Saturday October 25, 2025
News:
Tribunal releases part III of Ngā Mātāpono report - Waitangi Tribunal.
This report concerns the Crown’s decisions on the Treaty clause review since August 2024. The Tribunal found that, if the Crown proceeds with the Treaty clause review as currently planned, this would breach the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Tribunal found that Māori could be prejudiced if the review proceeds in its present form. The potential risks of negative impacts on Māori rights and interests, the Māori–Crown relationship, and the durability of Treaty settlements were all disclosed in the Crown documents provided to the Tribunal.
The Tribunal found, however, that it is not too late to refocus the review and its process. The Tribunal said that, if the review focuses on the clarity of Treaty clauses, allowing enough time for robust policy analysis and full engagement with inclusion of Māori in decision-making, the review could be positive and benefit both Māori and the Crown....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal calls for immediate Government action to reprioritise Māori language and names
The coalition Government has breached several principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its actions have undermined the status of te reo Māori as a taonga.
That’s what the Waitangi Tribunal has found in issuing Taku Reo Kura, Taku Reo Kahurangi, a report on Crown policies concerning the use of te reo Māori in the public service, after Ngāi Te Rangi filed a claim when the Government instructed non-Māori departments to prioritise English names and language.....
See full article HERE
A question of intent: Takutai Moana Bill passes third reading
The law relating to how customary marine title is granted in New Zealand will soon change, as the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill passed its third and final reading in Parliament this week.
The Bill fulfils a specific coalition agreement between National and New Zealand First and, according to minister in charge Paul Goldsmith, aims to restore the original intent of the 2011 legislation.
The bill now proceeds to the Royal Assent stage, (usually the following week) after which it will become law.....
See full article HERE
Last remaining Māori news show has funding slashed
The last remaining te reo Māori TV news bulletin has had its funding drastically reduced, following an overhaul of funding agency Te Māngai Pāho.
Te Karere airs each weekday on TVNZ 1, presenting the day’s news in te reo Māori. It has been broadcasting for more than 40 years, making it one of the oldest shows on television.
But Te Māngai Pāho, which is the Government’s Māori media funding agency, has confirmed it would slash funding for Te Karere. It has received a 64% funding cut.....
See full article HERE
Maipi-Clarke’s Te Tiriti Bill Gains Cross-Party Support
Hauraki-Waikato MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is gaining cross-party interest in her Members’ Bill aimed at strengthening Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in Parliament.
Her Members’ Bill, the Members of Parliament (Duty to Uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi) Bill, would instate a statutory duty for MPs to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles.
The bill proposes support services to help MPs engage with Māori and understand Māori perspectives, closing a gap in current law where public servants have Treaty obligations under the Public Service Act, but MPs do not.
Labour Māori Caucus co-leader Willie Jackson and Green Party MPs Huhana Lyndon and Steve Abel have expressed support for the bill’s intent and will now take it to their caucuses for further discussion.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: The PPTA’s political circus
The Tribunal found, however, that it is not too late to refocus the review and its process. The Tribunal said that, if the review focuses on the clarity of Treaty clauses, allowing enough time for robust policy analysis and full engagement with inclusion of Māori in decision-making, the review could be positive and benefit both Māori and the Crown....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal calls for immediate Government action to reprioritise Māori language and names
The coalition Government has breached several principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its actions have undermined the status of te reo Māori as a taonga.
That’s what the Waitangi Tribunal has found in issuing Taku Reo Kura, Taku Reo Kahurangi, a report on Crown policies concerning the use of te reo Māori in the public service, after Ngāi Te Rangi filed a claim when the Government instructed non-Māori departments to prioritise English names and language.....
See full article HERE
A question of intent: Takutai Moana Bill passes third reading
The law relating to how customary marine title is granted in New Zealand will soon change, as the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Customary Marine Title) Amendment Bill passed its third and final reading in Parliament this week.
The Bill fulfils a specific coalition agreement between National and New Zealand First and, according to minister in charge Paul Goldsmith, aims to restore the original intent of the 2011 legislation.
The bill now proceeds to the Royal Assent stage, (usually the following week) after which it will become law.....
See full article HERE
Last remaining Māori news show has funding slashed
The last remaining te reo Māori TV news bulletin has had its funding drastically reduced, following an overhaul of funding agency Te Māngai Pāho.
Te Karere airs each weekday on TVNZ 1, presenting the day’s news in te reo Māori. It has been broadcasting for more than 40 years, making it one of the oldest shows on television.
But Te Māngai Pāho, which is the Government’s Māori media funding agency, has confirmed it would slash funding for Te Karere. It has received a 64% funding cut.....
See full article HERE
Maipi-Clarke’s Te Tiriti Bill Gains Cross-Party Support
Hauraki-Waikato MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke is gaining cross-party interest in her Members’ Bill aimed at strengthening Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in Parliament.
Her Members’ Bill, the Members of Parliament (Duty to Uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi) Bill, would instate a statutory duty for MPs to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles.
The bill proposes support services to help MPs engage with Māori and understand Māori perspectives, closing a gap in current law where public servants have Treaty obligations under the Public Service Act, but MPs do not.
Labour Māori Caucus co-leader Willie Jackson and Green Party MPs Huhana Lyndon and Steve Abel have expressed support for the bill’s intent and will now take it to their caucuses for further discussion.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: The PPTA’s political circus
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Friday October 24, 2025
News:
New law ‘wipes out’ award of customary title to Wairarapa iwi
A Wairarapa iwi leader says changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act passed into law this week are “a real kick in the guts” and put Rangitāne hapū “back at square one”.
The House debated the controversial Marine and Coastal Area Amendment Bill, which made it harder for Māori to secure customary title, for the last time on Tuesday night.
It passed into law with 68 votes to 54.
The House debated the controversial Marine and Coastal Area Amendment Bill, which made it harder for Māori to secure customary title, for the last time on Tuesday night.
It passed into law with 68 votes to 54.
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said the Government had set aside $15 million to help Māori groups return to court, but that did little to ease Chrisp’s concerns......
See full article HERE
Trust secures $600k grant for kaumātua housing village in Waitara
The trust behind an idea to build a complex in Waitara to meet the rising need for kaumātua housing has hit another funding milestone.
This month, a grant of $600,000 for Ngā Pekanga Catholic Māori Charitable Trust was approved by the Toi Foundation.
The money, along with the $1.5 million awarded by Taranaki Electricity Trust (TET) in June, will help bring the group’s long-held vision to reality.
The trust is embarking on building the Wisdom Village, a kaumātua housing complex, on land it owns on the corner of Princess and Bayly streets in Waitara....
See full article HERE
Ranges reunited with overdue deed
Seventeen years after the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act became law, a landmark new Deed of Acknowledgement has brought Te Kawerau ā Maki, Auckland Council, and the Crown together to safeguard the iconic landscape’s future.
The Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed of Acknowledgement sets the stage for closer collaboration.
To support this, Auckland Council will make a decision on establishing a new Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Forum with representatives from Te Kawerau ā Maki, the Crown, local boards and the Governing Body.
Mayor Wayne Brown said the Deed reflected the council’s duty under the WRHAA to formally acknowledge and strengthen its relationship with Te Kawerau ā Maki.....
See full article HERE
Gym Access Grant for Ākonga Māori - Massey University.
The Gym Access Grant for Ākonga Māori provides free access to the gym, fitness classes, and recreation facilities. To support your wellbeing while attending block courses, Te Rau Tauawhi is offering Ākonga Māori distance students a one-week membership to the Massey University Recreation Centre on the campus you are visiting.
To be eligible for the grant you will be:
* Ākonga Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Steven Gaskell: The New Land Game - How Councils Could Hand Māori First Dibs on Your Property Without You Noticing
JC: We Voters Are Not For Turning
Matua Kahurangi: $49 Million for kapa haka
Videos:
Dr Muriel Newman On The Passing Of The Marine And Coastal Amendment Bill
Propaganda:
Maori wards more popular than ever with voters
Kirikiriroa Commemorates He Raa Maumahara
Indigenous climate adaptation network launched in Ōtautahi
Elected and rejected: Hawke’s Bay Māori ward councillors on the impact they plan to make over their three-year term
10,000 People Call On Governor-General To Withhold Royal Consent From Takutai Moana Bill
Trust secures $600k grant for kaumātua housing village in Waitara
The trust behind an idea to build a complex in Waitara to meet the rising need for kaumātua housing has hit another funding milestone.
This month, a grant of $600,000 for Ngā Pekanga Catholic Māori Charitable Trust was approved by the Toi Foundation.
The money, along with the $1.5 million awarded by Taranaki Electricity Trust (TET) in June, will help bring the group’s long-held vision to reality.
The trust is embarking on building the Wisdom Village, a kaumātua housing complex, on land it owns on the corner of Princess and Bayly streets in Waitara....
See full article HERE
Ranges reunited with overdue deed
Seventeen years after the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Act became law, a landmark new Deed of Acknowledgement has brought Te Kawerau ā Maki, Auckland Council, and the Crown together to safeguard the iconic landscape’s future.
The Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Deed of Acknowledgement sets the stage for closer collaboration.
To support this, Auckland Council will make a decision on establishing a new Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area Forum with representatives from Te Kawerau ā Maki, the Crown, local boards and the Governing Body.
Mayor Wayne Brown said the Deed reflected the council’s duty under the WRHAA to formally acknowledge and strengthen its relationship with Te Kawerau ā Maki.....
See full article HERE
Gym Access Grant for Ākonga Māori - Massey University.
The Gym Access Grant for Ākonga Māori provides free access to the gym, fitness classes, and recreation facilities. To support your wellbeing while attending block courses, Te Rau Tauawhi is offering Ākonga Māori distance students a one-week membership to the Massey University Recreation Centre on the campus you are visiting.
To be eligible for the grant you will be:
* Ākonga Māori....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Steven Gaskell: The New Land Game - How Councils Could Hand Māori First Dibs on Your Property Without You Noticing
JC: We Voters Are Not For Turning
Matua Kahurangi: $49 Million for kapa haka
Videos:
Dr Muriel Newman On The Passing Of The Marine And Coastal Amendment Bill
Propaganda:
Maori wards more popular than ever with voters
Kirikiriroa Commemorates He Raa Maumahara
Indigenous climate adaptation network launched in Ōtautahi
Elected and rejected: Hawke’s Bay Māori ward councillors on the impact they plan to make over their three-year term
10,000 People Call On Governor-General To Withhold Royal Consent From Takutai Moana Bill
Thursday October 23, 2025
News:
Māori Freshwater Rights Head to High Court in Landmark Case
A landmark Māori freshwater case is heading to the High Court in Wellington next month.
The Wai Manawa Whenua Coalition (WMWC), made up of 32 Māori Land Trusts representing more than 150,000 landowners, hapū, iwi, and national bodies like the Federation of Māori Authorities, will challenge the Crown on November 3rd and 4th over long-standing failures to uphold Māori rights to freshwater.
The Wai Manawa Whenua Coalition (WMWC), made up of 32 Māori Land Trusts representing more than 150,000 landowners, hapū, iwi, and national bodies like the Federation of Māori Authorities, will challenge the Crown on November 3rd and 4th over long-standing failures to uphold Māori rights to freshwater.
The claim, filed in June, argues the Crown has failed to meet its obligations under Articles 1 and 2 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to protect Māori rights and interests in fresh and geothermal water.
It seeks a Court declaration that the Crown has not honoured past assurances and must act to protect Māori proprietary rights before allocating water to others.
Chairman Kingi Smiler says the case isn’t about owning all water, but about recognising Māori authority and ancestral responsibilities to protect it.....
See full article HERE
Opposition promises to repeal marine and coastal rights law change
Opposition parties have promised to repeal the coalition's changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act (MACA) if re-elected.
The coalition has pitched the changes as restoring the legislation to its original intent, while critics argue they diminish Māori rights.
The MACA law was introduced by National in 2011 in response to Labour's highly controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.
It has been contested in the courts, with a key Court of Appeal ruling making it easier for groups to win customary title in 2023.
The Supreme Court went on to overturn that decision last year, though the government considered it and said the test remained too broad.
National had agreed to tighten up the legislative test, making it harder for Māori to secure titles, in its coalition agreement with New Zealand First.....
See full article HERE
On The Up: Kaikohe to get 100 affordable homes in $51.5m iwi‑Crown project
A $51.5 million housing project planned for Kaikohe will “absolutely” make a difference to curbing severe housing deprivation in Northland.
That’s what Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka reckons after announcing on Tuesday that 100 affordable rental homes will be built on Bisset Rd in a joint iwi-Crown partnership with Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi.
The project represents the Far North’s largest community-led affordable housing development and includes $34.1m from the Government and $17.4m from Ngāpuhi.....
See full article HERE
National Historic Landmark status call
Oamaru locals are being urged to support the move to grant National Historic Landmark status to the town’s historic Victorian precinct and port.
The area, which is situated along the coastline and near inland waterways, has deep significance to Māori whose roots to the area predate the Oamaru colonial settlement by many centuries. Its location within an extensive network of kainga nohoanga (settlements) and kainga mahinga kai (cultivation and food-gathering sites) made it a central source of life and wellbeing for Māori.
The economic prosperity that built the Victorian-era town came at a great cost for local Māori, however, who experienced an almost complete transfer of wealth to the colonial settlers — and the loss of their mahinga kai.....
See full article HERE
Speaker Gerry Brownlee 'taking advice' after Te Pati Māori burns a copy of a government bill
Te Pati Māori has again attracted the ire of Parliament's Speaker Gerry Brownlee by burning a copy of a government bill outside the front of Parliament.
In a statement to RNZ, Brownlee said he was "taking advice" after becoming aware of the behaviour late last night.
"It is the dumbest thing you could possibly do," Brownlee said. "It is highly arrogant and unacceptably irresponsible."....
See full article HERE
Pokaia Nepia, Taki Turner scholarships recipients named
Both scholarships were created in memory of two highly respected kaumaatua; Pokaia Nepia and Takiri mai te ata Turner. Fondly known as “Uncle Poka” and “Koro Taki”, they were instrumental in many organisations in the Waikato region, creating rich channels of communication and engagement to Waikato-Tainui.
Awarded based on academic merit, the scholarships were established to support Waikato-Tainui uri (descendant) in pursuing studies at the University of Waikato, focusing on areas that align with the strategic aspirations of the iwi.....
See full article HERE
Waikato-Tainui backs Labour’s $200M Future Fund to boost Māori economy
Waikato-Tainui’s Tuku Morgan says Labour’s proposed $200 million Future Fund is a much-needed boost for Māori and a step towards genuine partnership with the Crown, but critics say Labour’s policy lacks any real detail.
In Labour’s first policy announcement ahead of the 2026 general election, the $200 million New Zealand Future Fund would invest in local infrastructure, Māori businesses....
See full article HERE
Māori artists push for fair pay, industry standards
Māori artists, carvers, and sculptors are collaborating to establish improved pay standards that acknowledge their contributions in public spaces, buildings, and urban environments.
This initiative is driven by the increasing demand for Toi Māori.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: Nepotism, racism, and the audacity of silence
Bob Edlin: Public bodies in NZ embrace karakia.....
David Round: Thoughts for our Time - Article 2
Propaganda:
Marine coastal law robs Māori of customary rights - Steve Abel.
Māori ocean rights under threat: Why Pasifika should be paying attention
From pharmacy to marae kaupapa recognised at Southern Māori Business Awards
Researchers say NZ parks still carry colonial scars
Bilingual Rotorua Course Helps Migrants Embrace Te Ao Māori
It seeks a Court declaration that the Crown has not honoured past assurances and must act to protect Māori proprietary rights before allocating water to others.
Chairman Kingi Smiler says the case isn’t about owning all water, but about recognising Māori authority and ancestral responsibilities to protect it.....
See full article HERE
Opposition promises to repeal marine and coastal rights law change
Opposition parties have promised to repeal the coalition's changes to the Marine and Coastal Area Act (MACA) if re-elected.
The coalition has pitched the changes as restoring the legislation to its original intent, while critics argue they diminish Māori rights.
The MACA law was introduced by National in 2011 in response to Labour's highly controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.
It has been contested in the courts, with a key Court of Appeal ruling making it easier for groups to win customary title in 2023.
The Supreme Court went on to overturn that decision last year, though the government considered it and said the test remained too broad.
National had agreed to tighten up the legislative test, making it harder for Māori to secure titles, in its coalition agreement with New Zealand First.....
See full article HERE
On The Up: Kaikohe to get 100 affordable homes in $51.5m iwi‑Crown project
A $51.5 million housing project planned for Kaikohe will “absolutely” make a difference to curbing severe housing deprivation in Northland.
That’s what Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka reckons after announcing on Tuesday that 100 affordable rental homes will be built on Bisset Rd in a joint iwi-Crown partnership with Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi.
The project represents the Far North’s largest community-led affordable housing development and includes $34.1m from the Government and $17.4m from Ngāpuhi.....
See full article HERE
National Historic Landmark status call
Oamaru locals are being urged to support the move to grant National Historic Landmark status to the town’s historic Victorian precinct and port.
The area, which is situated along the coastline and near inland waterways, has deep significance to Māori whose roots to the area predate the Oamaru colonial settlement by many centuries. Its location within an extensive network of kainga nohoanga (settlements) and kainga mahinga kai (cultivation and food-gathering sites) made it a central source of life and wellbeing for Māori.
The economic prosperity that built the Victorian-era town came at a great cost for local Māori, however, who experienced an almost complete transfer of wealth to the colonial settlers — and the loss of their mahinga kai.....
See full article HERE
Speaker Gerry Brownlee 'taking advice' after Te Pati Māori burns a copy of a government bill
Te Pati Māori has again attracted the ire of Parliament's Speaker Gerry Brownlee by burning a copy of a government bill outside the front of Parliament.
In a statement to RNZ, Brownlee said he was "taking advice" after becoming aware of the behaviour late last night.
"It is the dumbest thing you could possibly do," Brownlee said. "It is highly arrogant and unacceptably irresponsible."....
See full article HERE
Pokaia Nepia, Taki Turner scholarships recipients named
Both scholarships were created in memory of two highly respected kaumaatua; Pokaia Nepia and Takiri mai te ata Turner. Fondly known as “Uncle Poka” and “Koro Taki”, they were instrumental in many organisations in the Waikato region, creating rich channels of communication and engagement to Waikato-Tainui.
Awarded based on academic merit, the scholarships were established to support Waikato-Tainui uri (descendant) in pursuing studies at the University of Waikato, focusing on areas that align with the strategic aspirations of the iwi.....
See full article HERE
Waikato-Tainui backs Labour’s $200M Future Fund to boost Māori economy
Waikato-Tainui’s Tuku Morgan says Labour’s proposed $200 million Future Fund is a much-needed boost for Māori and a step towards genuine partnership with the Crown, but critics say Labour’s policy lacks any real detail.
In Labour’s first policy announcement ahead of the 2026 general election, the $200 million New Zealand Future Fund would invest in local infrastructure, Māori businesses....
See full article HERE
Māori artists push for fair pay, industry standards
Māori artists, carvers, and sculptors are collaborating to establish improved pay standards that acknowledge their contributions in public spaces, buildings, and urban environments.
This initiative is driven by the increasing demand for Toi Māori.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: Nepotism, racism, and the audacity of silence
Bob Edlin: Public bodies in NZ embrace karakia.....
David Round: Thoughts for our Time - Article 2
Propaganda:
Marine coastal law robs Māori of customary rights - Steve Abel.
Māori ocean rights under threat: Why Pasifika should be paying attention
From pharmacy to marae kaupapa recognised at Southern Māori Business Awards
Researchers say NZ parks still carry colonial scars
Bilingual Rotorua Course Helps Migrants Embrace Te Ao Māori
Wednesday October 22, 2025
News:
NZ Future Fund: Māori Wealth, Whānau Tables, and the Economics of Rangatiratanga
Māori economist Professor Matthew Roskruge (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tama) sees it, the policy will succeed or fail on one thing, how deeply Māori are written into its design.
“If Labour gets this right, it’s another tool to lift Māori wealth and participation,” says Roskruge. “But if they don’t, it’ll be consultation without control and we’ve seen enough of that.”
“If Labour gets this right, it’s another tool to lift Māori wealth and participation,” says Roskruge. “But if they don’t, it’ll be consultation without control and we’ve seen enough of that.”
The NZFF will be Crown owned, governed by the Guardians of the Super Fund, with the Finance Minister as sole shareholder. To Roskruge, that structure keeps Māori outside the decision room. “Governments love the word consultation, but what we need is co-determination,” he said. “Māori must sit at the table, not as advisers but as decision-makers.”
He believes the answer lies in co-governance: a Māori Economic Council empowered to co-manage the fund and apply kaupapa principles: whakapapa, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, to every investment. That would embed Te Tiriti values into the machinery of capital rather than treat them as an afterthought....
See full article HERE
Final results confirm axeing of more than half of Māori wards
As the dust settles from the local elections final results have confirmed that more than half of councils who held referendums on Māori wards have voted to remove them.
Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum on Māori wards voted to remove them, the remaining 18 voted to keep them.
Referendum results are binding and will apply for the next two elections, in 2028 and 2031.....
See full article HERE
‘Toroa te ture tāhae’: whānau invited to burn MACA Bill ahead of final reading
Frances Goulton of Whangaroa is calling on whānau to show their opposition to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Bill by hosting bonfire-style protests across Te Tai Tokerau. She is urging people to hold their ground.
Whānau across the North, from Hokianga on the west coast to Whangaroa and other communities in the Far North, are mobilising to take part, but Goulton is also urging people to act safely......
See full article HERE
Final showdown in Parliament as Government pushes through Marine and Coastal Area law changes
The Government’s controversial Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Bill has passed its final hurdle in Parliament tonight, amid protests on beaches around the country and fierce debate over whether it erodes Māori customary rights or restores the law’s original intent.
The Government says the changes will clarify and restore Parliament’s original intent under the 2011 law. Still, many argue they will make it significantly harder for iwi and hapū to have customary marine title recognised, amounting to a modern form of legislative raupatu.
With the bill now passing its third reading, it will come into force early next year, with at least seven cases already before the courts expected to be reheard under the new, tighter tests......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Rob Paterson: Māori Wards RORT - A Reversal of Democratic Principles
Propaganda:
If Te Pāti Māori wants to succeed, it needs to get its s... together
He believes the answer lies in co-governance: a Māori Economic Council empowered to co-manage the fund and apply kaupapa principles: whakapapa, manaakitanga, kaitiakitanga, to every investment. That would embed Te Tiriti values into the machinery of capital rather than treat them as an afterthought....
See full article HERE
Final results confirm axeing of more than half of Māori wards
As the dust settles from the local elections final results have confirmed that more than half of councils who held referendums on Māori wards have voted to remove them.
Twenty-four of the 42 councils that were required to hold a referendum on Māori wards voted to remove them, the remaining 18 voted to keep them.
Referendum results are binding and will apply for the next two elections, in 2028 and 2031.....
See full article HERE
‘Toroa te ture tāhae’: whānau invited to burn MACA Bill ahead of final reading
Frances Goulton of Whangaroa is calling on whānau to show their opposition to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Bill by hosting bonfire-style protests across Te Tai Tokerau. She is urging people to hold their ground.
Whānau across the North, from Hokianga on the west coast to Whangaroa and other communities in the Far North, are mobilising to take part, but Goulton is also urging people to act safely......
See full article HERE
Final showdown in Parliament as Government pushes through Marine and Coastal Area law changes
The Government’s controversial Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Amendment Bill has passed its final hurdle in Parliament tonight, amid protests on beaches around the country and fierce debate over whether it erodes Māori customary rights or restores the law’s original intent.
The Government says the changes will clarify and restore Parliament’s original intent under the 2011 law. Still, many argue they will make it significantly harder for iwi and hapū to have customary marine title recognised, amounting to a modern form of legislative raupatu.
With the bill now passing its third reading, it will come into force early next year, with at least seven cases already before the courts expected to be reheard under the new, tighter tests......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Rob Paterson: Māori Wards RORT - A Reversal of Democratic Principles
Propaganda:
If Te Pāti Māori wants to succeed, it needs to get its s... together
Tuesday October 21, 2025
News:
Ban application heads to Shane Jones
Ngāti Manuhiri Settlement Trust has applied for a two-year ban on the harvesting of all shellfish and seaweed from rockpools along Auckland’s eastern coastline, from the Rodney Local Board area through to the Hibiscus Local Board area.
This is in response to extensive overharvesting of the shoreline for many years. (Hibiscus Matters, August 11).
This is in response to extensive overharvesting of the shoreline for many years. (Hibiscus Matters, August 11).
The application, made under section 186A of the Fisheries Act, is part of a broader tikanga-led effort by the Trust to restore and protect intertidal ecosystems.....
See full article HERE
Parks and reserves need to better represent Māori – researcher
Parks and reserves in Aotearoa New Zealand have been used as colonial tools, and it is time for legislation guiding their management to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers argue.
Dr Robin Quigg, of the Department of Public Health (Ōtepoti), says Māori whānau and hapū, and their histories, values, and practices have long been marginalised and excluded from dominant narratives and systems.
“This has been done through forced acquisition of land that becomes parks and reserves, relocations, renaming of places, restricting access to traditional spaces, and causing environmental degradation to culturally significant landmarks and areas,” she says.....
See full article HERE
Iwi seek stake for people in energy future
The Iwi Leaders Forum invited energy industry players to discuss what’s coming down the pipeline and how iwi might secure a stake.
Engineering consultancy Beca’s energy technical director Nick Cozens said power stations worth billions demand partners with money and expertise – but mana whenua and mana moana held stronger leverage that most realised.
Investors craved stability and land or ocean access was more secure with iwi-hapū on board.
That created a ‘carry’: a valuable interest Māori could parley into a growing stake in the project, said Cozens.
“You build the table together, but you build the table on your terms.”.....
See full article HERE
Education – Māori revitalisation at Ōrewa College
As schools and boards across Aotearoa New Zealand review their strategic priorities, Ōrewa College is leading by example, turning consultation into action, and vision into reality. Through genuine engagement with whānau, iwi, and the wider Hibiscus Coast community, the college is developing strategic pathways schoolwide, with a focus on strengthening te reo Māori and tikanga, culminating in the establishment of a Māori full immersion, rumaki reo programme in 2026.....
See full article HERE
Making it easier to discover what’s on in Lower Hutt
Hutt City Council’s What’s On guide has been given a major upgrade, making it easier than ever for people to share and discover events happening across Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt.....
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Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: If Māori are the experts of the moana, why are their drowning rates so high?
Rod Kane: One Year To Go And Coming Down To The Wire
Professor John Raine: Waipapa Taumata Rau University Course Now Optional for Some – Don’t Take a Victory Lap Yet
Propaganda:
Partnership is not about who controls the pen but who holds the promise
A betrayal of academic freedom
Giving yourself an uppercut
The end of the middle ground - Vincent O’Malley.
Tāme Iti: The face of resistance and resurgence
Te Pāti Māori Open Letter to the Governor-General
Parks and reserves need to better represent Māori – researcher
Parks and reserves in Aotearoa New Zealand have been used as colonial tools, and it is time for legislation guiding their management to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers argue.
Dr Robin Quigg, of the Department of Public Health (Ōtepoti), says Māori whānau and hapū, and their histories, values, and practices have long been marginalised and excluded from dominant narratives and systems.
“This has been done through forced acquisition of land that becomes parks and reserves, relocations, renaming of places, restricting access to traditional spaces, and causing environmental degradation to culturally significant landmarks and areas,” she says.....
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Iwi seek stake for people in energy future
The Iwi Leaders Forum invited energy industry players to discuss what’s coming down the pipeline and how iwi might secure a stake.
Engineering consultancy Beca’s energy technical director Nick Cozens said power stations worth billions demand partners with money and expertise – but mana whenua and mana moana held stronger leverage that most realised.
Investors craved stability and land or ocean access was more secure with iwi-hapū on board.
That created a ‘carry’: a valuable interest Māori could parley into a growing stake in the project, said Cozens.
“You build the table together, but you build the table on your terms.”.....
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Education – Māori revitalisation at Ōrewa College
As schools and boards across Aotearoa New Zealand review their strategic priorities, Ōrewa College is leading by example, turning consultation into action, and vision into reality. Through genuine engagement with whānau, iwi, and the wider Hibiscus Coast community, the college is developing strategic pathways schoolwide, with a focus on strengthening te reo Māori and tikanga, culminating in the establishment of a Māori full immersion, rumaki reo programme in 2026.....
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Making it easier to discover what’s on in Lower Hutt
Hutt City Council’s What’s On guide has been given a major upgrade, making it easier than ever for people to share and discover events happening across Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt.....
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Articles:
Matua Kahurangi: If Māori are the experts of the moana, why are their drowning rates so high?
Rod Kane: One Year To Go And Coming Down To The Wire
Professor John Raine: Waipapa Taumata Rau University Course Now Optional for Some – Don’t Take a Victory Lap Yet
Propaganda:
Partnership is not about who controls the pen but who holds the promise
A betrayal of academic freedom
Giving yourself an uppercut
The end of the middle ground - Vincent O’Malley.
Tāme Iti: The face of resistance and resurgence
Te Pāti Māori Open Letter to the Governor-General
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It's good to see Orewa College thoroughly preparing its pupils for the modern world.
I have been disgusted by the observed 100% harvesting antics of mainly immigrant groups. But to be effective any limitation must extend to all maori in all cirumctances.
Maori involvement in parks and reserves should be resisted. Otherwise the maori mana seeking urge to spite colonists intrudes and problems as with the Waitakere Regional parks will be generated wholesale. Quite apart from the huge increase in operating costs due protracted and paid consultation and favouritism of maori contractors.
Beca clearly appreciate the blackmail powers of maori.
"mana whenua and mana moana held stronger leverage that most realised." Yes. And most people don't realise every development will be held to ransom and NZ consumers and taxpayers will pay handsomely to hear about tikanga, and it will not just be an expensive one-off up-front cost, but an enduring annuity NZ will be paying one way or another, every year forever unless the iwi consultation requirement rort is repealed and expunged.
22nd. By insisting on close maori involvement Prof Roskruge seeks to extend the artful free acquisition by maori of the knowledge which others have studied and worked long and hard to acquire. Inside information would also assist maori to decide where opportunities for approval extortion are most promising.
Professor Matthew Roskruge’s blueprint for the New Zealand Future Fund reads like a cultural manifesto: Māori guardianship over capital, investments filtered through whakapapa, mana motuhake, and kaupapa principles.
It is academically polished, and deeply rooted in Māori epistemology.
But stripped of its buzzwords, it proposes race-based control over national wealth, privileging one segment of society while the majority plays supporting role.
The first problem is definition. Who is Māori? Legally, the 1974 Māori Affairs Amendment Act settled on a single, open-ended rule: any descendant of a Māori person. No requirement for language, cultural participation, or community membership. This fluid category allows self-identification to dictate eligibility.
In practical terms, co-governance over billions of dollars is assigned not by citizenship, contribution, or competence, but by ancestry — an untested, unmeasurable criterion.
Roskruge’s wishlist — iwi-managed sub-funds, ring-fenced Māori impact tranches, procurement quotas, and co-decision authority over Crown assets — is plausible in small, community-driven contexts. Targeted funding can lift innovation, sustain social cohesion, and build resilience. But to embed these measures at national scale is to institutionalise dualism: one track of governance for Māori, another for everyone else. Citizenship is no longer the anchor; descent becomes the lever of influence. For 80-plus percent of New Zealanders, the stakes are exclusionary.
His terms — whakapapa, mana motuhake, kaitiakitanga, kaupapa — are fashionable buzzwords that translate into governance over others’ wealth: ancestry verification, delegated authority to ethnic institutions, stewardship constraints, and culturally weighted performance metrics. That is control — not cultural guidance.
Legal ambiguity, administrative complexity, and political fracture are inevitable.
A responsible, one-nation approach must exclude ancestry from dictating national decision-making.
It would:
• Preserve universal access to public assets while funding targeted initiatives for disadvantaged communities,
• Position cultural expertise in advisory roles rather than as veto power over Crown decisions,
• Require clear legal frameworks, transparent eligibility, and sunset clauses to prevent indefinite ethnic privilege, and
• Measure outcomes for all New Zealanders, not just those of a particular descent.
The Future Fund should grow wealth for New Zealand, not for whānau tables defined by whakapapa. Culture can guide investment; it cannot dictate ownership. Ancestral identity must not become a lever separating citizens into tiers of influence.
Elegance, in this case, is safeguarding one New Zealand, one shared economy, one rule of law. Without that, Roskruge’s wish list risks becoming a blueprint for division, not prosperity.
— PB
NZ is littered with sites of failed settlements where the predominantly colonist occupants could not sustain sufficient work to maintain the existing population and certainly not offspring. Not so with maori. The state pours in money to support un and underemployed persons and their very many offspring. Apart from rehearsing insurgency actions, kapa haka and dealing, what will the cosily housed occupants of Kaikohe do?
Good luck - the He Puapua agenda is very advanced.
Finlayson and DAM Graham and Jim Bolger and Mr Key and Peter Sharples will be unhappy chappies
Another ra ra article about the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Deed. Of course maori love it. Paid consultation (in maori time), make work for maori contractors, and a myriad tramper, youth group, and other colonist derived outdoor enthusiast groups spited. I wonder how many of the councillors read through a representative section of the harder hitting submissions. Ditto the mayor. And of course the msm did not trouble. At a time when rates costs are constantly criticised, a comparison of the operating cost of say 10 years ago and the future would be horrifying.
25th. All depressing, apart from te Karere funding, The long unmemorable, metaphorical maori names for departments and agencies are a masterful mana generating leg pull. With the need to look up to fathom what the coded words refer to and for the spelling whenever attempting to use is against all the principles of clear communication and the prime object of langauge.I doubt if even the clowns of TPM could reel off all the agencies in maori, the literal translation of, and the English name, and hence function.
Interesting that it is possible to break or ignore something that is not know, I mean treaty principles.
The honest attempt to define the principles was, as we saw, dismissed by the current government (and Maori)
All this ongoing crap about could be avoided with clearly defined principles.
But I suspect another grift industry would be established to define a principle to cover anything Maori could imagine.
But surely treaty amendments cant be enforced without all parties agreement?
Fat chance of any agreement withe race relations as they are presently.
Ah the sacred "Treaty"(which isn't really a treaty at all, and certainly NOT a "partnership") just a simple 3 part agreement between the English Crown and a bunch of Maori chiefs who had recently murdered 20,000 of each other in the infamous "Musket Wars".
My personal take is FU_K the treaty and all those who extort my hard earned money in its name. New Zealand is on the path to 3rd world and apartheid entho-state status. The non part-Maori sheeple who live here are going to wake up as 2nd class citizens wondering what the fu_k happened. He Pua Pua, secretly commissioned by the traitor Ardern, laid out the future of NZ just as Hitler's Mein Kampf laid out the future of Germany in the 1930's. I frankly cannot believe the utter stupidity of the (to use Stalin and Mao's phrase) "useful idiots" who seem to really believe the bull-shit of Maori elites and their "unique", oh so "spiritual" culture. Their "long march" through the institutions of New Zealand is almost fully accomplished. Its really too late. Goodby New Zealand, hello Land of the Long Brown Rort.
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