Ngāti Pāoa sign Tāmaki Collective Deed of Settlement Last Saturday Ngāti Pāoa became the eleventh iwi to sign the Tāmaki Collective Deed of Settlement in Auckland. In September ten iwi initially signed the deed (refer pānui E32/2012 for details on this settlement). Ngāti Toa signs Deed of Settlement Today Ngāti Toa signed a Deed of [...]
Treaty matters: from E43 week ending 7 December 2012
http://www.panui.net/2012/12/08/treaty-matters-from-e43-week-ending-7-december-2012/
PSA-V kiwifruit vine disease: from E43 week ending 7 December 2012
On Wednesday the Minister for Primary Industries, David Carter, declared the Psa-V vine disease as a medium-scale biosecurity event. Along with this status announcement, Mr Carter also announced further Government support measures for affected growers. Before the disease struck, the kiwifruit industry was valued at $1.5 billion, with Māori interests being approximately 10% of the [...]
http://www.panui.net/2012/12/08/psa-v-kiwifruit-vine-disease-from-e43-week-ending-7-december-2012/
Oil extraction matters: from E43 week ending 7 December 2012
This week the Government indicated that Brazil oil company, Petrobras, was exiting its oil exploration activities in New Zealand, and had returned its permit for that activity. Petrobras’ permit for oil extraction along the North Island’s East Coast had been strongly opposed by Te Whānau-a-Apanui, and protest action last year resulted in some iwi members [...]
http://www.panui.net/2012/12/08/oil-extraction-matters-from-e43-week-ending-7-december-2012/
Māori news stories for the week ending 10 August 2012
This week the Treaty Tribes Coalition and the Māori Fisheries Trust held the seventh National Māori Fisheries Conference in Auckland. The conference focussed on fisheries trading in the present economic climate, and on sector regulatory changes. (Notable regulatory changes include the pending prohibition on the use of foreign-chartered vessels; refer to pānui E17/2012 for details.) [...]
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/10/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-10-august-2012/
Select Committee Report on the Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill: E26 from week ending 3 August 2012
Last week the Māori Affairs Select Committee released its report-back on the Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill. A key feature of this proposed settlement is the vesting of Te Hauturu-o-Toi (Little Barrier Island) for seven days with Ngāti Manuhiri, before the island is gifted back to the people of New Zealand.3 Some members of Ngāti [...]
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/06/select-committee-report-on-the-ngati-manuhiri-claims-settlement-bill-e26-from-week-ending-3-august-2012/
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/
