Tuesday October 1, 2024
News:
Masterton DC And Iwi Partners Sign Welcoming Communities Commitment
Masterton District Council has reinforced its strong commitment to inclusivity and community cohesion by signing the Welcoming Communities’ Statement of Commitment with iwi partners.
The signing is the final step in achieving Stage 1 accreditation as a Welcoming Community.
The signing ceremony saw the commitment agreement signed by Mayor Gary Caffell, Chief Executive Kym Fell, and key leaders from local iwi, including Rangitāne o Wairarapa's Mihirangi Hollings, Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa's Taiawhio Gemmell, and Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa Iwi Development Trust's Pou Whakahaere, Tia Tuuta....
See full article HERE
Māori vacuum in pace agenda
The Māori Working Group on Aerospace says it’s shocked mention of Māori or the Treaty of Waitangi has been removed from the latest version of the New Zealand Aerospace Strategy.
Dr Pauline Harris, who chairs the Māori Working Group on Aerospace says Māori have worked for years to encourage aerospace development through initiatives such as the National Aerospace Centre in Christchurch – which sits on Māori whenua..
“The last time, in the last iteration it specifically had reference to Te Tiriti. But now they don’t have any reference… and the only word they have is cultural,” she says....
See full article HERE
Indigenous approach to water spreading
A Māori earth sciences expert says the Māori approach to the protection and sustainable use of water is gaining momentum.
Auckland University associate professor Dan Hikuroa was one of the closing speakers at last week’s Water New Zealand conference.
He says Maori input to local councils has brought a more holisitic view to resource management, and more in line with a global trend to give indigenous practices more attention.....
See full article HERE
UN Human Rights Office sends please-explain to NZ government
The United Nations Human Rights Office has sent a please-explain to the New Zealand government over the alleged breach of human rights of Māori in Nelson and Waikato.
The letter, signed by three UN independent human rights experts, asks about the alleged violation of the rights to land, territories, and resources of the Māori indigenous communities in Whakatū/Nelson and Wairarapa Moana in Waikato.
It comes as Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced the government is accepting the majority of human rights recommendations received at the fourth Universal Period Review in Geneva, but not recommending it implement a plan of action on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
The Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that the government must honour a land deal struck in the 1830s between the New Zealand Company and Māori in the Nelson region....
See full article HERE
New chair announced for Ngāi Tahu’s $2.14 billion corporation
A new chairman has been announced to take over leadership of Ngāi Tahu’s multi-billion dollar corporation.
Warwick Tauwhare-George (Ngāi Tahu-Ngāti Waewae, Ngāti Wheke, and Ngāti Hikairo - Waipapa) was announced as the new chair of Ngāi Tahu Holdings on Monday.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings manages $2.14 billion in investment portfolios for the rūnanga, covering tourism, property, seafood, farming and investments, according to its 2023 annual report.
For the 2022/23 financial year the corporation distributed $75.4 million to the charitable trust of the iwi.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Reo Māori course for teachers has a 96% pass rate, so why cut funding, director asks
Writing roughshod over te reo: Stanford’s maths on Māori language doesn’t add up
See full article HERE
Māori vacuum in pace agenda
The Māori Working Group on Aerospace says it’s shocked mention of Māori or the Treaty of Waitangi has been removed from the latest version of the New Zealand Aerospace Strategy.
Dr Pauline Harris, who chairs the Māori Working Group on Aerospace says Māori have worked for years to encourage aerospace development through initiatives such as the National Aerospace Centre in Christchurch – which sits on Māori whenua..
“The last time, in the last iteration it specifically had reference to Te Tiriti. But now they don’t have any reference… and the only word they have is cultural,” she says....
See full article HERE
Indigenous approach to water spreading
A Māori earth sciences expert says the Māori approach to the protection and sustainable use of water is gaining momentum.
Auckland University associate professor Dan Hikuroa was one of the closing speakers at last week’s Water New Zealand conference.
He says Maori input to local councils has brought a more holisitic view to resource management, and more in line with a global trend to give indigenous practices more attention.....
See full article HERE
UN Human Rights Office sends please-explain to NZ government
The United Nations Human Rights Office has sent a please-explain to the New Zealand government over the alleged breach of human rights of Māori in Nelson and Waikato.
The letter, signed by three UN independent human rights experts, asks about the alleged violation of the rights to land, territories, and resources of the Māori indigenous communities in Whakatū/Nelson and Wairarapa Moana in Waikato.
It comes as Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith announced the government is accepting the majority of human rights recommendations received at the fourth Universal Period Review in Geneva, but not recommending it implement a plan of action on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
The Supreme Court ruled in 2017 that the government must honour a land deal struck in the 1830s between the New Zealand Company and Māori in the Nelson region....
See full article HERE
New chair announced for Ngāi Tahu’s $2.14 billion corporation
A new chairman has been announced to take over leadership of Ngāi Tahu’s multi-billion dollar corporation.
Warwick Tauwhare-George (Ngāi Tahu-Ngāti Waewae, Ngāti Wheke, and Ngāti Hikairo - Waipapa) was announced as the new chair of Ngāi Tahu Holdings on Monday.
Ngāi Tahu Holdings manages $2.14 billion in investment portfolios for the rūnanga, covering tourism, property, seafood, farming and investments, according to its 2023 annual report.
For the 2022/23 financial year the corporation distributed $75.4 million to the charitable trust of the iwi.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Reo Māori course for teachers has a 96% pass rate, so why cut funding, director asks
Writing roughshod over te reo: Stanford’s maths on Māori language doesn’t add up
The dangers of feeding discord with today’s rangatahi
Joel Maxwell: Does my Māoritanga help me with my middle-age-tanga?
Go on strike Tamihere tells teachers
Joel Maxwell: Does my Māoritanga help me with my middle-age-tanga?
Go on strike Tamihere tells teachers
Monday September 30, 2024
News:
Whose identity are we protecting? The question of adding te reo Māori names to Selwyn’s wards
When asked if Māori names should be added to Selwyn’s ward names, one woman said “heritage and tradition are important. So is identity”.
“Are you hoping to change the names and confuse everyone?” she said.
“Are you hoping to change the names and confuse everyone?” she said.
This comment is one of hundreds submitted during consultation on the Selwyn District Council’s representation review.
The council asked residents: “Do you support the name suggestions for the four local electoral wards from Malvern; Rolleston; Ellesmere; and Springs to Tawera Malvern Ward; Kā Mānia Rolleston Ward; Te Waihora Ellesmere Ward; and Kā Puna Springs Ward?”
Of the 582 people who answered the question, about a third were for the change. The majority were against the addition of reo Māori.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori Should Change Oil And Gas Ban Stance
“Te Pāti Māori should swing in behind oil and gas exploration, they’ll need it to keep their jetset ways going. With one MP spending $3,000 a week on flights, Te Pāti Māori have managed to overtake the Greens, often the biggest flyers and climate hypocrites,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Just four days ago, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was posting in support of Iwi opposed to oil and gas exploration. She even called hydrocarbons that could be found off the Taranaki coast—like jet fuel—‘twilight fossil fuels.’
“As it turns out, Debbie was burning them like nobody’s business. Her $39,000 bill flying around was more than all five of ACT’s non-Minister MPs....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Willie Jackson on proposed cuts to Whakaata Māori
A defining and transformative conflict
Compulsory context
The council asked residents: “Do you support the name suggestions for the four local electoral wards from Malvern; Rolleston; Ellesmere; and Springs to Tawera Malvern Ward; Kā Mānia Rolleston Ward; Te Waihora Ellesmere Ward; and Kā Puna Springs Ward?”
Of the 582 people who answered the question, about a third were for the change. The majority were against the addition of reo Māori.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori Should Change Oil And Gas Ban Stance
“Te Pāti Māori should swing in behind oil and gas exploration, they’ll need it to keep their jetset ways going. With one MP spending $3,000 a week on flights, Te Pāti Māori have managed to overtake the Greens, often the biggest flyers and climate hypocrites,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Just four days ago, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer was posting in support of Iwi opposed to oil and gas exploration. She even called hydrocarbons that could be found off the Taranaki coast—like jet fuel—‘twilight fossil fuels.’
“As it turns out, Debbie was burning them like nobody’s business. Her $39,000 bill flying around was more than all five of ACT’s non-Minister MPs....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Willie Jackson on proposed cuts to Whakaata Māori
A defining and transformative conflict
Compulsory context
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2 comments:
Usually, Council conducted local surveys re maori names are hopelessly compromised. The scarcity of maori in the SI has hopefully saved the situation in this case.With their vast extended families, uncertain addresses, social lifestyle. idle time, insurgency coordination centres (marae) , maraes at schools, kapa haka groups, gang networks, and myriad active propagandists, maori are well organised to swamp surveys and usually do.. Walking the suburbs and observing letter boxes I am surprised at thegeneral lack of interest in local newspapers and other circulars. A huge number of non maori are very fully occupied with the demands of life and have no time for extensive idle social contact. Whilst most are against confusing maori names they are too busy to bother with the response process. In any case maori names should not exceed three syllables or however many the existing English has. Most maori names are very unmemorable and represent inefficiency and confusion, especially serious in th case of emergency services. A local park has all the bridges elaborately and expensively labelled with maori names, but are only referred to as the yellow, the blue bridge etc.The pander to maori cult has got totally out of hand. Maori acquire mana by inflicting maori names, the more tangled the greater the mana for putting it over the colonist descendants.
It never ceases to amaze how councils devote effort and money (if only as time) pandering to maori self promotion schemes. It is difficult to see how maori indoctrination should be a prime emphasis for new immigrants to the area and a significant concern for council. Involving immigrants in the Treaty reinterpretation scramble without qualifying for the benefits available to trace maori will simply serve to remind immigrants of the dangerous developments of race relations in NZ and encourage them to move on.
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