Tuesday October 28, 2025
News:
Rotorua: Te Reo Māori and English course supports migrant integration
After 10 weeks of learning, connection and cultural discovery, a group of migrants in Rotorua have completed a bilingual course in English and te reo Māori, said to be the first of its kind in Aotearoa.
The pilot programme, a collaboration between Speech New Zealand, Te Tatau o Te Arawa and the Rotorua Multicultural Council, brought together people from 10 countries to build confidence in speaking, presenting and connecting through both languages, a joint media release from the three organisations said.
The students, from Chile, Sri Lanka, India, Argentina, China, Colombia, Russia and South Korea, recently sat their final exams.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi faces suspension motion
Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi will soon be suspended by her party, according to reports.
Meanwhile, other members in the party are reportedly moving against the party’s president John Tamihere, readying a bid to topple him.
Waatea News reports the party held a national council hui last Thursday, which passed a motion to suspend Kapa-Kingi. The party also passed a motion to look at the best way to give effect to the suspension.
This would mean Kapa-Kingi sitting as an independent in Parliament......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: TIMELINE - Of The Saga Of The Foreshore And Seabed (Summarised)
Graham Adams: Tikanga inserted into cutting-edge gene bill
Professor Jerry Coyne: Mātauranga Māori strikes again
Propaganda:
Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
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The students, from Chile, Sri Lanka, India, Argentina, China, Colombia, Russia and South Korea, recently sat their final exams.....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi faces suspension motion
Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi will soon be suspended by her party, according to reports.
Meanwhile, other members in the party are reportedly moving against the party’s president John Tamihere, readying a bid to topple him.
Waatea News reports the party held a national council hui last Thursday, which passed a motion to suspend Kapa-Kingi. The party also passed a motion to look at the best way to give effect to the suspension.
This would mean Kapa-Kingi sitting as an independent in Parliament......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: TIMELINE - Of The Saga Of The Foreshore And Seabed (Summarised)
Graham Adams: Tikanga inserted into cutting-edge gene bill
Professor Jerry Coyne: Mātauranga Māori strikes again
Propaganda:
Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
Neuroscience meets tikanga Māori in series helping families raise resilient tamariki
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.
Monday October 27, 2025
News:
The importance of geothermal energy in New Zealand - Shane Jones
Today, geothermal energy is a cornerstone of the Māori economy, and Māori have a long-term vision to enhance their role in New Zealand’s energy sector. Māori have a rich cultural heritage and a deep connection to their land and natural resources. Their identity is rooted in a unique worldview that emphasises the importance of kaitiakitanga, guardianship, over the environment, demonstrated in their commitment to sustainability and community wellbeing.
Many Māori iwi (tribes) own land with significant geothermal potential, particularly in regions like the central North Island. As a result, they’ve become key players in geothermal energy projects, both as resource owners and partners in large-scale ventures.
Investment in geothermal energy supports iwi, hapū, and ahu whenua (land management) trusts, enabling innovation and investment in areas like geothermal aquaculture, horticulture, and tourism.
These ventures are not just economically significant – they are culturally affirming. They allow Māori communities to exercise rangatiratanga, or self-determination, over their resources. They create opportunities for intergenerational wealth, education, and environmental stewardship.
In this way, geothermal energy is helping to shape a future that is both prosperous and culturally grounded.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Wendy Geus: Winston nails vague 'Tikanga' at Oxford debate, as BSA police 'unsafe' usage
Tribalism
Propaganda:
Sacha McMeeking: Between cohesion and collapse
The imported ideology behind education reform
Our leaders are human too
Investment in geothermal energy supports iwi, hapū, and ahu whenua (land management) trusts, enabling innovation and investment in areas like geothermal aquaculture, horticulture, and tourism.
These ventures are not just economically significant – they are culturally affirming. They allow Māori communities to exercise rangatiratanga, or self-determination, over their resources. They create opportunities for intergenerational wealth, education, and environmental stewardship.
In this way, geothermal energy is helping to shape a future that is both prosperous and culturally grounded.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Wendy Geus: Winston nails vague 'Tikanga' at Oxford debate, as BSA police 'unsafe' usage
Tribalism
Propaganda:
Sacha McMeeking: Between cohesion and collapse
The imported ideology behind education reform
Our leaders are human too
Sunday October 26, 2025
News:
Northland group seeks judicial review of Northport expansion appeal
Māori groups around Whangārei Harbour are launching a legal challenge to an Environment Court appeal decision that allows Northport to expand.
Māori groups around Whangārei Harbour are launching a legal challenge to an Environment Court appeal decision that allows Northport to expand.
The court granted Northport consent earlier this month to expand its port facilities at Marsden Point, overturning a 2024 decision by independent commissioners who had declined the application because of adverse effects on cultural values, public access, and the marine environment.
Northport said the consents enabled it to realise its decade-long vision for a dedicated container handling, storage and logistics facility, which will support economic growth and supply chain resilience in Northland and the Upper North Island.
Dr Mere Kepa, an academic and member of Te Parawhau hapū, said the decision to pursue a judicial review was made by about 20 people at a hui on Monday evening at Te Koutu, Marsden Point.
She said those involved in the legal challenge included relatives from Takahiwai, including members of Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board and their taiao unit, as well as kin from Pōroti, Whangārei, Patāua, and Tamaterau.
Kepa said the group was concerned about exclusion, inadequate consultation, and broader political developments, including the Government’s legislative agenda.....
See full article HERE
Kaiako Māori - Nelson College
Nelson College is seeking an inspirational and innovative kaiako Māori to lead our Te Ara Reo Māori programme. This is a permanent full-time role, starting 28 January 2026.
We are looking for someone who seeks the best possible outcomes for ākonga Māori in Te Ao Māori and Te Ao Pākehā. You will promote the understanding and celebration of te reo me ōna tikanga Māori, as well as embody mātauranga Māori in your own teaching practice.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
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Barrie Davis: Rise or Fall of New Zealand
Propaganda:
The piece of legislation that National kept very quiet about
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Northport said the consents enabled it to realise its decade-long vision for a dedicated container handling, storage and logistics facility, which will support economic growth and supply chain resilience in Northland and the Upper North Island.
Dr Mere Kepa, an academic and member of Te Parawhau hapū, said the decision to pursue a judicial review was made by about 20 people at a hui on Monday evening at Te Koutu, Marsden Point.
She said those involved in the legal challenge included relatives from Takahiwai, including members of Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board and their taiao unit, as well as kin from Pōroti, Whangārei, Patāua, and Tamaterau.
Kepa said the group was concerned about exclusion, inadequate consultation, and broader political developments, including the Government’s legislative agenda.....
See full article HERE
Kaiako Māori - Nelson College
Nelson College is seeking an inspirational and innovative kaiako Māori to lead our Te Ara Reo Māori programme. This is a permanent full-time role, starting 28 January 2026.
We are looking for someone who seeks the best possible outcomes for ākonga Māori in Te Ao Māori and Te Ao Pākehā. You will promote the understanding and celebration of te reo me ōna tikanga Māori, as well as embody mātauranga Māori in your own teaching practice.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Steven Gaskell: Democracy - Great Until It Votes the “Wrong” Way
Barrie Davis: Rise or Fall of New Zealand
Propaganda:
The piece of legislation that National kept very quiet about
Strategist aims to spark light
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.
7 comments:
Seems Whangarei maori are fearful of the hostage, port extension, escaping from their grip. They need to find some bones cast off from a tikanga cannibal barbecue. the potental gain for local maori will vastly exceed the loss of a few over exploited pipi beds.
I trust the Nelson college candidate is required to be able to express himself in quaint old fashioned English. Just what does "te reo me ona tikanga" mean? If there was available a maori dictionary with the origin and date of words available, and maori stopped manufacturing new ones, I would give in and buy a copy.
The future under tribal rule: endless legal battles, ever wealthier lawyers....... ever reduced productivity for the nation.
Aotearoa representatives (experts) attend first Indigenous Geothermal Symposium in 2024 where they summarised New Zealand’s geothermal story from a Māori perspective, traversing cultural aspects, impacts of colonisation, Treaty and Māori Land Court processes, history of electricity development and associated cultural damage caused by early geothermal development and participated in the drafting of the “Geothermal Indigenous Peoples Declaration”.
https://www.geothermalnextgeneration.com/updates/aotearoa-representatives-attend-first-indigenous-geothermal-symposium
27th.To ensure a tolerable (and safe) private life Jones has to pander to his maori side, but he lays it on a bit thick at times. Clearly he has run his speech through an AI metaphor limitation programme.
Anon @ 8:54
The indigenous symposium makes very interesting reading, particularly the "Declaration".
Again we see Maori looking to cash in on colonisers technology.
Early Maori knew of geothermal and used it mainly for cooking all manner of food, that was the limit of their knowledge.
The geothermal activity was probably home to a taniwha
of some description that needed regular appeasement.
It never ceases to amaze me how something like geothermal activity can be "owned" by anybody. The same with water, seabed, flora et al.
Other countries are facing the same BS with "indigenous" people claiming all manner of resource. And not necessarily for the greater good.
And like here, aided and abetted by europeans and part native with predominant european ancestry.
Presumably the American Indians own the ash from Mt St Helen. Do they own the damage? In NZ do maori own the waste water with all its mercury content?
Re the immigrant indoctrination courses, it is not clear how much public money involved. Very few provide services without public subsidy. To fritter money filling the heads of immigrants with a load of maori piffle and propaganda is scandalous. I note near all candidates are women. Are they stuck for work and saw this as paid entertainment? English familiarisation, and socialisation seen as worth suffering maori twaddle for? Meanwhile I am working on my pepeha. Several relatives war victims but can claim no participation in cannibal victories.
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