Retired High Court judge and historian Sir Rodney Gallen passed away last Saturday. Te Putea Whakatupu Trust will be offering up to ten Rona scholarships to Māori students completing a degree in fisheries, aquaculture, or marine sciences. The value of each scholarship is $10,000. The Bay of Plenty Regional Council will host Te Tōanga Mai [...]
Appointments -Māori New Years Honours: omnibus excerpt from week ending 27.01.2012
Member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ); Hone Hotere Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) Robyn Bargh; Wharehuia Milroy Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) Grace Dorset; Russell Feist Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) Piatarihi Callaghan; Margaret Kawharu; Merata Kawharu; Bert Mackie; John Maihi; [...]
http://www.panui.net/2012/01/27/appointments-maori-new-years-honours-omnibus-excerpt-from-week-ending-27-01-2012/
Geothermal exploration and feasibility study agreement signed: omnibus excerpt
Okere Incorporation and Ruahine Kuharua Incorporation have signed agreements with Mighty River Power to enable initial exploration and a feasibility study of geothermal energy on the Taheke field, 20km northeast of Rotorua. The agreement, which will be known as Te ia a Tutea Development, provides for long-term co-ownership of any future development in the Taheke [...]
http://www.panui.net/2011/11/11/geothermal-exploration-and-feasibility-study-agreement-signed-omnibus-excerpt/
Telecommunication companies offer Māori scholarship and graduate programmes: omnibus excerpt
Hautaki Trust, Te Huarahi Tika Māori Spectrum Trust, and 2degrees have created a scholarship and graduate programme for Māori studying information and communications technology at Auckland University. Vodafone have also announced it will extend its current graduate programme by allocating an additional five places for Māori graduates. These announcements follow the establishment of Ngā Pū [...]
http://www.panui.net/2011/11/11/telecommunication-companies-offer-maori-scholarship-and-graduate-programmes-omnibus-excerpt/
New Zealand Māori Council-water issues: omnibus excerpt
From week ending 12 August 2011 The New Zealand Māori Council has indicated that they are preparing a Waitangi Tribunal Claim on behalf of thirty hapū in relation to the Māori ownership interests of water. The Council has indicated that the government exerts ownership interests, via regional councils etc, but affected hapū receive no payment [...]
http://www.panui.net/2011/08/02/new-zealand-maori-council-water-issues-omnibus-excerpt/
Ministerial Inquiry on Foreign Charter Vessels: omnibus excerpt
Yesterday Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister, Phil Heatley announced that a Ministerial Inquiry into the operation of Foreign Charter Vessels (FCVs) will be held. The terms of reference have yet to be set by Cabinet, however the issue of concern relates to employment conditions experienced by foreign crew, while working in New Zealand waters. The fisheries [...]
http://www.panui.net/2011/07/18/ministerial-inquiry-on-foreign-charter-vessels-omnibus-excerpt/
