Tuesday October 15, 2024
News:
Māori 'too often' under-served by financial system - Adrian Orr
Private and public sectors must work together to improve Māori access to finance, according to the head of the Reserve Bank.
The central bank's governor Adrian Orr said Māori were "too often" under-served by the financial system, in both access and relevant financial products.
"This should disappoint all New Zealanders, in part given that the Māori economy remains one of the largest potential sources of economic growth," he said.
Orr highlighted BERL's most recent report on the Māori economy, which calculated it grew at nearly twice the rate of the total economy between 2013 and 2018.....
See full article HERE
Govt to change or remove Treaty of Waitangi provisions in 28 laws
The Government has identified 28 pieces of legislation, dating back to 1986, that will have their Treaty of Waitangi provisions scrutinised with a view to change or repeal the clauses.
The NZ First-National coalition agreement commits the Government to conducting a comprehensive review of all legislation (except when it is related to, or substantive to, existing full....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Māori-Samoan physiotherapist researching ways to better support Māori and Pasifika heart issues
With mātauranga Māori and Pasifika knowledge, Tofi will focus on how medical professionals deliver services, how to retain indigenous staff, and what needs to change to ensure communities are served equitably.
His study is supported by a three-year fellowship from the NZ Heart Foundation....
See full article HERE
The Hui: Treaty activists “expect 50,000“ to join protest hīkoi
Activist group Toitū te Tiriti is anticipating 50-thousand marchers will join its planned week-long protest hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill next month.
Toitū te Tiriti spokesperson Eru Kapa-Kingi revealed details of the hīkoi itinerary to The Hui host Julian Wilcox on Monday and said he was confident the protest would attract wide support.
“I'm thinking north of 50,000. That might be aspirational, but we've reached a million as a people. And millions of others, Tangata Tiriti support the kaupapa”....
See full article HERE
New tech hub gifted te reo Māori name
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is excited to announce that the scale up company workspace that was opened earlier this year in the Pipitea campus has been gifted an official name by mana whenua.
It is called Taiawa Wellington Tech Hub—the name Taiawa is a combination of two words, tai (ocean) and awa (river), which aims to reflect the collaborative elements of entities from different sources combining together to operate in a shared space, supporting innovative ideas and creating a space for creative interconnections.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Anne Salmond: Arrogance laced with ignorance
We need a significantly scaled-up Māori health workforce
Five things I didn’t know about Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Debating David Seymour
Joel Maxwell: Here’s how ACT gets a Treaty principles referendum regardless of what the PM says
Tama Potaka’s iwi-led project seeks to house Māori, fast-track project to double prison numbers
Orr highlighted BERL's most recent report on the Māori economy, which calculated it grew at nearly twice the rate of the total economy between 2013 and 2018.....
See full article HERE
Govt to change or remove Treaty of Waitangi provisions in 28 laws
The Government has identified 28 pieces of legislation, dating back to 1986, that will have their Treaty of Waitangi provisions scrutinised with a view to change or repeal the clauses.
The NZ First-National coalition agreement commits the Government to conducting a comprehensive review of all legislation (except when it is related to, or substantive to, existing full....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Māori-Samoan physiotherapist researching ways to better support Māori and Pasifika heart issues
With mātauranga Māori and Pasifika knowledge, Tofi will focus on how medical professionals deliver services, how to retain indigenous staff, and what needs to change to ensure communities are served equitably.
His study is supported by a three-year fellowship from the NZ Heart Foundation....
See full article HERE
The Hui: Treaty activists “expect 50,000“ to join protest hīkoi
Activist group Toitū te Tiriti is anticipating 50-thousand marchers will join its planned week-long protest hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill next month.
Toitū te Tiriti spokesperson Eru Kapa-Kingi revealed details of the hīkoi itinerary to The Hui host Julian Wilcox on Monday and said he was confident the protest would attract wide support.
“I'm thinking north of 50,000. That might be aspirational, but we've reached a million as a people. And millions of others, Tangata Tiriti support the kaupapa”....
See full article HERE
New tech hub gifted te reo Māori name
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington is excited to announce that the scale up company workspace that was opened earlier this year in the Pipitea campus has been gifted an official name by mana whenua.
It is called Taiawa Wellington Tech Hub—the name Taiawa is a combination of two words, tai (ocean) and awa (river), which aims to reflect the collaborative elements of entities from different sources combining together to operate in a shared space, supporting innovative ideas and creating a space for creative interconnections.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Anne Salmond: Arrogance laced with ignorance
We need a significantly scaled-up Māori health workforce
Five things I didn’t know about Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Debating David Seymour
Joel Maxwell: Here’s how ACT gets a Treaty principles referendum regardless of what the PM says
Tama Potaka’s iwi-led project seeks to house Māori, fast-track project to double prison numbers
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2 comments:
Māori 'too often' under-served by financial system - Adrian Orr?
Corporate Maori Iwi with the help of the corporate state tax slaves, have benefited by $billions thanks to the apartheid system set up for them in 1975 by the corporate state, based on a “misrepresentation” of our early history.
re 15th. It is staggering that so many maori have managed to arrange their lives so that they are idle and available to attend giant hui in public revolt. The general low level of education ensures that little or no rational question is applied, and provides the propagandist stirrers with a huge susceptible audience. And the uncritical msm and RNZ are sure to give the organisers plenty of supportive publicity. The vast sums of subsidy spent on the insurgency coordination centres (marae), by enabling and assisting the drawcard mass party aspect, have effectively supported the revolt.
It is gratifying to read that removal of references to the Treaty from much legislation is being considered. The absurdity is that members of parliament were so naive as to allow it there in the first place. Let's hope there are no foolish compromises as with the Treaty Principles bill.
The general adoption of maori names makes for confusion and inefficiency. With maori names for matters primarily maori the public know where they are and what to avoid to not waste time. In English the function can often be deduced from the name. But now endless time is wasted trying to translate and figure functions from metaphoric te reo, and to fathom what is primarily race based by maori for maori, with no or just token provision for others.
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