmā at ease
Don’t leave Māori ‘out in the cold’ in Hamilton - kaumātua
No evidence for Māori health attack
Treaty relations need nurturing says Hipkins
‘A backward move’: Councillor slams mandate to undo Māori wards
Chong fails in bid to change Ngāmotu to New Plymouth
The first sign of Chong’s unrest came as Renee Davies, council’s manager of strategic planning, was addressing the meeting on the outcome of a fairly non-descript report back from the Ngāmotu Growth Advisory Panel’s first get together.
After enquiring who had decided to call it the Ngāmotu Growth Advisory Panel, Chong tabled an amendment to rename it the New Plymouth District Growth Advisory Panel.
He argued the Government had moved to make names of organisations more clear and council should follow suit.....
See full article HERE
Kawerau council reaffirms Māori wards
If Kawerau electors want to have Māori wards on their district council after 2028 they will need to vote for them.
Kawerau District Council voted on Wednesday to reaffirm their decision, made in November last year, to have Māori wards at next year’s local elections.
It is currently consulting on a representation proposal for next year’s election to have one Māori ward with three elected members, one general ward with three elected members and one at large ward with two elected members.
It is one of 13 councils throughout New Zealand that decided last year to have Māori wards from next year.....
See full article HERE
Northland whānau distraught following banning from Whangārei Hospital by Oranga Tamariki
A family in Northland claims it is being vilified by Oranga Tamariki, which has seen the whānau trespassed from Whangārei Hospital while their child is undergoing surgery.
For privacy reasons, Te Ao Māori News is unable to identify the child and parents and Oranga Tamariki is unable to provide a comment.
We understand that the toddler suffers from a congenital condition.
While at the hospital, the child underwent a procedure that is typically ordered when there is a suspicion of physical abuse towards a child or a non-accidental injury....
See full article HERE
Parliament final judge of treaty says Brash
Hobson’s Pledge founder Don Brash says it should be up to parliament to say what the Treaty of Waitangi means.
Dr Brash told Waatea Digital host Matthew Tukaki the courts are interpreting the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act to grant customary marine title to a much greater extent than was promised by National when it passed the bill.
“Parliament after all represernts in principle all New Zealanders so parliament has to clarify what the law is finally. Courts should interpret that law but if the parliament thinks they have got it wrong they have to clarify that law,” he says.
Dr Brash says he wants the Treaty of Waitrangi to be interfpreted in the way he grew up with, that Maori surrendered sovereignty and were in exchange given the same rights as other citizens.....
See full article HERE
Aboriginal community opposes Māori plans for $14m ‘marae’ in Sydney
A Sydney-based Māori group is proceeding with its development of a “marae”, despite pushback from local Aboriginal people.
In 2022, the SMA gained approval to occupy the Hyland Rd Reserve in Sydney, and in June it got consent from the New South Wales Planning and Development Department and the Cumberland Council to build on the 15-hectare block.
Therefore, there has been further pushbacks from nearby residents and the Dharug Ngurra Aboriginal community.
“The local people didn’t want anything on the whenua because it’s barren. It’s a big parkland so [the locals] would prefer to keep it as is,” Cooper said.
The Dharug Ngurra have publicly claimed they were being “re-colonised” with the cultural centre being placed “on country” – traditional land associated with the Aboriginal tribe.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Moving the health system out of Wellington and into the whare - Rob Hennin
Deloitte - Māori language and culture set Auckland apart from other world cities
New wānanga aims to put māmā at ease
Don’t leave Māori ‘out in the cold’ in Hamilton - kaumātua
No evidence for Māori health attack
Treaty relations need nurturing says Hipkins
‘A backward move’: Councillor slams mandate to undo Māori wards
Wednesday August 14, 2024
News:
Govt 'clarifying' functions of Te Arawhiti and Te Puni Kōkiri
The Government is proposing to scale back the responsibilities for Te Arawhiti – the Office for Māori-Crown Relations – and shift them to the Ministry for Maori Development, Te Puni Kōkiri.
Crown-Māori Relations Minister Tama Potaka says it is "clarifying the respective functions of Te Arawhiti and Te Puni Kōkiri".
Crown-Māori Relations Minister Tama Potaka says it is "clarifying the respective functions of Te Arawhiti and Te Puni Kōkiri".
Potaka says Te Arawhiti will remain a departmental agency and "continue its core role of progressing long standing Treaty of Waitangi settlements and Takutai Moana applications".
Te Puni Kōkiri will pick up other responsibilities like monitoring and reporting on the Crown's implementation of Treaty Settlements, and leading post-settlement relationships.
"Te Puni Kōkiri will advise on policy to support the acceleration of Māori economic development, continue to support the revitalisation of Māori language and culture, and support Māori social development including through a social investment lens."
Potaka said Te Puni Kōkiri would "provide quality policy advice using the Treaty-based public policy framework Te Tautuhi ō Rongo, to ensure that the distinct rights and interests of Iwi (as collectives) and Māori (as citizens) are recognised and provided for".
It would also better monitor other agencies to ensure they were delivering adequate services to and for Māori, he said.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robinson: New Zealand nonsense (two). Voting by race - Unequal Maori seats
Te Puni Kōkiri will pick up other responsibilities like monitoring and reporting on the Crown's implementation of Treaty Settlements, and leading post-settlement relationships.
"Te Puni Kōkiri will advise on policy to support the acceleration of Māori economic development, continue to support the revitalisation of Māori language and culture, and support Māori social development including through a social investment lens."
Potaka said Te Puni Kōkiri would "provide quality policy advice using the Treaty-based public policy framework Te Tautuhi ō Rongo, to ensure that the distinct rights and interests of Iwi (as collectives) and Māori (as citizens) are recognised and provided for".
It would also better monitor other agencies to ensure they were delivering adequate services to and for Māori, he said.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robinson: New Zealand nonsense (two). Voting by race - Unequal Maori seats
Tuesday August 13, 2024
News:
Hobson’s Pledge challenges critics of ad over ‘misinformation’ claims
Hobson’s Pledge is calling out those who claimed the ad they ran on a New Zealand Herald front page as ‘misinformation’ without any “evidence or even specifics of what exactly we have got wrong“.
“Those flinging accusations of misinformation need to front up with evidence to demonstrate what is incorrect,” Hobson’s Pledge leader Don Brash wrote in a statement.
“Those flinging accusations of misinformation need to front up with evidence to demonstrate what is incorrect,” Hobson’s Pledge leader Don Brash wrote in a statement.
Hobson’s Pledge said it had received death threats in its inbox over the controversial ad that was on the front page of the Wednesday, August 7 edition of the Herald, which called for the restoration of “the foreshore and seabed to public ownership”....
See full article HERE
Waatea News cut ties with NZ Herald over Hobson’s Pledge ad
Waatea News has ended any “informal or formal” agreement with the New Zealand Herald, its general manager Matthew Tukaki said today.
The action is in response to a front-page wrap-around ad from campaign group Hobson’s Pledge the Herald ran in its newspaper edition last week. It showed a map of New Zealand outlined in red with the headline ‘Restore the foreshore and seabed to public ownership’.
“Having reviewed the material printed last week, I cannot, and will not, in all good conscience accept that the Herald decided to accept an advertorial filled with misinformation – accepting a payment for what was essentially an advertisement sowing division between Māori and non-Māori,” Tukaki said in a statement.
Waatea News is a national Māori news provider and radio station. Tukaki said he felt they had to take a stand.....
See full article HERE
Blanket designation ‘overreach’ and ‘undemocratic’, says Fed Farmers president
A proposal to designate the entire Gore District as significant to Māori has been met with anger by Federated Farmers Southland.
The group’s Southland president, Jason Herrick, said he and other farmers only became aware of the blanket designation when it popped up in the Gore District Council’s proposed District Plan.
“There’s a lot of anger that people were not consulted for the plan,” Herrick said....
See full article HERE
Referendum demand rankles Palmerston North council
Palmerston North City Council wants to keep its Te Pūao Māori Ward – and it doesn’t want to have to put the decision up to a referendum as next year’s election as the Government is demanding.
“It’s Palmerston North City Council sending another signal to the Government with our discontent not just about Maori wards but 7AA (of the Oranga Tamariki Act) te reo, all of those anti-Maori policies and rhetoric they seem to be flying the flag with, all led by ACT of course,” he says....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Treaty of Waitangi principles and the truth of coalition politics
7AA critical for Oranga Tamariki reform
Māori ward vote Machiavellian says Glavish
Waatea News cut ties with NZ Herald over Hobson’s Pledge ad
Waatea News has ended any “informal or formal” agreement with the New Zealand Herald, its general manager Matthew Tukaki said today.
The action is in response to a front-page wrap-around ad from campaign group Hobson’s Pledge the Herald ran in its newspaper edition last week. It showed a map of New Zealand outlined in red with the headline ‘Restore the foreshore and seabed to public ownership’.
“Having reviewed the material printed last week, I cannot, and will not, in all good conscience accept that the Herald decided to accept an advertorial filled with misinformation – accepting a payment for what was essentially an advertisement sowing division between Māori and non-Māori,” Tukaki said in a statement.
Waatea News is a national Māori news provider and radio station. Tukaki said he felt they had to take a stand.....
See full article HERE
Blanket designation ‘overreach’ and ‘undemocratic’, says Fed Farmers president
A proposal to designate the entire Gore District as significant to Māori has been met with anger by Federated Farmers Southland.
The group’s Southland president, Jason Herrick, said he and other farmers only became aware of the blanket designation when it popped up in the Gore District Council’s proposed District Plan.
“There’s a lot of anger that people were not consulted for the plan,” Herrick said....
See full article HERE
Referendum demand rankles Palmerston North council
Palmerston North City Council wants to keep its Te Pūao Māori Ward – and it doesn’t want to have to put the decision up to a referendum as next year’s election as the Government is demanding.
“It’s Palmerston North City Council sending another signal to the Government with our discontent not just about Maori wards but 7AA (of the Oranga Tamariki Act) te reo, all of those anti-Maori policies and rhetoric they seem to be flying the flag with, all led by ACT of course,” he says....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Treaty of Waitangi principles and the truth of coalition politics
7AA critical for Oranga Tamariki reform
Māori ward vote Machiavellian says Glavish
Monday August 12, 2024
News:
Omaio Marae granted $200,000 for wharekai rebuild
BayTrust is providing a $200,000 cash injection to help ensure Omaio Marae’s long-awaited new wharekai is fitted out with everything it needs before the doors re-open later this year.
The new dining and kitchen facility is currently under construction in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and is the culmination of eight years of planning and hard work by Te Whānau a Nuku hapū members.
The new dining and kitchen facility is currently under construction in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and is the culmination of eight years of planning and hard work by Te Whānau a Nuku hapū members.
The marae is a popular and sought-after venue thanks to its prime waterfront spot just south of Te Kaha but the old wharekai was too small and didn’t meet today’s building standards.....
See full article HERE
Media Misinformation On S7AA - A Disservice
Journalists have a responsibility to accurately report the facts, not a version of the world they would prefer existed.
“The way journalists are misrepresenting the repeal of s7AA does a disservice to New Zealanders who deserve to understand the facts”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Journalists continue to report there is no evidence s7AA changed the way OT operated or that it’s harming children. That is simply false. Just because Oranga Tamariki hasn’t recorded the reasons for its decisions doesn’t mean the evidence doesn’t exist....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: Imagining Decolonisation
Media in the middle of angst over race
Propaganda:
Toitū Te Reo: Tangata Tiriti are also important for the language to survive and thrive
Toitū Te Reo festival celebrates shared love for Māori language
Our Treaty future: A place for us all to stand
This government is going out of its way to attack Māori
Māori wards not racist, important for representation - Napier mayor Kirsten Wise
Media Misinformation On S7AA - A Disservice
Journalists have a responsibility to accurately report the facts, not a version of the world they would prefer existed.
“The way journalists are misrepresenting the repeal of s7AA does a disservice to New Zealanders who deserve to understand the facts”, says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Journalists continue to report there is no evidence s7AA changed the way OT operated or that it’s harming children. That is simply false. Just because Oranga Tamariki hasn’t recorded the reasons for its decisions doesn’t mean the evidence doesn’t exist....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Lillis: Imagining Decolonisation
Media in the middle of angst over race
Propaganda:
Toitū Te Reo: Tangata Tiriti are also important for the language to survive and thrive
Toitū Te Reo festival celebrates shared love for Māori language
Our Treaty future: A place for us all to stand
This government is going out of its way to attack Māori
Māori wards not racist, important for representation - Napier mayor Kirsten Wise
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
14 comments:
12th. re the Omaio insurgency coordinatiion centre (marae), from all the maori names it is difficult to fathom which funding is public money. Seems much is. Is there any gaurantee that the wider public will have hiring access at reasonable rates? Should it be used for the public for any natural emergency what iwill be the scale of payment?
Don't be silly Robert. It's a gift from the majority of New Zealanders to the small minority of Aotearoaens who consider themselves to be a special race of "part pakeha" people. But wait, isn't that apartheid?
It is very appropriate that the roles of these organisations are closely defined. Being named in metaphorical te reo helps to facilitate wide straying. As is all seem to have staff working away in paid time, with excuse to conatct like minded others hroughout the mo.. er, similarly country devising ways of furthering the in[surgency
There are - quite numerous - Maori (or Iwi) millionaires. Can these people not help their own ? If not , why not?
This has become too great a burden on the average NZ tax payer.
15th. The primary purpose of language is to communicate. As soon as anot common maori name is included confusion enters.What area does the maori name refer to? Is the report primarily about matters maori? With his experience now well known the power of cancellation ensured limited support for Chong; not necessarily an indication of true opinions. It is sad that councils and the like now waste time on such topics, with the maori faction seizing on the opportunity to gain publicity and hence the all important mana, not supposed to be councillors prime motivation..
The decine of nz's universities. Why do maori want anything to do with them given that they are colonial constructs? Have you noticed how when you ring anywhrre now and say thst you are maori, you can hear the staff on the other end chsnge their tone. Especially if you ask.if their company honours te tiriti. You can tell that they fear saying something wrong. Telco's,.health places, everywhere. It is one way to get good service.
In my day choice of university (at least at pleb level) was simple and based mainly on access and accommodation convenience. But now dodging maorification must be a major consideration. The infection seems to now extend far beyond Waikato; Massey and, most incredibly, Otago. Is undersatnding maori titles a unit in any degree?
"Ushering in a new era of Te Tiriti leadership at Massey"
Blacklist Massey.
Re: Iwi Chairs Forum asks police to use discretion in applying gang patch ban - The police are there to apply any law without fear or favour to any specific group or individual. If incarceration rates rise as a result then so be it - them's the rules. Oh, hang on tho' this is A... New Zealand, that makes it different.
re 17. The latest Waitangi Tribunal totally predictable finding on govt Treaty proposals is admirably covered by Michael Laws on the Platform.
Findings are so predictable a faintly competent writers could produce and enable bthe well paid 20 member Tribunal and vast hanger on staff to be disbanded.
The West Coast council cooperation with maori apparently does not involve maori wards but an arrangement more akin the Auckland Statutory body. It seems to work in the south possibly aided by several factors. The society is more compressed , near all know one another, and persons are motivated to fit in with the whole community. Maori cannot satisfyingly spend their lives surrounded only by cynical brainwashed single minded activists. There is not competing tribes so maori reps do not strive for pakeha tweeking notoriety in quest for mana advantage.
Re Waitangi Tribunal Report: the Tribunal finds Act’s proposed Treaty Principles Bill “unfair, discriminatory and needs to be abandoned”. One could so easily say the very same thing about the Tribunal itself…
This "tribunal" was initiated by the govt & can be dissolved by an Act of Parliament. Time for them to go when they believe they have the authority to censure govt & dictate terms. If the Maori "elite" want independence, then govt must cut the flow of taxpayer money to them & let them sink or swim on their own merit, even if it means no more silk undies or expensive waterfront apartments...
Don Brash has a petition with over 30,000 signatures calling on the Government to end the Waitangi Tribunal. No idea if this has been presented to the Govt as yet as it does not say but if anyone who agrees with this proposition then perhaps go to the Hobsons Pledge site and add your signature. The Tribunal has to go now, not tomorrow or next year (or 3 years time like the Maori wards), repeat now!
Far more NZers need to understand 2 points very clearly :
.1.every effort will be made to stop Seymour's Treaty Bill
2.every effort will be made to ensure that no referendum on the future of NZs government is ever held .
As a result of these 2 actions, NZ;s democracy will certainly be replaced by ethnocracy - tribal rule + final veto for Maori - even before 2040.
Enough evidence exists on these points . Now all efforts must be made to support Seymour' s Bill - and, whatever its outcome, to demand a referendum
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