Saturday March 1, 2025
News:
Lake Rotokākahi: Judge orders pause to sewerage works as hearing set
An Environment Court judge has ordered works on a controversial sewerage scheme to pause ahead of an urgent hearing.
A group protesting the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme pipeline path going under the road at wahi tapu Lake Rotokākahi made the application to halt work last week. It is the latest legal hurdle for Rotorua Lakes Council to complete the works.
In court notes, the judge said he had “significant worries in both directions” and pausing the work was a pragmatic response to an “urgent but complex problem”.
The project would connect hundreds of Tarawera households to the town sewerage system and is aimed at reducing lake pollution.....
See full article HERE
Iwi refused leave to appeal
An iwi battling for formal recognition by the Gisborne District Council as being the owner of fresh water in its traditional territory has been dealt another blow by the courts but is vowing to fight on.
This month the trust that represents Te Whanau a Kai (TWK) was refused leave....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu proposes restructure
“Our obligation to grow and protect the pūtea (money) for future generations is enduring, and we must continually consider how we are best serving Ngāi Tahu through our work.
“With $2 billion of tribal assets, our position remains strong.”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Chris Lynch: ‘Racism on steroids’
John McLean: The cock Roche and the Heron
Video:
Michael Laws questions the selective use of Māori words.
Propaganda:
From protest to partnership: Pākaitore legacy 30 years on
Hauora Taiwhenua Presents 10-Point Action Plan for Rural Māori Health
Whakanoa Weaves Cultural Safety Into Medical Training
Government Delivers Another Gut Punch To Māori With Proposal To De-fund Expert Teachers
The Aotearoa complaints have gone up
The project would connect hundreds of Tarawera households to the town sewerage system and is aimed at reducing lake pollution.....
See full article HERE
Iwi refused leave to appeal
An iwi battling for formal recognition by the Gisborne District Council as being the owner of fresh water in its traditional territory has been dealt another blow by the courts but is vowing to fight on.
This month the trust that represents Te Whanau a Kai (TWK) was refused leave....(paywall)
See full article HERE
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu proposes restructure
“Our obligation to grow and protect the pūtea (money) for future generations is enduring, and we must continually consider how we are best serving Ngāi Tahu through our work.
“With $2 billion of tribal assets, our position remains strong.”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Chris Lynch: ‘Racism on steroids’
John McLean: The cock Roche and the Heron
Video:
Michael Laws questions the selective use of Māori words.
Propaganda:
From protest to partnership: Pākaitore legacy 30 years on
Hauora Taiwhenua Presents 10-Point Action Plan for Rural Māori Health
Whakanoa Weaves Cultural Safety Into Medical Training
Government Delivers Another Gut Punch To Māori With Proposal To De-fund Expert Teachers
The Aotearoa complaints have gone up
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Friday February 28, 2025
News:
Farmers seeking end to riverbed litigation
Landowners with farms bordering the Hoteo River, north of Auckland, are hopeful their pressure will influence the outcome of two applications by local iwi relating to ownership of the riverbed.
"It shouldn't be happening," Colin Smith, Auckland Council's local ward representative for the Wellsford subdivision, told a public meeting in the town this month.
"My family has been here for 160 years, but I've not had this in all my life. We've always come together to get things done but this is dividing the community."
Smith asked for a show of hands from the over 50 people attending the meeting as to who supported the status quo, with the majority voting that way. Two iwi members voted for iwi ownership of the riverbed....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Hāua, Ruapehu District Council sign ‘historic’ partnership deal
Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust and Ruapehu District Council are keeping confidential the details of a “historic” partnership agreement signed at a council meeting on Wednesday.
The agreement was signed by representatives of both parties at Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae in Taumarunui.
The council said the agreement provided a basis for developing the relationship between the council and Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust.....
See full article HERE
Group wants seats for iwi at council
Ōpōtiki district iwi collective Toi Rāwhiti presented their vision of what a Te Tiriti-led local government could look like at a Represenation Review hearing on Tuesday.
They sought an equal number of general and Māori ward positions; for each of the district’s three iwi, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai and Te Whānau a Apanui to be represented by a councillor; and that Māori ward boundaries align with tribal boundaries.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Troubling questions abound in Manurewa Marae saga
Mike Butler: Treaty settlement total sensitive?
Centrist: Waitangi Day - A manufactured cycle of outrage
RMA ineffective at protecting water, Ngāi Tahu witness says
"My family has been here for 160 years, but I've not had this in all my life. We've always come together to get things done but this is dividing the community."
Smith asked for a show of hands from the over 50 people attending the meeting as to who supported the status quo, with the majority voting that way. Two iwi members voted for iwi ownership of the riverbed....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Hāua, Ruapehu District Council sign ‘historic’ partnership deal
Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust and Ruapehu District Council are keeping confidential the details of a “historic” partnership agreement signed at a council meeting on Wednesday.
The agreement was signed by representatives of both parties at Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae in Taumarunui.
The council said the agreement provided a basis for developing the relationship between the council and Ngāti Hāua Iwi Trust.....
See full article HERE
Group wants seats for iwi at council
Ōpōtiki district iwi collective Toi Rāwhiti presented their vision of what a Te Tiriti-led local government could look like at a Represenation Review hearing on Tuesday.
They sought an equal number of general and Māori ward positions; for each of the district’s three iwi, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai and Te Whānau a Apanui to be represented by a councillor; and that Māori ward boundaries align with tribal boundaries.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Troubling questions abound in Manurewa Marae saga
Mike Butler: Treaty settlement total sensitive?
Centrist: Waitangi Day - A manufactured cycle of outrage
RMA ineffective at protecting water, Ngāi Tahu witness says
Thursday February 27, 2025
News:
Māori Housing Partnership To Deliver 100 Affordable Rental Homes
A further $36 million Government investment into affordable Māori housing will benefit whānau across Aotearoa New Zealand, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says.
The Minister today announced additional funding of $36 million to national iwi collective Ka Uruora that will continue momentum and enable the delivery of 100 affordable rental homes across Auckland, Marlborough / Nelson, Taranaki, Waikato, Thames and Hawke’s Bay.
The Minister today announced additional funding of $36 million to national iwi collective Ka Uruora that will continue momentum and enable the delivery of 100 affordable rental homes across Auckland, Marlborough / Nelson, Taranaki, Waikato, Thames and Hawke’s Bay.
“The partnership with Ka Uruora will see them contribute $26 million into the delivery of these 100 affordable rentals.” Mr Potaka said.....
See full article HERE
Finalists announced for 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year AwardsKiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year:
Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year:
Tāme Iti (Bay of Plenty Te Moana a Toi) – A long-time Māori rights advocate, leading a powerful hīkoi to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in 2024.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Te Matatini 2025: Finance Minister Nicola Willis receives rock star welcome on opening day of ‘kapa haka Olympics’
Willie Jackson criticizes Luxon’s leadership
Finalists announced for 2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year AwardsKiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year:
Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year:
Tāme Iti (Bay of Plenty Te Moana a Toi) – A long-time Māori rights advocate, leading a powerful hīkoi to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in 2024.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Te Matatini 2025: Finance Minister Nicola Willis receives rock star welcome on opening day of ‘kapa haka Olympics’
Willie Jackson criticizes Luxon’s leadership
Wednesday February 26, 2025
News:
Seven arrests at Lake Rotokākahi sewerage pipeline protests
Seven people were arrested for trespass after refusing to leave the Tarawera Sewerage worksite during a sewerage pipeline protest at Lake Rotokākahi, police say.
Police said about 80 officers met protesters on Monday night.
Police said about 80 officers met protesters on Monday night.
The protesters said Tūhourangi and Ngāti Tūmatawera and supporters were peacefully holding space to oppose the sewer line through a wāhi tapu site.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Pipeline protest: Arrested protestors not charged
Consortium proposal to buyout MMH
Today it was announced that a consortium, comprising the Northland Regional Council (“NRC”), Port of Tauranga (“POT”) and Tupu Tonu (“TT”), had conditionally agreed to buy out minority shareholders in Marsden Maritime Holdings (“MMH”) in order to simplify the NZX group’s ownership structure through delisting its shares and bringing full control of Northport under a single ownership umbrella. Currently MMH owns 50% of Northport, and POT the other 50%.
TT comments – Ben Dalton, Chair
“We are pleased to be working closely with NRC to ensure that Ngāpuhi hapū and iwi interests are reflected in the ownership and future of MMH and Northport.”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: “Competency standards” for New Zealand pharmacists released....
David Lillis: Further Concerns about the Public Service
JD: You Have to Feel Sorry for Tamihere
Propaganda:
Greens stand in solidarity with mana whenua of Lake Rotokākahi
Crown position ‘directly contradicts my recollection’
Mātauranga Māori principles from a Kaupapa Māori perspective
More on the above here > Pipeline protest: Arrested protestors not charged
Consortium proposal to buyout MMH
Today it was announced that a consortium, comprising the Northland Regional Council (“NRC”), Port of Tauranga (“POT”) and Tupu Tonu (“TT”), had conditionally agreed to buy out minority shareholders in Marsden Maritime Holdings (“MMH”) in order to simplify the NZX group’s ownership structure through delisting its shares and bringing full control of Northport under a single ownership umbrella. Currently MMH owns 50% of Northport, and POT the other 50%.
TT comments – Ben Dalton, Chair
“We are pleased to be working closely with NRC to ensure that Ngāpuhi hapū and iwi interests are reflected in the ownership and future of MMH and Northport.”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: “Competency standards” for New Zealand pharmacists released....
David Lillis: Further Concerns about the Public Service
JD: You Have to Feel Sorry for Tamihere
Propaganda:
Greens stand in solidarity with mana whenua of Lake Rotokākahi
Crown position ‘directly contradicts my recollection’
Mātauranga Māori principles from a Kaupapa Māori perspective
Tuesday February 25, 2025
News:
Lake Rotokākahi protest expected as Tarawera sewerage project restarts amid new legal stoush
Police say they will be present “alongside council staff” at a tapu Rotorua lake tonight as work on a controversial pipeline resumes.
It comes as protesters gather at Lake Rotokākahi and an iwi group makes a last-minute legal bid to stop construction work.
It comes as protesters gather at Lake Rotokākahi and an iwi group makes a last-minute legal bid to stop construction work.
Rotorua Lakes Council contractors are due to resume work tonight to enable the last 1.3km of pipeline in the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme to resume being laid.
Opposition to the project, including from the group that oversees the iwi-owned lake, has forced work to pause several times.....
See full article HERE
Heron Report deepens Māori distrust in Government
Labour’s Manurewa MP says the Heron Report may have deepened distrust between Māori and the Government in her electorate.
Last week, the report, commissioned by Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, found Stats NZ and other government agencies failed to safeguard personal data during COVID-19 vaccination and Census 2023 drives at Manurewa Marae.
Arena Williams says this will have lasting effects on how government services are funded through Māori organisations and the trust Māori in Manurewa have in the Government.....
See full article HERE
ACC supports pinnacle event for Māori performing arts
ACC is joining Te Matatini again as sponsors this week and we’ll be on site to provide the largest ever offering of rongoā Māori services for people who are competing and supporting the event....
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Consequences of Appeasement - Dr Muriel Newman.
Too Intimidated to Speak Out? - Fiona Mackenzie.
Propaganda:
Understanding haka: More than just a ‘war dance’ in New Zealand culture - Anaru Eketone
Māori approaches hold key to success in China
No penance in privatisation
Māori cut-through unlocks success in China
Research cuts threaten future of Māori academia
Opposition to the project, including from the group that oversees the iwi-owned lake, has forced work to pause several times.....
See full article HERE
Heron Report deepens Māori distrust in Government
Labour’s Manurewa MP says the Heron Report may have deepened distrust between Māori and the Government in her electorate.
Last week, the report, commissioned by Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, found Stats NZ and other government agencies failed to safeguard personal data during COVID-19 vaccination and Census 2023 drives at Manurewa Marae.
Arena Williams says this will have lasting effects on how government services are funded through Māori organisations and the trust Māori in Manurewa have in the Government.....
See full article HERE
ACC supports pinnacle event for Māori performing arts
ACC is joining Te Matatini again as sponsors this week and we’ll be on site to provide the largest ever offering of rongoā Māori services for people who are competing and supporting the event....
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Consequences of Appeasement - Dr Muriel Newman.
Too Intimidated to Speak Out? - Fiona Mackenzie.
Propaganda:
Understanding haka: More than just a ‘war dance’ in New Zealand culture - Anaru Eketone
Māori approaches hold key to success in China
No penance in privatisation
Māori cut-through unlocks success in China
Research cuts threaten future of Māori academia
Monday February 24, 2025
News:
Iwi bid to challenge supermarket duopoly suffers setback
An ambitious plan led by Waikato Tainui to launch a third supermarket group to challenge the existing duopoly is understood to have become bogged down after millions of dollars were spent on a business plan.
The Sunday-Star Times learnt in 2023 that three iwi had formed a partnership with British supermarket giant Iceland and were investigating taking on Foodstuffs and Woolworths NZ.
The Sunday-Star Times learnt in 2023 that three iwi had formed a partnership with British supermarket giant Iceland and were investigating taking on Foodstuffs and Woolworths NZ.
The other iwi involved in the venture were Tauhara North and Te Wairoa.
Waikato Tainui secured a $2.85 million loan from the Government’s Kānoa regional development fund in 2023 for a detailed business plan and to assist with fundraising.
But it is understood that the iwi have since parted ways with both Iceland and former PwC partner Tina Kilmister-Blue and her partner, who had been providing commercial expertise for the proposed venture.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robertson: NZ’s Pharmacy Council Has Gone Full Cult — and You’re Paying For It
Propaganda:
We’re the experts in our own stories
Stop doing the enemy’s work for them
Miriam Margolyes on New Zealand: 'It's a tiny population, but it's thrilling'
Waikato Tainui secured a $2.85 million loan from the Government’s Kānoa regional development fund in 2023 for a detailed business plan and to assist with fundraising.
But it is understood that the iwi have since parted ways with both Iceland and former PwC partner Tina Kilmister-Blue and her partner, who had been providing commercial expertise for the proposed venture.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robertson: NZ’s Pharmacy Council Has Gone Full Cult — and You’re Paying For It
Propaganda:
We’re the experts in our own stories
Stop doing the enemy’s work for them
Miriam Margolyes on New Zealand: 'It's a tiny population, but it's thrilling'
Sunday February 23, 2025
News:
How the Manurewa Marae data breach scandal unfolded
Tamihere thought his organisation could help. A network of local providers, based out of urban marae, had successfully boosted Māori Covid-19 rates after partnering with health agencies during the pandemic.
Within a day or so of the meeting a Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency (WOCA) staffer followed up with Tibble, writing that the service was “very keen to deploy our considerable resources to help more Māori complete the Census”.
This would include a $100 ‘kai package’ for each household, with a $1m pot for supermarket vouchers. The overall census budget was $135m......
See full article HERE
Turnout will rule local election vote on Maori wards
It took South Wairarapa councillors just 10 minutes to confirm their support for a Maori ward seat at the district’s council table.
The unanimous approval came more than two decades after the body agreed to establish a Maori Standing Committee, to help ensure the local tangata whenua voice was heard.
Then central government intervened. The result is that 42 district councils across the motu will hold referenda on their Maori ward seats during the October local body elections _ a move that will costs ratepayers an estimated $2 million. Here, an estimated $20,000.....
See full article HERE
Within a day or so of the meeting a Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency (WOCA) staffer followed up with Tibble, writing that the service was “very keen to deploy our considerable resources to help more Māori complete the Census”.
WOCA drew up a business case for a $5 million contract to target 10,000 Māori households across Auckland.
This would include a $100 ‘kai package’ for each household, with a $1m pot for supermarket vouchers. The overall census budget was $135m......
See full article HERE
Turnout will rule local election vote on Maori wards
It took South Wairarapa councillors just 10 minutes to confirm their support for a Maori ward seat at the district’s council table.
The unanimous approval came more than two decades after the body agreed to establish a Maori Standing Committee, to help ensure the local tangata whenua voice was heard.
Then central government intervened. The result is that 42 district councils across the motu will hold referenda on their Maori ward seats during the October local body elections _ a move that will costs ratepayers an estimated $2 million. Here, an estimated $20,000.....
See full article HERE
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10 comments:
One wonders what naive world the likes of Sowden have lived in these last few decades. I suppose conversation is now so PC constrained many experiences and observations are never passed around. One thing has been made very clear to maori; never cooperate with state requirements and you or some fellow maori will likely be rewarded with an official payment A message which has an effect completely the opposite of the intent of the effective bribe.
Hopefuly Councils have adopted maori wards on the assumption that the referendum will get shot of without incurring personal cancellation.It is up to the public to oblige and not be misguided by Coucnillor actions to date.
When it comes to manipulating for govt subsisdies and plain hand outs maori are masterful. Any link between kapa haka and maori accident claims is tenuous in the extreme. Yet ACC is part sponsoring a national kapa haka frolic.The Coalition was voted in largely to constrain and draw in subversive, regressive, inefficient Maorification. The positon of Chief and deputy Executive Maori shoud have been an immediate casualty. Yet here we have the ACC blatantly touting for the new rongoa,industry, one of the latest maori devised cons. Now a state spnsored network dispensing rongoa probably with a large spoonful of insurgency in manycases..
Without knowing the area it is difficult to judge the degree of intrusion of the sewer line. But hard to imagine it as very obtrusive. The risk of contamination would be very small and all rapidly clears anyway. I recall Dr Turbot explaining how he toured the Urewera area trying to persuade maori to dig long drops instead of casting...anywhere....so much for maori terror of pollution. It is all just another try on for reward. And, as Waikaremoana, anything which inconveniences colonists acquires mana. It is staggering that so many can fritter so much time to protest. Little wonder maori personal acquisition appears inequitable. I would love to be so free to devote similar time to all my hobby horses, many very serious, and not money reward driven.
Māori Housing Partnership To Deliver 100 Affordable Rental Homes.
So, this “apartheid partnership” has the taxpayer contributing a total of $63 million, a further $36 million directly from Government plus $26 million indirectly from Ka Uruora.
Ka Uruora was founded as an iwi-led response to address a systemic and persistent housing crisis. The Ka Uruora program model is centered around tailored education and navigation support programs, delivered by local iwi facilitators, with the aim of empowering and supporting whānau on their journey to home ownership and improved housing quality. Ka Uruora forms collaborative partnerships with service and funding providers to support whānau in achieving financial independence and improved wellbeing through access to quality kainga and home ownership. The ultimate goal – to create empowered Iwi / Māori ecosystems and thriving whānau.
https://kauruora.nz/
With subsidised maori housing it is seldom made clear exactly where it is. Is it pepper potted amongst diligently saved for, acquired and cherished houses of the striving public? Or is it in the beginnings of a welfare ghetto conveniently removed from the opportunity for work? If the maori contribution is from untaxed charity funds, this is equivalent an additional 30% or so govt subsidy.
Do I detect a distinct maori bias in the Kiwibank nominations? And i was tempted to move my savings there as NZ owned.
I note that Tame Iti, the glib scoundrel who fired a shotgun through the national flag is among the nominations.....I guess most of the Kiwi staff are too young to remember. And all recruited with obligatory pro maori platitudes in the modern manner.
Māori wanting the river bed
Taupo Māori were given the bed of Lake Taupo as a settlement. Taupo Māori have signalled any commercial operation using the lake requires their approval - and of course a payment. Guess what happens if you put a white baiting stand on this river. Māori will have their grubby hand out.
About 10 year ago IWI in the King Country went to the High Court seeking control of fresh water through farmland. They were denied. But they will try again for sure
More underhand, partnerships with part Maori by woke Councils secretly agreed without consultation with the majority of ratepayers.
Frankly disgusted with these Councilors - don't they care about their grandchildren and their loss of democracy?
I hope the subsequent generations throw darts at their photos and curse them.
Presumably no significant compensatory payment has so far been made to maori to allow the hidden buried sewer line through their territory. Hopefully development of ithe land as may require sewer access is absolutely precluded by legisaltion which cannot be overturned by maori even with a co governance partnership.
Re michael laws on our new language minglish. It is offensive to both sides. Do you ever hear the aussie media combining english and aboriginal together? Do you ever hear the bbc breaking into arabic half way through their broadcasts? OR french? You either speak one language or another. Also let's stop referring to ourselves as non anything. We are not a non maori. We are a New Zealander.
So Taupo Maori have the Taupo lake bed. That being the case, it is high time the caldera blew itself to Kingdom Come.
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