Tuesday July 29, 2025
News:
Taranaki Mayors Want Hydrogen Kick-start From Wellington
“The Mayoral Forum supports a regulatory regime that provides mana whenua with early and meaningful engagement,” their submission said.
“Treaty settlements in Taranaki have clear provisions around oil and gas developments, and [we] recommend that the Government consider how best to honour those commitments in regulating hydrogen, even if hydrogen may not strictly fall within definitions in Treaty settlements.”
The mayors’ submission said mana whenua must be part of talks whatever officials decide.....
See full article HERE
From maunga to lagoon, wind breathes light into footbridge
Opening last weekend with a dawn karakia, two sides of the lagoon are connected again with an architecturally exceptional walking and cycling bridge. This replaces an old bridge taken out of service in July 2023.
The shared vision and partnership of Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust and Maungakiekie Tāmaki Local Board were central to the delivery of the new bridge, with Auckland Council Public Art expertly integrating art into the infrastructure.
Gifted by Ngāti Paoa, the bridge’s name is Te Kōpua o Hiku. The story behind the name is shared by Drina Paratene:....
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Bay of Islands hapū achieve Ngāpuhi-first Treaty of Waitangi milestone
A Bay of Islands trust representing four Ngāpuhi hapū groupings has achieved a major milestone in its Treaty of Waitangi negotiations.
The Trust received its Crown Deed of Mandate recognition on 16 July - the first for a group of Ngāpuhi hapū.
Te Whakaaetanga Trust chairperson Herb Rihari (Ngāti Torehina ki Matakā) said the milestone was of "historical significance".
"Te Whakaaetanga is looking forward to discussing and negotiating the full spectrum of their redress options," Rihari said....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: Civil Wars Tend to Happen Gradually, Then Suddenly!
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From maunga to lagoon, wind breathes light into footbridge
Opening last weekend with a dawn karakia, two sides of the lagoon are connected again with an architecturally exceptional walking and cycling bridge. This replaces an old bridge taken out of service in July 2023.
The shared vision and partnership of Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust and Maungakiekie Tāmaki Local Board were central to the delivery of the new bridge, with Auckland Council Public Art expertly integrating art into the infrastructure.
Gifted by Ngāti Paoa, the bridge’s name is Te Kōpua o Hiku. The story behind the name is shared by Drina Paratene:....
See full article HERE
Bay of Islands hapū achieve Ngāpuhi-first Treaty of Waitangi milestone
A Bay of Islands trust representing four Ngāpuhi hapū groupings has achieved a major milestone in its Treaty of Waitangi negotiations.
The Trust received its Crown Deed of Mandate recognition on 16 July - the first for a group of Ngāpuhi hapū.
Te Whakaaetanga Trust chairperson Herb Rihari (Ngāti Torehina ki Matakā) said the milestone was of "historical significance".
"Te Whakaaetanga is looking forward to discussing and negotiating the full spectrum of their redress options," Rihari said....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: Civil Wars Tend to Happen Gradually, Then Suddenly!
Monday July 28, 2025
News:
No penalty clauses paid on stalled Waiouru army base housing project
The Defence Force (NZDF) says it has not paid any penalty clauses associated with its housing project at Waiouru army base.
The $50 million-plus project has stalled, though both defence and Ngāti Rangi iwi consider it urgent, and the force issued a tender over a year ago for 50 new homes.
News:
No penalty clauses paid on stalled Waiouru army base housing project
The Defence Force (NZDF) says it has not paid any penalty clauses associated with its housing project at Waiouru army base.
The $50 million-plus project has stalled, though both defence and Ngāti Rangi iwi consider it urgent, and the force issued a tender over a year ago for 50 new homes.
The NZDF once again refused to tell RNZ why it was still in negotiations with the iwi over the housing. It had appeared the talks were settled before it issued last year's tender.
"Negotiations in relation to this matter remain underway. Accordingly, this information is withheld in full... to enable negotiations to be carried out without prejudice or disadvantage," it said in a response to a request under the Offiicial Information Act.
"The NZDF's relationship with local iwi has not changed and remains vital to our use of the Waiouru Military Training Area," it added.....
See full article HERE
ACT Party takes Anti Māori narrative on the road
The ACT Party is turning its attention to the private sector with Dr Parmjeet Parmar, the party Spokesperson for Tertiary Education saying in a statement:
“We must not let the rot that is so pervasive in our public institutions spread into the private sector,” says Dr Parmar.
“ACT is working hard in Government to remove race-based requirements from our public institutions. Businesses need to get the memo that they no longer need to engage in identity politics to secure Government contracts.
“Last year the Government ditched race-based requirements from procurement rules, including the 8% quota for contracts going to Māori-owned businesses and the requirement that when procuring agencies must consider how they can create quality employment opportunities specifically for Māori. Councils should follow suit.”....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
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Our people didn’t sit back and accept silence
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"Negotiations in relation to this matter remain underway. Accordingly, this information is withheld in full... to enable negotiations to be carried out without prejudice or disadvantage," it said in a response to a request under the Offiicial Information Act.
"The NZDF's relationship with local iwi has not changed and remains vital to our use of the Waiouru Military Training Area," it added.....
See full article HERE
ACT Party takes Anti Māori narrative on the road
The ACT Party is turning its attention to the private sector with Dr Parmjeet Parmar, the party Spokesperson for Tertiary Education saying in a statement:
“We must not let the rot that is so pervasive in our public institutions spread into the private sector,” says Dr Parmar.
“ACT is working hard in Government to remove race-based requirements from our public institutions. Businesses need to get the memo that they no longer need to engage in identity politics to secure Government contracts.
“Last year the Government ditched race-based requirements from procurement rules, including the 8% quota for contracts going to Māori-owned businesses and the requirement that when procuring agencies must consider how they can create quality employment opportunities specifically for Māori. Councils should follow suit.”....
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Is a blanket enough?
Our people didn’t sit back and accept silence
Business as usual for racism in schools
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.....
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
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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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3 comments:
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.
28 Jul: What “anti- maori narrative”? In the wise words of Thomas Sowell: “When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.” Grow up waatea news. Maori are perfectly capable of winning business on their own merit.
Re: the Bay of Islands ToW negotiations 29 Jul - What precisely does this mean, is Goldsmith busily giving away the power of life & death in the area or what? Will we see all the boaties paying rent to the hapu to transit anywhere?
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