Thursday August 28, 2025
News:
Little learners enjoy cultural visit to marae
A group of curious east Auckland children recently got an up-close look at Māori culture without having to leave their own neighbourhood.
The children attend the Barnardos Early Learning Centre in Pakuranga.
They and their families and the centre’s staff have taken part in a cultural education visit to Te Tahawai Marae in nearby Edgewater Drive.
Barnardos says the marae trip supports the local curriculum of its Pakuranga centre and was a chance for its children to learn about te ao Māori and tikanga.....
See full article HERE
Future of Māori Media in Focus as $10M Funding Round Closes
As the 2025-2026 Māori news and current affairs funding round closes, questions remain about the future direction of Māori media.
Today, Te Māngai Pāho’s Request for Proposals (RfP), offering up to $10 million to support Māori news content in 2026, closes.
The RfP focuses on strengthening te reo Māori and building a more collaborative media ecosystem by exploring seven regional hubs and a national hub to centralise reo Māori news content and improve access for publishers.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says innovation and relevance are key.As the 2025-2026 Māori news and current affairs funding round closes, questions remain about the future direction of Māori media.....
See full article HERE
$24.62m RIF funding for East Coast and Hawke’s Bay
Funding of $24.62 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will turbo-charge horticulture expansion in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti through water storage, flood resilience and whenua Māori projects, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says.
The projects are:
> Turanga Fast Five (Gisborne - Tairāwhiti) will receive a $11.93m loan to establish a diversified high-value horticulture development on five underutilised whenua Māori land blocks in Tairāwhiti totalling 70ha.
> Tātau Tātau Horticulture Limited Partnership (Wairoa - Hawke’s Bay) will receive a $6.83m loan to expand its existing water storage capacity and establish a scalable post-harvest facility. This builds on the $1m received from the Māori Development Fund.
> Makauri Aquifer Recharge Limited (Gisborne - Tairāwhiti) will receive a loan of up to $3m to build water infrastructure to replenish the Makauri aquifer in Tairāwhiti, delivering a more reliable water supply for primary production on fertile Tūranganui-a-Kiwa flats, near Waipaoa River.
> Ngāti Pahauwera Commercial Development Limited (Wairoa - Hawke’s Bay) will receive a $2.36m loan to develop a 42,000cu m water storage reservoir and distribution infrastructure to convert 30ha of whenua Māori into commercially competitive pipfruit orchards.
> Quality Roading Services (QRS) (Wairoa - Hawke’s Bay) will receive a $500,000 grant to strengthen flood protection around the operations hub and depot of QRS, a Wairoa District Council-owned engineering firm that plays a critical role in Wairoa’s disaster response and recovery.....
See full article HERE
Koroneihana 2025: A New Dawn for the Kiingitanga
History will be made next week at Tūrangawaewae Marae as Koroneihana 2025 marks the first coronation celebrations under Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, following the passing of her father, Kiingi Tuheitia, in 2024.
Running from September 2nd to 6th, the programme includes pōwhiri for kawe mate, kapa haka from kura and iwi across the motu, and the welcoming of ariki from Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Wendy Geus: Van Velden's action showed much needed frugality - why is the PM not listening?
Barrie Davis: Matauranga Maori – The Sequel
Insights From Social Media
Matua Kahurangi: A billion dollars for separatismMatua Kahurangi: A billion dollars for separatism
Propaganda:
Human rights have turned against Māori sovereignty - Andrew Erueti
Data shows 'exciting' shift in Kiwis' attitudes to te reo Māori
Judd brings fight for Māori wards home to MastertonJudd brings fight for Māori wards home to Masterton
Barnardos says the marae trip supports the local curriculum of its Pakuranga centre and was a chance for its children to learn about te ao Māori and tikanga.....
See full article HERE
Future of Māori Media in Focus as $10M Funding Round Closes
As the 2025-2026 Māori news and current affairs funding round closes, questions remain about the future direction of Māori media.
Today, Te Māngai Pāho’s Request for Proposals (RfP), offering up to $10 million to support Māori news content in 2026, closes.
The RfP focuses on strengthening te reo Māori and building a more collaborative media ecosystem by exploring seven regional hubs and a national hub to centralise reo Māori news content and improve access for publishers.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says innovation and relevance are key.As the 2025-2026 Māori news and current affairs funding round closes, questions remain about the future direction of Māori media.....
See full article HERE
$24.62m RIF funding for East Coast and Hawke’s Bay
Funding of $24.62 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will turbo-charge horticulture expansion in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti through water storage, flood resilience and whenua Māori projects, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says.
The projects are:
> Turanga Fast Five (Gisborne - Tairāwhiti) will receive a $11.93m loan to establish a diversified high-value horticulture development on five underutilised whenua Māori land blocks in Tairāwhiti totalling 70ha.
> Tātau Tātau Horticulture Limited Partnership (Wairoa - Hawke’s Bay) will receive a $6.83m loan to expand its existing water storage capacity and establish a scalable post-harvest facility. This builds on the $1m received from the Māori Development Fund.
> Makauri Aquifer Recharge Limited (Gisborne - Tairāwhiti) will receive a loan of up to $3m to build water infrastructure to replenish the Makauri aquifer in Tairāwhiti, delivering a more reliable water supply for primary production on fertile Tūranganui-a-Kiwa flats, near Waipaoa River.
> Ngāti Pahauwera Commercial Development Limited (Wairoa - Hawke’s Bay) will receive a $2.36m loan to develop a 42,000cu m water storage reservoir and distribution infrastructure to convert 30ha of whenua Māori into commercially competitive pipfruit orchards.
> Quality Roading Services (QRS) (Wairoa - Hawke’s Bay) will receive a $500,000 grant to strengthen flood protection around the operations hub and depot of QRS, a Wairoa District Council-owned engineering firm that plays a critical role in Wairoa’s disaster response and recovery.....
See full article HERE
Koroneihana 2025: A New Dawn for the Kiingitanga
History will be made next week at Tūrangawaewae Marae as Koroneihana 2025 marks the first coronation celebrations under Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, following the passing of her father, Kiingi Tuheitia, in 2024.
Running from September 2nd to 6th, the programme includes pōwhiri for kawe mate, kapa haka from kura and iwi across the motu, and the welcoming of ariki from Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Wendy Geus: Van Velden's action showed much needed frugality - why is the PM not listening?
Barrie Davis: Matauranga Maori – The Sequel
Insights From Social Media
Matua Kahurangi: A billion dollars for separatismMatua Kahurangi: A billion dollars for separatism
Propaganda:
Human rights have turned against Māori sovereignty - Andrew Erueti
Data shows 'exciting' shift in Kiwis' attitudes to te reo Māori
Judd brings fight for Māori wards home to MastertonJudd brings fight for Māori wards home to Masterton
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 August 27, 2025
News:
Opening of Māori Development Fund
The Māori Development Fund (the Fund) is aligned to and contributes to the Government’s Māori economic growth plan Going for Growth with Māori | Tōnui Māori.
The Māori Development Fund is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri and makes grants (also known as investments) that help the Government support Iwi and Māori businesses and organisations to achieve better outcomes for Māori.....
See full article HERE
$10k Tonganui Oceans Scholarship: Application
The Tonganui Scholarship is a $10,000 grant delivered as part of the Tukuoha funding programme and advances tikanga Māori, mātauranga tuku iho and Te Ao Māori within the oceans sector.
Successful Tonganui Scholarship applicants must:
> Be at least 22 years old at the time of application
> Whakapapa Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: Enough of this rāhui bullsh*t
John McLean: The Supreme Court empire strikes back
$10k Tonganui Oceans Scholarship: Application
The Tonganui Scholarship is a $10,000 grant delivered as part of the Tukuoha funding programme and advances tikanga Māori, mātauranga tuku iho and Te Ao Māori within the oceans sector.
Successful Tonganui Scholarship applicants must:
> Be at least 22 years old at the time of application
> Whakapapa Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: Enough of this rāhui bullsh*t
John McLean: The Supreme Court empire strikes back
Tuesday August 26, 2025
News:
Battle over Māori Health Authority disestablishment goes to court
A legal challange against the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority, will be heard in the High Court today.
The High Court in Wellington will from today hear the landmark case seeking declarations of inconsistency under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
The High Court in Wellington will from today hear the landmark case seeking declarations of inconsistency under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.
The applicants - Te Kōhao Health (Lady Tureiti Moxon), Te Puna Ora (Dr Chris Tooley), Papakura Marae and Ngāti Hine Health Trust - are asking the court to determine whether it has jurisdiction to grant declarations of inconsistency of Te Tiriti o Waitangi by the actions of the Crown.....
See full article HERE
Whangārei District Council under fire over sale of Dent St and Pihoihoi Pā land to hotel developer
Tangata whenua of a culturally and historically significant pā site in Whangārei say the district council did not consult them before selling part of the land to a prominent hotel developer.
Their claim regarding 8-10 Dent St, which is part of Pihoihoi (Pihoi) Pā and formerly the site of Almond Court Flats, appears to be backed by Whangārei District Council’s records.
The council sold the land last year to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels NZ for $2.24 million. At the time, the major hotel chain had plans to build a four-star hotel with up to 110 rooms.
Council said its aims for better consideration of and consultation with mana whenua, and that its past engagement or record keeping may have fallen short of today’s standards.
A joint statement by Te Iwitahi Manihera whānau representatives, Te Parawhau hapū, and Ngāpuhi iwi, and supported by whānau of Ngāpuhi rangatira (chief) Tipene Hari, said council sold the Upper Dent St part of Pihoi Pā without consulting them – the “evidenced” tangata whenua.....
See full article HERE
Major water infrastructure unveiled in Wairoa to unlock Māori land potential - Tama Potaka
Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka has opened the first phase of a 150-megalitre water storage facility in Wairoa, describing it as a significant step for Māori landowners in the region. The development, based at Whakapau Orchard, is supported by Te Puni Kōkiri through the Te Ringa Hāpai Fund.
The water project is part of Haumako, a horticultural enterprise led by Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa, which is working to develop Māori land in the district into sustainable horticulture ventures with both commercial and cultural benefits.....
See full article HERE
Parmar: Jobs should be earned, not reserved
Imagine you’ve just finished an engineering degree.
You’ve worked hard, done everything right, and start applying for internships.
But you find out some applicants are guaranteed an interview, not because of their qualifications, but because of their ethnicity.
ACT has been made aware of one internship programme that automatically advances applicants to interview if they are Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander.
Everyone else has to go through the usual process, competing for fewer spots.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Kuku opposes fast-tracked Stella Passage development
Ngāti Kuku spokesperson Joel Ngātuere has pushed back against NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones, following comments Jones made during a livestream last week where he criticised the hapū’s legal challenges to the Stella Passage development.
Ngātuere spoke to Aukaha News at Whareroa Marae and said Ngāti Kuku, along with many other Tauranga Moana hapū, opposed the fast-tracked project....
See full article HERE
Apply a Māori world view to treasure and protect our natural environment (taonga tuku iho) - Auckland City Council
Te ao Māori concepts such as kaitiakitanga, rangatiratanga, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga offer Auckland an integrated approach to protecting and enhancing our treasured environments for ourselves and for future generations.
Embedding these concepts into our thinking and decision-making supports a focus on the connection between the natural environment and people.
Mana whenua, through whakapapa, are related to all living and non-living things in the natural world. They:....
See full article HERE
Advance Māori employment and support Māori business and iwi organisations to be significant drivers of Auckland’s economy - Auckland City Council
Support systems for Māori business owners need to be more accessible and well-coordinated, and enable the Māori business ecosystem to flourish.
Tāmaki Makaurau has a strong, vibrant and growing base of Māori entrepreneurs and assets, particularly in high-value manufacturing and construction. These industries also have large, highly-skilled Māori workforces.
Māori businesses have an emphasis on Māori values, joint ventures and enduring relationships.
They are commercially driven with well-defined long-term goals that promote a sustainable approach. They also focus on growing the Māori asset base and creating direct benefits back to iwi. This embeds a process that both empowers communities and cultivates an untapped part of the economy.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: What Was Next Jacinda, Ceding Sovereignty?
Steven Gaskell: A Court Case Over Who Gets to Run the Thermometer
Judy Gill: Blasphemy 2.0
Dr Michael Johnston: Te reo in year 1 - beginning readers need one language at a time
David Farrar: More cultural genocide hysteria
Propaganda:
Three years on: have Māori wards made a difference in Whangārei?
A history of Māori representation, from Parliament to councils
Government’s Attack On Māori Health Is Pure Evil - Te Pati Maori
Whangārei District Council under fire over sale of Dent St and Pihoihoi Pā land to hotel developer
Tangata whenua of a culturally and historically significant pā site in Whangārei say the district council did not consult them before selling part of the land to a prominent hotel developer.
Their claim regarding 8-10 Dent St, which is part of Pihoihoi (Pihoi) Pā and formerly the site of Almond Court Flats, appears to be backed by Whangārei District Council’s records.
The council sold the land last year to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels NZ for $2.24 million. At the time, the major hotel chain had plans to build a four-star hotel with up to 110 rooms.
Council said its aims for better consideration of and consultation with mana whenua, and that its past engagement or record keeping may have fallen short of today’s standards.
A joint statement by Te Iwitahi Manihera whānau representatives, Te Parawhau hapū, and Ngāpuhi iwi, and supported by whānau of Ngāpuhi rangatira (chief) Tipene Hari, said council sold the Upper Dent St part of Pihoi Pā without consulting them – the “evidenced” tangata whenua.....
See full article HERE
Major water infrastructure unveiled in Wairoa to unlock Māori land potential - Tama Potaka
Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka has opened the first phase of a 150-megalitre water storage facility in Wairoa, describing it as a significant step for Māori landowners in the region. The development, based at Whakapau Orchard, is supported by Te Puni Kōkiri through the Te Ringa Hāpai Fund.
The water project is part of Haumako, a horticultural enterprise led by Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa, which is working to develop Māori land in the district into sustainable horticulture ventures with both commercial and cultural benefits.....
See full article HERE
Parmar: Jobs should be earned, not reserved
Imagine you’ve just finished an engineering degree.
You’ve worked hard, done everything right, and start applying for internships.
But you find out some applicants are guaranteed an interview, not because of their qualifications, but because of their ethnicity.
ACT has been made aware of one internship programme that automatically advances applicants to interview if they are Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander.
Everyone else has to go through the usual process, competing for fewer spots.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Kuku opposes fast-tracked Stella Passage development
Ngāti Kuku spokesperson Joel Ngātuere has pushed back against NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones, following comments Jones made during a livestream last week where he criticised the hapū’s legal challenges to the Stella Passage development.
Ngātuere spoke to Aukaha News at Whareroa Marae and said Ngāti Kuku, along with many other Tauranga Moana hapū, opposed the fast-tracked project....
See full article HERE
Apply a Māori world view to treasure and protect our natural environment (taonga tuku iho) - Auckland City Council
Te ao Māori concepts such as kaitiakitanga, rangatiratanga, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga offer Auckland an integrated approach to protecting and enhancing our treasured environments for ourselves and for future generations.
Embedding these concepts into our thinking and decision-making supports a focus on the connection between the natural environment and people.
Mana whenua, through whakapapa, are related to all living and non-living things in the natural world. They:....
See full article HERE
Advance Māori employment and support Māori business and iwi organisations to be significant drivers of Auckland’s economy - Auckland City Council
Support systems for Māori business owners need to be more accessible and well-coordinated, and enable the Māori business ecosystem to flourish.
Tāmaki Makaurau has a strong, vibrant and growing base of Māori entrepreneurs and assets, particularly in high-value manufacturing and construction. These industries also have large, highly-skilled Māori workforces.
Māori businesses have an emphasis on Māori values, joint ventures and enduring relationships.
They are commercially driven with well-defined long-term goals that promote a sustainable approach. They also focus on growing the Māori asset base and creating direct benefits back to iwi. This embeds a process that both empowers communities and cultivates an untapped part of the economy.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: What Was Next Jacinda, Ceding Sovereignty?
Steven Gaskell: A Court Case Over Who Gets to Run the Thermometer
Judy Gill: Blasphemy 2.0
Dr Michael Johnston: Te reo in year 1 - beginning readers need one language at a time
David Farrar: More cultural genocide hysteria
Propaganda:
Three years on: have Māori wards made a difference in Whangārei?
A history of Māori representation, from Parliament to councils
Government’s Attack On Māori Health Is Pure Evil - Te Pati Maori
Monday August 25, 2025
News:
High Court Decision Recognises Customary Marine Title Of Ruapuke Island
Whānau
Ruapuke Island Group whānau are delighted with a High Court decision released today, which recognised that the traditional landowners of the islands hold Customary Marine Title to the surrounding waters under the Marine and Coastal (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.
In 2017, Melvin Cain, Jasmine Stewart, Christian Fife, and Colin Topi lodged applications to the Court under section 98 of the Act. The applicants represented descendants of the Kīhau, Topi, and Whāitiri whānau on behalf of all Ruapuke Island landowners.
Rick Fife, of the Topi whānau, said the decision confirms the significant relationship whānau have to the Ruapuke Island Group, in Te Ara a Kiwa/Foveaux Strait.....
See full article HERE
Wairarapa hapū considers tribunal claim over Cape Palliser paper road
The leader of a Wairarapa hapū, who wants to close a public paper road over their land, says they will consider lodging a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal if a council bylaw supporting the closure doesn't pass.
The proposed bylaw to shut the road on the southernmost tip of the North Island has triggered backlash, with the Wairarapa District Council receiving 3500 submissions on it.
Ngati Hinewaka chairperson Haami Te Whaiti is not surprised at the response.
“I’m not surprised,” he said, “because the right of passage over our land is something they think they’re entitled to because it’s been happening for a very long time.”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: Face tattoos and tā moko ain't a free pass
Propaganda:
A koro’s legacy
I’m a teacher and I can’t ignore this
Preparing our kids for the real world?
Protecting Māori from AI and algorithmic bias
Rick Fife, of the Topi whānau, said the decision confirms the significant relationship whānau have to the Ruapuke Island Group, in Te Ara a Kiwa/Foveaux Strait.....
See full article HERE
Wairarapa hapū considers tribunal claim over Cape Palliser paper road
The leader of a Wairarapa hapū, who wants to close a public paper road over their land, says they will consider lodging a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal if a council bylaw supporting the closure doesn't pass.
The proposed bylaw to shut the road on the southernmost tip of the North Island has triggered backlash, with the Wairarapa District Council receiving 3500 submissions on it.
Ngati Hinewaka chairperson Haami Te Whaiti is not surprised at the response.
“I’m not surprised,” he said, “because the right of passage over our land is something they think they’re entitled to because it’s been happening for a very long time.”....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: Face tattoos and tā moko ain't a free pass
Propaganda:
A koro’s legacy
I’m a teacher and I can’t ignore this
Preparing our kids for the real world?
Protecting Māori from AI and algorithmic bias
Sunday August 24, 2025
News:
Historic challenge over Māori Health Authority disestablishment heads to court
Whether the disestablishment of Te Aka Whai Ora was in breach of the rights of Māori under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and Te Tiriti o Waitangi will be tested in the High Court in Wellington next week.
The Māori Health Authority was established in July 2022 by the then Labour government, as part of sweeping health sector reforms. Alongside Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, it was designed to create a dual system and give Māori greater rangatiratanga over their health services, embedding accountability to Te Tiriti within the health system.
However, the National Party campaigned on getting rid of Te Aka Whai Ora. Health Minister at the time, Dr Shane Reti, officially disestablished it in February 2024. He argued “local circumstances require local solutions rather than national bureaucracies.”…
See full article HERE
Articles:
Steven Gaskell: Straight Talking
Propaganda:
Award recipient reimagines Māori healthcare through kai
However, the National Party campaigned on getting rid of Te Aka Whai Ora. Health Minister at the time, Dr Shane Reti, officially disestablished it in February 2024. He argued “local circumstances require local solutions rather than national bureaucracies.”…
See full article HERE
Articles:
Steven Gaskell: Straight Talking
Propaganda:
Award recipient reimagines Māori healthcare through kai
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.
5 comments:
Opening of (apartheid) Māori Development Fund - Going for Growth (Grift) with (part) Māori | Tōnui Māori.
If the Maori Development Fund is not to support political activity then there should be no more support for marae which are blatant insurgency support centres. Is there any marae without an overwhelming atmosphere of decolonisation and TPM/Labour advocacy?
The Auckland Council statement on encouraging maori business is a load of standard claptrap repeated throughout many Council documents dealing with management of anything. It blatantly promotes racial discrimination. Not stated but the only particular merit of maori business is that it is likely NZ owned with featherbedding gains and profits accruing within NZ..
Grooming.
What preschoolers most need is some explicit instruction in the basic subjects . This means learning the sounds of the English language , being able to name and write the letters , sing the alphabet song., distinguish capital letters from lower case letters , write their own names , be able to write the numbers , count to 20 , play board counting games to 100 , be able to concentrate long enough to do a 20 piece jigsaw , learn to sit still , comply with what the teacher says , learn self control and respect for others. After achieving in these, there can be a trip to the local Marae. We are failing miserably in the basics and there needs to be considerably more time and effort put into them , starting with three and four year olds . who don't distinguish learning from playing. The sooner children start with explicit instruction in reading the better readers they will be. They are ready for learning when they are preschoolers.
Anon 9:17 - You’ve got it in one! Blatant grooming. God defend our sprogs.
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