Saturday September 19, 2026
News:
Tribunal releases report on the reform of the national curriculum
The Tribunal found that the Crown, through its actions related to developing a ‘knowledge-rich curriculum’ informed by the ‘science of learning’, breached a number of Treaty principles. Specifically, it found that the Crown:.....
The Tribunal found that the claimants have suffered prejudice as a result of these breaches. This prejudice included damage to the Māori–Crown relationship; the clear signal to Māori students and whānau that Māori knowledge is somehow less important; a reduction in the Crown’s commitment to supporting the transmission of mātauranga Māori; the diminishment of mana for iwi and hapū that have contributed much effort to working in partnership with schools; and the undermining of the mana motuhake of Ngā Kura ā Iwi.
The Tribunal recommended that the Crown recommit to working in partnership with Māori in education and return to working with Māori on designing a truly indigenous Māori-medium and kaupapa Māori curriculum through Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. The Tribunal further provided the Crown with a list of features that it recommended should characterise the Crown’s renewed commitment to partnership. The Tribunal concluded that partnership was essential if the Crown were to correct its course and achieve equitable outcomes for ākonga Māori.....
See full article HERE
New Plymouth council staff told off for lack of kōrero on revamp
New Plymouth councillors have told off staff for not talking with mana whenua before taking a council reform proposal to Government.
New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) last month sent a proposal to reform Taranaki local government for the Government to consider under its Head Start amalgamation programme.
A report to Te Huinga Taumatua’s meeting on Wednesday said the Beehive’s three month deadline had left no time to consult mana whenua.
“Engagement with iwi and hapū did not occur at the depth or breadth expected … with compressed timeframes limiting the opportunity for meaningful participation.”....
See full article HERE
Selwyn appoints mana whenua representative as Government axes voting rights
Selwyn’s mayor has welcomed someone who “carries so much mana” to join the council for the rest of the term.
Puamiria Parata-Goodall was formally appointed as Selwyn District Council’s mana whenua representative at a meeting on Wednesday.
Parata-Goodall Puamiria (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Kahungunu) will have speaking rights, but no voting rights at all full council meetings.
She will also sit on the finance and performance committee and the audit and risk committee, with speaking and voting rights – for now.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: One Law For All Is Not An Attack On Maori
Bob Edlin: Hikoi by horseback (or pony express)....
Video:
Richard Prebble Slams The Waitangi Tribunal
Propaganda:
Return To Partnership: Tribunal Says Crown Must Reset Māori Education Reforms
Hundreds of children embracing te reo swim safety lessons
Crown Fails Māori On Education, Once Again
National MP Greg Fleming’s journey to fluent te reo
How Luxon lost 75% of National’s Māori supporters in just one term - McConnell
See full article HERE
New Plymouth council staff told off for lack of kōrero on revamp
New Plymouth councillors have told off staff for not talking with mana whenua before taking a council reform proposal to Government.
New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) last month sent a proposal to reform Taranaki local government for the Government to consider under its Head Start amalgamation programme.
A report to Te Huinga Taumatua’s meeting on Wednesday said the Beehive’s three month deadline had left no time to consult mana whenua.
“Engagement with iwi and hapū did not occur at the depth or breadth expected … with compressed timeframes limiting the opportunity for meaningful participation.”....
See full article HERE
Selwyn appoints mana whenua representative as Government axes voting rights
Selwyn’s mayor has welcomed someone who “carries so much mana” to join the council for the rest of the term.
Puamiria Parata-Goodall was formally appointed as Selwyn District Council’s mana whenua representative at a meeting on Wednesday.
Parata-Goodall Puamiria (Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Ngāti Kahungunu) will have speaking rights, but no voting rights at all full council meetings.
She will also sit on the finance and performance committee and the audit and risk committee, with speaking and voting rights – for now.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: One Law For All Is Not An Attack On Maori
Bob Edlin: Hikoi by horseback (or pony express)....
Video:
Richard Prebble Slams The Waitangi Tribunal
Propaganda:
Return To Partnership: Tribunal Says Crown Must Reset Māori Education Reforms
Hundreds of children embracing te reo swim safety lessons
Crown Fails Māori On Education, Once Again
National MP Greg Fleming’s journey to fluent te reo
How Luxon lost 75% of National’s Māori supporters in just one term - McConnell
This Breaking Views Update monitors race relations in the media on a weekly basis. New material is added regularly. If you would like to send Letters to the Editor in response to any of these articles, most media addresses can be found HERE.
Friday September 18, 2026
News:
School curriculum rewrite 'ideological', Crown breached multiple treaty principles - Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal says the government's rewrite of the school curriculum was ideological, aided by people hostile to Māori knowledge, and breached multiple Treaty principles.
This report follows the Tribunal's stage one interim report concerning proposed changes to treaty provisions in the Education and Training Act and precedes another report into the removal of school boards' treaty obligations.
News:
School curriculum rewrite 'ideological', Crown breached multiple treaty principles - Waitangi Tribunal
The Waitangi Tribunal says the government's rewrite of the school curriculum was ideological, aided by people hostile to Māori knowledge, and breached multiple Treaty principles.
This report follows the Tribunal's stage one interim report concerning proposed changes to treaty provisions in the Education and Training Act and precedes another report into the removal of school boards' treaty obligations.
In her letter to ministers, presiding officer Rachel Mullins said the adoption of a 'knowledge-rich' curriculum - which stresses the importance of all students acquiring the same knowledge, in sequence and structure, and progressing together - as government policy was a predetermined course to return to a one-size-fits-all style of education.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Bob Edlin: REA’s treatment of Janet Dickson and the role of Maori culture
John Robertson: What We Are Witnessing Is A First-World Democracy Sliding Into Tribal Barbarism
Video:
Anglo Saxon: New Zealand v Karl Marx
Propaganda:
Colonisation impact on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds
New pan-tribal body shines light on work for Taranaki Maunga and beyond
Maipi-Clarke tops preferred PM for Māori roll voters: ‘That’s not just me, that’s a whole generation’
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: Honouring the pioneers who saved the language
Whangārei Takes Te Reo Māori From Celebration To Everyday Life
Articles:
Bob Edlin: REA’s treatment of Janet Dickson and the role of Maori culture
John Robertson: What We Are Witnessing Is A First-World Democracy Sliding Into Tribal Barbarism
Video:
Anglo Saxon: New Zealand v Karl Marx
Propaganda:
Colonisation impact on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds
New pan-tribal body shines light on work for Taranaki Maunga and beyond
Maipi-Clarke tops preferred PM for Māori roll voters: ‘That’s not just me, that’s a whole generation’
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: Honouring the pioneers who saved the language
Whangārei Takes Te Reo Māori From Celebration To Everyday Life
Thursday September 17, 2026
News:
New group ‘Queen Victoria’s pledge’ launches in response to tiriti breaches
Group led by educator Bill Te Huia Hamilton seeks better treaty education and nationwide support
A new campaign group advocating for the protection of Te Tiriti rights has launched ahead of the 2026 election, with politicians and community leaders in the mix.
News:
New group ‘Queen Victoria’s pledge’ launches in response to tiriti breaches
Group led by educator Bill Te Huia Hamilton seeks better treaty education and nationwide support
A new campaign group advocating for the protection of Te Tiriti rights has launched ahead of the 2026 election, with politicians and community leaders in the mix.
Queen Victoria’s Pledge sits under the umbrella of the Iwi Chairs Forum and highlights articles 2 and 3 of Te Tiriti in which Queen Victoria promises Māori full chieftainship (tino rangatiratanga) over land, villages and taonga, as well as equal rights to those of British subjects......
See full article HERE
‘They threw the book at me’: Kaumātua calls out council after prosecution over unconsented home
A Great Barrier Island kaumātua who was prosecuted by Auckland Council for building a house for his whānau without consent says there were better ways to resolve the dispute than taking him to court.
Retired psychologist Syd Davies, 70, pleaded guilty to building a house without getting a building consent. He was convicted and discharged in the district court, despite the council seeking a fine of tens of thousands of dollars.
Davies’ whānau has lived on the island for generations.....
See full article HERE
Council fixes te reo Māori signs
It’s time to say haere rā to incorrect spelling of te reo Māori signs at Christchurch and Banks Peninsula parks.
Spelling mistakes at around 30 parks are being corrected as part of the Christchurch City Council’s rolling programme of signage renewal.
Visitor Experience team leader Amy Johnston Bray, who is spearheading the project, says three sites have already had updated signage installed, with the most prominent being Rāwhiti Domain.
“This is a significant piece of work, which started after a member of the public contacted us last year to say the spelling of Rāwhiti was wrong. Three other sites will have new signage installed soon, and we will continue to make corrections as we work through our renewal programme.”....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori proposes $1b fund to ‘build Māori and community ownership’ of the energy system
Te Pāti Māori has announced its energy policy, which it hopes will lower power costs for whānau and reduce New Zealand’s dependency on fossil fuels.
The policy's centrepiece is an energy sovereignty fund, which will see Te Pāti Māori establish a $1 billion fund to “build Māori and community ownership of the energy system”.
Te Pāti Māori said it will “deliberately increase” Māori and community ownership of renewable energy infrastructure and use that capital to build productive energy assets....
See full article HERE
Define your carving skills
This programme focuses on developing carvers as kaitiaki of their kaupapa toi - people who honour the origins, patterns, and symbolism embedded in whakairo.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: One Law For All Is Not An Attack On Maori
Socialism Within NZ Politics
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One last bash of Māori by this Government before the election
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PSA Warns Local Government Bill Will Weaken Mana Whenua Voice
Strengthening Indigenous partnerships across the Asia-Pacific
‘They threw the book at me’: Kaumātua calls out council after prosecution over unconsented home
A Great Barrier Island kaumātua who was prosecuted by Auckland Council for building a house for his whānau without consent says there were better ways to resolve the dispute than taking him to court.
Retired psychologist Syd Davies, 70, pleaded guilty to building a house without getting a building consent. He was convicted and discharged in the district court, despite the council seeking a fine of tens of thousands of dollars.
Davies’ whānau has lived on the island for generations.....
See full article HERE
Council fixes te reo Māori signs
It’s time to say haere rā to incorrect spelling of te reo Māori signs at Christchurch and Banks Peninsula parks.
Spelling mistakes at around 30 parks are being corrected as part of the Christchurch City Council’s rolling programme of signage renewal.
Visitor Experience team leader Amy Johnston Bray, who is spearheading the project, says three sites have already had updated signage installed, with the most prominent being Rāwhiti Domain.
“This is a significant piece of work, which started after a member of the public contacted us last year to say the spelling of Rāwhiti was wrong. Three other sites will have new signage installed soon, and we will continue to make corrections as we work through our renewal programme.”....
See full article HERE
Te Pāti Māori proposes $1b fund to ‘build Māori and community ownership’ of the energy system
Te Pāti Māori has announced its energy policy, which it hopes will lower power costs for whānau and reduce New Zealand’s dependency on fossil fuels.
The policy's centrepiece is an energy sovereignty fund, which will see Te Pāti Māori establish a $1 billion fund to “build Māori and community ownership of the energy system”.
Te Pāti Māori said it will “deliberately increase” Māori and community ownership of renewable energy infrastructure and use that capital to build productive energy assets....
See full article HERE
Define your carving skills
This programme focuses on developing carvers as kaitiaki of their kaupapa toi - people who honour the origins, patterns, and symbolism embedded in whakairo.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: One Law For All Is Not An Attack On Maori
Socialism Within NZ Politics
Propaganda:
One last bash of Māori by this Government before the election
Te Pāti Māori condemns the Government’s three Treaty bills as ‘last act to attack Te Tiriti
PSA Warns Local Government Bill Will Weaken Mana Whenua Voice
Strengthening Indigenous partnerships across the Asia-Pacific
Wednesday September 16, 2026
News:
Treaty of Waitangi clause review: Contentious bill introduced to Parliament
A contentious bill to repeal references to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in laws has been introduced to Parliament today.
The highly anticipated policy, baked into New Zealand First’s coalition agreement with National, proposes reviewing references to the Treaty of Waitangi in 19 pieces of legislation.
News:
Treaty of Waitangi clause review: Contentious bill introduced to Parliament
A contentious bill to repeal references to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in laws has been introduced to Parliament today.
The highly anticipated policy, baked into New Zealand First’s coalition agreement with National, proposes reviewing references to the Treaty of Waitangi in 19 pieces of legislation.
Parliament will begin its last sitting block before the election tomorrow.
It is expected to use urgency and extended sitting with bills likely to be debated into the weekend. It is unclear when this bill will be debated....
See full article HERE
Auckland Council could quit Auckland Deal over Houkura voting rights ban, Mayor Wayne Brown warns
An angry Auckland mayor has sent a terse message to Local Government Minister Simon Watts today over claims the Government is meddling in the council’s democratic processes.
The Government today announced it is moving to ban voting rights for non-elected members of council committees.
Watts said the changes would “strengthen local democracy and accountability”. They would apply to members of Houkura, the Auckland Council’s Independent Māori Statutory Board, he confirmed.....
See full article HERE
Applications open for DairyNZ Māori Internship
Applications are open for DairyNZ’s Māori Internship programme, offering the chance to gain paid, hands-on experience and explore a meaningful career in the dairy sector.
Now in its sixth year, the programme supports aspiring researchers, scientists, rural professionals and future agricultural leaders through summer internships that combine practical experience with mentoring, professional development and networking opportunities.
The programme is designed to help rangatahi discover multiple career pathways available within the primary and dairy sectors, DairyNZ Pou Ārahi (head of Māori engagement and partnerships) Julian Reti Kaukau said....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: Te Reo Is Here To Stay - But That Doesn't Mean We Must Embrace It
Pee Kay: Where should the ambulance be placed?
Video:
Duncan Garner: 92% vs 31%: The Medical School Numbers That Will Shock New Zealand
Propaganda:
'The aroha in this room': Learning te reo Māori through waiata creates connection
Hurupaki School connects community with te reo
How karanga supports healing across generations
Horse convoy deliver Te Tiriti petition to Parliament
The slow death of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Maxwell.
It is expected to use urgency and extended sitting with bills likely to be debated into the weekend. It is unclear when this bill will be debated....
See full article HERE
Auckland Council could quit Auckland Deal over Houkura voting rights ban, Mayor Wayne Brown warns
An angry Auckland mayor has sent a terse message to Local Government Minister Simon Watts today over claims the Government is meddling in the council’s democratic processes.
The Government today announced it is moving to ban voting rights for non-elected members of council committees.
Watts said the changes would “strengthen local democracy and accountability”. They would apply to members of Houkura, the Auckland Council’s Independent Māori Statutory Board, he confirmed.....
See full article HERE
Applications open for DairyNZ Māori Internship
Applications are open for DairyNZ’s Māori Internship programme, offering the chance to gain paid, hands-on experience and explore a meaningful career in the dairy sector.
Now in its sixth year, the programme supports aspiring researchers, scientists, rural professionals and future agricultural leaders through summer internships that combine practical experience with mentoring, professional development and networking opportunities.
The programme is designed to help rangatahi discover multiple career pathways available within the primary and dairy sectors, DairyNZ Pou Ārahi (head of Māori engagement and partnerships) Julian Reti Kaukau said....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: Te Reo Is Here To Stay - But That Doesn't Mean We Must Embrace It
Pee Kay: Where should the ambulance be placed?
Video:
Duncan Garner: 92% vs 31%: The Medical School Numbers That Will Shock New Zealand
Propaganda:
'The aroha in this room': Learning te reo Māori through waiata creates connection
Hurupaki School connects community with te reo
How karanga supports healing across generations
Horse convoy deliver Te Tiriti petition to Parliament
The slow death of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Maxwell.
Tuesday September 15, 2026
News:
Government charts course for te reo Māori future
Minister for Māori Development, Tama Potaka says the Government is confirming its clear and ambitious course for the future of te reo Māori with the refresh of the Maihi Karauna strategy.
The Maihi Karauna is the Crown’s strategy for Māori language revitalisation across government and wider society, working alongside the Maihi Māori to support whānau and communities.
News:
Government charts course for te reo Māori future
Minister for Māori Development, Tama Potaka says the Government is confirming its clear and ambitious course for the future of te reo Māori with the refresh of the Maihi Karauna strategy.
The Maihi Karauna is the Crown’s strategy for Māori language revitalisation across government and wider society, working alongside the Maihi Māori to support whānau and communities.
The Minister said the strategy sharpens the Crown’s role and clarifies expectations across the public sector. It remains grounded in partnership between the Crown, Iwi and Māori, under Te Ture mō te Reo Māori 2016 and Te Whare o te Reo Mauriora.
The next phase of work will focus on delivering a coordinated action plan across government agencies to drive collective impact.
News:
University launches new pathway for Māori-medium STEM teachers
A new graduate programme at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland will support the development of STEM education in Māori-medium settings, while contributing to the revitalisation of te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori.
The next phase of work will focus on delivering a coordinated action plan across government agencies to drive collective impact.
“We are focused on results, more people speaking te reo Māori, more often, in more places.”.....
See full article HERE
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Whanganui gets its first street parade
Whanganui is preparing for its first street parade celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in the event’s 51st year.
The week-long celebration of te reo Māori runs from September 14-20 with a new theme, Te Reo Towns, which includes funding to support the communities at the forefront of keeping te reo Māori alive.
Whanganui event organiser Te Reo Tuatahi received $3000 which, for the first time, will take the district’s parade off the footpaths and on to the streets.....
See full article HERE
Greens promise $200m into te reo Māori initiatives
The Green Party will put an extra $200 million into te reo Māori initiatives, if elected.
The party announced its policy on the first day of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.
It would spend an extra $30 million each year on education and professional development for teachers, and put another $20 million into Te Taura Whiri (the Māori language commission) and Te Mātāwai, a government entity which protects and supports te reo Māori.
Co-leader Marama Davidson says the government had failed to provide adequate funding for te reo Māori and waged a "culture war" against the language.
"Our reo must be treasured, and the Green Party will make sure that it is," she said....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Ruanui and South Taranaki District Council strike deal in face of Government cull
A Taranaki iwi has signed a resource management agreement with its local council despite a looming Government ban on such deals.
Ngāti Ruanui and South Taranaki District Council signed their Mana Whakahono ā Rohe on Wednesday, just ahead of Resource Management Act (RMA) reforms that will nullify the agreement.
Since 2017 iwi and councils could negotiate Mana Whakahono ā Rohe to formalise a role for mana whenua in planning and resource management, with a focus on the environment.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: Paid To Speak Māori - Is This What Equal Treatment Looks Like?
Bob Edlin: Sovereignty and The Treaty.....
Centrist: Police called Te Pāti Māori inquiry ‘active’ 19 months after closing it
Guest Post: The Myth That Is The Kahungunu Horse Ride From Waimarama To Parliament Exposed - It Is A Horsefloatkoi.
Video:
Duncan Garner: Why Does Māori Officer Earn More Than Mayor?....
Propaganda:
Māori women’s eating disorders linked to identity, trauma and racism
From Aotearoa to Mt Kenya: Māori knowledge travels the world
How cricket is strengthening Māori cultural connection
Tamihere: Tax, Te Tiriti And The Battle For Māori Political Power
Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2026 through connection, language and local stories - OneNZ
See full article HERE
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Whanganui gets its first street parade
Whanganui is preparing for its first street parade celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in the event’s 51st year.
The week-long celebration of te reo Māori runs from September 14-20 with a new theme, Te Reo Towns, which includes funding to support the communities at the forefront of keeping te reo Māori alive.
Whanganui event organiser Te Reo Tuatahi received $3000 which, for the first time, will take the district’s parade off the footpaths and on to the streets.....
See full article HERE
Greens promise $200m into te reo Māori initiatives
The Green Party will put an extra $200 million into te reo Māori initiatives, if elected.
The party announced its policy on the first day of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.
It would spend an extra $30 million each year on education and professional development for teachers, and put another $20 million into Te Taura Whiri (the Māori language commission) and Te Mātāwai, a government entity which protects and supports te reo Māori.
Co-leader Marama Davidson says the government had failed to provide adequate funding for te reo Māori and waged a "culture war" against the language.
"Our reo must be treasured, and the Green Party will make sure that it is," she said....
See full article HERE
Ngāti Ruanui and South Taranaki District Council strike deal in face of Government cull
A Taranaki iwi has signed a resource management agreement with its local council despite a looming Government ban on such deals.
Ngāti Ruanui and South Taranaki District Council signed their Mana Whakahono ā Rohe on Wednesday, just ahead of Resource Management Act (RMA) reforms that will nullify the agreement.
Since 2017 iwi and councils could negotiate Mana Whakahono ā Rohe to formalise a role for mana whenua in planning and resource management, with a focus on the environment.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Geoff Parker: Paid To Speak Māori - Is This What Equal Treatment Looks Like?
Bob Edlin: Sovereignty and The Treaty.....
Centrist: Police called Te Pāti Māori inquiry ‘active’ 19 months after closing it
Guest Post: The Myth That Is The Kahungunu Horse Ride From Waimarama To Parliament Exposed - It Is A Horsefloatkoi.
Video:
Duncan Garner: Why Does Māori Officer Earn More Than Mayor?....
Propaganda:
Māori women’s eating disorders linked to identity, trauma and racism
From Aotearoa to Mt Kenya: Māori knowledge travels the world
How cricket is strengthening Māori cultural connection
Tamihere: Tax, Te Tiriti And The Battle For Māori Political Power
Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2026 through connection, language and local stories - OneNZ
Monday September 14, 2026
News:
University launches new pathway for Māori-medium STEM teachers
A new graduate programme at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland will support the development of STEM education in Māori-medium settings, while contributing to the revitalisation of te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori.
“STEM disciplines have long-standing connections with mātauranga Māori, from navigation and astronomy to technology and environmental knowledge. The programme provides an opportunity to consider how these knowledge systems can inform STEM education in contemporary Māori-medium classrooms.”
“It’s a real great example of how our tūpuna have always been kaipūtaiao or scientists, the navigators, the astronomers, the technologists,” she says.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Richard Prebble: Abolish the Tribunal, Preserve the Treaty
Graham Adams: Decolonisation agenda drives race-based MAPAS
Video:
Duncan Garner: Auckland Transport Hires Māori Outcomes Executive
Propaganda:
From Wai Māori to Waipiro: The Colonial Wound Beneath the Wine Glass
New Te Ao Māori editor Māni Dunlop on bringing a fresh perspective to the mainstream
“It’s a real great example of how our tūpuna have always been kaipūtaiao or scientists, the navigators, the astronomers, the technologists,” she says.....
See full article HERE
Articles:
Richard Prebble: Abolish the Tribunal, Preserve the Treaty
Graham Adams: Decolonisation agenda drives race-based MAPAS
Video:
Duncan Garner: Auckland Transport Hires Māori Outcomes Executive
Propaganda:
From Wai Māori to Waipiro: The Colonial Wound Beneath the Wine Glass
New Te Ao Māori editor Māni Dunlop on bringing a fresh perspective to the mainstream
Sunday September 13, 2026
News:
Rangitahi and Molesworth: tracing a station’s name
The recent announcement that the operation of Molesworth Station, the iconic high-country farm spanning 180,000 hectares across Marlborough and North Canterbury, is to be transferred to Ngāi Tahu Farming has drawn new attention to the station’s history.
For Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kuri, the area has long been known as Rangitahi, an ancestral landscape woven into their whakapapa. The name is likely to become the primary reference for the station under its new Māori operators.
News:
Rangitahi and Molesworth: tracing a station’s name
The recent announcement that the operation of Molesworth Station, the iconic high-country farm spanning 180,000 hectares across Marlborough and North Canterbury, is to be transferred to Ngāi Tahu Farming has drawn new attention to the station’s history.
For Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kuri, the area has long been known as Rangitahi, an ancestral landscape woven into their whakapapa. The name is likely to become the primary reference for the station under its new Māori operators.
Today, the official name is Rangitahi /Molesworth, a fitting combination of old and new as a fresh chapter begins in the history of this iconic station.....
See full article HERE
Ngāi Tahu posts $84m surplus as diversified investments weather recession
Southern giant Ngāi Tahu is navigating the recession due to its commercial arm having wide-ranging investments, so when revenue and values fall in some sectors, they rise in others.
From lucrative dairy farming to the wild Shotover Jet rides near Queenstown, from fishing to quiet stargazing above Tekapo, the iwi.....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Myth That Is The Kahungunu Horse Ride From Waimarama To Parliament Exposed- It Is A Horsefloatkoi.
Bob Edlin: ACT’s pledge to lop road-tax spending on highway pou....
Ngāi Tahu posts $84m surplus as diversified investments weather recession
Southern giant Ngāi Tahu is navigating the recession due to its commercial arm having wide-ranging investments, so when revenue and values fall in some sectors, they rise in others.
From lucrative dairy farming to the wild Shotover Jet rides near Queenstown, from fishing to quiet stargazing above Tekapo, the iwi.....(paywalled)
See full article HERE
Articles:
The Myth That Is The Kahungunu Horse Ride From Waimarama To Parliament Exposed- It Is A Horsefloatkoi.
Bob Edlin: ACT’s pledge to lop road-tax spending on highway pou....
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.
22 comments:
Even more corruption with N T taking over Molesworth.
Watch it go backward with weeds, TB, erosion, just like most Maori land.
Watch the wilding pine continue to ruin it.
Watch them charge fees for the EHT power pylon and lines.
Watch them charge fees for driving through .
Nothing good will come from this.
"...an ancestral landscape woven into their whakapapa." What utter BS. Just goes to show that whakapapa - ancestral links - don't go back anywhere near as long as you might be led to think they do. In this case, about as far back as my great grandfather, possibly a generation before. So what? Once sold - sold forever.
I did engineering (electrical) at Auckland University and let me assure you it has absolutely NOTHING to do with te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori. It's all field theory and differential calculus.
When I was there the first two rows were Asians who had come to New Zealand for a first-rate education. By taking the Maori line they are turning New Zealand into a second-rate joke.
This is just very silly.
Barrie raises an important point: NZ universities' reputation in Asia. Asian students pump about $5 billion per year into the NZ economy through tuition fees, accommodation and living expenses. At this point in time NZ is cheaper than Aus but if NZ quals become a sick joke because of the 'cultural' bullshit they just might be prepared to pay a bit more for an Aus degree.
Fun fact. In 1840 the Maori population density in NZ was less than that of the Sahara Desert. Hard to claim “ancestral landscapes, woven into the whakapapa’ when Maori hadn’t even clapped eyes on 90% of it.
STOOPID VARSITY...... Ak degrees will be/are now worthless. Fast track to Stone Age... Well Otago will be the same. No point in going to Dr... see the witch-doctor instead... See your GP is trained elsewhere
Maori know very very very little about navigation or astronomy--well, they know the same as any people who used boats anywhere in the world at any time in History. Maori and others who fail, say, engineering at uni, fail because they can't do the basic maths. So universities respond by creating engineering courses that don't require maths. There is an educational reason why there are so many Maori cultural consultants: they can't pass any university courses with any amount of rigour. But they have emotional intelligence and lived experience, say the so-called educational (female) experts.
Anonymous AT 11:21 AM: "So universities respond by creating engineering courses that don't require maths."
I cannot imagine what an engineering (or science) course without maths would be like; maths is the language of engineering.
They must have dumbed it down until it no longer qualifies as engineering anywhere except in New Zealand; certainly not in China.
We once excelled in science - Rutherford, for example - and now the Maoris and their patronizing pakehas are wrecking New Zealand.
New Zealand is now nothing on the world stage.
Our Parliament needs to galvanize into action and completely remove the racist Maori entitlements from our constitution, legislation and public service now or we will be lost forever.
Unbelievable that it should have got this far.
The problem is now who to vote for at the election because neither Labour or National have recognized it as a problem let alone saying how and when they will fix it. Then, even if they did, I wouldn't believe them.
Have you noticed how everything today is now dubious with respect of the truth? It is all ambiguous if not false. It is pointless listening to election speeches or reading party manifestos without getting a legal opinion.
Stuff and nonsense.
Maori STEM is palpable nonsense.
If they were that clever Maori would have sailed back to where they came from - they didn't.
Maori mathematics ?
Maori measurements of anything ?
Its all fiction and is never fit to be considered for a University course.
The academics and admin are debating every degree earned fairly at Auckland University.
Shame on you all.
>"STEM disciplines have long-standing connections with mātauranga Māori, from navigation and astronomy to technology and environmental knowledge."
Naming star clusters and using them as signposts is no more 'astronomy' than reading a map is geomorphology.
'Technology' = stone axe.
'Environmental knowledge' = Burning down forests to grasslands through slash and burn agriculture.
Yep, folks, this is the way forward.
Maori, so clever and deeply imbued with knowledge and understanding that they never needed to write anything down, much less require the need for a wheel, pottery, or metallurgy. With that, and their idyllic, thriving pre-colonial societal culture, to the British Empire New Zealand must have appeared as a Utopia. As such a 'gift', it can be no wonder that the Crown agreed to invest in it and to protect it without any need for sovereign control. A true blessing, and so worthy of all the continued support and investment that our politicians are pledging to this flourishing partnership and source of vast untapped worldly knowledge, spiritual enlightenment and, above all, boundless gratitude
Now, for reality...
Regarding Engineering courses, Google ENGR101, 201, 301 at VUW.
Hoax after hoax after hoax... and the sheeple bow and obey. Obviously NZ's decline is sealed beyond repair.
I Googled ENGR101, 201, 301 at VUW and they appear to be half year papers on practical engineering which contribute to a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours.
The "BE(Hons) is a four-year professional degree that’s accredited by Engineering New Zealand to internationally recognised benchmarks."
That is similar to back in the day, except those particular papers you mentioned were not available. Instead, one learned the practice of engineering by on-the-job training leading to registration after 5 years.
Also, "To study at Victoria University of Wellington, international students need:
a good command of the English language."
There is nothing mentioned about Maori.
Hopefully, it is just Auckland - where I'm sorry to say I did my BE - that is crazy woke.
It would be interesting to hear from David Seymour, who also was an electrical engineer.
Apartheid is thriving.!
Msm reporting is so sparse, and so few read newspapers in detail, and with no newsletter from Council, citizens find it difficult to assess Councillors and pseudo Councillors. Houkura have apparently been less extreme (more artful?) than firebrand maori ward councillors up north , hence Mayor Brown's enthusiasm. But approach can change at any time and Houkura is inclose touch with maori insurgency movement in general.
Action by stealth under the radar is the hallmark of the cultural marxists' game.
With so much development of housing on maori alnd as around marae unauthorised consruction will become very comon. The Gt Barrier case presents a precedent which will be exploited to the full.
Robert A, Maori have got away with not conforming to the rules regarding housing for many decades - what building inspector is going to challenge a great hulking tattooed monster who flagrantly constructs whatever he likes wherever ?
At least it's better than their traditional thatched whares with a dirt floor, a fire in the middle and zero sanitation.
Fri. Incredibly the WT and its myriad maori support groups see equitable (interpreted as near equal) outcome for maori as the basic aim of our education system. One would reasonably expect the msm (including RNZ) to rip into such an absurd concept. But no. Instead they hunt out the WT advisers to repeat their platitudes long practiced before convert insurrection attuned audiences. The objective is only achievable by drifting all down to the ability and interest level of the slowest IQ most indolent. We must teach relevant fact based topics and separate abilities to ensure revived competitiveness of the able in the real modern world. Goodbye to much of the ethereal maori twaddle.Adoption of it has failed to advance maori anyway.
Sat. The WT and its staff is comprised of persons considerably above average IQ and far above average pay. It is incredible that they have the gall and impudence to routinely produce such irrational completely predictable outputs. Similarly amazing that the populace accepts so many persons heavily rewarded for sham consideration routines and the churning out of trite platitudes. Most should be ripped to shreds by the msm but the ever present cancellation threat cowers them into timidity and silence. It would be interesting to know what proportion of the population is aligned with BV, The Platform, Anglo Saxon, Ani and other rational sources
Waitangi Tribunal has NO EXPERTISE in Education. Needs to be shut up and ignored/ or LARFED AT!!!! Sick to death of them.
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