Saturday September 21, 2024
News:
Crown ordered to pay more than $100k in Te Kāhui marine title appeal
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled the Crown must pay more than $100,000 in a customary marine rights case, which could open the door to more funding applications.
Te Kāhui Takutai Moana o Ngā Whānau me Ngā Hapū o Te Whakatōhea, a collection of four hapū, will receive $105,000 from the Crown to fund the case, which is appealing changes in recognition to customary marine titles (CMT) and protected customary rights (PCR).
Since 2022, the Crown had funded cases under the Takutai Moana Act 2011 but changed its funding arrangements earlier this year.....
See full article HERE
Iwi board grilled by members over lack of financial statements
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated (NKII) held a special general meeting on Wednesday to present its 2022-2023 financial statements, which should have been presented at last year’s annual general meeting in November, but weren’t.
For the year ended June 2023 the NKII group reported revenue of $25.5million, and a net surplus of $1.02m but after deducting $3.1m losses associated with the failed Takitimu Seafoods investment, its final result was a loss of $2m. This followed the previous year’s loss of $5.4m....
See full article HERE
Landmark phonics check in te reo Māori
For the first time, schools can use a purpose-built tool to check how a child is progressing in reading through te reo Māori.
“Around 45 schools are trialling a New Zealand first te reo Māori phonics check, known as Hihira Weteoro. It will help kaiako (teachers) focus on what ākonga (students) need most to become strong, confident readers,” Education Minister Erica Stanford says.
“Students will be checked on how they’re progressing with identifying sounds, letters and words, if they can write words from a dictated sentence and whether they can read continuous texts. Checks will happen at 20, 40 and 55 weeks of schooling.
“It will help kaiako identify ākonga who may need extra support so that our Tamariki experience success as readers in their first year of school.”....
See full article HERE
Motion Sickness and Whānau Ora turn billboards into live translators
In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), Whānau Ora has launched an innovative out-of-home campaign, ‘Real-Time Reo’.
Designed to make te reo Māori a part of everyday life, Real-Time Reo is a small step in the long journey of revitalising the indigenous language of Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Education leaders unite against Government’s moves to downgrade place of Te Tiriti in education
National education leaders say they are committed to continuing to improve the education system to realise the promises of Te Tiriti.
In a joint statement, Te Akatea, NZEI Te Riu Roa, New Zealand Principals’ Federation, PPTA Te Wehengarua, Secondary Principals’ Council, Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand, Montessori Aotearoa New Zealand and NZAIMS say they reject the Treaty Principles Bill, which is based on a fundamental misinterpretation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is deliberately misleading.
The groups say they will oppose the Goverernment’s proposals, announced last week, to downgrade Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Education and Training Act.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Frank Newman: Ugly racial politics
Propaganda:
Forget the political debate and focus on potential of rangatiratanga
Māori Language Week: Is Aotearoa on track for a million te reo speakers by 2040?
Gang law flexing colonial muscle
28 posters of poems and proverbs create a Te Reo Māori wall of inspiration
See full article HERE
Iwi board grilled by members over lack of financial statements
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated (NKII) held a special general meeting on Wednesday to present its 2022-2023 financial statements, which should have been presented at last year’s annual general meeting in November, but weren’t.
For the year ended June 2023 the NKII group reported revenue of $25.5million, and a net surplus of $1.02m but after deducting $3.1m losses associated with the failed Takitimu Seafoods investment, its final result was a loss of $2m. This followed the previous year’s loss of $5.4m....
See full article HERE
Landmark phonics check in te reo Māori
For the first time, schools can use a purpose-built tool to check how a child is progressing in reading through te reo Māori.
“Around 45 schools are trialling a New Zealand first te reo Māori phonics check, known as Hihira Weteoro. It will help kaiako (teachers) focus on what ākonga (students) need most to become strong, confident readers,” Education Minister Erica Stanford says.
“Students will be checked on how they’re progressing with identifying sounds, letters and words, if they can write words from a dictated sentence and whether they can read continuous texts. Checks will happen at 20, 40 and 55 weeks of schooling.
“It will help kaiako identify ākonga who may need extra support so that our Tamariki experience success as readers in their first year of school.”....
See full article HERE
Motion Sickness and Whānau Ora turn billboards into live translators
In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week), Whānau Ora has launched an innovative out-of-home campaign, ‘Real-Time Reo’.
Designed to make te reo Māori a part of everyday life, Real-Time Reo is a small step in the long journey of revitalising the indigenous language of Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Education leaders unite against Government’s moves to downgrade place of Te Tiriti in education
National education leaders say they are committed to continuing to improve the education system to realise the promises of Te Tiriti.
In a joint statement, Te Akatea, NZEI Te Riu Roa, New Zealand Principals’ Federation, PPTA Te Wehengarua, Secondary Principals’ Council, Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand, Montessori Aotearoa New Zealand and NZAIMS say they reject the Treaty Principles Bill, which is based on a fundamental misinterpretation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is deliberately misleading.
The groups say they will oppose the Goverernment’s proposals, announced last week, to downgrade Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the Education and Training Act.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Frank Newman: Ugly racial politics
Propaganda:
Forget the political debate and focus on potential of rangatiratanga
Māori Language Week: Is Aotearoa on track for a million te reo speakers by 2040?
Gang law flexing colonial muscle
28 posters of poems and proverbs create a Te Reo Māori wall of inspiration
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Friday September 20, 2024
News:Univer
sity course covering Treaty of Waitangi to be compulsory
It will be compulsory for all first year Auckland University students to complete a new course covering the Treaty of Waitangi and place-based knowledge from next year.
The university said Waipapa Taumata Rau is part of a curriculum overhaul and employers are demanding that students are knowledgeable in the Treaty, New Zealand history and te ao Maori.
The university said Waipapa Taumata Rau is part of a curriculum overhaul and employers are demanding that students are knowledgeable in the Treaty, New Zealand history and te ao Maori.
The course takes the place of previous general education papers.
The ACT party said the plan could damage Auckland University's reputation, especially among foreign fee paying students, describing the course as a form of indoctrination.....
See full article HERE
Councillor slams $20 million water deal with iwi
Howick ward councillor Maurice Williamson is demanding answers over Watercare’s handling of a $20 million Waikato water deal that was not disclosed to the public.
At Auckland Council’s Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee recent meeting, Watercare presented about its infrastructure programme.
It was recently revealed Watercare agreed to a 20-year deal with iwi Waikato-Tainui to fund $1m annually toward research and environmental projects in the lower Waikato River.
News media reported the agreement was not disclosed to the public......
See full article HERE
Wairoa Star newspaper has been reborn by iwi trust
The Wairoa Star is back with a local iwi buying the paper after it stopped publishing in May....
See full article HERE
Education Minister responds to reo Māori teacher shortage with workforce commitment
“With regard to teacher supply, the Ministry of Education has various initiatives available to attract, train and retain te reo Māori teachers; including, scholarships, allowances and study awards.
“I will work with them to develop a Māori Education Action Plan, which will be framed by my six education priorities and draw on the existing Ka Hikitia - Ka Hāpaitia and Tau Mai Te Reostrategies. This will require specialist knowledge and experience to make the most difference for Māori learners”
“I am also committed to working with Te Matakahuki, leaders and representative groups of Kaupapa Māori education, to identify shared priorities.
“It is important we invest in te reo Māori. That’s why we fund Te Kura Correspondence School, and the Virtual Learning Network, so all students can access Te Reo Māori resources no matter which school they attend.”....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Volunteering and Activism: Role in Revitalising Te Reo Māori
Every day is te reo Māori for me - Tama Potaka
Chinese New Zealanders embrace te reo Māori journey
Teaching te Tiriti and the document that came before it
Thursday September 19, 2024
News:
Whakaata Māori CEO tells MPs Māori media law ‘not fit for purpose’
Whakaata Māori kaihautū / chief executive Shane Taurima has called the legislation governing Whakaata Māori “not fit for purpose” this morning.
Appearing before Parliament’s Māori Affairs committee alongside toihau / chair Jamie Tuuta, Taurima said it made no mention of any digital platforms or any new or emerging technologies.
The ACT party said the plan could damage Auckland University's reputation, especially among foreign fee paying students, describing the course as a form of indoctrination.....
See full article HERE
Councillor slams $20 million water deal with iwi
Howick ward councillor Maurice Williamson is demanding answers over Watercare’s handling of a $20 million Waikato water deal that was not disclosed to the public.
At Auckland Council’s Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee recent meeting, Watercare presented about its infrastructure programme.
It was recently revealed Watercare agreed to a 20-year deal with iwi Waikato-Tainui to fund $1m annually toward research and environmental projects in the lower Waikato River.
News media reported the agreement was not disclosed to the public......
See full article HERE
Wairoa Star newspaper has been reborn by iwi trust
The Wairoa Star is back with a local iwi buying the paper after it stopped publishing in May....
See full article HERE
Education Minister responds to reo Māori teacher shortage with workforce commitment
“With regard to teacher supply, the Ministry of Education has various initiatives available to attract, train and retain te reo Māori teachers; including, scholarships, allowances and study awards.
“I will work with them to develop a Māori Education Action Plan, which will be framed by my six education priorities and draw on the existing Ka Hikitia - Ka Hāpaitia and Tau Mai Te Reostrategies. This will require specialist knowledge and experience to make the most difference for Māori learners”
“I am also committed to working with Te Matakahuki, leaders and representative groups of Kaupapa Māori education, to identify shared priorities.
“It is important we invest in te reo Māori. That’s why we fund Te Kura Correspondence School, and the Virtual Learning Network, so all students can access Te Reo Māori resources no matter which school they attend.”....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Volunteering and Activism: Role in Revitalising Te Reo Māori
Every day is te reo Māori for me - Tama Potaka
Chinese New Zealanders embrace te reo Māori journey
Teaching te Tiriti and the document that came before it
Thursday September 19, 2024
News:
Whakaata Māori CEO tells MPs Māori media law ‘not fit for purpose’
Whakaata Māori kaihautū / chief executive Shane Taurima has called the legislation governing Whakaata Māori “not fit for purpose” this morning.
Appearing before Parliament’s Māori Affairs committee alongside toihau / chair Jamie Tuuta, Taurima said it made no mention of any digital platforms or any new or emerging technologies.
That came in response to a question from National MP David MacLeod, who asked if the organsation felt “limited” by the legislation that governed it.
“In short, it’s not fit for purpose, and that was also our submission to the sector review,” Taurima said.....
See full article HERE
Māori education solutions need state backing
The head of a ministerial advisory group looking at improving outcomes for Maori learners says many of the solutions are already known.
We need to understand Maori need to take responsibility and be allowed to take responsibility for education of our own and be supported in doing that,” Dr Ngata says....
See full article HERE
Winston Peters claims Parliament in ‘state of decay’, takes issue with Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has claimed Parliament is in a “state of decay”, taking issue with what he believes is a sharp decline in standards.
Peters and his colleague Shane Jones were irked by a speech by Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris. They took issue with Ferris both using a laptop while delivering his general debate remarks and with the MP allegedly suggesting some in the House are “masters” of lying.
Peters said: “What we have got here is people walking in, t-shirts, sneakers, bare feet, lack of respect of the House, lack of respect for the country, and utter contempt”.
He said the standards of the House had declined over the previous years and Parliament was on a “slippery slope of endangering and losing further what used to be in this Parliament”.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dr Don Brash: Update on the Maori wards
Suze: Why This Race-Fuelled Rhetoric?
Gary Judd KC: Taonga
Professor Jerry Coyne: Ideological indoctrination of New Zealand science majors - a bizarre required course
John Raine: Universities not Wānanga - Time for the Government to Step Up
Propaganda:
Police bias questions with more Māori charged with cannabis-related crimes than Pākehā
Australia said 'No'. New Zealand must say 'No Further'.
Education Leaders Unite Against Government's Moves To Downgrade Place Of Te Tiriti In Education
We need to talk about paddling together
“In short, it’s not fit for purpose, and that was also our submission to the sector review,” Taurima said.....
See full article HERE
Māori education solutions need state backing
The head of a ministerial advisory group looking at improving outcomes for Maori learners says many of the solutions are already known.
We need to understand Maori need to take responsibility and be allowed to take responsibility for education of our own and be supported in doing that,” Dr Ngata says....
See full article HERE
Winston Peters claims Parliament in ‘state of decay’, takes issue with Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has claimed Parliament is in a “state of decay”, taking issue with what he believes is a sharp decline in standards.
Peters and his colleague Shane Jones were irked by a speech by Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris. They took issue with Ferris both using a laptop while delivering his general debate remarks and with the MP allegedly suggesting some in the House are “masters” of lying.
Peters said: “What we have got here is people walking in, t-shirts, sneakers, bare feet, lack of respect of the House, lack of respect for the country, and utter contempt”.
He said the standards of the House had declined over the previous years and Parliament was on a “slippery slope of endangering and losing further what used to be in this Parliament”.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dr Don Brash: Update on the Maori wards
Suze: Why This Race-Fuelled Rhetoric?
Gary Judd KC: Taonga
Professor Jerry Coyne: Ideological indoctrination of New Zealand science majors - a bizarre required course
John Raine: Universities not Wānanga - Time for the Government to Step Up
Propaganda:
Police bias questions with more Māori charged with cannabis-related crimes than Pākehā
Australia said 'No'. New Zealand must say 'No Further'.
Education Leaders Unite Against Government's Moves To Downgrade Place Of Te Tiriti In Education
We need to talk about paddling together
Wednesday September 18, 2024
News:
Marine and coastal hearings near finish line as Whangārei groups seek recognition across coastline
The second phase of the Marine and Coastal Applications is nearing a close as groups with interests in the Whangārei coastline take a seat in the High Court to be heard.
The hearings being held at the Whangārei Māori Land Court are due to finish on Thursday, September 19.....
See full article HERE
Act charter schools will help support te reo Māori – just like radio deregulation helped iwi radio - David Seymour
Act leader David Seymour says future Māori charter schools will ensure the Māori language continues to flourish.
Seymour told the Herald that Māori Language Week - Te Wiki o e reo Māori - was a time to celebrate the native and an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand.
“Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is a week to celebrate the language, obviously,” Seymour said.
“But it should also be a week to celebrate something else - freedom. Freedom and pro-freedom policies have been critical to language revival, whereas anti-freedom policies have been used to suppress the language....
See full article HERE
Increasing allowable commercial catch for snapper would breach first Treaty settlement - Te Pāti Māori
Te Pāti Māori is warning the government that if the allowable commercial catch (TACC) for snapper were to increase, it would be a direct violation of the first Treaty settlement and would inevitably breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
“This coalition is reckless, undermining the principles of Te Tiriti, and now threatening, in the darkness of the moana at night, to place the Māori fisheries settlement into dispute,” the party said in a statement.
“This government fails to acknowledge that Te Tiriti supersedes any legislation and must be upheld first. No law consented by virtue of Te Tiriti o Waitangi trumps it.....
See full article HERE
Southland Business Chamber building te ao Māori connections
The Southland Business Chamber is working to bridge a gap between the Māori and Pākeha business communities in Murihiku, and the first step is for its own staff to begin on a te reo Māori journey themselves.
The chamber will do this through two streams: supporting business wanting to learn about and incorporate mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge) into their daily practices and supporting connections between the Māori and Pākeha economies.....
See full article HERE
Public reminded to have say on Taranaki fishing ban
Fisheries New Zealand is reminding the public to have their say on a proposed two-year fisheries closure along the Taranaki coastline.
The closure has been requested by Taranaki iwi and hapū over an area in western Taranaki.
It would cover the harvest of:....
See full article HERE
Regional Development Minister, Shane Jones said the grant from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will have a multitude of benefits for the hugely significant cultural site, including keeping local waterways clean and enabling new housing.
Act charter schools will help support te reo Māori – just like radio deregulation helped iwi radio - David Seymour
Act leader David Seymour says future Māori charter schools will ensure the Māori language continues to flourish.
Seymour told the Herald that Māori Language Week - Te Wiki o e reo Māori - was a time to celebrate the native and an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand.
“Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is a week to celebrate the language, obviously,” Seymour said.
“But it should also be a week to celebrate something else - freedom. Freedom and pro-freedom policies have been critical to language revival, whereas anti-freedom policies have been used to suppress the language....
See full article HERE
Increasing allowable commercial catch for snapper would breach first Treaty settlement - Te Pāti Māori
Te Pāti Māori is warning the government that if the allowable commercial catch (TACC) for snapper were to increase, it would be a direct violation of the first Treaty settlement and would inevitably breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
“This coalition is reckless, undermining the principles of Te Tiriti, and now threatening, in the darkness of the moana at night, to place the Māori fisheries settlement into dispute,” the party said in a statement.
“This government fails to acknowledge that Te Tiriti supersedes any legislation and must be upheld first. No law consented by virtue of Te Tiriti o Waitangi trumps it.....
See full article HERE
Southland Business Chamber building te ao Māori connections
The Southland Business Chamber is working to bridge a gap between the Māori and Pākeha business communities in Murihiku, and the first step is for its own staff to begin on a te reo Māori journey themselves.
The chamber will do this through two streams: supporting business wanting to learn about and incorporate mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge) into their daily practices and supporting connections between the Māori and Pākeha economies.....
See full article HERE
Public reminded to have say on Taranaki fishing ban
Fisheries New Zealand is reminding the public to have their say on a proposed two-year fisheries closure along the Taranaki coastline.
The closure has been requested by Taranaki iwi and hapū over an area in western Taranaki.
It would cover the harvest of:....
See full article HERE
20kph limit set for Karioitahi Beach
A 20kph speed limit will be introduced at Karioitahi Beach in time for Christmas in response to calls from local iwi Ngati te Ata.
Auckland Council’s Regional Transport Committee members recently adopted Katoa, Ka Ora (speed management plan) for the area.
Karioitahi is classified as a public road and currently has a speed limit of 60kph but Ngati te Ata approached Auckland Transport to request the reduction for safety and environmental reasons....
See full article HERE
Vanity defended in kauae cause
A scholar of moko kauae says the facial tattoos have long been a way wahine Māori have resisted colonial oppression.
Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens from Te Rarawa and Tokelau was awarded a master’s degree in Indigenous studies from the University of Auckland for her moko kauae dissertation.
She says the expectation for wearing a moko kauae is that you whakapapa Māori, although there is debate about whether you must also speak te reo Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
A Colossal Mistake - Dr Muriel Newman.
Just Equality: The simple path from confusion to common sense - Dr John Robinson
A 20kph speed limit will be introduced at Karioitahi Beach in time for Christmas in response to calls from local iwi Ngati te Ata.
Auckland Council’s Regional Transport Committee members recently adopted Katoa, Ka Ora (speed management plan) for the area.
Karioitahi is classified as a public road and currently has a speed limit of 60kph but Ngati te Ata approached Auckland Transport to request the reduction for safety and environmental reasons....
See full article HERE
Vanity defended in kauae cause
A scholar of moko kauae says the facial tattoos have long been a way wahine Māori have resisted colonial oppression.
Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens from Te Rarawa and Tokelau was awarded a master’s degree in Indigenous studies from the University of Auckland for her moko kauae dissertation.
She says the expectation for wearing a moko kauae is that you whakapapa Māori, although there is debate about whether you must also speak te reo Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
A Colossal Mistake - Dr Muriel Newman.
Just Equality: The simple path from confusion to common sense - Dr John Robinson
Propaganda:
End of Māori criteria, will increase inequity says iwi leader
ANZ is setting a silver standard when it comes to its staff talking up te reo Māori
The neoliberal attack on the Treaty of Waitangi
Shrek is going to get a te reo Māori makeover
America's Cup blessed by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei on trophy tour
End of Māori criteria, will increase inequity says iwi leader
ANZ is setting a silver standard when it comes to its staff talking up te reo Māori
The neoliberal attack on the Treaty of Waitangi
Shrek is going to get a te reo Māori makeover
America's Cup blessed by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei on trophy tour
Tuesday September 17, 2024
News:
$5.8m pledged for Parihaka infrastructure upgrade
The Government has announced it will provide a $5.8 million grant to improve water infrastructure at Parihaka in Taranaki.
Regional Development Minister, Shane Jones said the grant from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will have a multitude of benefits for the hugely significant cultural site, including keeping local waterways clean and enabling new housing.
The Parihaka papakāinga (pictured), a village on ancestral Māori land, is located on the rural coast of Taranaki and is home to three marae and about 30 dwellings.....
In a statement, Stanford said the group will provide independent advice on all matters related to Māori education in both English and Māori medium settings.
See full article HERE
Te Roroa hope for end to Kaipara lock out
A trustee for north Kaipara iwi Te Roroa says the relationship with Kaipara District Council has broken down since the election of Mayor Craig Jepson,
Delilah Parore-Southern was in the Auckland High Court last week to support Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, which had sought a judicial review on whether the way the council scrapped its Māori ward without consulting Māori was in breach of the Local Government Act.
She says the case feels like the culmination of two years of slights and insults....
See full article HERE
Hāngī Master and Hell join forces to create new hāngī pizza
Hell Pizza and Rewi Spraggon have unveiled a new peeta hāngī, or hāngī pizza, as Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori kicks off this week.
The pizza is called “unearthed” and saw Hell's Callum Davies join forces with Hāngī Master founder Spraggon – who has made hāngī dumplings and steamed buns in the past....
See full article HERE
Bad law tackles fishy problem
Carwyn Jones, who teaches law at both Victoria University of Wellington and Te Wananga o Raukawa, says the amendment not only breaches the principle of the Treaty on Waitangi, but it legislates over the top of a Court of Appeal decision and applies retrospectively to other cases now awaiting judgment.
The tribunal also flagged the way ministers refused to accept policy advice or analysis.
“We see the Government providing no evidence, no problem definition around what the issue is they are trying to address. It simply seems to be something they have made up or imagined to be a problem,” Dr Jones says.....
See full article HERE
Seymour claims race blindness data-driven
ACT leader David Seymour says a cabinet circular directing all public services be delivered according to need rather than race reflects the values ACT campaigned on.
He says under the new policy, all public services will be directed to those who are most in need, according to real analysis of all factors, rather than defaulting to race as a person’s primary characteristic.
He says policies like ethnicity-based surgical waitlists and university admission schemes are corrosive to an inclusive multi-ethnic society.....
See full article HERE
Renaming drive in spirit of Te Wiki o te reo Māori
It’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and Auckland Council has an ambitious programme to heighten awareness and use of the language across the super city.
Māori outcomes manager Nicholas Turoa says that includes an exhibition at the Central Library on the history of efforts to retain te reo Māori,
There are also projects to increase the use of te reo by staff and to increase its visibility in the community....
See full article HERE
'Hugely important': Culture Minister on Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith says Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is a "hugely important part of our culture".
Goldsmith was sporting a Māori Language Week pin on his lapel at today's post-Cabinet media conference.
"I think it's a good opportunity for everybody to — if they're interested — take stock in learning something new. I'm going to try and learn a whakataukī (proverb) a day over the week," he said.....
See full article HERE
Making te reo Māori a ‘natural’ part of early childhood education
New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC) supports the use of te reo Māori in early childhood teaching practice, focusing on weaving the language into children’s learning in natural ways.
With a commitment to biculturalism and bilingualism, the college helps students to learn te reo Māori and aspects of te ao Māori that they can take into early childhood centres around the country....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Barrie Davis: The Revised Treaty Principles Bill
Churches Bear False Witness In Attempt To Influence Politics
Dr Michael Bassett: Why are the loud mouths frightened about the principles of the treaty?
Mike Butler: Tribunal’s coastal conjuring
Propaganda:
National Party MPs stopped the Waitangi Tribunal from expressing concerns about The Treaty Principles Bill.
Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate - Paul Moon
Reo carries history of struggle
Māori Language Week returns amongst divisive Government policy agenda
The crucial place of local government in Māori sovereignty
Te Roroa hope for end to Kaipara lock out
A trustee for north Kaipara iwi Te Roroa says the relationship with Kaipara District Council has broken down since the election of Mayor Craig Jepson,
Delilah Parore-Southern was in the Auckland High Court last week to support Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, which had sought a judicial review on whether the way the council scrapped its Māori ward without consulting Māori was in breach of the Local Government Act.
She says the case feels like the culmination of two years of slights and insults....
See full article HERE
Hāngī Master and Hell join forces to create new hāngī pizza
Hell Pizza and Rewi Spraggon have unveiled a new peeta hāngī, or hāngī pizza, as Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori kicks off this week.
The pizza is called “unearthed” and saw Hell's Callum Davies join forces with Hāngī Master founder Spraggon – who has made hāngī dumplings and steamed buns in the past....
See full article HERE
Bad law tackles fishy problem
Carwyn Jones, who teaches law at both Victoria University of Wellington and Te Wananga o Raukawa, says the amendment not only breaches the principle of the Treaty on Waitangi, but it legislates over the top of a Court of Appeal decision and applies retrospectively to other cases now awaiting judgment.
The tribunal also flagged the way ministers refused to accept policy advice or analysis.
“We see the Government providing no evidence, no problem definition around what the issue is they are trying to address. It simply seems to be something they have made up or imagined to be a problem,” Dr Jones says.....
See full article HERE
Seymour claims race blindness data-driven
ACT leader David Seymour says a cabinet circular directing all public services be delivered according to need rather than race reflects the values ACT campaigned on.
He says under the new policy, all public services will be directed to those who are most in need, according to real analysis of all factors, rather than defaulting to race as a person’s primary characteristic.
He says policies like ethnicity-based surgical waitlists and university admission schemes are corrosive to an inclusive multi-ethnic society.....
See full article HERE
Renaming drive in spirit of Te Wiki o te reo Māori
It’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and Auckland Council has an ambitious programme to heighten awareness and use of the language across the super city.
Māori outcomes manager Nicholas Turoa says that includes an exhibition at the Central Library on the history of efforts to retain te reo Māori,
There are also projects to increase the use of te reo by staff and to increase its visibility in the community....
See full article HERE
'Hugely important': Culture Minister on Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith says Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is a "hugely important part of our culture".
Goldsmith was sporting a Māori Language Week pin on his lapel at today's post-Cabinet media conference.
"I think it's a good opportunity for everybody to — if they're interested — take stock in learning something new. I'm going to try and learn a whakataukī (proverb) a day over the week," he said.....
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Making te reo Māori a ‘natural’ part of early childhood education
New Zealand Tertiary College (NZTC) supports the use of te reo Māori in early childhood teaching practice, focusing on weaving the language into children’s learning in natural ways.
With a commitment to biculturalism and bilingualism, the college helps students to learn te reo Māori and aspects of te ao Māori that they can take into early childhood centres around the country....
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Monday September 16, 2024
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Why the new Māori Education Advisory Group is important
On Tuesday Education Minister Erica Stanford announced a Māori Education Ministerial Advisory Group has been established to help improve outcomes for Māori learners.
In a statement, Stanford said the group will provide independent advice on all matters related to Māori education in both English and Māori medium settings.
Hiria said our education system has long underserved Māori students and due to the inherited assimilative process within our education structures, Māori education aspirations aren’t prioritised.
“Research shows that Māori students’ success occurs when their identity as Māori is valued and privileged in their learning environments so this also includes recognising the diversity and understanding the diversity of Māori students.”
She said supporting both Māori and English medium settings is important, because 90% of Māori students are in English medium settings, and many of which don’t support their unique needs......
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“Research shows that Māori students’ success occurs when their identity as Māori is valued and privileged in their learning environments so this also includes recognising the diversity and understanding the diversity of Māori students.”
She said supporting both Māori and English medium settings is important, because 90% of Māori students are in English medium settings, and many of which don’t support their unique needs......
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How artificial intelligence may help NZ birds
Astudy to identify individual kākā using AI has received a funding boost of $1 million, one of a number of research projects using artificial intelligence "for good".
Lensen said the funding would allow them to put in more cameras, test new methods like deep learning, and lean more into a mātauranga Māori approach.
"There's a big chunk of research around matauranga Māori, and trying to reconnect Māori with kākā," he said. "Before colonisation, they were seen as gods, or atua."....
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Astudy to identify individual kākā using AI has received a funding boost of $1 million, one of a number of research projects using artificial intelligence "for good".
Lensen said the funding would allow them to put in more cameras, test new methods like deep learning, and lean more into a mātauranga Māori approach.
"There's a big chunk of research around matauranga Māori, and trying to reconnect Māori with kākā," he said. "Before colonisation, they were seen as gods, or atua."....
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PM Christopher Luxon says most NZers don’t support Treaty Principles Bill amid challenge from supposed National Party member
While on Newstalk ZB this morning, Luxon took a call from Michael who identified himself as a National Party member and questioned why Luxon had ruled out supporting Act’s bill, claiming there was “huge” support for Act leader David Seymour’s effort to re-define the Treaty principles.
Before Luxon answered, ZB host Kerre Woodham challenged Michael on the level of support for the bill, acknowledging supporters might be “vocal” but not huge in number.
Luxon, reiterating National’s intention to vote against the bill after it finished in select committee, argued New Zealanders wanted the Government to focus more on addressing the high cost of living and to improve health and education services.
Luxon, reiterating National’s intention to vote against the bill after it finished in select committee, argued New Zealanders wanted the Government to focus more on addressing the high cost of living and to improve health and education services.
He restated his view the bill was “incredibly divisive and unhelpful”....
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Reo Māori the ‘beating heart’ of Aotearoa New Zealand - Tama Potaka
From private business to the Paris Olympics, reo Māori is growing with the success of New Zealanders, says Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka.
“I’m joining New Zealanders across the country in celebrating this year’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week, which has a big range of events running from 14 to 21 September. This year’s theme is Ake Ake Ake - A Forever Language.
“At the recent Olympics, te reo Māori featured as part of our national bid in front of the world. Let’s take that pride in nationhood and keep it going into Te Wiki and beyond.
“Te reo Māori is the beating heart of Aotearoa New Zealand. The language is pumping with life and the many new terms also enable Māori speakers to express the everchanging world around them and continue to use Māori as a normal means of communication......
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Reo Māori the ‘beating heart’ of Aotearoa New Zealand - Tama Potaka
From private business to the Paris Olympics, reo Māori is growing with the success of New Zealanders, says Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka.
“I’m joining New Zealanders across the country in celebrating this year’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week, which has a big range of events running from 14 to 21 September. This year’s theme is Ake Ake Ake - A Forever Language.
“At the recent Olympics, te reo Māori featured as part of our national bid in front of the world. Let’s take that pride in nationhood and keep it going into Te Wiki and beyond.
“Te reo Māori is the beating heart of Aotearoa New Zealand. The language is pumping with life and the many new terms also enable Māori speakers to express the everchanging world around them and continue to use Māori as a normal means of communication......
See full article HERE
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When the public and government acquiesced to te reo being made an official language the great majority envisaged the simple established limited basisc traditional lingo. Something astute persons could pick up from a few night classes. Only the most artful and conniving maori saw it as a vast make work (for them) and insurgency propoagtion industry with a made up maori word to substitute for a huge proportion of the expansive and very functional English language. Instead of directing energy to improving the standard of living of maori, in which they generally lag, immense effort is frittered on expanding, learning and propagating a contrived version of an obsolete stone age lingo.
Look over here, not over there said the current selected CEO of our corporate state, aided and abetted by statist shill Woodham.
Meanwhile, Reo Māori the ‘beating heart’ of Aotearoa New Zealand, our forever language - Tama Potaka.
To Kerre and Chris Luxon: let’s have a referendum and find out how many NZers really do or don’t support the Treaty Principles Bill. Let the people speak.
Willie Jackson has gone from broadcasting and RNZ. But his maorification programme has not abated; if anything has accelerated. Typical example RNZ Sat morning. Conducted by the lack lustre relentlessly pro maori Mahigaringi Forbes who disguises as a colonist (presumably to put interviewees off guard). Early on the Black Ferns hug of King Charles. No admonition for the cultural audacity and transgression. How would a random embrace of the new maori queen be accepted? Likely with a taiaha blow. Then a piece about someone who has taught Pacific languages. No questions about the huge detrimental diversionary effect. Of considerable interest to many maori pursuing the same but negligible to others. Then a lengthy segment about an extended marathon runner...Inia Raumati. Followed by Playing Favourites... of a maori couple.Then Mapuna the long weekly overdose of showoff te reo, hyenic guffaw, and matters maori ; with all its highly detailed in house maori minutae and name dropping. This time a new manager at Ngai Tahu.All far too heavy for most maori, except those at the forefront of the rebellion. And even more tedious for non maori, although some like me suffer to monitor progress of the insurrection. I don’t know what influence the Minister of Broadcasting has but suspect Melissa Lee would have better catered for the majority.
I suspect many colonists were originally sympathetic toward Ngai Tahu because of their less arrogant and confrontational stance. But now they very clearly work to exploit Treaty reinterpretations just as their power crazy former arch enemies up north do
Re: PM Christopher Luxon says most NZers don’t support Treaty Principles Bill - That assertion is arrogant in the extreme as I am sure many others have written to their MP clearly indicating as I have that it bothers us greatly that the National party appears to be avoiding the biggest elephant in the room, namely this co-governance issue. Further that if this is not addressed head on then, frankly we can all forget getting the economy back on a sound footing or any of the other points in the National plan. We specifically asked our National MP to please explain to us why his party did not appear to be planning to deal with co-governance or the Treaty manipulation that has led to the anti-democratic, Orwellian spectre of tribal rule pervading NZ via the co-governance vehicle? Of course we did not receive any response. The Treaty Principles Bill stance is simply more of the same burying of heads in the sand and nothing to see here attitude. The division Luxon speaks of is not caused by the Bill, it has been growing under his feet as it did in PM Key's time and in ignoring this, Luxon is doing a massive disservice to New Zealand. The only problem with a Citizens' initiated referendum would be that I gather it would be non-binding, more is the pity! However, it would show just what percentage of the NZ public do want the Seymour's Bill and the discussion to be had all the way to a proper binding referendum.
re 16th. The new Maori Education Advisory group, from its members, is clearly not going to be concerned with raising maori real world achievement to the norm. It is simply going to further increase prowess in matters maori, and ensure an ongong united political bloc. Maori will continue to protest that their difference in real world achievement is caused by discrimination, not non or misapplication of effort..
Rather hard to lift the achievements of Maori students if they don't attend school, be it with or without a lunch. What really has "underserved Maori students" in education is their parents, and typically the lack of two of them and appropriate encouragement and support. This proposal is just more money (and jobs for the boys & girls), more virtue signalling, and more waste of time.
re 17th. The money poured into obscure Parihaka is unbelievable. $5 million on top of a previous $14 million plus private grants. All to prop up a rates exempt village conveniently remote from the risk of employment. No amount will counter its endless promotion as a symbol of claimed maori oppression. Whilst a myriad rural communities have vanished as uneconomic, money is poured in to prop up even less productive maori settlements. Presumably, despite colossal subsidy, occupants can draw all available unemployment and other benefits. This encouragement of rural maori retreats (and future slums) is contrary to all other rural policies.
Phrases Goldsmith would be well advised to start with. "Hoatu he koromatua tango te wae wae" and "kia wakatamuri te haere whakamua". On Monday on RNZ two te reo proponents were given unfettered time to plug for te reo. Not a hint of question of the relative worth of involving significant gdp in the promotion.
of a mostly recently contrived variant of an obsolete stone age language.
And with the pressure on Auckland rates expenditure it is riling to see so much spent on promotion of counter efficency te reo.
Spot on. The economy - though in a dire state - is the smokescreen for the real issue. Mr Luxon is playing a dangerous game - many more citizens are now aware of the gravity of the situation ( compared to the era of Key and co.).
Re 18th The Treaty is an intriguing device. Maori use it to seek greater share of the commercial fishing right, and to reduce the commercial right. Despite the private maori catch no longer for iwi of a few hundred, from paddled waka with hand woven flax nets and bone hooks, the Treaty will not be invoked to contain the maori non openly commercial catch..
I can imagine the embarrassment of a full moko kauae toting firebrand , but lacking te reo, being embraced in te reo by some other ardent insurgent. Perhaps a bar code symbol can be included to indicate te reo status and reduce embarrassment.
I presume a mere million dollars is of little consequence to Watercare but should they question how the money is spent what influence will they have? Will it prop up yet another cosy employment number with no real output?
One wonders at what level the compulsory indoctrination course at Auckland University was approved. Is the power of threatened cancellation such that no one raised the effect on the university reputation, and its huge diminishment in the eyes of rational overseas parties? Is obscure coded wording now so universal in academic circles that the syllabus statement will not be seen overseas as absurd? For the exams most students will simply echo the answers they know are required. Whilst some will become genuinely indoctrinated and captured as intended ,the great majority will fully grasp their open duplicity. Hardly ideal ethics for our future important citizens. One wonders just how many overseas studentcs come here genuinely seeking education, and how many are just seeking entry into welfare paradise. In which case duplicity is fully understood.
In Wairoa it will be interesting to see what degree of division will be fomented by maori ownership of the local newspaper.
Advice: leave NZ as soon as possible. This is beyond reason. People have not protested in time - now they reap the result - too late to reverse.
Re 21st. Legal decisions can usually be predicted by applying the test "What is best (financially) for the profession?"
If a Maori Board cannot elicit clear accounts from its employees, how is IRD placated? Family and tribal nepotism is a great concern for persons and organisations (councils etc) invested in maori business; a tradition of non or obscure accounting fosters the doubts.
Considering how many maori children are hampered in education by limited facility in English it is absurd the time and effort devoted to stone age hobby te reo. Good pronunciation in te reo fosters speech damaging in English.
I am astonished at the number of signatories to the petition about proposed Treaty clarification. Individual members are not canvassed. It demonstrates the power of cancellation and the degree to which the pro maori movement has artfully permeated so many organisations. The more able are now deterred from such organisations, preferring a life without endless contrived confrontation. It is easier to sign than not. The clerics with their petition had the excuse of limited facility.
Judging by their modern teaching acheivements, the education group qualify for the same excuse.
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