Wednesday April 1, 2026
News:
Fuel crisis the priority, not style guides, Judith Collins tells ACT
Public Service Minister Judith Collins has shrugged off pressure from coalition partner ACT over the government's English-first policy, suggesting the matter is not a key priority.
"To be frank, right at the moment, my concern is fuel," she told RNZ. "That's my big focus. I'm not too worried about everything else."
NZ First minister Shane Jones echoed Collins' message on Tuesday, describing ACT's concerns as "trivial", but his leader Winston Peters disagreed and said public sector leaders should be "called to account".
ACT MP Todd Stephenson wrote to Collins a fortnight ago warning of "growing concern" that coalition commitments were not being "visibly implemented" across the public service.
He pointed to the Public Service Commission style guidelines which still displayed the te reo Māori phrase "Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa" in bold above the English "New Zealand Government"......
See full article HERE
Tauranga iwi challenges regional council proposal for $3b investment portfolio
A Tauranga iwi wants greater restoration and protection of the taiao (environment) as the Bay of Plenty Regional Council proposes changing how its $3 billion investment portfolio is managed.
Ngāti Pūkenga Iwi says the current strategy is “stealing from the future” and called for a “reoriented” fund that would invest in initiatives such as climate adaptation.
In February, the council proposed an amendment to its long-term plan 2024-2034 to restructure its investment portfolio.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Guest Post: Another proposed "Treaty racket"
Dr Don Brash: Hidden in the Agenda: When Your Vote Isn’t Enough
Propaganda:
Luxon’s Government actively neglects Māori news broadcasting
ACT MP Todd Stephenson wrote to Collins a fortnight ago warning of "growing concern" that coalition commitments were not being "visibly implemented" across the public service.
He pointed to the Public Service Commission style guidelines which still displayed the te reo Māori phrase "Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa" in bold above the English "New Zealand Government"......
See full article HERE
Tauranga iwi challenges regional council proposal for $3b investment portfolio
A Tauranga iwi wants greater restoration and protection of the taiao (environment) as the Bay of Plenty Regional Council proposes changing how its $3 billion investment portfolio is managed.
Ngāti Pūkenga Iwi says the current strategy is “stealing from the future” and called for a “reoriented” fund that would invest in initiatives such as climate adaptation.
In February, the council proposed an amendment to its long-term plan 2024-2034 to restructure its investment portfolio.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Guest Post: Another proposed "Treaty racket"
Dr Don Brash: Hidden in the Agenda: When Your Vote Isn’t Enough
Propaganda:
Luxon’s Government actively neglects Māori news broadcasting
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Tuesday March 31, 2026
News:
Strengthening Māori research partnerships across the science system
“We are committed to supporting Māori capability and participation in science and innovation, recognising this as a powerful driver of Aotearoa New Zealand’s economic strength through the growth of the Māori economy.”....
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Khylee Quince reflects on tikanga reforms as AUT law dean tenure ends
Leading the change to “embed tikanga” in law students’ first year of study is the proudest achievement of New Zealand’s first Māori Dean of Law, who is stepping down.
Khylee Quince (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Roroa) was appointed Dean of Law at Auckland University of Technology in 2021 and her five-year term ends this year.
She’d been offered another term, but wanted to go “back to the shop floor … just being a professor”, Quince said.
Quince said it was significant the first thing law students at her university heard was “a Māori voice talking about Māori law being the first law of this country”.
“That sounds easy, but it was pretty significant ... it just makes a big difference in terms of [tikanga] not being an add-on at the end of the degree, when people have already had a particular way of thinking about the law set in their ways.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: Are these two......
Dr James Kierstead: Another academic freedom case
Propaganda:
What happens when Māori have more control?
Thirty years of the state of Māori rights
The perfect place for a revolution
Māori votes can change the Government if we use them strategically – Mariameno Kapa-Kīngi
News:
Strengthening Māori research partnerships across the science system
The Government is backing 17 exciting science work programmes that support co‑developed research between Māori‑facing organisations and research providers.
“The He Ara Whakahihiko Capability Fund Rangapū Rangahau will invest $5.95 million in 17 research programmes focused on growing our economy and improving our environment," Dr Willy-John Martin, Director of Māori Science, Innovation and Technology, says.
“The He Ara Whakahihiko Capability Fund Rangapū Rangahau will invest $5.95 million in 17 research programmes focused on growing our economy and improving our environment," Dr Willy-John Martin, Director of Māori Science, Innovation and Technology, says.
These research partnerships will forge new, enduring connections between the Māori economy and the science, innovation and technology system,” he says. These collaborations provide a strong pathway for skills to flourish and deliver outcomes.”
“We are committed to supporting Māori capability and participation in science and innovation, recognising this as a powerful driver of Aotearoa New Zealand’s economic strength through the growth of the Māori economy.”....
See full article HERE
Khylee Quince reflects on tikanga reforms as AUT law dean tenure ends
Leading the change to “embed tikanga” in law students’ first year of study is the proudest achievement of New Zealand’s first Māori Dean of Law, who is stepping down.
Khylee Quince (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Roroa) was appointed Dean of Law at Auckland University of Technology in 2021 and her five-year term ends this year.
She’d been offered another term, but wanted to go “back to the shop floor … just being a professor”, Quince said.
Quince said it was significant the first thing law students at her university heard was “a Māori voice talking about Māori law being the first law of this country”.
“That sounds easy, but it was pretty significant ... it just makes a big difference in terms of [tikanga] not being an add-on at the end of the degree, when people have already had a particular way of thinking about the law set in their ways.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: Are these two......
Dr James Kierstead: Another academic freedom case
Propaganda:
What happens when Māori have more control?
Thirty years of the state of Māori rights
The perfect place for a revolution
Māori votes can change the Government if we use them strategically – Mariameno Kapa-Kīngi
Sunday March 29, 2026
News:
Rangatahi seek a voice around Ōpōtiki council table
Rangatahi and youth advocates have presented their aspirations to the Ōpōtiki District Council to have a greater say in council matters.
Founder of youth group Ōpōtiki Rangatahi Pā Alex Le Long brought a group of young people to a recent council meeting to express the need for a youth council for Ōpōtiki.
News:
Rangatahi seek a voice around Ōpōtiki council table
Rangatahi and youth advocates have presented their aspirations to the Ōpōtiki District Council to have a greater say in council matters.
Founder of youth group Ōpōtiki Rangatahi Pā Alex Le Long brought a group of young people to a recent council meeting to express the need for a youth council for Ōpōtiki.
It was one of three recommendations Le Long made to the council.
She also recommended the council collaborate with Rangitahi Pā to create a long-term safe space for the town’s youth....
See full article HERE
New Kura Toa Highlights Power Of Iwi-ed Education In Porirua
The opening of an iwi-led charter school in Porirua next year shows what’s possible when local people lead solutions for their own community.
“For too long, our whānau have had to navigate systems that weren’t designed with them in mind,” says Kelly.
The establishment of Kura Toa reinforces the value of iwi leadership in education design and delivery.
By embedding tikanga Māori and local knowledge, Kelly says the kura creates a learning environment that prioritises belonging, achievement, and long-term wellbeing....
See full article HERE
Kaupapa Māori - Whangarei Boys’ High School
Māori culture is an integral and valued part of life at Whangārei Boys’ High School. We are committed to honouring te ao Māori through language, history, tikanga, design, and performance, and to ensuring our boys grow in understanding, respect, and connection to Aotearoa New Zealand.
At senior level, students can engage in Māori Arts programmes that combine Māori Performing Arts standards with learning in Māori tourism and tikanga Māori.
Te reo Māori is a core part of our curriculum. All Year 9 students take a compulsory introductory course (9MAO), providing every boy with the opportunity to build confidence in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and presenting in te reo Māori within familiar and meaningful contexts......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Clinical meets cultural as medical students educate via social media
She also recommended the council collaborate with Rangitahi Pā to create a long-term safe space for the town’s youth....
See full article HERE
New Kura Toa Highlights Power Of Iwi-ed Education In Porirua
The opening of an iwi-led charter school in Porirua next year shows what’s possible when local people lead solutions for their own community.
“For too long, our whānau have had to navigate systems that weren’t designed with them in mind,” says Kelly.
The establishment of Kura Toa reinforces the value of iwi leadership in education design and delivery.
By embedding tikanga Māori and local knowledge, Kelly says the kura creates a learning environment that prioritises belonging, achievement, and long-term wellbeing....
See full article HERE
Kaupapa Māori - Whangarei Boys’ High School
Māori culture is an integral and valued part of life at Whangārei Boys’ High School. We are committed to honouring te ao Māori through language, history, tikanga, design, and performance, and to ensuring our boys grow in understanding, respect, and connection to Aotearoa New Zealand.
At senior level, students can engage in Māori Arts programmes that combine Māori Performing Arts standards with learning in Māori tourism and tikanga Māori.
Te reo Māori is a core part of our curriculum. All Year 9 students take a compulsory introductory course (9MAO), providing every boy with the opportunity to build confidence in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and presenting in te reo Māori within familiar and meaningful contexts......
See full article HERE
Propaganda:
Clinical meets cultural as medical students educate via social media
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:
re Opotoki (maori) youth council. Maori are ever eager to train up candidates for the myriad paid consultation/influence mana seeking positions they have so artfully contrived. Accomplished reps are needed to extort the maximum advantage from the formal interference. Hence the enthusiasm for a council to school youth. Some years ago Auckland Council published a climate change policy. Input by pro maori staff had clearly dominated and the whole document was oriented to maximising maori advantage in climate change. It clamoured for an immediate rangatahi input. How trace maori could contribute more than the industrious uper high IQ Asians which parts of Auckland produce in abundance was not explained. Whilst a youth council in Opotoki would occupy itself clamouring for maorification everywhere what would non maori members (if any) seek? Action against gangs and cultivators would be too dangerous.
more Maori Apartheid for the future by National.
RE Collins and fuel crisis. Govts are always lucky when a global crisis occurs and Ministers can cite deep concern. The status of English is important for NZ - and could /should have been fixed early and quickly. Nat's attitude to such issues is now very clear.
Peters 1 v.Collins 0
A style guide would make my boat go faster. I waste many hours trying to fathom/remember riddle named govt and local body agencies and departments. This on top of all the long leg pull contrived
maori names contrived and gifted by maori to spite colonists
1April: Nice little deflection there Judith, but it’s not about style guides. It’s about the public service ignoring and overriding the elected govt and the mandate given to them by the people of NZ.
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