Sunday July 27, 2025
News:
Kāpiti Coast iwi fear historic urupā could face further desecration under government planning freeze
Kāpiti Coast iwi Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai say the Government’s decision to freeze all council plan changes until 2027 threatens to reopen deep wounds over the desecration of one of their urupā.
The announcement by Resource Management Reform Minister Chris Bishop means a proposed plan change by the Kāpiti Coast District Council to protect Kārewarewa urupā as a designated wāhi tapu is now on hold.
That change was intended to reinstate protections removed in 1970 when the site lost its official cemetery designation, paving the way for housing development on ancestral graves.....
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Te Pāti Māori, Greens outraged at 'marginalising' passport changes
Te Pāti Māori says the government's changes to passports are an attempt to whitewash the national identity.
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said the change diminishes the visibility of tangata whenua.
"Our passport is not just a travel document, it's a statement of who we are as a nation. So, the stripping down of te reo Māori, or marginalising our indigenous identity, reflects this government's sad obsession with erasing Te Tiriti o Waitangi and dragging us back to a monocultural past," she said.
Ngarewa-Packer said the move undermined Aotearoa's reputation as a leading nation in recognising indigenous rights.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Perce Harpham: Renewing New Zealand - Part 1
Peter Williams: The Great Aotearoa Debate
Bob Edlin: Sean Plunket breaks news of Fire & Emergency Services’ new Kaupapa Māori Proposal
That change was intended to reinstate protections removed in 1970 when the site lost its official cemetery designation, paving the way for housing development on ancestral graves.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori, Greens outraged at 'marginalising' passport changes
Te Pāti Māori says the government's changes to passports are an attempt to whitewash the national identity.
Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer said the change diminishes the visibility of tangata whenua.
"Our passport is not just a travel document, it's a statement of who we are as a nation. So, the stripping down of te reo Māori, or marginalising our indigenous identity, reflects this government's sad obsession with erasing Te Tiriti o Waitangi and dragging us back to a monocultural past," she said.
Ngarewa-Packer said the move undermined Aotearoa's reputation as a leading nation in recognising indigenous rights.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Perce Harpham: Renewing New Zealand - Part 1
Peter Williams: The Great Aotearoa Debate
Bob Edlin: Sean Plunket breaks news of Fire & Emergency Services’ new Kaupapa Māori Proposal
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1 comment:
It does seem somewhat absurd that a few battle casualties buried eons ago over a vast area should preclude land use forever. Applied to Europe hardly any land would be available. Very many recorded, structured and maintained graves were disturbed to allow the motorway through Wellington. Should we have gone without that? Polak noted that maori had no regard whatever for burial sites of othr tribes, so any universal maori grief is contrived.
And as for the passports how on earth was the present situation allowed to develop in the first place? Politiciams have been asleep for decades. The proficency of speeches of objection from maori often intrigues. When themes are glibly learned by heart even fools can trot out grand standardised statements.
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