Saturday September 13, 2025
News:
Cultural markers along trail recount iwi’s history
Ten tohu whenua (cultural markers) have been installed along Te Aka Ōtākou, the walking and cycling path that follows Otago Harbour's edge from Portobello to Port Chalmers.
The markers tell stories about important landmarks and provide insight into the "rich and layered" Kāi Tahu history and world view - similar to the tohu whenua in George St.
They highlight significant landmarks, original Kāi Tahu place names, practices, values and stories.....
See full article HERE
Whānau Ora review clears misuse claims, tighter oversight introduced
An independent review has cleared two former Whānau Ora commissioning agencies of allegations they misused government funds, but recommended stronger oversight to safeguard the programme.
Secretary for Māori Development Dave Samuels says, “Overall, the reports found that the allegations of inappropriate use of funds were not upheld. The reviews made a number of recommendations on how to strengthen our oversight, contract, and conflict of interest management as well as performance scrutiny. I have accepted these.”
The allegations centred on Te Pou Matakana spending Whānau Ora funds on Māori electoral roll advertising, and Pasifika Futures using funds to support the Moana Pasifika rugby team. The Te Pou Matakana campaign was reported in June 2025 and has since been referred to the Electoral Commission to clarify political neutrality....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Te Puni Kōkiri says Māori roll ad went too far
Marlborough’s bilingual Māori class gets official kura status
Marlborough’s only bilingual Māori satellite class will become a standalone kura from next year, following a successful application to the Ministry of Education.
Te Pā Wānanga, at Ōmaka Marae, will officially open as a standalone school from Term 1, 2026, meaning it will no longer be a satellite class of Renwick School.
Ministry of Education acting hautū Te Tai Runga (Leader, South) Coralanne Child last week confirmed the change, and said the “designated character school” would be the only standalone Māori Medium Education kura in Marlborough....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Farrar: Why did Te Pati Maori sack their whip?
JC: Two Wings, Same Bird
Bob Edlin: Ferris gives Hipkins another chance to spot racism in a social media post.....
Propaganda:
How Māori knowledge strengthens and expands freshwater monitoring
The Whakapapa of Māori Resistance: how to decolonise a law school – Josh Robinson
Māori Democracy Undermined: Manawatū Māori Ward Candidate Omitted
See full article HERE
Whānau Ora review clears misuse claims, tighter oversight introduced
An independent review has cleared two former Whānau Ora commissioning agencies of allegations they misused government funds, but recommended stronger oversight to safeguard the programme.
Secretary for Māori Development Dave Samuels says, “Overall, the reports found that the allegations of inappropriate use of funds were not upheld. The reviews made a number of recommendations on how to strengthen our oversight, contract, and conflict of interest management as well as performance scrutiny. I have accepted these.”
The allegations centred on Te Pou Matakana spending Whānau Ora funds on Māori electoral roll advertising, and Pasifika Futures using funds to support the Moana Pasifika rugby team. The Te Pou Matakana campaign was reported in June 2025 and has since been referred to the Electoral Commission to clarify political neutrality....
See full article HERE
More on the above here > Te Puni Kōkiri says Māori roll ad went too far
Marlborough’s bilingual Māori class gets official kura status
Marlborough’s only bilingual Māori satellite class will become a standalone kura from next year, following a successful application to the Ministry of Education.
Te Pā Wānanga, at Ōmaka Marae, will officially open as a standalone school from Term 1, 2026, meaning it will no longer be a satellite class of Renwick School.
Ministry of Education acting hautū Te Tai Runga (Leader, South) Coralanne Child last week confirmed the change, and said the “designated character school” would be the only standalone Māori Medium Education kura in Marlborough....
See full article HERE
Articles:
David Farrar: Why did Te Pati Maori sack their whip?
JC: Two Wings, Same Bird
Bob Edlin: Ferris gives Hipkins another chance to spot racism in a social media post.....
Propaganda:
How Māori knowledge strengthens and expands freshwater monitoring
The Whakapapa of Māori Resistance: how to decolonise a law school – Josh Robinson
Māori Democracy Undermined: Manawatū Māori Ward Candidate Omitted
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.
Friday September 12, 2025
News:
Kahungunu ki Wairarapa school sites acquisition a post-settlement milestone
In a landmark move marking a new chapter in its post-settlement journey, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui-a-Rua Settlement Trust has officially taken ownership of several local school sites from the Crown.
Ray Hall, the trust’s chief executive, announced the news this week after finalising the purchase of the land and titles for five school properties with the Ministry of Education.
The five schools are Martinborough School, Lakeview School, Greytown School, Carterton School, and Huia Range School in Dannevirke.....(paywallled)
See full article HERE
Crown takes first steps in Ngāpuhi redress by returning Kerikeri pā
The first redress to Ngāpuhi began today with the introduction of legislation returning Kororipo Pā in Kerikeri to the country’s biggest iwi.
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations between the Crown and Ngāpuhi have been decades in the making, with key disagreements over sovereignty and how the iwi will be represented.
But the Crown made a significant step forward with Ngāpuhi with the first reading in Parliament today of the legislation, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Paul Goldsmith said.....
See full article HERE
New push for AI as Education Minister Erica Stanford announces curriculum changes
Other new subjects include: civics, politics and philosophy, Pacific studies, Te Mātai i te Ao Māori and music technology.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa will be resourced with a first ever detailed curriculum in te reo Māori as well as new subjects including new Tātai Arorangi (Māori traditional systems of Earth and Sky), Te Ao Whakairo (Māori carving) and Te Ao Māori subjects....
See full article HERE
Prestigious Māori and Pacific teaching scholars celebrated
The Kupe Scholarship, valued at over $22,000, is designed to attract and support top Māori and Pacific students into the teaching profession. The funding assists them in pursuing careers in early learning, primary and secondary education.
The new scholars were celebrated at an awards ceremony hosted by the Minister of Education, Hon Erica Stanford, at Parliament Buildings on Thursday 11 September....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi removed as party whip by leadership, addresses Tākuta Ferris’ post
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says Te Pāti Māori’s leadership has removed her from the role of party whip despite her enjoying the work.
The role is now listed on Parliament’s website as being held by Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Losing the job comes with a roughly $20,000 salary decrease.
Speaking to the Herald outside Parliament on Thursday night, Kapa-Kingi said she couldn’t speak about the decision but said “things are changing”.
She also addressed the controversial comments by MP Tākuta Ferris, saying her colleague’s wording “wasn’t as delicate as it could have been”.....
See full article HERE
Time to end voting rights for unelected council appointees
ACT is campaigning to stop unelected appointees from holding voting rights on local council committees.
ACT Local – the Party’s local government ticket – released its Democracy policy in Wellington today, which includes a commitment to oppose voting rights for unelected appointees.
Meanwhile, ACT’s spokesperson for Local Government, Cameron Luxton, has written to the Minister for Local Government and drafted an amendment to the Local Government Act that would give effect to this stance at a national level.
“With rates climbing and households squeezed, the people deciding how to spend ratepayers’ money ought to be held accountable. But right now, we’ve got councils appointing unelected people to committees with full voting rights," says Mr Luxton.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Media in damage control after by-election
Propaganda:
Māori Queen’s first speech offers hope and positivity for the future - Hūhana Lyndon
Te Pāti Māori MP doubles down on controversial post about race
Triple Burden for Māori Ward Candidates Sparks Call for Better Election Engagement
The five schools are Martinborough School, Lakeview School, Greytown School, Carterton School, and Huia Range School in Dannevirke.....(paywallled)
See full article HERE
Crown takes first steps in Ngāpuhi redress by returning Kerikeri pā
The first redress to Ngāpuhi began today with the introduction of legislation returning Kororipo Pā in Kerikeri to the country’s biggest iwi.
Treaty of Waitangi negotiations between the Crown and Ngāpuhi have been decades in the making, with key disagreements over sovereignty and how the iwi will be represented.
But the Crown made a significant step forward with Ngāpuhi with the first reading in Parliament today of the legislation, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Paul Goldsmith said.....
See full article HERE
New push for AI as Education Minister Erica Stanford announces curriculum changes
Other new subjects include: civics, politics and philosophy, Pacific studies, Te Mātai i te Ao Māori and music technology.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa will be resourced with a first ever detailed curriculum in te reo Māori as well as new subjects including new Tātai Arorangi (Māori traditional systems of Earth and Sky), Te Ao Whakairo (Māori carving) and Te Ao Māori subjects....
See full article HERE
Prestigious Māori and Pacific teaching scholars celebrated
The Kupe Scholarship, valued at over $22,000, is designed to attract and support top Māori and Pacific students into the teaching profession. The funding assists them in pursuing careers in early learning, primary and secondary education.
The new scholars were celebrated at an awards ceremony hosted by the Minister of Education, Hon Erica Stanford, at Parliament Buildings on Thursday 11 September....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi removed as party whip by leadership, addresses Tākuta Ferris’ post
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says Te Pāti Māori’s leadership has removed her from the role of party whip despite her enjoying the work.
The role is now listed on Parliament’s website as being held by Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Losing the job comes with a roughly $20,000 salary decrease.
Speaking to the Herald outside Parliament on Thursday night, Kapa-Kingi said she couldn’t speak about the decision but said “things are changing”.
She also addressed the controversial comments by MP Tākuta Ferris, saying her colleague’s wording “wasn’t as delicate as it could have been”.....
See full article HERE
Time to end voting rights for unelected council appointees
ACT is campaigning to stop unelected appointees from holding voting rights on local council committees.
ACT Local – the Party’s local government ticket – released its Democracy policy in Wellington today, which includes a commitment to oppose voting rights for unelected appointees.
Meanwhile, ACT’s spokesperson for Local Government, Cameron Luxton, has written to the Minister for Local Government and drafted an amendment to the Local Government Act that would give effect to this stance at a national level.
“With rates climbing and households squeezed, the people deciding how to spend ratepayers’ money ought to be held accountable. But right now, we’ve got councils appointing unelected people to committees with full voting rights," says Mr Luxton.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Graham Adams: Media in damage control after by-election
Propaganda:
Māori Queen’s first speech offers hope and positivity for the future - Hūhana Lyndon
Te Pāti Māori MP doubles down on controversial post about race
Triple Burden for Māori Ward Candidates Sparks Call for Better Election Engagement
Thursday September 11, 2025
News:
Napier fuel station rename driven by mana whenua
A Z service station in Ahuriri, Napier has been gifted a new name from Ngāti Pārau.
The site formally known as 'Z Kennedy Road', has officially been changed to 'Z Mataruahou'.
The site formally known as 'Z Kennedy Road', has officially been changed to 'Z Mataruahou'.
Ngāti Pārau Hapū Trust's Chairman Joe Tareha said for the hapū to engage with Z was a step in the journey of whakawhanaungatanga - building a strong relationship.....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Kahungunu To Establish Its Own Iwi Health Authority
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated is proud to announce the formal establishment of the Te Toka Tū Moana o Ngāti Kahungunu (Kahungunu Health Authority), a bold and visionary step toward reshaping health outcomes for whānau across the rohe.
“This is more than just a new kaupapa—it’s a reclamation of our right to design and deliver health solutions that reflect our tikanga, our whakapapa, and our vision for thriving whānau,” said Bayden Barber, Chair of Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. “The Kahungunu Health Authority will be a vehicle for transformation, equity, and healing.”…
See full article HERE
Spark partners with Tū Ātea to secure exclusive rights for 20MHz of 5G spectrum and explore joint Māori workforce development opportunities
Spark announced today it has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Māori Spectrum and Telecommunications service, Tū Ātea, to secure the rights to use 20MHz of Tū Ātea’s C-band (3.5GHz) spectrum, enhancing speeds and capacity for customers on Spark’s 5G network.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Barrie Davis: Socialism or Rationalism?
Propaganda:
Māori tourism surges with global partnerships and national recognition
Ngāti Kahungunu To Establish Its Own Iwi Health Authority
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated is proud to announce the formal establishment of the Te Toka Tū Moana o Ngāti Kahungunu (Kahungunu Health Authority), a bold and visionary step toward reshaping health outcomes for whānau across the rohe.
“This is more than just a new kaupapa—it’s a reclamation of our right to design and deliver health solutions that reflect our tikanga, our whakapapa, and our vision for thriving whānau,” said Bayden Barber, Chair of Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. “The Kahungunu Health Authority will be a vehicle for transformation, equity, and healing.”…
See full article HERE
Spark partners with Tū Ātea to secure exclusive rights for 20MHz of 5G spectrum and explore joint Māori workforce development opportunities
Spark announced today it has signed a long-term partnership agreement with Māori Spectrum and Telecommunications service, Tū Ātea, to secure the rights to use 20MHz of Tū Ātea’s C-band (3.5GHz) spectrum, enhancing speeds and capacity for customers on Spark’s 5G network.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Barrie Davis: Socialism or Rationalism?
Propaganda:
Māori tourism surges with global partnerships and national recognition
Wednesday September 10, 2025
News:
IRD latest to move on Māori initiatives
Inland Revenue is the latest Government Agency to take the axe to Māori initiatives with the PSA claiming that its kaupapa Māori research domain, Te Mana Rangahau, is it risk.
Te Mana Rangahau was a kaupapa Māori research and evaluation team within New Zealand’s Inland Revenue (IRD) department, dedicated to incorporating Māori perspectives and voices into IRD’s decision-making processes through research guided by Māori principles and tikanga. However, as of September 2025, Inland Revenue was planning to disestablish the team and shift its work to a more general Customer Interventions group.
The team followed kaupapa Māori research principles to gather insights from whānau, hapū, and iwi.
“It’s regressive, short-sighted, and a gutting blow to the Māori-Crown relationship. A clear signal that Inland Revenue is turning its back on meaningful engagement with whānau Māori,” Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi acting Kaihautū Māori, Marcia Puru, says.....
See full article HERE
Our commitment to Te Ao Māori - Z
As a business operating in Aotearoa New Zealand, Z is committed to building our capability in Te Ao Māori (understanding of the Māori world).
We believe that by doing this, we will be better able to attract, retain and engage Māori at Z, and to build our capability to foster, maintain and grow positive relationships with mana whenua (local tribal authorities) – especially iwi (the local tribe) and hapū (subtribe), in our places of operation.....
See full article HERE
Videos:
Anglo Saxon: New Zealand's cancerous tribal system and what it costs us.
Articles:
Stop the Forced Resuscitation of a Dead Language - John Robertson
Matua Kahurangi: Aotearoa New Zealand
Mike's Minute: All Blacks vs The Māori Party
Propaganda:
Referendums begin for Māori wards at 42 councils
The team followed kaupapa Māori research principles to gather insights from whānau, hapū, and iwi.
“It’s regressive, short-sighted, and a gutting blow to the Māori-Crown relationship. A clear signal that Inland Revenue is turning its back on meaningful engagement with whānau Māori,” Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi acting Kaihautū Māori, Marcia Puru, says.....
See full article HERE
Our commitment to Te Ao Māori - Z
As a business operating in Aotearoa New Zealand, Z is committed to building our capability in Te Ao Māori (understanding of the Māori world).
We believe that by doing this, we will be better able to attract, retain and engage Māori at Z, and to build our capability to foster, maintain and grow positive relationships with mana whenua (local tribal authorities) – especially iwi (the local tribe) and hapū (subtribe), in our places of operation.....
See full article HERE
Videos:
Anglo Saxon: New Zealand's cancerous tribal system and what it costs us.
Articles:
Stop the Forced Resuscitation of a Dead Language - John Robertson
Matua Kahurangi: Aotearoa New Zealand
Mike's Minute: All Blacks vs The Māori Party
Propaganda:
Referendums begin for Māori wards at 42 councils
Tuesday September 9, 2025
News:
Australian marae gains $1m from Australian government
Construction of Australia's first ever marae could start in a few months after support from the Australian federal government.
Australian Climate Change and Energy minister and Labor MP Chris Bowen announced that the re-elected Albanese Labor government will donate $1 million to the $18 million West-Sydney marae and cultural centre.
Australian Climate Change and Energy minister and Labor MP Chris Bowen announced that the re-elected Albanese Labor government will donate $1 million to the $18 million West-Sydney marae and cultural centre.
"Community elders have been discussing the vision of a marae cultural centre in Sydney since 1992, and it is an honour to be able to help realise that vision," Bowen said.....
See full article HERE
Northland College partners with Ngāpuhi for charter school plan
Northland College is making moves to become a charter school and is the first state school to publicly reveal it is doing so.
The Kaikohe school says it desperately needs to do something to lift achievement for its predominantly Māori students and has the backing of Northland iwi, Ngāpuhi....
See full article HERE
Otago Community Trust Awards $700k to Expand Groundbreaking Māori Youth Leadership Programme
Otago Community Trust is proud to announce funding of $700,000 over three years to support Te Hā o Maru's expansion of their innovative Te Pōhā programme.
Te Pōhā is a unique leadership programme for rangatahi that connects young people to their environment and cultural identity through mahika kai - traditional food gathering - and a deep connection to whenua. The programme represents the first kaupapa of its kind in the Waitaki district.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: Puppets or Just Uncontrollable?
Judy Gill: Te Reo– A Parent's Journey
Steven Gaskell: Oriini Kaipara’s “Landslide” - Proof That Competence No Longer Matters
Matua Kahurangi: Forget white privilege
Matua Kahurangi: Māori advantages in New Zealand
Propaganda:
“Being Māori Is The Sweetest Victory Ever”: A Victory For Tāmaki Makaurau And Te Iwi Māori
Local Elections 2025: What is happening with Māori wards?
Northland College partners with Ngāpuhi for charter school plan
Northland College is making moves to become a charter school and is the first state school to publicly reveal it is doing so.
The Kaikohe school says it desperately needs to do something to lift achievement for its predominantly Māori students and has the backing of Northland iwi, Ngāpuhi....
See full article HERE
Otago Community Trust Awards $700k to Expand Groundbreaking Māori Youth Leadership Programme
Otago Community Trust is proud to announce funding of $700,000 over three years to support Te Hā o Maru's expansion of their innovative Te Pōhā programme.
Te Pōhā is a unique leadership programme for rangatahi that connects young people to their environment and cultural identity through mahika kai - traditional food gathering - and a deep connection to whenua. The programme represents the first kaupapa of its kind in the Waitaki district.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: Puppets or Just Uncontrollable?
Judy Gill: Te Reo– A Parent's Journey
Steven Gaskell: Oriini Kaipara’s “Landslide” - Proof That Competence No Longer Matters
Matua Kahurangi: Forget white privilege
Matua Kahurangi: Māori advantages in New Zealand
Propaganda:
“Being Māori Is The Sweetest Victory Ever”: A Victory For Tāmaki Makaurau And Te Iwi Māori
Local Elections 2025: What is happening with Māori wards?
Sunday September 7, 2025
News:
‘Over the moon’: Oriini Kaipara wins Auckland byelection for Te Pāti Māori against Labour’s Peeni Henare
Former broadcaster Oriini Kaipara has won the Auckland Māori seat of Tāmaki Makaurau for Te Pāti Māori after beating Labour’s Peeni Henare.
Kaipara becomes the sixth Te Pāti Māori MP, filling the seat of the late Takutai Tarsh Kemp who also beat Henare for the seat in the 2023 general election by a slim 42 votes. Henare had held the seat for several terms from 2014-2023.
The by-election was triggered by Kemp’s death in June at age 50 after being diagnosed with kidney disease.....
See full article HERE
The by-election was triggered by Kemp’s death in June at age 50 after being diagnosed with kidney disease.....
See full article HERE
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26 comments:
Proof of more useful idiots than one could ever imagine.
The Crown has an obligation to protect Maori - it seems mainly from themselves. Another reason why the Maori seats need to be gone.
It really was a choice between one racist and another racist who wasn’t as smart. It’s past time to live up to the mmp promise of abolishing the Māori seats.
It’s a sad indictment of the voters in that electorate
Another radical activist in Parliament... pushing the TPM agenda on the public purse. Beyond outrageous.
Why is NZ having this racist election for Parliamentary seat that shouldn't exist ?
As these seats become empty, abolish them.
Mr Luxon, show us you have the guts to do something positive for everyone, rather than just fumble about with the economy.
I envy the maori seat mps and maori ward councillors.Their task is so simple. They do not ponder and anguish over the greater good or any topics not closely affecting maori. They do not have to familiarise with all the legislation and past developments, just utter slogans which are too blatant and irrational to draw serious scrutiny, and vote as the artful external activists direct. No risk of being voted out for a significantly alternative party. So little effort invested little to lose but the mispllced adoration and the salary. It is certainly easy money.
Only 27.1% voter turn out for the by election and only about 6000 voters have put Kaipara in parliament. Tyranny of the minority?
We NEW ZEALANDERS, and our Country is doomed.
With a little thought, If one steps back and looks at the quality, ability, and integrity of those that the Māori and Green parties have in Parliament, and on their lists to be a candidate to enter Our House, it becomes obvious that the candidates and Parliamentarians from these parties are not worthy of being the cleaners of the House, neither mind keep a seat warm.
Even more concerning, is that we the tax payers are paying these low-lives their salary …….. to do what.
To be an activist.
They add no value to the democratic process.
An appalling state of affairs.
How can anyone with a brain vote for these clowns. Oh of course, voters know not for what they are voting.
And, clowns are supposed to be funny, and in circus.
Same may apply to some in National, Labour, ACT, and NZ First.
Luxon and mob, get a grip. Make change for the betterment of all NEW ZEALANDERS. Stop pandering to these low-lives.
Australian marae gains $1m from Australian government [announced by climate change minister]?
So, the NZ tangata whenua, [or First Nations representatives] and the Aus local indigenous mob elders or [First Nations representatives], have joined together to form a super First Nations representative corporation to grift the unsuspecting Australian out of house and home.
The marae has the backing of former ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott and former Labour minister Annette King?
I presume the Aussies see the marae as a tourist, visitor, immigrant attraction. Not all maori gravitate to the Aussie gangs. Many of the most able, sufficently astute to realise how their brain washed mates are wrecking NZ, move there.
Without examples it is difficult to fathom what the maori research branch of IRD does /did. Employees must find it challenging to justify their day.I could understand a unit dedicated to eradicating all the effective evasive opportunity availble to maori by receiving effective income through costs met by the trusts untaxed as charities
The proposed Z research should lead to an understanding of drive offs..
Congratulations again to Oriini Kaipara! NZ politics needs fresh ideas, not the same doddering old fools and battleaxes. Kia kaha!
Kia ha ha ha ha....... Watch this bird in the House..... sad- no ideas at all
And aaaannnddd …….. the IRD could take a look at Open Star a Maori Fusion project, which would seem wiffy to me ?? Maori & Fusion just don’t seem right.
If Jesus Christ was on the ballot for Tāmaki Makaurau, things would have played out VERY differently!
11th. I am curious how these maori health authorities work. Manpower time per patient must be hugely increased. Do the maori charitable trust cover the added expense? Whoever finances, is patient selection on racial lines legal?
I am surprised Z service stations are still called that and not a long made up Maori name
I wonder how much this wokeism has impacted their bottom line!??
Isn't there a 'Z' in the Maori alphabet? ZZZzzzzzzzz
Presumably Z consider the renaming of their Napier service station to be a cunning marketing move aimed at boosting the sale of motor spirits to Maori. However I would be surprised if the average motoring member of Ngati Parau could care less what service station is called. Like me, and many other motorists, they probably fill up where the gas is the cheapest, whatever the name of the place. If they really cared about their mana, the hapu would have declared BP a symbol of colonial oppression and boycotted them years ago. So lets just assume this is not a case of Z embracing their local culture , but simply a cynical attempt by their Aussie shareholder to build market share in a sunset industry.
An Iwi health authority, no doubt to deal with Maori health issues only. Only until the poo hits the fan with one of their patients, then into the public system. Who is paying for it? I wonder who, I've got a good idea who. Not Iwi for sure.
Exclusive rights to frequency spectrum, what BS is this. Maori had no idea what frequency was, let alone a spectrum.
Oh wait, they owned it all well before europeans arrived here.
Why is a Maori outfit even involved in these things, oh wait,
because we gave in to unfounded demands.
It's no wonder Maori keep pushing for more, we just roll over and say "there you go bro' , come back when you can think of something else'
Anon 7.31 here again. Given TPM and ''Maori'' generally are supposed to be opposed to oil drilling and fossil fuels perhaps Z could close its fuel stations in NZ in solidarity and convert them to something in line with (radical) ''Maori'' values and business strengths. Z really is playing the wokester here just changing names but continuing its business as usual.
Now the owners of Z petrol stations are proving to be as stupidly woke as the Mobil stations who label their full pumps with fabricated Maori names for petrol and diesel.
Duh .... !
As for the spectrum crap, blame Jacinda for that - an excellent example of how naive and ridiculous she could be, and her powers of persuasion over her Cabinet to give Maori for $50M for spectrum rights.
However, that pales in comparison given her continuing powers of indoctrination at USA universities.
Regarding "ACT is campaigning to stop unelected appointees from holding voting rights on local council committees" - This should be adopted as a Govt Bill immediately and put to the Parliament. If this does not happen we will know everything we need to know about National. It is an absolute no brainer. Of coursae someone will need to wake Minister Watts up first.
"Cultural markers along trail recount iwi’s history" [tall stories and lots of mis, dis and mal history as they would have us believe it]
No misuse of whanau ora funds the review says. The news drops Friday afternoon. It’s a brown wash. Mind you, oversight rules have been tightened - i.e. next time the bus ticket we slap you with might be dry. Nothing to see here taxpayers and law abiding citizens. It’s business as usual.
Bilingual Maori class, is that for further indocrination of both maori and "non maori" or simply teaching students to speak maori and or english.?
Either way, another taxpayer payed for maori institution.
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