Saturday March 29, 2025
News:
Treaty principles report will exclude thousands of public submissions
The outstanding submissions could be lost from the public record unless Parliament passes a separate resolution to archive them after the fact
Tens of thousands of submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill will not be read by members of the Parliamentary committee considering the high-profile bill, and may never make it into the official record.
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill is currently before Parliament’s Justice Select Committee, after passing its first reading in November. The bill is Act Party policy, and getting it through to the select committee was a commitment in the National-Act coalition agreement....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
New Zealand Certificate in Tikanga (Mātauranga Māori) - Level 2
Tikanga is more than just tradition - it is the heart of identity, respect, and cultural connection. This qualification invites you to explore the foundations of Māori knowledge, understanding how tikanga shapes our interactions, workplaces, and communities.
Why this matters
Learning tikanga isn’t just about acquiring knowledge; it’s about living it. Whether you’re reconnecting with your roots, enhancing workplace culture, or simply deepening your understanding of Te Ao Māori, this qualification is your pathway.
We believe everyone should have access to cultural learning without barriers. That’s why enrolment and assessment are completely free, making this qualification accessible to all.....
See full article HERE
Pukekohe park gifted dual Māori
Kennelley Park has been gifted the dual name of Te ara-Poouri, marked with a special ceremony to recognise the significance of the name.....
See full article HERE
Iwi representatives welcomed to council committees
Three iwi representatives who will sit on Tauranga City Council committees have been welcomed to their roles.
Late last year, elected members voted to reinstate tangata whenua representatives and their voting rights to the council’s three committees.
A pōwhiri was held for Arthur Flintoff, Rohario Murray and Jacqui Rolleston-Steed at Wairoa Marae on Wednesday as part of the council’s tangata whenua committee meeting.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Tauranga City Council Says 'goodbye' To Democracy - Again
And more here > 'We will make better decisions': Tauranga mayor on iwi council appointments
How Māori financially help their own: $135m distributed in 2024 by 10 biggest iwi
Iwi are becoming wealthier – so how much do they assist their members and what form does that support take?
The latest report from Wellington-headquartered consultants TDB Advisory examined distributions by some of Aotearoa’s largest iwi, quantifying the amount paid each year and what form that....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Legal action taken over decision to cancel Whanau Ora contracts
Legal action is being taken over the decision by Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry for Māori Development, to end the contracts of three Whānau Ora agencies.
Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency chief executive John Tamihere said on Friday documents had been filed in the High Court in Wellington contesting the Whānau Ora procurement process.
This comes after it was announced in early March that three agencies would be losing their Whānau Ora contracts after more than a decade....
See full article HERE
Lake Taupō Business Start-up Grant
We’re offering funding to help launch innovative new Tūwharetoa businesses that will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of Lake Taupō and its surrounding waterways.
* $2,000 funding per successful applicant
* Has at least one owner registered with Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Māori approach and Western science helps rescue endangered swamp maire tree
Māori Must Move Beyond Echo Chambers, Says Waatea Digital Manager After Gaza Interview Backlash
Beehive Buzzkill: Why Haka fills stadiums, but not the halls of power
Tūhoe rising
See full article HERE
New Zealand Certificate in Tikanga (Mātauranga Māori) - Level 2
Tikanga is more than just tradition - it is the heart of identity, respect, and cultural connection. This qualification invites you to explore the foundations of Māori knowledge, understanding how tikanga shapes our interactions, workplaces, and communities.
Why this matters
Learning tikanga isn’t just about acquiring knowledge; it’s about living it. Whether you’re reconnecting with your roots, enhancing workplace culture, or simply deepening your understanding of Te Ao Māori, this qualification is your pathway.
We believe everyone should have access to cultural learning without barriers. That’s why enrolment and assessment are completely free, making this qualification accessible to all.....
See full article HERE
Pukekohe park gifted dual Māori
Kennelley Park has been gifted the dual name of Te ara-Poouri, marked with a special ceremony to recognise the significance of the name.....
See full article HERE
Iwi representatives welcomed to council committees
Three iwi representatives who will sit on Tauranga City Council committees have been welcomed to their roles.
Late last year, elected members voted to reinstate tangata whenua representatives and their voting rights to the council’s three committees.
A pōwhiri was held for Arthur Flintoff, Rohario Murray and Jacqui Rolleston-Steed at Wairoa Marae on Wednesday as part of the council’s tangata whenua committee meeting.....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Tauranga City Council Says 'goodbye' To Democracy - Again
And more here > 'We will make better decisions': Tauranga mayor on iwi council appointments
How Māori financially help their own: $135m distributed in 2024 by 10 biggest iwi
Iwi are becoming wealthier – so how much do they assist their members and what form does that support take?
The latest report from Wellington-headquartered consultants TDB Advisory examined distributions by some of Aotearoa’s largest iwi, quantifying the amount paid each year and what form that....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Legal action taken over decision to cancel Whanau Ora contracts
Legal action is being taken over the decision by Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry for Māori Development, to end the contracts of three Whānau Ora agencies.
Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency chief executive John Tamihere said on Friday documents had been filed in the High Court in Wellington contesting the Whānau Ora procurement process.
This comes after it was announced in early March that three agencies would be losing their Whānau Ora contracts after more than a decade....
See full article HERE
Lake Taupō Business Start-up Grant
We’re offering funding to help launch innovative new Tūwharetoa businesses that will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of Lake Taupō and its surrounding waterways.
* $2,000 funding per successful applicant
* Has at least one owner registered with Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Māori approach and Western science helps rescue endangered swamp maire tree
Māori Must Move Beyond Echo Chambers, Says Waatea Digital Manager After Gaza Interview Backlash
Beehive Buzzkill: Why Haka fills stadiums, but not the halls of power
Tūhoe rising
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Friday March 28, 2025
News:
Apple doubles kura programme to 5000 students, upgrades Maps with iwi place cards
Apple is expanding a technology training and hardware initiative to cover around 5000 students and 100 teachers across 22 schools with high Māori and Pasifika rolls.
The tech firm has also today started to rollout an upgrade to its Maps app that introduces borderless depictions of indigenous and iwi land across across Australia and New Zealand, more dual-language place names and place cards for marae.
The tech firm has also today started to rollout an upgrade to its Maps app that introduces borderless depictions of indigenous and iwi land across across Australia and New Zealand, more dual-language place names and place cards for marae.
“Beginning today, Apple Maps now displays indigenous lands in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand,” Apple says.
“By gathering information from indigenous advisers, cartographers, traditional owners, language holders, and community members, Apple Maps will show reserves and indigenous protected areas, indigenous place names, traditional country, and dual-language labels. Indigenous lands place cards feature information about the local area and traditional owners, and can be curated to allow communities to add their own photos, destinations on their land, and text in their own language....
See full article HERE
Johnsonville And Northern Suburbs Kindergarten Teachers Speak Up
Teachers from several kindergartens are heading to Nicola Willis’s office on Thursday March 27 to present a petition calling on the government to ensure that children are at the heart of any decision made about early childhood regulations.
Annie is also concerned about taking the Treaty of Waitangi out of early childhood education, which she says is a back door method of Associate Education Minister David Seymour getting his Treaty Principles ideology into effect.....
See full article HERE
15 new ‘affordable rentals’ in kāinga Māori
Fifteen new homes in Whakatāne will help low-income workers save towards buying their own home while also bringing to life a dream of local iwi.
“Through government contracts, we are able to reduce market rents,” Ratahi-Pryor said.
“We’re looking between 20 and 30 percent market rent reduction....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: Facial surgeons wanted in New Zealand, must be intimately familiar with all things Māori
Propaganda:
Zone Out: How Māori education is affecting school rolls
Rawiri Waititi calls for more Māori participation ahead of 2025 polls
‘The Prime Minister is extremely privileged’ - Green MP defends police comments
“By gathering information from indigenous advisers, cartographers, traditional owners, language holders, and community members, Apple Maps will show reserves and indigenous protected areas, indigenous place names, traditional country, and dual-language labels. Indigenous lands place cards feature information about the local area and traditional owners, and can be curated to allow communities to add their own photos, destinations on their land, and text in their own language....
See full article HERE
Johnsonville And Northern Suburbs Kindergarten Teachers Speak Up
Teachers from several kindergartens are heading to Nicola Willis’s office on Thursday March 27 to present a petition calling on the government to ensure that children are at the heart of any decision made about early childhood regulations.
Annie is also concerned about taking the Treaty of Waitangi out of early childhood education, which she says is a back door method of Associate Education Minister David Seymour getting his Treaty Principles ideology into effect.....
See full article HERE
15 new ‘affordable rentals’ in kāinga Māori
Fifteen new homes in Whakatāne will help low-income workers save towards buying their own home while also bringing to life a dream of local iwi.
“Through government contracts, we are able to reduce market rents,” Ratahi-Pryor said.
“We’re looking between 20 and 30 percent market rent reduction....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Professor Jerry Coyne: Facial surgeons wanted in New Zealand, must be intimately familiar with all things Māori
Propaganda:
Zone Out: How Māori education is affecting school rolls
Rawiri Waititi calls for more Māori participation ahead of 2025 polls
‘The Prime Minister is extremely privileged’ - Green MP defends police comments
Thursday March 27, 2025
News:
Concern Over Proposed Planning Rules For Historical Hutt Iwi Sites
Proposed planning rules requiring resource consent for developments on historic local iwi sites in Lower Hutt have been labelled a “regulatory imposition” on private property.
The farming lobby group is an intervener in the case, taken by the iwi against the Attorney-General to get recognition by the Crown of its rangatiratanga (chiefly authority) over wai māori (freshwater) within its takiwā (territory). One of the declarations sought is that the Crown re-design and implement a new wai māori management regime in partnership with Ngāi Tahu.
Chris Bishop, who is Minister responsible for RMA reform as well as well Hutt South MP, has weighed on the new three-tiered “Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori” (SASMs) designation in the Hutt City Council’s proposed district plan. It covers locations of urupā, kāinga, former pā and food gathering areas across the city or water bodies, attaching planning requirements to each category.
Any resource consent process would need to consider effects on the cultural values associated with the SASM. Some private land, mostly in Eastbourne and Petone, is included.....
See full article HERE
Treaty Principles: Privileges Committee recommends Henare apologises
Parliament's Privileges Committee says Labour MP Peeni Henare's actions during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year was "undoubtedly disorderly behaviour" but did not amount to contempt.
Henare joined several other MPs when he moved to the house floor after Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke instigated a haka in a now-viral moment from November.
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, alongside Maipi-Clarke, were also referred to the Privileges Committee for leaving their seats and approaching ACT leader David Seymour during the haka.
In its findings, the Committee found Henare's act of leaving his seat was "undoubtedly disorderly behaviour" but did not amount to contempt.....
See full article HERE
Outgoing Chief Ombudsman says justice system overhaul ‘a risk worth taking’
Outgoing Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling for bold reforms within New Zealand’s justice system, warning that the current approach is failing Māori and lacks the leadership needed to drive meaningful change.
The Chief Ombudsman is responsible for investigating complaints against government agencies, ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability.
With Māori making up over half of the prison population, Boshier argues that incorporating tikanga and Māori values into rehabilitation efforts is essential....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Auckland University has a death wish
Ani O'Brien: New Zealand is being pulled in two different directions
Videos:
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Propaganda:
Māori Economy Helps NZ Exit Recession
Treaty Principles: Privileges Committee recommends Henare apologises
Parliament's Privileges Committee says Labour MP Peeni Henare's actions during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill last year was "undoubtedly disorderly behaviour" but did not amount to contempt.
Henare joined several other MPs when he moved to the house floor after Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke instigated a haka in a now-viral moment from November.
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi, alongside Maipi-Clarke, were also referred to the Privileges Committee for leaving their seats and approaching ACT leader David Seymour during the haka.
In its findings, the Committee found Henare's act of leaving his seat was "undoubtedly disorderly behaviour" but did not amount to contempt.....
See full article HERE
Outgoing Chief Ombudsman says justice system overhaul ‘a risk worth taking’
Outgoing Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling for bold reforms within New Zealand’s justice system, warning that the current approach is failing Māori and lacks the leadership needed to drive meaningful change.
The Chief Ombudsman is responsible for investigating complaints against government agencies, ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability.
With Māori making up over half of the prison population, Boshier argues that incorporating tikanga and Māori values into rehabilitation efforts is essential....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Auckland University has a death wish
Ani O'Brien: New Zealand is being pulled in two different directions
Videos:
Anglo Saxon: New Zealand local body authorities are out of control
Propaganda:
Māori Economy Helps NZ Exit Recession
Wednesday March 26, 2025
News:
Water control by Ngāi Tahu ‘potentially disastrous’
If its declarations are made, Ngāi Tahu’s High Court case could ripple throughout the country, Federated Farmers vice president Colin Hurst says.
The farming lobby group is an intervener in the case, taken by the iwi against the Attorney-General to get recognition by the Crown of its rangatiratanga (chiefly authority) over wai māori (freshwater) within its takiwā (territory). One of the declarations sought is that the Crown re-design and implement a new wai māori management regime in partnership with Ngāi Tahu.
On Monday, giving evidence before Justice Melanie Harland in the case’s seventh week, Hurst said his organisation joined the proceeding in 2021 out of concern of a new freshwater new regime being imposed for “regulation, allocation, decision-making and enforcement”. This could have “potentially disastrous implications for farming in the Ngāi Tahu takiwā”, he said in his written evidence.....
See full article HERE
Assets of 10 biggest iwi rise only $100m since 2022: new TDB Advisory report out
Assets of the 10 biggest iwi rose only $100 million in the last three years to reach $8.2 billion, according to a new report just released.
Phil Barry, a director of Wellington-headquartered consultancy TDB Advisory, issued the latest iwi investment report from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.....(paywall)
See full article HERE
‘The first I’ve heard of it’ Tama Potaka unaware Treaty Principles removed from new RMA
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka said he was not aware the Government’s Resource Management Act (RMA) replacement legislation would not include a Treaty Principles clause, saying the first he had heard of it was on Tuesday morning when he was questioned by media.
“The first I’ve heard of it is right now. I haven’t seen any formal document,” he said this morning.
On Tuesday afternoon, Potaka had changed his tune, claiming not to understand questions that had been asked to him.....
See full article HERE
Sale of Crown’s half-share of Hawke’s Bay Airport to Mana Ahuriri ‘well advanced’
A milestone has been reached for the 50% sale of Hawke’s Bay Airport, with a price agreed between the Crown and the Mana Ahuriri Trust.
While the sale is not yet finalised, the process is “well advanced” with a price negotiated and Mana Ahuriri....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Government’s RMA reforms an ‘open attack on Māoridom’
A Taranaki iwi says the Government has declared open war on Te Tiriti and Māori by not carrying existing Treaty obligations into its new laws on resource management.
The government on Monday unveiled what it called a “radical” plan to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) with two new laws: the Planning Act and the Natural Environment Act.
RMA reform minister Chris Bishop told RNZ his new laws would exclude the current RMA requirement to uphold the principles of the Treaty.....
See full article HERE
Te Ururoa Flavell seeks return of Rotorua reserve land to whānau
Former politician Te Ururoa Flavell is among members of a Rotorua whānau asking the council to return a section of surplus reserve land.
He and cousin Karl Leonard spoke on Monday at a Rotorua Lakes Council hearing on the proposed land disposal of an 810m² section of surplus reserve in Ngongotahā.
The origins of how the council came to own the land were initially unclear, but a council report found it was originally vested in their grandmother Ranginui Whakaue Hikairo in 1955 and subdivided into sections for whānau.....
See full article HERE
Te Hau Leads National’s Māori Wing Forward
Hinurewa Te Hau, of Ngāti Maniapoto and Whakatōhea descent, is continuing her whānau legacy as the new leader of Kahurangi Blue, the Māori wing of the National Party.
Te Hau is confident that her youthful executive team will bring fresh energy and innovative ideas to enhance Māori support within the party.
“Bring together industry, education and community to create paths that work for us. If we want a system that truly serves Māori, we need to be bold in our efficacy and smart in our strategies,” says Te Hau.....
See full article HERE
Maria Nepia appointed as Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Transpower
Maria has led several significant initiatives, including the Iwi/Māori Three Waters Programme at the Department of Internal Affairs, the Section 33 Transfer of Functions from Waikato Regional Council to Ngāti Tūwharetoa, negotiating joint management agreements between councils and iwi, and developed a long-standing relationship via an easement between the Lake Rotoaira Trust and Genesis Energy. Her expertise spans resource management, strategic planning, and economic development, always with the aspirations of iwi, hapū, and whenua Māori are in a position to prosper.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
'A win for all Indigenous languages': Te reo Māori enters the Ivy League
Phil Barry, a director of Wellington-headquartered consultancy TDB Advisory, issued the latest iwi investment report from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.....(paywall)
See full article HERE
‘The first I’ve heard of it’ Tama Potaka unaware Treaty Principles removed from new RMA
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka said he was not aware the Government’s Resource Management Act (RMA) replacement legislation would not include a Treaty Principles clause, saying the first he had heard of it was on Tuesday morning when he was questioned by media.
“The first I’ve heard of it is right now. I haven’t seen any formal document,” he said this morning.
On Tuesday afternoon, Potaka had changed his tune, claiming not to understand questions that had been asked to him.....
See full article HERE
Sale of Crown’s half-share of Hawke’s Bay Airport to Mana Ahuriri ‘well advanced’
A milestone has been reached for the 50% sale of Hawke’s Bay Airport, with a price agreed between the Crown and the Mana Ahuriri Trust.
While the sale is not yet finalised, the process is “well advanced” with a price negotiated and Mana Ahuriri....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Government’s RMA reforms an ‘open attack on Māoridom’
A Taranaki iwi says the Government has declared open war on Te Tiriti and Māori by not carrying existing Treaty obligations into its new laws on resource management.
The government on Monday unveiled what it called a “radical” plan to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) with two new laws: the Planning Act and the Natural Environment Act.
RMA reform minister Chris Bishop told RNZ his new laws would exclude the current RMA requirement to uphold the principles of the Treaty.....
See full article HERE
Te Ururoa Flavell seeks return of Rotorua reserve land to whānau
Former politician Te Ururoa Flavell is among members of a Rotorua whānau asking the council to return a section of surplus reserve land.
He and cousin Karl Leonard spoke on Monday at a Rotorua Lakes Council hearing on the proposed land disposal of an 810m² section of surplus reserve in Ngongotahā.
The origins of how the council came to own the land were initially unclear, but a council report found it was originally vested in their grandmother Ranginui Whakaue Hikairo in 1955 and subdivided into sections for whānau.....
See full article HERE
Te Hau Leads National’s Māori Wing Forward
Hinurewa Te Hau, of Ngāti Maniapoto and Whakatōhea descent, is continuing her whānau legacy as the new leader of Kahurangi Blue, the Māori wing of the National Party.
Te Hau is confident that her youthful executive team will bring fresh energy and innovative ideas to enhance Māori support within the party.
“Bring together industry, education and community to create paths that work for us. If we want a system that truly serves Māori, we need to be bold in our efficacy and smart in our strategies,” says Te Hau.....
See full article HERE
Maria Nepia appointed as Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Transpower
Maria has led several significant initiatives, including the Iwi/Māori Three Waters Programme at the Department of Internal Affairs, the Section 33 Transfer of Functions from Waikato Regional Council to Ngāti Tūwharetoa, negotiating joint management agreements between councils and iwi, and developed a long-standing relationship via an easement between the Lake Rotoaira Trust and Genesis Energy. Her expertise spans resource management, strategic planning, and economic development, always with the aspirations of iwi, hapū, and whenua Māori are in a position to prosper.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
'A win for all Indigenous languages': Te reo Māori enters the Ivy League
Tuesday March 25, 2025
News:
Ardern Government ‘veered too far’ from Kiwis' expectations of democracy: Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith
Goldsmith acknowledged the Treaty debate is “quite a fraught area with lots of different views”, but said the view of the current Government was that the Ardern administration had got the balance wrong.
“The simple way I look at it is that as a country, we’re trying to recognise and honour commitments made back in 1840, but also more recently in Treaty settlements that recognised things that went wrong over the years, while at the same time never losing sight of the basic expectations of people living in a modern democratic society,” he told Real Life.
“Those basic expectations are that you’ll have equal voting rights, that you’ll be treated equally before the law and that, broadly speaking, people will have an equal say in matters affecting their lives and a standard of citizenship.
“Those are basic expectations that people have and quite rightly so. There’s a bit of a tension between those two things and it sort of oscillates a bit.”....
See full article HERE
Iwi Partner for Māori Dementia Care Centre
Iwi partnerships between The Selwyn Foundation, Ngāti Hine, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are creating a new Māori-led dementia care centre and researching kaumātua with mate wareware (dementia) in rural communities.
Announced last Friday at the Northern Iwi Leaders Forum in Auckland, the dementia centre will provide culturally grounded care for Māori elders.
Selwyn Foundation CEO Denise Cosgrove says urgent action is needed to address chronic illness, early dementia diagnoses, and housing insecurity affecting kaumātua.
The partnership calls for investment in kaupapa Māori healthcare, launching a work programme to address health, housing, and digital inclusion.....
See full article HERE
Hapū gifts name to Waihī Beach’s new library and community hub
Te Ara Mātauranga – The Pathway to Knowledge.
This is the name gifted by Te Whānau a Tauwhao hapū to Waihī Beach’s new library and community hub, acknowledging its importance as a place of learning, connection, and shared knowledge.
“It was a real privilege for us to be able to gift this name to the library. Te Ara Mātauranga really encapsulates what a library represents for us – it’s the pathway to knowledge,” says Reon Tuanau, of Ōtāwhiwhi Marae.....
See full article HERE
Mandatory NZ history course at Auckland University spurs debate
The ACT Party has questioned the need for undergraduate students at the University of Auckland to complete a mandatory first-year course that includes elements of New Zealand history, the Treaty of Waitangi and indigenous culture.
Students appear to be divided on the issue, with some questioning its relevance and others recognising the value of learning about the country's past.
Launched in early March, the Waipapa Taumata Rau (WTR) course is mandatory for all first-year undergraduates.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Hāua Deed Of Settlement To Be Signed In Taumarunui On Saturday 29 March 2025
Ngāti Hāua will sign its Deed of Settlement –Te Pua o Te Riri Kore – with the Crown at Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae, Taumarunui on Saturday 29 March 2025.
Significantly, the settlement will provide statutory pardons for two Ngāti Hāua tūpuna who were wrongly convicted in 1846 for rebellion against the Crown.
When fighting broke out in in the Hutt Valley in 1846, the Crown captured and court martialled Ngāti Hāua tūpuna, Mātene Ruta Te Whareaitu and Te Rangiatea. Te Whareaitu was sentenced to death and executed by hanging at Paremata (Mana). Te Rangiatea was sentenced to confinement for the rest of his life and died soon thereafter in prison in Wellington. Another five tūpuna were exiled to Australia. Through this Settlement, Te Rangiatea and Te Whareaitu will be pardoned for their convictions, and their character, mana and reputation upheld and recognised by the Crown.
Te Pua o Te Rire Kore also provides for the return of over 60 sites to Ngāti Hāua, financial redress of $20.4 million and a cultural fund of $6.1 million....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lindsay Mitchell: If Luxon stays, the country blunders on.
Point of Order: Cultural consultants cash in $1.365m while Dunedin rates soar
Propaganda:
Understanding political ventriloquism
Explained: You think you've got it bad? Why our sluggish economy hits Māori harder
Graciously tenacious
Auckland was once a food garden managed by Māori. That knowledge could shape the future.
“Those basic expectations are that you’ll have equal voting rights, that you’ll be treated equally before the law and that, broadly speaking, people will have an equal say in matters affecting their lives and a standard of citizenship.
“Those are basic expectations that people have and quite rightly so. There’s a bit of a tension between those two things and it sort of oscillates a bit.”....
See full article HERE
Iwi Partner for Māori Dementia Care Centre
Iwi partnerships between The Selwyn Foundation, Ngāti Hine, and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are creating a new Māori-led dementia care centre and researching kaumātua with mate wareware (dementia) in rural communities.
Announced last Friday at the Northern Iwi Leaders Forum in Auckland, the dementia centre will provide culturally grounded care for Māori elders.
Selwyn Foundation CEO Denise Cosgrove says urgent action is needed to address chronic illness, early dementia diagnoses, and housing insecurity affecting kaumātua.
The partnership calls for investment in kaupapa Māori healthcare, launching a work programme to address health, housing, and digital inclusion.....
See full article HERE
Hapū gifts name to Waihī Beach’s new library and community hub
Te Ara Mātauranga – The Pathway to Knowledge.
This is the name gifted by Te Whānau a Tauwhao hapū to Waihī Beach’s new library and community hub, acknowledging its importance as a place of learning, connection, and shared knowledge.
“It was a real privilege for us to be able to gift this name to the library. Te Ara Mātauranga really encapsulates what a library represents for us – it’s the pathway to knowledge,” says Reon Tuanau, of Ōtāwhiwhi Marae.....
See full article HERE
Mandatory NZ history course at Auckland University spurs debate
The ACT Party has questioned the need for undergraduate students at the University of Auckland to complete a mandatory first-year course that includes elements of New Zealand history, the Treaty of Waitangi and indigenous culture.
Students appear to be divided on the issue, with some questioning its relevance and others recognising the value of learning about the country's past.
Launched in early March, the Waipapa Taumata Rau (WTR) course is mandatory for all first-year undergraduates.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Hāua Deed Of Settlement To Be Signed In Taumarunui On Saturday 29 March 2025
Ngāti Hāua will sign its Deed of Settlement –Te Pua o Te Riri Kore – with the Crown at Ngāpūwaiwaha Marae, Taumarunui on Saturday 29 March 2025.
Significantly, the settlement will provide statutory pardons for two Ngāti Hāua tūpuna who were wrongly convicted in 1846 for rebellion against the Crown.
When fighting broke out in in the Hutt Valley in 1846, the Crown captured and court martialled Ngāti Hāua tūpuna, Mātene Ruta Te Whareaitu and Te Rangiatea. Te Whareaitu was sentenced to death and executed by hanging at Paremata (Mana). Te Rangiatea was sentenced to confinement for the rest of his life and died soon thereafter in prison in Wellington. Another five tūpuna were exiled to Australia. Through this Settlement, Te Rangiatea and Te Whareaitu will be pardoned for their convictions, and their character, mana and reputation upheld and recognised by the Crown.
Te Pua o Te Rire Kore also provides for the return of over 60 sites to Ngāti Hāua, financial redress of $20.4 million and a cultural fund of $6.1 million....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Lindsay Mitchell: If Luxon stays, the country blunders on.
Point of Order: Cultural consultants cash in $1.365m while Dunedin rates soar
Propaganda:
Understanding political ventriloquism
Explained: You think you've got it bad? Why our sluggish economy hits Māori harder
Graciously tenacious
Auckland was once a food garden managed by Māori. That knowledge could shape the future.
Sunday March 23, 2025
News:
The softball club normalising te ao Māori on the diamond
A softball club with kaupapa Māori at its core is weaving te ao Māori into the game - one haka at a time - and hopes other teams follow suit.
For Luke-Royal, performing the haka before each game was never just about issuing a challenge - it was about normalising te ao Māori in the softball world.
For Luke-Royal, performing the haka before each game was never just about issuing a challenge - it was about normalising te ao Māori in the softball world.
"Bringing haka to this tournament is a response to where we are as Māori in 2025, celebrating who we are, where we are from and for me, honouring the history and mana of our club.
"It was about being Māori, not just in that moment, but all day, every day."....
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Waitangi Regional Park Celebrates Triple Milestone: Symbolic Pou Unveiled, Equinox Honoured, And New Facilities Opened
At dawn this morning, Waitangi Regional Park marked three major milestones with a special karakia hosted by Ātea a Rangi Educational Trust and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) to celebrate the unveiling of a striking carved pou, the arrival of the equinox itself, and the long-awaited opening of the park’s new bathroom block.
Stretching for 5km along the coast between Awatoto and Haumoana, Waitangi Regional Park isa landscape rich in history and meaning. The 300-hectare park connects the Tukituki, Ngaruroro, and Tūtaekurī Rivers with the Karamū Stream-Te Awa o Mokotūāraro (formerly Clive River) and the region’s coastal reserves. It is a taonga for Hawke’s Bay, embodying the stories of the land, waterways, and people who have shaped it.
The new 3.5 metre high pou, carved by Nathan Foote, joins the Park’s renowned 32-pou Ātea a Rangi Star Compass. It stands at a wāhi tapū (sacred site), marking an urupā(cemetery) dating back to the early and mid-1800s.....
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"It was about being Māori, not just in that moment, but all day, every day."....
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Waitangi Regional Park Celebrates Triple Milestone: Symbolic Pou Unveiled, Equinox Honoured, And New Facilities Opened
At dawn this morning, Waitangi Regional Park marked three major milestones with a special karakia hosted by Ātea a Rangi Educational Trust and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) to celebrate the unveiling of a striking carved pou, the arrival of the equinox itself, and the long-awaited opening of the park’s new bathroom block.
Stretching for 5km along the coast between Awatoto and Haumoana, Waitangi Regional Park isa landscape rich in history and meaning. The 300-hectare park connects the Tukituki, Ngaruroro, and Tūtaekurī Rivers with the Karamū Stream-Te Awa o Mokotūāraro (formerly Clive River) and the region’s coastal reserves. It is a taonga for Hawke’s Bay, embodying the stories of the land, waterways, and people who have shaped it.
The new 3.5 metre high pou, carved by Nathan Foote, joins the Park’s renowned 32-pou Ātea a Rangi Star Compass. It stands at a wāhi tapū (sacred site), marking an urupā(cemetery) dating back to the early and mid-1800s.....
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23rd. The Insurrection flag seems quite appropriate for a maori softball team. Black riding to supremacy over white, all with a background of blood, representing violence. My understanding is that haka were war dances, which the grimaces seem to confirm. Just how appropriate this is to the current desired sport ethic is debatable.
It would be interesting to know the total cost of pou and all the associated meetings. The relevance to an Education Trust seems tenuous. I trust the pou vandaliam bill will be capped. It would be interesting to know what incentivised dawn turnout for the equinox. Was there a paid for feed following? I hope the maori involvement will save the toilet block from vandalaism.
“Ardern Government ‘veered too far’ from Kiwis' expectations of democracy: Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith”.
No Goldsmith, our corporate government and politicians masquerading as “democracy and defenders of democracy” are SOLELY responsible (since 1975) for ALL the ‘apartheid veering’ that is leading New Zealand down the toilet.
And you sir, as an unelected politician, are no exception.
25th. Goldsmith's understanding of the Treaty seems unhelpful. Maori did not sign up for democracy directly but for British law which devolved into inclusive democracy.
It would be interesting to know the total payments to maori for consultation etc for "gifted" names. Associating "matauranga" with a library would seem to require, justify, or at least encourage emphasis on presentation of maori hocus. Legitimises a very dubious term. Especially inappropriate when most libraries are contracting topics of fact.(ie Engineering related material). The library is sure to have in the modern manner an expanded maori setion.This will solve the problem of whether to file matauranga books under Fact or Fiction. Putting one over and taking the mickey of pakeha is a mana earning tradition of long standing recorded by many of the early explorers and settlers.The consolation is that only a handful of arch activists and te reo hobbyists will use the maori name. Al the extra signage and stationery expense just for them.
Hear, Hear! - Anon@6.33. And that is precisely why the current Principle 2 of the proposed (but dead in the water) TPB sucks. Our politicians, both past and present, have let us all down appallingly since the introduction of the ToW Act, and now we have a gutless PM who doesn't want a bar of correcting it. Shame on him, and all those others particularly in the National Party that have done nothing but fuel the fires.
Communism by stealth.
Ngāi Tahu now wants recognition by the Crown of its “rangatiratanga” (chiefly authority) over wai (freshwater) and guess who is leading the charge, Ngāi Tahu barrister Chris Finlayson KC. Imagine my shock!!
Of course, this tribe of grifters is using the false, fake and fraudulent (1841) English version of the treaty to grift which has nothing to do with the original 1840 Maori language treaty.
In the original treaty (The Treaty), te tino rangatiratanga (the full chieftainship) were given to the Chiefs, the Hapus and ALL the people of New Zealand over their lands, their settlements and their property.
Prior to the 1840 signing, Ngai Tahu had sold all of their land, and now they own, or want to own and control all of the South Island? Go figure.
Nga Tahu (and thence all other tribal) control of water is not just potentially disasterous; it will be seriously and certainly disasterous.
The small increase in assets of the top 10 iwi is far superior to the 20-30% loss experienced by most NZ home and other property owners over the same period.
Omission of reference to the ToW in the new RMA is one of the few signs that the Coalition is doing what many of us voted it in for. I am still waiting for the general windback of confusing, inefficien expensive make work te reo everywhere.
Anon@7.38 Chris Finlayson ranks highly in those broadly referenced @2.58. As for Ngai Tahu selling and yet receiving subsequent final settlements (plural) is a story that even repeats itself today. If in any doubt, just check out the Anglo Saxon's post here of March 26.
Christopher Newman argues that part of the reason for poor outcomes for maori is tribal spiritual values that lead to strife with other peoples. How will introducing these to prisoners help them if they are the problem in the first place?
Finlayson , a legal shill, would describe his blatant corruption as " social justice".
After Luxon's Indian trade mission, Ngai Tahu - not the NZ Tourism Ministry - will lead future Sth Island tourism action with India. Owning the land brings important benefits......
Simple answer: It won't! Education not hocus pocus is what they need to assist them to survive and thrive in society.
re 28th. It will be interesting to learn how many of the Whakatane kainga maori move out to own home ownership at 3 years.
29th. Kennelley park is a relatively difficult "English" name with spelling challenge for all. One or two n and l, two or three e? Not to be outdone maori have "gifted" Te ara Poouri. The Poo part will stick but much of the rest is fraught, although if uri is short for kuri would make sense. Again one wonders about the total expenditure if not direct payment associated the gifting. Who paid for the tents etc?
The photos of Te Mahi Ako staff illustrate what a vast number of not necessarily trace maori are on the pro maori, maorification bandwagon, and hence the concerted opposition to any curtailment. Amongst other and succeeding qualifications I have a NZ Certificate in Engineering but (at least until Luxon reforms), in today's world, despite the hours of tedious complex slog my qualification involved, I could (with a feigned revised attitude) likely earn more from a NZ Certificate in Tikanga.
And certainly if I became a teacher of the hobby interest.
So, Tamahere is squirming, the cash cow has died. He will now have to use the millions stashed away that should have been used to do what was originally intended.
Who will get the contracts? hopefully an accountable and honest organisation.
In fact, why is there even a separate system that appears to do nothing for anybody. (well, some do OK thank you)
More 29th.Having spent many score hours reading up on associated history and the subject, and at least half a day on the Treaty Bill submission, it is demoralising to learn that it likely was read by no one. Not even some adolescent clerk recruited for the job on the basis of their pro maori proclivity. Over the decades I have made various submissions to govt, Councils etc. Only one seems likely to have had an influence. About 50 years ago the Waitakere Council proposed a continuous bush corridor from foothills to the sea so the moa, kiwi, possums, rats, vagrants etc sufficiently artful to manage the road crossings could go for a dip or a refreshing clamber. Property owners were horrified to learn that native trees they had planted effectively confiscated their own sections from own use. Presented in those terms those few councillors on the committee not asleep apparently realised the absurdity.
(in those days real voted for councillors heard submissions, not mystery commissioners)
The legal profession will be licking its lips over the Tamihere appeal. They have presumably had their eyes on the colossal nest egg for some time. A chance to milk it before the unbelievable salaries eliminate it, is mana from heaven.
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