Breaking Views Update: Week of 28.06.20

Saturday July 4, 2020

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Waitangi Tribunal report into Marine and Coastal Act confirms iwi concerns
Northland iwi Ngātiwai say the Waitangi Tribunal's report into the Marine and Coastal Area Act has confirmed concerns it had around expensive processes, conflict of interest, and overlapping claims.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 21.06.20

Saturday June 27, 2020

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Two Hamilton hotels to take in returning Kiwis
Two Hamilton hotels will house returning Kiwis from next week.

One is the Hamilton central Ibis, a Waikato-Tainui asset, a statement from the iwi said.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 14.06.20

Saturday June 20, 2020

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Cancer Control Agency Receives Māori Name
The national Cancer Control Agency, established in December last year, has been gifted a new Māori name.

The name Te Aho o te Kahu is being gifted to the Cancer Control Agency by Dame Naida Glavish and Matua Gary Thompson from Hei Āhuru Mōwai, Māori Cancer Leadership Aotearoa. The new name was formally gifted to the Cancer Control Agency today at a ceremony at Parliament hosted by the Minister of Health.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 7.06.20

Saturday June 13, 2020

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Hamilton City Council to remove controversial statue
Hamilton City Council is going to remove a colonial statue from its centre seen as global protests against racism and colonisation grow.

The move comes after a formal request from iwi Waikato-Tainui on Thursday, amid a growing international drive to remove statues which are seen to represent cultural disharmony and oppression.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 31.05.20

Saturday June 6, 2020

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Govt needs to 'trust Māoridom' to fix worrying justice, policing issues - Race Relations Commissioner
The Government needs to invest and trust in Māoridom to improve the overrepresentation of Māori in the justice system and their treatment by police, Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon says.

"The current system obviously isn't working so we must try another system. The only other system is by Māori for Māori," he told Breakfast today.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 24.05.20

Saturday May 30, 2020

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Review Of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan To Restart
The Department of Conservation (DOC) and Ngāi Tahu in consultation with the Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board have agreed to start a new review of the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park Management Plan.

The process for reviewing both the Aoraki/Mount Cook and the Westland Tai Poutini plans was paused while DOC and Ngāi Tahu worked through the wider implications of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Ngāi Tai ki Tamaki case.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 17.05.20

Saturday May 23, 2020

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Gen Zero critical of council’s relationship with iwi
Generation Zero believes the Otago Regional Council have treated Kai Tahu like a stakeholder rather than a partner.

The national, youth-led climate organisation told ORC councillors during annual plan hearings conducted via video conferencing yesterday that local iwi’s voice had been diminished, among other stakeholders.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 10.05.20

Saturday May 16, 2020

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Court split on Nelson land sale
Te Tau Ihu kaumatua Rore Pat Stafford has failed in an appeal against the Accident Compensation Corporation’s sale of a Nelson property.

Mr Stafford, who was a claimant in the Wakatu Claim over the crown’s failure to reserve 15,000 acres of land for the benefit of Nelson’s customary owners, tried to place a caveat on the basis it was crown land which should be held in trust for those owners.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 3.05.20

Saturday May 9, 2020

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Controversial iwi checkpoints to end at alert level 2
The controversial iwi checkpoints will not continue under coronavirus alert level two, as rules are relaxed about where people can travel.

But new random checkpoints run by police and iwi, and police reassurance patrols, will continue as long as needed, Far North area commander Inspector Riki Whiu said.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 26.04.20

Saturday May 2, 2020

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Massey post for Rangitāne CEO Oriana Paewai
Rangitāne o Tamaki nui a Rua chief executive Oriana Paewai has been appointed to the Massey University Council by the Minister of Education.

She is one of two new members. The other is Traci Houpapa who was named as a vice chancellor nominated member.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 19.04.20

Saturday April 25, 2020

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Coast councils support legal challenge to SNA and wetland labels on Māori reserves
The West Coast Regional Council may challenge the legality of labelling Māori reserves as wetlands, or significant natural areas.

Councils around the country are being made to identify wetlands and SNAs in their districts, including on private land, in line with the Government's national policy statements on freshwater and indigenous biodiversity.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 12.04.20

Saturday April 18, 2020

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More new qualifications for trainees in te ao Maori
Following on from the recent arrival of its new qualification in manaakitanga, Skills Active has launched two more programmes that focus on cultural competence in work settings.

The New Zealand Certificate in Tikanga (Mātauranga Māori) (Level 2) covers a basic understanding of Māori concepts and customs. The New Zealand Certificate in Māori Business and Management (Level 3) deepens understanding through added history and cultural components, further links to a workplace context, and participation in a noho marae (overnight marae stay).

Breaking Views Update: Week of 5/04/20

Saturday April 11, 2020

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Iwi establish more checkpoints to protect communities from Covid-19
At least five more iwi have enforced border controls in the last week in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus by rule-breaking locals, hunters, and tourists.

And while most have respected the checkpoints, some members of the public have questioned whether the checkpoints are legal.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 29.03.20

Saturday April 4, 2020

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Treaty resumption order opens doors
The Wairarapa Moana Incorporation’s push for land in Mangakino, north of Taupo, to be included in Treaty settlement claims has received the green light after a favourable ruling from the Waitangi Tribunal.

The land at Mangakino had been given to local iwi after the destruction of the fishing economy based around Lake Wairarapa.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 22.03.20

Saturday March 28, 2020

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Iwi enforce border protection across country
From the Far North to East Cape and Auckland, iwi have begun to put in place rāhui to protect their territories from infection by visitors or returning locals.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 15.03.20

Saturday March 21, 2020

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Whanau a Apanui draws up aukati line 
Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi Te Whānau ā Apanui is considering closing off its borders to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Raukokore chair Willie Te Aho says the idea will be discussed by the 12 hapū this afternoon.

He says to protect kaumatua, people will be able to travel through but not stay.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 8.03.20

Saturday March 14, 2020

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Mayors Commit To A Greater Regional Approach
All Mayors, most Deputy Mayors and Chief Executives across the Horizons region spent two days discussing and workshopping a range of topics.

Manawatū Mayor Helen Worboys said there was also a clear commitment regionally to improve iwi partnerships.

Breaking Views Update: Week of 1.03.20

Saturday March 7, 2020

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Medicinal cannabis hui: Māori seeking licences criticise high fees
The stigma around cannabis and the high licensing costs are barriers to getting whānau, hapū and iwi into the industry, say Māori applying for medicinal cannabis licenses.

A cultivation license is upwards of $8000 - which does not include the cost of setting up the operation

Breaking Views Update: Week of 23.02.20

Friday February 28, 2020

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Bias In Policing Shows Urgent Need For Justice Transformation In NZ, New Research Finds
New research from justice advocacy group JustSpeak released today shows that structural bias in policing continues to disproportionately harm Māori and demonstrates the urgent need for transformative change across our justice system.

“Government must fund programs that divert young people away from being needlessly sucked through the justice system into prison. Te Pae Oranga iwi justice panels should be expanded across Aotearoa, with more funding for the community services that panels refer people to."

Breaking Views Update: Week of 16.02.20

Saturday February 22, 2020

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Pou ‘creates a sense of place’
A new pou was unveiled and blessed yesterday at the Motu Bridge.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Te Aitanga a Mahaki yesterday celebrated the unveiling of Hinetapuarau, a seven-metre-tall steel pou installed at the State Highway 2/Te Wera Road intersection just north of Matawai.