Thursday June 19, 2025
News:
Northland iwi leader rules out settlement under this Government after minister’s comments
Ngāti Hine leader Pita Tipene is ruling out a settlement under this Government after remarks made by Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith.
Ngāti Hine is part of the wider confederation of Ngāpuhi hapū in the Far North.
Goldsmith said the Government’s preference would be for a single commercial settlement, but it was open to dealing with multiple groupings to get a deal done.
But he said on Tuesday the Government would not agree to Treaty settlements that disputed whether the Crown is now sovereign.
Under the previous Labour Government, an initial deed of settlement with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui was drawn up that included the first case of a clause agreeing to disagree on who holds sovereignty.
Goldsmith said the coalition Government was uncomfortable with the clause and was not prepared to progress the settlement without it being removed.....
See full article HERE
Luxon lands in China with Māori businesses eyeing export growth
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has touched down in China, leading a delegation of business, trade, and cultural leaders.
Moana New Zealand chair Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rārua) says Moana NZ is the largest iwi-owned fishing entity, and she’s excited about the potential of the trip.
“China is a really important market for us, so in Shanghai, we have one of our partners or our customers that I’ll be seeing there, and then in Beijing, we have new customers that I’ll be interacting with,” she said.....
See full article HERE
Iwi files court action against minister and DOC over Ruapehu ski fields
A central North Island iwi has filed court action against Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka and the Department of Conservation (DOC) over concession made to the commercial operators of Tūroa and Whakapapa ski fields on Ruapehu.
The iwi, Te Patutokotoko, alleges the Crown failed their legal obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to engage with them and actively protect their interests in their ancestral maunga by continuing to deal with private owners over them.
Lead claimant Te Kurataiaha Te Wanikau Tūroa told RNZ the the iwi has been looking for a solution to the issue for years, but was "shrugged off no matter what plan we put forward"....
See full article HERE
'The inequities aren't closing' - Māori still a long way from Smokefree 2025 goal
The Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.
The advocates say a 'business as usual' approach from the government - which shifts the responsibility to quit smoking onto individuals - is not going to get the country there.
The annual New Zealand Health Survey showed that in 2023/24 about 300,000 adults - 6.9 percent - were daily smokers.
The aim of the Smokefree 2025 is to have less than 5 percent of the population smoking by December.
That is already a tough ask, but for Māori daily smoking rates were two times higher at 14.7 percent - although that had declined from 30.4 percent over the past five years.....
See full article HERE
The Māori economy exceeds $80 billion
The Māori economy has emerged as a powerful and growing component of New Zealand’s national economy, underpinned by assets in key sectors such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, tourism, and property. As of 2025, the Māori asset base is estimated to exceed $80 billion, demonstrating not only economic strength but also the increasing capability of iwi, hapū, and Māori enterprises to manage wealth and generate intergenerational prosperity.
A Snapshot of Growth....
See full article HERE
Temporary Library Location Finalised To Enable Start Of Transformation
The Council is collaborating with local iwi to create a modern facility that celebrates Masterton's cultural identity, including integration of te reo Māori throughout signage and navigation......
See full article HERE
Articles:
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But he said on Tuesday the Government would not agree to Treaty settlements that disputed whether the Crown is now sovereign.
Under the previous Labour Government, an initial deed of settlement with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui was drawn up that included the first case of a clause agreeing to disagree on who holds sovereignty.
Goldsmith said the coalition Government was uncomfortable with the clause and was not prepared to progress the settlement without it being removed.....
See full article HERE
Luxon lands in China with Māori businesses eyeing export growth
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has touched down in China, leading a delegation of business, trade, and cultural leaders.
Moana New Zealand chair Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rārua) says Moana NZ is the largest iwi-owned fishing entity, and she’s excited about the potential of the trip.
“China is a really important market for us, so in Shanghai, we have one of our partners or our customers that I’ll be seeing there, and then in Beijing, we have new customers that I’ll be interacting with,” she said.....
See full article HERE
Iwi files court action against minister and DOC over Ruapehu ski fields
A central North Island iwi has filed court action against Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka and the Department of Conservation (DOC) over concession made to the commercial operators of Tūroa and Whakapapa ski fields on Ruapehu.
The iwi, Te Patutokotoko, alleges the Crown failed their legal obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi by failing to engage with them and actively protect their interests in their ancestral maunga by continuing to deal with private owners over them.
Lead claimant Te Kurataiaha Te Wanikau Tūroa told RNZ the the iwi has been looking for a solution to the issue for years, but was "shrugged off no matter what plan we put forward"....
See full article HERE
'The inequities aren't closing' - Māori still a long way from Smokefree 2025 goal
The Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.
The advocates say a 'business as usual' approach from the government - which shifts the responsibility to quit smoking onto individuals - is not going to get the country there.
The annual New Zealand Health Survey showed that in 2023/24 about 300,000 adults - 6.9 percent - were daily smokers.
The aim of the Smokefree 2025 is to have less than 5 percent of the population smoking by December.
That is already a tough ask, but for Māori daily smoking rates were two times higher at 14.7 percent - although that had declined from 30.4 percent over the past five years.....
See full article HERE
The Māori economy exceeds $80 billion
The Māori economy has emerged as a powerful and growing component of New Zealand’s national economy, underpinned by assets in key sectors such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, tourism, and property. As of 2025, the Māori asset base is estimated to exceed $80 billion, demonstrating not only economic strength but also the increasing capability of iwi, hapū, and Māori enterprises to manage wealth and generate intergenerational prosperity.
A Snapshot of Growth....
See full article HERE
Temporary Library Location Finalised To Enable Start Of Transformation
The Council is collaborating with local iwi to create a modern facility that celebrates Masterton's cultural identity, including integration of te reo Māori throughout signage and navigation......
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robertson: New Zealand’s Holy Empire of Make-Believe
Propaganda:
'By Seymour, for Māori?' - Tama Potaka defends Māori targeted funding cut
Te Ao Māori Trends & Insights
$13.5M Govt Tourism Boost: What It Means for Māori Businesses & 100% Pure NZ
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
Wednesday June 18, 2025
News:
Government will not agree to Treaty settlements that dispute Crown’s sovereignty today
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith says the Government will not agree to Treaty settlements that dispute whether the Crown is now sovereign.
Goldsmith made the comments to the Māori Affairs select committee this morning amid ongoing negotiations with East Coast iwi Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and hopes a settlement can be reached with the country’s largest iwi, Ngāpuhi.
Goldsmith made the comments to the Māori Affairs select committee this morning amid ongoing negotiations with East Coast iwi Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and hopes a settlement can be reached with the country’s largest iwi, Ngāpuhi.
Under the previous Labour Government, an initial deed of settlement with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui was drawn up.
It includes the first case of a clause agreeing to disagree on who holds sovereignty.
The 12 hapū of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui are based in the eastern Bay of Plenty with an area of interest spanning approximately 190,000ha between Hāwai and Pōtikirua.
The deed notes Te Whānau-ā-Apanui consider they are a sovereign nation that never ceded sovereignty to the Crown and retain that sovereignty today, while the Crown considers its sovereignty today as incontrovertible.
The differing views are not reconciled in the deed and nothing in the deed is to be taken as the iwi relinquishing that sovereignty.
Goldsmith said the Government is uncomfortable with this agree-to-disagree clause and it is not prepared to progress the settlement without that being removed.....
See full article HERE
Minister angling for a single commercial redress for Ngāpuhi, “Some groups will never settle.”
The government’s push to settle all treaty settlements by 2035 firmly on track
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith has acknowledged that some hapū within Ngāpuhi may choose never to settle their Treaty claims, but says the government’s push to conclude all settlements by 2035 remains firmly on track.
His comments came on day two of Scrutiny Week, as Goldsmith and Justine Smith, CEO of Te Tari Whakatau, the Office of Treaty Settlements, and Takutai Moana fronted the Māori Affairs Select Committee.....
See full article HERE
Have Māori voting trends changed?
It would be wrong to think that Māori vote for a single party – even during the heights of Labours dominance in the 1900’s, Māori voted for others – for example people such as Sir Wira Gardiner and Sir Graham Latimer were National voters.
The 2000s were a period of political transformation for Māori voters in Aotearoa New Zealand. This decade saw the consolidation of Māori political identity, the emergence of the Māori Party, and the growing importance of Treaty-based politics. Across three general elections – 2002, 2005, and 2008 – Māori voting trends shifted away from historical loyalties to Labour and toward kaupapa Māori-driven representation.
What emerged in this period was a stronger assertion of tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) at the ballot box, driven by a younger generation of Māori voters and sharpened by flashpoints such as the foreshore and seabed controversy....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Tui Vaeau: Fluency for the Few, Cost for the Many
Propaganda:
Why tā moko should never be dismissed as 'scribbles' - Māori academic
It includes the first case of a clause agreeing to disagree on who holds sovereignty.
The 12 hapū of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui are based in the eastern Bay of Plenty with an area of interest spanning approximately 190,000ha between Hāwai and Pōtikirua.
The deed notes Te Whānau-ā-Apanui consider they are a sovereign nation that never ceded sovereignty to the Crown and retain that sovereignty today, while the Crown considers its sovereignty today as incontrovertible.
The differing views are not reconciled in the deed and nothing in the deed is to be taken as the iwi relinquishing that sovereignty.
Goldsmith said the Government is uncomfortable with this agree-to-disagree clause and it is not prepared to progress the settlement without that being removed.....
See full article HERE
Minister angling for a single commercial redress for Ngāpuhi, “Some groups will never settle.”
The government’s push to settle all treaty settlements by 2035 firmly on track
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith has acknowledged that some hapū within Ngāpuhi may choose never to settle their Treaty claims, but says the government’s push to conclude all settlements by 2035 remains firmly on track.
His comments came on day two of Scrutiny Week, as Goldsmith and Justine Smith, CEO of Te Tari Whakatau, the Office of Treaty Settlements, and Takutai Moana fronted the Māori Affairs Select Committee.....
See full article HERE
Have Māori voting trends changed?
It would be wrong to think that Māori vote for a single party – even during the heights of Labours dominance in the 1900’s, Māori voted for others – for example people such as Sir Wira Gardiner and Sir Graham Latimer were National voters.
The 2000s were a period of political transformation for Māori voters in Aotearoa New Zealand. This decade saw the consolidation of Māori political identity, the emergence of the Māori Party, and the growing importance of Treaty-based politics. Across three general elections – 2002, 2005, and 2008 – Māori voting trends shifted away from historical loyalties to Labour and toward kaupapa Māori-driven representation.
What emerged in this period was a stronger assertion of tino rangatiratanga (self-determination) at the ballot box, driven by a younger generation of Māori voters and sharpened by flashpoints such as the foreshore and seabed controversy....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Tui Vaeau: Fluency for the Few, Cost for the Many
Propaganda:
Why tā moko should never be dismissed as 'scribbles' - Māori academic
Tuesday June 17, 2025
News:
High Court Recognises Ātiawa Ki Whakarongotai Entitlement To Customary Marine Title
In May-June 2024, the High Court heard applications for Customary Marine Title (CMT) within the area of Whangaehu to Whareroa. Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai were applicants in that hearing, seeking exclusive CMT in their rohe from Kūkūtauākī (near the Kōwhai Stream) to Whareroa.
On Friday 13 June the High Court released its decision, in which it found that “it is Te Ātiawa alone that have the holistic relationship with the seascape required to satisfy the test for CMT” in their rohe, outside areas of shared interests at the boundaries. Accordingly, the Court has determined that Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai are entitled to CMT in those areas
Tīhema Baker, Pou Ākau for Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, says the decision affirms what they have always known and expressed about the nature of their rights and interests in relation to the takutai moana.....
See full article HERE
Moriori Challenge Crown Over “Tino Rangatiratanga”
The Moriori Imi Settlement Trust (MIST), supported by the Hokotehi Moriori Trust (HMT), has filed proceedings in the High Court at Wellington challenging the Crown’s proposal to recognise Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri’s (NMOW) tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands).
In 1870, the Native Land Court and colonial government gave 97.3% of all land on the Chatham Islands to NMOW (who arrived on an English sailing ship in only 1835), completely disregarding Moriori custom and the ancient, peaceful occupation of the islands. Instead, they applied the New Zealand Māori custom of take raupatu (claim by conquest).
The Waitangi Tribunal found in 2001 that Moriori should have received “at least 50% of the land” on Rēkohu and that “redress by far was due to Moriori” (Tribunal recommends compensation for Moriori). Despite this, NMOW have continued to claim exclusive mana whenua and tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu. Now, the Crown appears ready to repeat these past injustices.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori Calls For Urgent Extension To Regulatory Standards Bill Submissions
A rushed, inaccessible process sets a dangerous precedent for how Parliament consults on legislation of national significance.
Te Pāti Māori is demanding an immediate two-week extension to the submission deadline for the Regulatory Standards Bill, currently closing at 1pm on Monday, 23 June 2025.
Repeated outages of Parliament’s website and submission portal, including over the past weekend, have seriously undermined public access to this critical process. Tangata whenua, legal experts, and community voices have been blocked from engaging with a bill that has major constitutional implications.....
See full article HERE
Trade between China and Māori explained
Trade between Māori and China is fast becoming one of the most dynamic areas of international commerce for Aotearoa New Zealand. As Māori enterprises expand their global reach, China has emerged as a key market for iwi-owned and Māori-led businesses-particularly in sectors such as forestry, seafood, horticulture, dairy, tourism, and cultural products.
But this growing relationship is about more than exports and profits; it’s also about indigenous-to-indigenous connection....
See full article HERE
Articles:
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Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB):
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Why opponents and supporters of the Regulatory Standards Bill are so far apart
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“I would like to know directly” - Police Commissioner and Minister reject bias towards Māori
It caused months of debate, inflamed racial politics and cost the country more than $1 million: who remembers the plan for bilingual road signs?
Tīhema Baker, Pou Ākau for Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, says the decision affirms what they have always known and expressed about the nature of their rights and interests in relation to the takutai moana.....
See full article HERE
Moriori Challenge Crown Over “Tino Rangatiratanga”
The Moriori Imi Settlement Trust (MIST), supported by the Hokotehi Moriori Trust (HMT), has filed proceedings in the High Court at Wellington challenging the Crown’s proposal to recognise Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri’s (NMOW) tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands).
In 1870, the Native Land Court and colonial government gave 97.3% of all land on the Chatham Islands to NMOW (who arrived on an English sailing ship in only 1835), completely disregarding Moriori custom and the ancient, peaceful occupation of the islands. Instead, they applied the New Zealand Māori custom of take raupatu (claim by conquest).
The Waitangi Tribunal found in 2001 that Moriori should have received “at least 50% of the land” on Rēkohu and that “redress by far was due to Moriori” (Tribunal recommends compensation for Moriori). Despite this, NMOW have continued to claim exclusive mana whenua and tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu. Now, the Crown appears ready to repeat these past injustices.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori Calls For Urgent Extension To Regulatory Standards Bill Submissions
A rushed, inaccessible process sets a dangerous precedent for how Parliament consults on legislation of national significance.
Te Pāti Māori is demanding an immediate two-week extension to the submission deadline for the Regulatory Standards Bill, currently closing at 1pm on Monday, 23 June 2025.
Repeated outages of Parliament’s website and submission portal, including over the past weekend, have seriously undermined public access to this critical process. Tangata whenua, legal experts, and community voices have been blocked from engaging with a bill that has major constitutional implications.....
See full article HERE
Trade between China and Māori explained
Trade between Māori and China is fast becoming one of the most dynamic areas of international commerce for Aotearoa New Zealand. As Māori enterprises expand their global reach, China has emerged as a key market for iwi-owned and Māori-led businesses-particularly in sectors such as forestry, seafood, horticulture, dairy, tourism, and cultural products.
But this growing relationship is about more than exports and profits; it’s also about indigenous-to-indigenous connection....
See full article HERE
Articles:
John Robertson: Make New Zealand Secular - The Fight Against State-Sanctioned Spiritual Bullsh*t
Māori Unemployment? Let’s Stop Blaming Everyone Else
Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB):
Propaganda:
Why opponents and supporters of the Regulatory Standards Bill are so far apart
Why some iwi acknowledge Puanga instead of Matariki
“I would like to know directly” - Police Commissioner and Minister reject bias towards Māori
Monday June 16, 2025
News:
Bilingual road signs: Ministers dodge questions over abandoned plans
Virginia Fallon is a senior writer and columnist based in Wellington, covering features and investigations.
It caused months of debate, inflamed racial politics and cost the country more than $1 million: who remembers the plan for bilingual road signs?
The idea was for nearly 100 new designs. They’d have Māori words on top, English ones below, and be rolled out as existing signs needed to be replaced....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Last-gasp U-turn keeps Military Settler’s name off Taranaki park
A last-minute change of mind has ensured the name of a Taranaki Military Settler won’t be added to the reo Māori name of a new park in a New Plymouth village.
Manutahi Park is a green space planned for the middle of Lepperton, a 20-minute drive from the city.
New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) asked mana whenua for a name for the park: Puketapu hapū suggested Manutahi and staff say kaumatua and neighbouring Pukerangiora hapū endorsed the name......
See full article HERE
Groundbreaking storytelling with a sculpture park you can drive through
Te Ahu a Turanga is a new $824 million 11.5-kilometre four-lane highway connecting the Lower North Island East to West. It opened this week.
And not only is it an impressive bit of infrastructure, replacing the old Manawatū Gorge Road, it is, in effect an enormous sculpture park you can drive through.
Images of work discussed see link.....
See full article HERE
Tribunal asked to halt seabed mine fast-track
South Taranaki hapū want the Waitangi Tribunal to halt a fast-track bid to mine the seabed off Pātea.
Hapū and iwi are seeking a Tribunal injunction to block processing of TTR’s fast track application.
The claimants want an urgent hearing into alleged Crown breaches and are seeking to summon Crown officials they say are responsible.
They say the Crown failed to consult tangata whenua, breaching Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and ignored a Supreme Court ruling against the seabed mine.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Tui Vaeau: Why the Regulatory Standards Bill Terrifies the Wellington Priesthood.......
"Your Rates at Work: Fixing Feelings, Not Footpaths"
Mandates Are Tyranny: When the Left Doesn’t Win.
More Cultural Hui, Fewer Potholes: Ratepayers Foot the Bill (Again)
"It's not anti Maori it's anti-special treatment. And voters know it"
“Darkest Day in NZ Democracy? Sorry, That Title Was Already Taken in 2020”
Make New Zealand Secular: The Fight Against State-sanctioned Spiritual Bullsh*t - John Robertson.
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Last-gasp U-turn keeps Military Settler’s name off Taranaki park
A last-minute change of mind has ensured the name of a Taranaki Military Settler won’t be added to the reo Māori name of a new park in a New Plymouth village.
Manutahi Park is a green space planned for the middle of Lepperton, a 20-minute drive from the city.
New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) asked mana whenua for a name for the park: Puketapu hapū suggested Manutahi and staff say kaumatua and neighbouring Pukerangiora hapū endorsed the name......
See full article HERE
Groundbreaking storytelling with a sculpture park you can drive through
Te Ahu a Turanga is a new $824 million 11.5-kilometre four-lane highway connecting the Lower North Island East to West. It opened this week.
And not only is it an impressive bit of infrastructure, replacing the old Manawatū Gorge Road, it is, in effect an enormous sculpture park you can drive through.
Images of work discussed see link.....
See full article HERE
Tribunal asked to halt seabed mine fast-track
South Taranaki hapū want the Waitangi Tribunal to halt a fast-track bid to mine the seabed off Pātea.
Hapū and iwi are seeking a Tribunal injunction to block processing of TTR’s fast track application.
The claimants want an urgent hearing into alleged Crown breaches and are seeking to summon Crown officials they say are responsible.
They say the Crown failed to consult tangata whenua, breaching Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and ignored a Supreme Court ruling against the seabed mine.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Tui Vaeau: Why the Regulatory Standards Bill Terrifies the Wellington Priesthood.......
"Your Rates at Work: Fixing Feelings, Not Footpaths"
Mandates Are Tyranny: When the Left Doesn’t Win.
More Cultural Hui, Fewer Potholes: Ratepayers Foot the Bill (Again)
"It's not anti Maori it's anti-special treatment. And voters know it"
“Darkest Day in NZ Democracy? Sorry, That Title Was Already Taken in 2020”
Make New Zealand Secular: The Fight Against State-sanctioned Spiritual Bullsh*t - John Robertson.
Propaganda:
Miriama Kamo reflects on Matariki, new projects and family legacy
‘Are our voices too loud for this House?’
Witi Ihimaera: Back at the beginning
A bill of a different magnitude
Palm kernel and the colonial project - Catherine Delahunty
Sunday June 15, 2025
News:
Cabinet approves 'suite of amendments' to Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act
Minister of Health Simeon Brown has announced the government will be introducing legislation to ensure the health system is focused on delivering better outcomes for patients.
He said Cabinet had approved a suite of amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 202
He said Cabinet had approved a suite of amendments to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 202
Brown said the legislation would also strengthen the Hauora Māori Advisory Committee (HMAC) and clarify the role of iwi-Māori Partnership Boards (IMPBs).
"Local IMPBs will continue to engage with their communities but will now provide advice directly to HMAC. That advice will then support decisions made by the minister and the Health New Zealand board....
See full article HERE
HMAC Welcomes Government Health Changes
The Hauora Māori Advisory Committee (HMAC) welcomes the Government’s decision to elevate its role to directly advise Health New Zealand and the Minister of Health on Māori health matters.
Chair Parekawhia McLean said the change allows the committee to provide both Minister and Health New Zealand strong and clear advice on Māori health priorities and support to improve Māori health outcomes.
“The Minister has made it clear that the committee’s role is to be directly focused on improving Māori health. We accept the challenge.....
See full article HERE
Auckland Council receives 2,250 submissions on Waitākere Ranges heritage deed
Auckland Council has received more than 2,250 submissions on the proposed Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed of Acknowledgement, following public consultation in April and May this year.
The proposed Deed – between Auckland Council, Te Kawerau ā Maki, and the Department of Conservation – would set out a framework for working together to better protect and care for the Waitākere Ranges, recognising the enduring relationship tangata whenua have with the area and the responsibilities shared under the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
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Matariki at Te Papa: ‘The growth has been massive’
Māori approach to maternity care helping pēpi get best start
Te Ahu a Turanga: The story behind the art on New Zealand's newest highway
Anne Salmond: What’s wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill
"Local IMPBs will continue to engage with their communities but will now provide advice directly to HMAC. That advice will then support decisions made by the minister and the Health New Zealand board....
See full article HERE
HMAC Welcomes Government Health Changes
The Hauora Māori Advisory Committee (HMAC) welcomes the Government’s decision to elevate its role to directly advise Health New Zealand and the Minister of Health on Māori health matters.
Chair Parekawhia McLean said the change allows the committee to provide both Minister and Health New Zealand strong and clear advice on Māori health priorities and support to improve Māori health outcomes.
“The Minister has made it clear that the committee’s role is to be directly focused on improving Māori health. We accept the challenge.....
See full article HERE
Auckland Council receives 2,250 submissions on Waitākere Ranges heritage deed
Auckland Council has received more than 2,250 submissions on the proposed Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed of Acknowledgement, following public consultation in April and May this year.
The proposed Deed – between Auckland Council, Te Kawerau ā Maki, and the Department of Conservation – would set out a framework for working together to better protect and care for the Waitākere Ranges, recognising the enduring relationship tangata whenua have with the area and the responsibilities shared under the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008.....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Rangatahi use Māori speech competition Ngā Manu Kōrero to tackle big issues
Matariki at Te Papa: ‘The growth has been massive’
Māori approach to maternity care helping pēpi get best start
Te Ahu a Turanga: The story behind the art on New Zealand's newest highway
Anne Salmond: What’s wrong with the Regulatory Standards Bill
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
16 comments:
“Cabinet approves 'suite of amendments' to Pae Ora”
How about using the "English language" to name tax payer funded for profit corporations.
As one who spent many hours pondering and preparing a submission on the Waitakere Ranges I follow with some interest. A co management/partnership advisory group is proposed/intended. Sadly, despite the demonstration by the Tupuna Maunga Authority, few seem to realise that such arrangements are effectively maori control. The ratepayer owners asset will effectively be surrendered to the contract and mana seeking whims of a local tribe, the remnant survivors of whom eked out a fugitive existence in the area 200 years ago. With their now formidable insurgency organisation, coordinated utilising state subsidised marae, education and kapahaka programs, it is a simple matter for maori to organise overwhelming submissions in their favour. There is no such coordinated network for others. It will be interesting to see if the Council risks making the submissions public, or just the pro maori staff "interpretation", and if media take any interest. (Some years ago they withheld submissions but an appeal to Mahuta got release!)
Further to above about Waitakere Ranges, a news item on RNZ revealed that Act have expressed doubts abou the co governance aspect. This very satisfying to read. I have hammered this theme to Council since the realisation dawned when attending a Tupuna Maunga Aurhority hui in 2019, but wasted on the council staff appointed in large part for their pro maoriness inclination. At last the theme seems to be more generally recognised (although Mayor Brown did replace one blatant pro maori on the Council side of the TMA to promote some pretence of balance).
In matters involving maori the relative numbers of public submissions mean little. Few now receive newspapers and publicity is now always pro maori anyway. Few of the public are aware at the early stages of issues pushed by maori. But with their insurgency network established through the state subsidised te reo network, kura, maori studies courses, marae, kapahanga, hikois etc it is a simple matter for maori to organise mass submissions. The crayfish school signs are an unfortunate precedent artfully established. The attitude of senior LTA staff in promoting maori twaddle above clarity and road safety is astonishing and disgraceful.It is incredible that time and effort was devoted to the topic in the firt place.
I trust the full cost, including all consultations, will be revealed for the sculpture clutter on the new Manawatu Gorge bypass. Deliberate distraction inviting prolonged inspection to unravel, alongside a high speed highway seems odd.
In a separate matter but on point , a small park is being established in Lepperton near New Plymouth. Local iwi want Manutahi which has been approved. There are several Manutahi in Taranaki so it was suggested the name
Lepperton be added as a locator. Oh no, it was named after a ,,bad ,, man , a white military officer. So no go. The tone of the ,,news,, report by a Mr Ashworth reflects the disparaging style towards anything ,,white,, which is common among the so-called ,,local democracy ,, reporters and Stuff . Seems Nzme picks up this too.
I note a couple of councillors believed to be Nats avidly go along with the anti- white line, one of whom in his long ago media days would have taken a different view. A chameleon like so many who flick to the side of part- Maori radicals when they see the direction of the wind. The mayor here is another, joining the hikoi to parliament. I think they expect the govt to change next year and are positioning themselves accordingly
Seems the whole basis of the war in Taranaki was the maori sale of land recently acquired or lost by conquest and hence with questionable ownership. At least the Leppertons seem to have put the land to good use and benefit to the whole country, both settlers and primitives.
In reply to ERobert Arthur. Taranaki was a key flashpoint of the war. A Maori chief sold land at Waitara to settlers but after he took the money the other chiefs said he had no right to sell it. It was communally owned. There was tremendous pressure from an influx of settlers demanding land and pressure on Maori to sell whether they wanted to or not. There was a stalemate. Settlers marked out land and the markers were removed. It got heavy. One report long ago said a settler got killed but that aspect long disappeared from media narratives it seems. It turned nasty anyway and the settler govt sent up troops, on request, to help. The standoff continued and resulted in both sides digging in and shelling and war. Eventually the Maori there sought help from outside Taranaki, hence troops ''invading'' Waikato, as the action is now called, to stop Waikato Maori from sending help. The chief blamed for the sale apparently did it to spite another chief over a woman, as one version has it. He was killed later . The problem is the later land confiscations which were all encompassing. Lepper was a military officer and seems to have been a straightforward man. The treaty settlements are meant to help resolve the land question. Even land owned by Maori who sided with the govt, and there were many if not most, had land confiscated. The current trend for Maori (actually mixed race and very European) to have ''mana'' over the land could lead to a situation where your ownership of land and house in NZ means just the right to occupy and sell, with Maori (identified) having first dibs if you sell and getting a tribunal to set the price and a kind of levy or lease charge on your property, say 1pc on the rates. I understand such a levy by whatever name has been applied in a part of Victoria to fund redress to aborigines. I am vague on the detailsbut it emerged during the mega-woke outrage a few years ago. Treaty settlements were meant to provide redress but the game has changed . I stay anon on my posts on all issues as there could be consequences here otherwise.
Where the wicked colonists are considered by the Waitangi Tribunal to have wronged maori the state picks up the tab. In the case of the Chathams and moriori presumably the bill will acrue to Ngati Mutanga.(If the WT can consider redress for 1835 inter tribal conquest why not rule for all tribes back as far as known history? Would pre occupy the WT and its vast staff and the tribes, keep the justice industry lucratively occupied, and provide respite for the state.
So, we hear that the High Court Recognises CMT blah, blah, blah. Thanks Goldsmith, when will you get off of your arse and get this s58 of MACA done? Better still, revert to the situation where the Crown owns all the seabed and foreshore. Just another example as HdPA metions today of bugger all action by National.
Government will not agree to Treaty settlements that dispute Crown’s sovereignty today. “The Crown’s position is clear; the Crown is sovereign. The Crown is simply the representation of the democratic will of the people of New Zealand,” said Goldsmith.
Yeah right. Was it the “will of the people” to agree to the introduction of apartheid in 1975 with the enacting of the TOW Act, and with every other apartheid Act and statue since then, Goldsmith?
Yes, anon@7.40, but at least the gutless one has (for the time being) acknowledged Crown sovereignty. There should be no settlement with anyone unless that Crown sovereignty is acknowledged. No acknowledgement, no money or other benefits - it should be as simple as that. Be their head if agreed differently!
And why isn't MACA sorted for the benefit of all? Seems like his boss - hoping if he does nothing, it might just go away. As I described -gutless!
Recently reived from a constituency office:
"I have taken a few days to make further enquiries about the Marine and Coastal Areas Bill and the update I have received from Minister Goldsmiths office is as below.
The Minister is currently considering next steps on the Bill, in light of the Supreme Court’s judgement on this matter in December last year. Next steps and potential timeframes will be announced in due course. "
Gross procrastination = confirmation of more "bugger all action by National".
Readers should draw their own conclusion as this Anon is clearly biased and totally unimpressed by this Minister.
OK, so the iwi don't accept Crown sovereignty and want their own country. No problem. I suggest us non-Maori "gift" the name "La La Land" to this new country.Then, the wicked colonizer Crown sets up a 24/7 manned cordon with check points around the Iwi's land. Any iwi members coming out of the nation of La La Land into the nation of New Zealand have to pay a use tax because they will be using the Crown's roads and walking on Crown owned land. Any products made in La La Land and being exported to New Zealand, will incur an import tax. If iwi want/need to access any Crown provided services such as hospital care in Crown owned or Council owned hospitals, iwi do not have access to ACC funding and they pay for the service at commercial for-profit rates. Ditto if iwi want to send their children to any schools outside of La La Land. They cannot access any Crown education grants and pay the same tuition as any other foreign student.
La La Land collects taxes from its citizens and must pay for ALL its government services including, fire, police, hospitals, roads, sewage, water and power infrastructure, etc. They do NOT have access to Maori extortion money for alleged Treaty infractions.
These jokers want to their own country, LET THEM PAY FOR IT.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to gift the Kermadec Trench as this fantastic new Country of La La Land - well they think they can walk on water ... !
Of the astonishing 17 assorted bodies in the photo how many are maori buisness reps and how many cocert party free loaders?Whether or not the Chinese will want to exploit the fat of the land (Aotearoa) is their decision.
19/6/25: Iwi already refuse Goldsmith's remarks on sovereignty......no deal while this stands.
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