Saturday June 6, 2026
News:
Iwi owing DOC $2m in campground revenue welcomes external review
A North Island iwi estimated to owe the Department of Conversation (DOC) nearly $2m in campground revenue says it welcomes an external review.
RNZ revealed last week that DOC had launched an external investigation following concerns regarding relationships with iwi and processes such as procurement and debt management.
Documents released under the Official Information Act in April, obtained by RNZ, revealed that since 2021 Ngāti Kuri Trust Board has been awarded $4.6 million in funding, grants and service contracts.
Tama Potaka said in a statement to RNZ....."I support DOC making sure the systems are in place to deliver their obligations under the Te Hiku settlements and ultimately be an honourable treaty partner.".....
See full article HERE
Pounamu sentencing first of kind
Pounamu is the property of Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori iwi in the South Island, by virtue of the Pounamu (Ngāi Tahu) Vesting Act 1997.
It holds legal ownership of all naturally occurring stone within its tribal boundaries and has stepped up efforts to disrupt the black market trade, alongside police.
It is illegal to take more than 5kg of the raw stone out of the country without consent.
Descendants of Ngai Tahu said the verdict at the trial in March served as a warning that anyone who attempted to export pounamu without permission could and would be prosecuted......
See full article HERE
Predator-free efforts align with tikanga Māori - iwi leader
Tāmaki Makaurau conservation groups, iwi and council are welcoming $10 million in government funding to bolster the city's Predator-Free 2050 efforts.
The five-year funding boost will support work already being done across the Hauraki Gulf, building on the government's wider Predator-Free 2050 programme, which aims to eliminate introduced predators such as rats, possums, stoats, ferrets and weasels by 2050.
Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka announced the funding on Friday, and opened with a whakataukī.
"The sea of Tangaroa and Hinemoana will endure, the forest and the birds of Tāne Mahuta and Hineahuone will endure, and nature will endure."
Terrence 'Mook' Hohneck said Ngāti Manuhiri's role was to ensure mātauranga Māori and tikanga remained central to environmental restoration efforts.
"Our role simply is to make sure that our own values and our own mātauranga as Ngāti Manuhiri, Manuhiritanga, and for the rest of the tangata whenua within our rohe and our neighbours, that our own values and principles and tikanga are upheld," he said.
Hohneck said predator control aligned with tikanga Māori, because many of the species being targeted were introduced to Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Understanding the knowledge, perspectives, and ways of being that help shape education in Aotearoa New Zealand. - John McGlashan College (Dunedin)
As educators in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is important that we continue to grow our understanding of te ao Māori, te reo Māori, tikanga Māori, and mātauranga Māori. This is not simply because it is reflected in curriculum expectations, but because it is part of who we are as a nation. Developing this understanding helps us create learning environments where all young people feel valued, connected, and able to succeed.
Recently, all staff participated in a professional learning session led by Professor Karyn Paringatai, focusing on mātauranga Māori.....
Professor Paringatai challenged us to think differently about how we approach this learning. Mātauranga Māori does not fit neatly into a textbook or curriculum document with a set sequence and prescribed answers......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Stuart Smith: Are We Captured by the Bureaucracy?
Guest Post: Littlewood and the Treaty - How we are being taken to the cleaners
Pee Kay: And they thought ex mayor Hazelhurst was bad!
Bob Edlin: A lot of fuss about a simple Bill......
Propaganda:
Increasing anger over government’s approach to Māori rights
Te Tiriti Law Changes Could Weaken Māori Voice in Public Services, PSA Warns
News:
Future of Tauranga’s Māori ward to be decided by binding referendum
Tauranga City Council has agreed to hold a binding referendum letting voters decide whether its Te Awanui Māori ward stays or goes.
The process is being complicated, however, by fast-accelerating local government reforms.
Tama Potaka said in a statement to RNZ....."I support DOC making sure the systems are in place to deliver their obligations under the Te Hiku settlements and ultimately be an honourable treaty partner.".....
See full article HERE
Pounamu sentencing first of kind
Pounamu is the property of Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori iwi in the South Island, by virtue of the Pounamu (Ngāi Tahu) Vesting Act 1997.
It holds legal ownership of all naturally occurring stone within its tribal boundaries and has stepped up efforts to disrupt the black market trade, alongside police.
It is illegal to take more than 5kg of the raw stone out of the country without consent.
Descendants of Ngai Tahu said the verdict at the trial in March served as a warning that anyone who attempted to export pounamu without permission could and would be prosecuted......
See full article HERE
Predator-free efforts align with tikanga Māori - iwi leader
Tāmaki Makaurau conservation groups, iwi and council are welcoming $10 million in government funding to bolster the city's Predator-Free 2050 efforts.
The five-year funding boost will support work already being done across the Hauraki Gulf, building on the government's wider Predator-Free 2050 programme, which aims to eliminate introduced predators such as rats, possums, stoats, ferrets and weasels by 2050.
Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka announced the funding on Friday, and opened with a whakataukī.
"The sea of Tangaroa and Hinemoana will endure, the forest and the birds of Tāne Mahuta and Hineahuone will endure, and nature will endure."
Terrence 'Mook' Hohneck said Ngāti Manuhiri's role was to ensure mātauranga Māori and tikanga remained central to environmental restoration efforts.
"Our role simply is to make sure that our own values and our own mātauranga as Ngāti Manuhiri, Manuhiritanga, and for the rest of the tangata whenua within our rohe and our neighbours, that our own values and principles and tikanga are upheld," he said.
Hohneck said predator control aligned with tikanga Māori, because many of the species being targeted were introduced to Aotearoa.....
See full article HERE
Understanding the knowledge, perspectives, and ways of being that help shape education in Aotearoa New Zealand. - John McGlashan College (Dunedin)
As educators in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is important that we continue to grow our understanding of te ao Māori, te reo Māori, tikanga Māori, and mātauranga Māori. This is not simply because it is reflected in curriculum expectations, but because it is part of who we are as a nation. Developing this understanding helps us create learning environments where all young people feel valued, connected, and able to succeed.
Recently, all staff participated in a professional learning session led by Professor Karyn Paringatai, focusing on mātauranga Māori.....
Professor Paringatai challenged us to think differently about how we approach this learning. Mātauranga Māori does not fit neatly into a textbook or curriculum document with a set sequence and prescribed answers......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Stuart Smith: Are We Captured by the Bureaucracy?
Guest Post: Littlewood and the Treaty - How we are being taken to the cleaners
Pee Kay: And they thought ex mayor Hazelhurst was bad!
Bob Edlin: A lot of fuss about a simple Bill......
Propaganda:
Increasing anger over government’s approach to Māori rights
Te Tiriti Law Changes Could Weaken Māori Voice in Public Services, PSA Warns
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 June 5, 2026
News:
Govt sued for $43m over confiscation of Māori fishing quota
The iwi trust that owns New Zealand’s biggest fishing companies is suing the Crown for more than $40m in damages for the prolonged confiscation of fishing rights in violation of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Govt sued for $43m over confiscation of Māori fishing quota
The iwi trust that owns New Zealand’s biggest fishing companies is suing the Crown for more than $40m in damages for the prolonged confiscation of fishing rights in violation of the Treaty of Waitangi.
The claim follows a groundbreaking judgment from March 2025, in which High Court Justice David Boldt found quota was stripped from Māori automatically, compulsorily, and without compensation.....(Paywalled)
See full article HERE
Unlocking papakāinga across New Zealand
The Government is making it easier for owners of Māori land to build homes, with the release of new National Environmental Standards for Papakāinga (NES-P), say RMA Reform Minister Hon Chris Bishop and Māori Development Minister Hon Tama Potaka.
“The new national standards will provide consistent rules across the country for all councils, reducing complexity, time and cost for Māori landowners, councils and communities,” Mr Bishop says....
See full article HERE
Two marae-based projects are the latest to benefit from the Government’s Māori Climate Platform
“The projects cover six marae in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions, with funding coming through Stage 2 of the Māori Climate Platform — taking total funding for Stages 1 and 2 provided by this initiative to more than $10 million,” Mr Watts says.
As well as resilience upgrades at the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Waikato marae, the additional investment will include funding for solar power and battery systems at Kokohinau and Uiraroa Marae, and solar power and water storage systems across Kaputahi, Te Kauae, Korapatu and Mirumiru ki Marokopa marae......
See full article HERE
Minister celebrates vital marae funding, but the Budget just cut the programme
At Waiwhetū Marae on Thursday, Climate Minister Simon Watts lauded the work being done to prepare the Lower Hutt marae for climate emergencies.
However, this marae could be one of the last to receive emergency resilience funding.
Iwi leaders in Wellington, and the minister himself, say this is vital work which is cutting costs for marae, the Government, and councils, which will otherwise need to fund their own emergency centres, or leave communities exposed......
See full article HERE
Work starts on 14 homes for Māori families in Kaipara communities
A $400 million Budget 2026 investment aimed at speeding up housing development has been welcomed by a Northland Māori housing provider, as construction begins on new papakainga homes in Kaipara.
Te Pouahi o Te Taitokerau Trust (Te Pouahi) general manager Kris MacDonald said measures to improve council incentives for urban development would help address long-standing barriers to building homes.....
See full article HERE
Mayor says Māori appointees will remain influential despite voting rights loss
Hamilton City Council’s Maangai Maaori will remain vital contributors to decisions even without a voting right, Mayor Tim Macindoe says.
At present, Hamilton City Council has a Maangai Maaori representative with voting rights on three council committees.
It also has one independent (non Maori) appointed member on its Finance and Assurance Committee.....(Paywalled)
See full article HERE
Taranaki leader appointed to top government job
The former boss of iwi organisations in Taranaki has secured a major role within the country’s public service.
On Thursday, it was announced Dion Tuuta (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa and Taranaki) had been appointed as Secretary for Māori Development and chief executive of the Ministry of Māori Development, also known as Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK).
TPK is the Government’s principal policy advisor on issues related to Māori development and Crown relationships with iwi and tangata whenua throughout the public sector......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: A PYRHIC VICTORY?
David Farrar: A win for democracy
Propaganda:
Equality’ at the Expense of Equity? Denis O’Reilly Warns of Growing Divide
Unlocking papakāinga across New Zealand
The Government is making it easier for owners of Māori land to build homes, with the release of new National Environmental Standards for Papakāinga (NES-P), say RMA Reform Minister Hon Chris Bishop and Māori Development Minister Hon Tama Potaka.
“The new national standards will provide consistent rules across the country for all councils, reducing complexity, time and cost for Māori landowners, councils and communities,” Mr Bishop says....
See full article HERE
Two marae-based projects are the latest to benefit from the Government’s Māori Climate Platform
“The projects cover six marae in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions, with funding coming through Stage 2 of the Māori Climate Platform — taking total funding for Stages 1 and 2 provided by this initiative to more than $10 million,” Mr Watts says.
As well as resilience upgrades at the Eastern Bay of Plenty and Waikato marae, the additional investment will include funding for solar power and battery systems at Kokohinau and Uiraroa Marae, and solar power and water storage systems across Kaputahi, Te Kauae, Korapatu and Mirumiru ki Marokopa marae......
See full article HERE
Minister celebrates vital marae funding, but the Budget just cut the programme
At Waiwhetū Marae on Thursday, Climate Minister Simon Watts lauded the work being done to prepare the Lower Hutt marae for climate emergencies.
However, this marae could be one of the last to receive emergency resilience funding.
Iwi leaders in Wellington, and the minister himself, say this is vital work which is cutting costs for marae, the Government, and councils, which will otherwise need to fund their own emergency centres, or leave communities exposed......
See full article HERE
Work starts on 14 homes for Māori families in Kaipara communities
A $400 million Budget 2026 investment aimed at speeding up housing development has been welcomed by a Northland Māori housing provider, as construction begins on new papakainga homes in Kaipara.
Te Pouahi o Te Taitokerau Trust (Te Pouahi) general manager Kris MacDonald said measures to improve council incentives for urban development would help address long-standing barriers to building homes.....
See full article HERE
Mayor says Māori appointees will remain influential despite voting rights loss
Hamilton City Council’s Maangai Maaori will remain vital contributors to decisions even without a voting right, Mayor Tim Macindoe says.
At present, Hamilton City Council has a Maangai Maaori representative with voting rights on three council committees.
It also has one independent (non Maori) appointed member on its Finance and Assurance Committee.....(Paywalled)
See full article HERE
Taranaki leader appointed to top government job
The former boss of iwi organisations in Taranaki has secured a major role within the country’s public service.
On Thursday, it was announced Dion Tuuta (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa and Taranaki) had been appointed as Secretary for Māori Development and chief executive of the Ministry of Māori Development, also known as Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK).
TPK is the Government’s principal policy advisor on issues related to Māori development and Crown relationships with iwi and tangata whenua throughout the public sector......
See full article HERE
Articles:
Pee Kay: A PYRHIC VICTORY?
David Farrar: A win for democracy
Propaganda:
Equality’ at the Expense of Equity? Denis O’Reilly Warns of Growing Divide
Thursday June 4, 2026
News:
Future of Tauranga’s Māori ward to be decided by binding referendum
Tauranga City Council has agreed to hold a binding referendum letting voters decide whether its Te Awanui Māori ward stays or goes.
The process is being complicated, however, by fast-accelerating local government reforms.
Tauranga is in a unique situation nationally.
Most councils with Māori wards held binding referendums to decide the wards’ futures at last year’s local government elections. Results were almost evenly split, nationally....
See full article HERE
Māori Climate Platform funding axed in Budget
A scheme that helped fund solar panels and other climate-resilient infrastructure for marae will not continue past this year, Budget documents confirm.
The decision not to extend government funding for the Māori Climate Platform has disappointed one of its founders, who says many isolated communities rely on marae during severe weather and other emergencies.
The Ministry for the Environment says work is continuing on existing projects - most of which should be complete by the end of this month - but no decisions have been made on future funding arrangements.
The previous government set aside up to $30 million in the 2022 Budget for 'Māori Climate Action', which has gradually been whittled down to $14m since then.....
See full article HERE
Taupō practice embraces tikanga to strengthen care for whānau Māori
A Taupō general practice is helping lead the way in culturally confident care, becoming the first practice outside Pinnacle Midlands Health Network’s original pilot sites to fully adopt the PHO’s Tikanga in Practice resources and training.
Pinnacle developed Tikanga in Practice to support their general practice teams to feel more confident engaging with whānau Māori in ways that are respectful, practical and grounded in everyday care.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Gary Judd KC: Inclusion of UNDRIP in India FreeTrade Agreement
Guest Post: The Greatest Scam in The History of NZ
Bob Edlin: Yes, CAB will have to cut its services.....
David Farrar: Which language should be used first?
Propaganda:
Teachers Union Backs Urgent Waitangi Tribunal Claim Over Te Tiriti Changes in Education
Law change will see councils lose expert advice, Hastings mayor Wendy Schollum says
Govt Will Erase Iwi Representation Across Aotearoa
Kotahi Mano Kāika celebrates 25 years of revitalising te reo Māori
Māori Leadership, Budget Cuts and the Battle for Māori Votes: Willie Jackson Sounds Warning
Treaty clauses: Tribunal hears of 'unrelenting assault' on Māori rights
Unelected committee members could become 'lame ducks' under new law, says mayor
Most councils with Māori wards held binding referendums to decide the wards’ futures at last year’s local government elections. Results were almost evenly split, nationally....
See full article HERE
Māori Climate Platform funding axed in Budget
A scheme that helped fund solar panels and other climate-resilient infrastructure for marae will not continue past this year, Budget documents confirm.
The decision not to extend government funding for the Māori Climate Platform has disappointed one of its founders, who says many isolated communities rely on marae during severe weather and other emergencies.
The Ministry for the Environment says work is continuing on existing projects - most of which should be complete by the end of this month - but no decisions have been made on future funding arrangements.
The previous government set aside up to $30 million in the 2022 Budget for 'Māori Climate Action', which has gradually been whittled down to $14m since then.....
See full article HERE
Taupō practice embraces tikanga to strengthen care for whānau Māori
A Taupō general practice is helping lead the way in culturally confident care, becoming the first practice outside Pinnacle Midlands Health Network’s original pilot sites to fully adopt the PHO’s Tikanga in Practice resources and training.
Pinnacle developed Tikanga in Practice to support their general practice teams to feel more confident engaging with whānau Māori in ways that are respectful, practical and grounded in everyday care.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Gary Judd KC: Inclusion of UNDRIP in India FreeTrade Agreement
Guest Post: The Greatest Scam in The History of NZ
Bob Edlin: Yes, CAB will have to cut its services.....
David Farrar: Which language should be used first?
Propaganda:
Teachers Union Backs Urgent Waitangi Tribunal Claim Over Te Tiriti Changes in Education
Law change will see councils lose expert advice, Hastings mayor Wendy Schollum says
Govt Will Erase Iwi Representation Across Aotearoa
Kotahi Mano Kāika celebrates 25 years of revitalising te reo Māori
Māori Leadership, Budget Cuts and the Battle for Māori Votes: Willie Jackson Sounds Warning
Treaty clauses: Tribunal hears of 'unrelenting assault' on Māori rights
Unelected committee members could become 'lame ducks' under new law, says mayor
Wednesday June 3, 2026
News:
Government to remove voting rights from iwi representatives on council
The Government is removing voting rights for non-elected representatives on councils following questions raised over iwi representatives on the Far North district council.
In April, Far North councillors voted to uphold the voting rights of iwi representatives on its Te Kuaka Māori Strategic Relationships Committee.
The Government has stepped in over the top to effectively remove the right of councils to do so.
News:
Government to remove voting rights from iwi representatives on council
The Government is removing voting rights for non-elected representatives on councils following questions raised over iwi representatives on the Far North district council.
In April, Far North councillors voted to uphold the voting rights of iwi representatives on its Te Kuaka Māori Strategic Relationships Committee.
The Government has stepped in over the top to effectively remove the right of councils to do so.
The Government will be making an amendment to the Local Government (System Improvements) Bill, which is currently making its way through parliament.
The bill has already reported back from select committee meaning the public will not be given the opportunity to submit on the changes announced today.
“Councils can still appoint non-elected members to offer professional advice and represent communities but those appointments will not come with voting rights or count towards a quorum,” Watts said.
The ACT Party is claiming credit for the law change. ACT Far North councillor Davina Smolders had been vocally opposed to increasing iwi representation, leading to ACT MP Cameron Luxton drafting a members bill on the issue
Watts said on Tuesday that once the law is passed councils will have six months to review their appointments before the law change takes effect.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into Treaty law changes begins
An urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry looking into the government's plan to weaken its obligation to the Treaty across a number of laws has begun in Wellington.
It follows an earlier report penned by the Tribunal, which found the legislation would be equal to the controversial Treaty Principles Bill in its capacity to remove the Crown's obligation to honour the Treaty.
The Tribunal will hear from a number of claimants and interested parties over two days. Those include Ngāti Hine, Smokefree Aotearoa, the Māori Women's Welfare League, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Āti awa ki Whakarongatai, the National Iwi Chairs Forum, Waikato Tainui, Te Puna Ora o Mataatua, Muaupoko Tribal Authority, Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa, Te Kohao Health, Toitū Te Tiriti and the Public Service Association .....
See full article HERE
Rotorua Lakefront hotel plan moves ahead with iwi–developer deal
A new landmark hotel on Rotorua’s Lakefront is a significant step closer to reality with iwi landowners signing a deal with a developer.
Pukeroa Lakefront Holdings Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with New Zealand developer Templeton Group to build a hotel on its vacant Lakefront land on the corner of Fenton and Whakaue streets.
Pukeroa chairman David Tapsell said the milestone marked real progress for a kaupapa that had long been part of their vision for the Rotorua Lakefront.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dame Professor Elizabeth Rata: New Zealand's Public Culture
Graham Carter: Councils are Ceding Sovereignty to Iwi – This is Treason
Pee Kay: This is only the tip of a very large iceberg!
Graeme Spencer: If Radio Spectrum Is Taonga, What Isn't?
Propaganda:
EIT Marks 50 Years With New Taonga
NZEI Te Riu Roa Backs Urgent Claim Against Te Tiriti Changes Harming Ākonga Māori
‘Lack of honour’: Officials warned, ministers decided: Tribunal probes Treaty review process
‘It doesn’t have to look Māori to be Māori’: Thirty years of encouraging innovation in Māori art
The bill has already reported back from select committee meaning the public will not be given the opportunity to submit on the changes announced today.
“Councils can still appoint non-elected members to offer professional advice and represent communities but those appointments will not come with voting rights or count towards a quorum,” Watts said.
The ACT Party is claiming credit for the law change. ACT Far North councillor Davina Smolders had been vocally opposed to increasing iwi representation, leading to ACT MP Cameron Luxton drafting a members bill on the issue
Watts said on Tuesday that once the law is passed councils will have six months to review their appointments before the law change takes effect.....
See full article HERE
Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into Treaty law changes begins
An urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry looking into the government's plan to weaken its obligation to the Treaty across a number of laws has begun in Wellington.
It follows an earlier report penned by the Tribunal, which found the legislation would be equal to the controversial Treaty Principles Bill in its capacity to remove the Crown's obligation to honour the Treaty.
The Tribunal will hear from a number of claimants and interested parties over two days. Those include Ngāti Hine, Smokefree Aotearoa, the Māori Women's Welfare League, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Āti awa ki Whakarongatai, the National Iwi Chairs Forum, Waikato Tainui, Te Puna Ora o Mataatua, Muaupoko Tribal Authority, Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa, Te Kohao Health, Toitū Te Tiriti and the Public Service Association .....
See full article HERE
Rotorua Lakefront hotel plan moves ahead with iwi–developer deal
A new landmark hotel on Rotorua’s Lakefront is a significant step closer to reality with iwi landowners signing a deal with a developer.
Pukeroa Lakefront Holdings Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with New Zealand developer Templeton Group to build a hotel on its vacant Lakefront land on the corner of Fenton and Whakaue streets.
Pukeroa chairman David Tapsell said the milestone marked real progress for a kaupapa that had long been part of their vision for the Rotorua Lakefront.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Dame Professor Elizabeth Rata: New Zealand's Public Culture
Graham Carter: Councils are Ceding Sovereignty to Iwi – This is Treason
Pee Kay: This is only the tip of a very large iceberg!
Graeme Spencer: If Radio Spectrum Is Taonga, What Isn't?
Propaganda:
EIT Marks 50 Years With New Taonga
NZEI Te Riu Roa Backs Urgent Claim Against Te Tiriti Changes Harming Ākonga Māori
‘Lack of honour’: Officials warned, ministers decided: Tribunal probes Treaty review process
‘It doesn’t have to look Māori to be Māori’: Thirty years of encouraging innovation in Māori art
Monday June 1, 2026
News:
Councillor makes an ‘open apology’ over Māori and fast food comment
A regional councillor withdrew comments in a council workshop over Māori preferring KFC over eel, and has since offered an “open apology”.
The comments were made at a Waikato Regional Council workshop by councillor for Waihou, Keith Holmes, earlier this month.
A regional councillor withdrew comments in a council workshop over Māori preferring KFC over eel, and has since offered an “open apology”.
The comments were made at a Waikato Regional Council workshop by councillor for Waihou, Keith Holmes, earlier this month.
The session began with a karakia before a presentation on the Waikato and Waipā River catchments.
“We have more and more people,” he noted. “The traditional Māori don’t eat eel any more, they go to KFC instead.”
While Holmes withdrew the statement, it remained online on the council’s YouTube channel.
“We have more and more people,” he noted. “The traditional Māori don’t eat eel any more, they go to KFC instead.”
While Holmes withdrew the statement, it remained online on the council’s YouTube channel.
He told Stuff that the matter had “been gone, done and dusted”.
“I’ve given an apology, because everyone is sensitive in there.”
Asked about the specifics of that apology, Holmes replied it was “an open apology”, and he had followed protocols.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: English Isn't Endangered—but Its Place In Public Life Is
Dr Don Brash: The Total Annihilation of Te Tiriti in the Health System
Propaganda:
Ngāti Apakura revisit ancestral journey to safety
Aaron Smale: Media ignore Māori at their peril
Diabetes drug access change punishes Māori and Pacific
Twenty years of watching the impact of technology on rangatahi
Marae are emergency infrastructure. So why aren’t they funded like it?
Sunset ritual restores ancestral winter ceremony beneath Ruapehu skies
“I’ve given an apology, because everyone is sensitive in there.”
Asked about the specifics of that apology, Holmes replied it was “an open apology”, and he had followed protocols.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: English Isn't Endangered—but Its Place In Public Life Is
Dr Don Brash: The Total Annihilation of Te Tiriti in the Health System
Propaganda:
Ngāti Apakura revisit ancestral journey to safety
Aaron Smale: Media ignore Māori at their peril
Diabetes drug access change punishes Māori and Pacific
Twenty years of watching the impact of technology on rangatahi
Marae are emergency infrastructure. So why aren’t they funded like it?
Sunset ritual restores ancestral winter ceremony beneath Ruapehu skies
Sunday May 31, 2026
News:
$10m funding boost for Te Māori Tū
A $10 million Government investment into Te Māori Tū is being positioned as the next chapter of one of Aotearoa’s most significant cultural movements, with plans to take Māori culture, taonga and creative industries further onto the international stage.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka visited the Te Māori Centre in Lower Hutt on Friday alongside trustees of Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust following the Budget 2026 announcement.
News:
$10m funding boost for Te Māori Tū
A $10 million Government investment into Te Māori Tū is being positioned as the next chapter of one of Aotearoa’s most significant cultural movements, with plans to take Māori culture, taonga and creative industries further onto the international stage.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka visited the Te Māori Centre in Lower Hutt on Friday alongside trustees of Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust following the Budget 2026 announcement.
The funding, spread across five years, is one of the few Māori-targeted investments announced in this year’s Budget and comes alongside a $48 million package for Māori broadcasting and te reo Māori content development.
Speaking at the event, Potaka said the Government’s investment would enable Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust to take the kaupapa overseas and create new opportunities for Māori on the global stage.
He said the trust would lead the programme internationally, including in Europe and the United Kingdom, helping to represent and showcase te ao Māori overseas.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: The Culturalisation of Healthcare
Chris McVeigh KC: What's in a name?
Propaganda:
Tama Potaka Says Budget 2026 Lays Foundation For Māori Growth And Cultural Strength
'What needs protecting?': Researcher questions purpose of English Language Bill
Ngāti Rangi unveils star compass to teach next generation of astronomers
Speaking at the event, Potaka said the Government’s investment would enable Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust to take the kaupapa overseas and create new opportunities for Māori on the global stage.
He said the trust would lead the programme internationally, including in Europe and the United Kingdom, helping to represent and showcase te ao Māori overseas.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: The Culturalisation of Healthcare
Chris McVeigh KC: What's in a name?
Propaganda:
Tama Potaka Says Budget 2026 Lays Foundation For Māori Growth And Cultural Strength
'What needs protecting?': Researcher questions purpose of English Language Bill
Ngāti Rangi unveils star compass to teach next generation of astronomers
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.
17 comments:
Te Maori Tu will likley be a parody of Te Maori, with even more hangers on for an overseas trip. Any non woke overseas msm, assuming, any still exist, will likley be able to mock it and its disfigured entourage mercilessly
For all their faults one of the endearing features of some maori at some levels is their proclivity for very direct speech. It is therefore absurd to take offence to use of similar by non maori. Holme''s statement very succinctly conveyed an undisputable fact immediately grasped by all but which would take considerable effort to frame in a currently fashionble PC form.
At any time of the day, and more especially at night, there are queues at my local KFC.
The statement that Maori prefer to eat KFC is 100% correct.
No apologies needed, and should never have been challenged.
Grow some gonads and face facts.
Note, no pre European Maori ever became obese eating eel.
Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka, please tell us what the viewership of Maori TV is, and why you are throwing $48M at it when it has negligible viewers compared with internet delivery of less cultural media ?
Well, Maori can open eel restaurants any time they want. Hundreds of empty shops in NZ. Start a business!
Noone is asking KFC to apologize for its advertising campaign.
The crux of which is -
Kiwis will run as fast as they can for a free feed.
Has no one noticed this?
The half time shows and ads.
Super rugby players and their supporters gather within the exit to a grandstand.
The anxiety and strain showing on every face. Then the charge onto the field begins.
Like some battle scene out of the Braveheart movie.
Painted faces, the roaring hoards stampede slathering towards mid field ...where tables laden with greasy treats awaits and the "rounded tums" elbow through the opposition for the plumpest prize.
As Pythonesque as it gets...
Re: "Government to remove voting rights from iwi representatives on council ":
Wait for it, wait for it ... a Waitangi Tribunal emergency hearing into the impact on Maori ...
it will surely come.
When I visit my full price doctor I often jot down a few notes before so we can both get to the topic promptly. Even so seldom very fully cover in the standard time and only one topic. How this could be expanded to include a load of tikanga waffle, whatever that is, plus an expanded explanation in simplistic language (or worse te reo) I cannot imagine. Who pays for the frittered time? Hopefully nose pressing is excluded
Insurrection Coordination Centres (marae) would seem to be very inappropriate candidates for solar panels. Who would exercise the skilled, rational, authoratative control necessary to conserve power in an emergency? Would tribal rank override technical expertise?
Māori Climate Platform funding ??
Who are the expert Maori con men who dreamed up this scheme to rort money from the taxpayet ??
Who are the Government people that approved it and continue to fund it ??
The impact on the climate by Maori even though they drive the biggest vehicles, especially Government funded utes, is infinitesimal, and not even measured.
Beyond a joke the way that Maori work the system for their own benefit.
A few years back, the ratepayers in Tauranga gained the required 5000 votes for a referendum on Maori Wards. This was achieved without a great deal of publicity. I suspect this new referendum won't happen while Drysdale is mayor. I certainly didn't vote for him. Unfortunately, the local council voting turnout is abysmal. Why can't ratepayers see they have the power to elect candidates who are democratically inclined? Don't whinge if you didn't vote.
I must apply for funding for a solar installation at home, my neighbors are welcome here at any time there is a severe weather event or the power is off. Also my part Maori granddaughter lives here.
Medical practitioners, quote "engaging with whānau Māori in ways that are respectful, practical and grounded in everyday care."
If my GP did not engage with me the same way he would very soon know change his ways dealing with me.
No doubt this point will be a compulsory part of medical training with a pass being required for registration.
Examination of 1950s maps of NZ show a myriad small settlements now hugely reduced or vanished due lack of local employment. Yet we are building papakainga housimg much apparently away from employment. Some of it looks fine now but with shanty outbuildings, palisade fences, accumulated paraphernalia, many will not remain so. My rates bill includes a note stating that maori land is excluded. What is the situation? Where rural, will sites be excluded the dole as some remote areas are now? What are conditions for repayment? Or is this on an as you deign basis? Are these effectively/potentially straight race based gifts to Maoridom?
Drive from Rotorua to Taupo and look at the flash new houses in the little Maori settlements and just wonder who paid for them ?
6/6/26 - Potaka showing his true pro-maori colours - 'Treaty Partners'
If my car is converted or stolen by maori I trust Police will exert the same effort as applied to 15kg of stone.
I note the eradication of wild pigs is not included, despite these being the main likely spreader of kauri disease. Whilst persons have been banned from vast areas of the ratepayer owned Waitakere Ranges, and tracks rendered hopelessly boring, pigs, having achieved taonga status, range free.there is no mana to be gained by discouraging them.
The attention of adolescent schoolboys is difficult to obtain. They are also very quick to recognise and mock flannel. So I wonder how the McGlashin boys took to all the standardised twaddle about fluid, undefined, te ao, tikanga, matauranga. Possibly the machinery of cancellation has been so well developed by maori that many, like the rest of the population, feigned interest and support.
Anon 6.26
It's not hard to catch these National MPs out with slips of the tongue - even Judith Collins !
As for Potaka saying :
"billions of people could experience the richness, beauty and distinctiveness of te ao Māori through future international exhibitions and cultural partnerships. "
What a dreamer, what a disillusioned waste of all taxpayer's dollars - Potaka, nobody else in the world falls for this nonsense - it's modern fabricated drivel.
You know it, we all know it, so stop the BS.
Anon 2.21. Te Maori was more or less an historic scientific exhibiton of interest to all. Te Maori Tu will likely be a crusading political maori concert party aimed at other insurgent groups.and of limited general appeal except to the myriad maori hangers who will attach.
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