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February 4, 2013    Rōpu Māori, Social, Te Reo, Treaty

E3 Māori news stories for the week ending 1 February 2013

• Next week Ngāti Rangi Trust commences a series of mandating hui for Treaty settlement processes with the Crown. • Julian Wilcox has been appointed as the Head of News and Current Affairs at Māori Television. • Eugene Henare has been elected chair of the Lake Horowhenua Trust. • Last weekend an office building belonging to Matauri X Incorporation, [...]

Māori-interest news stories: 14 December 2012 to 18 January 2013

• This week oil Company TAG Oil announced that their partner, Apache New Zealand, are pulling out of the first phase of a joint oil exploration area located on the North Island’s East Coast (TAG will continue alone). This announcement follows Brazilian Oil Company Petrobras decision to exit its oil exploration activities in New Zealand and [...]

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.) [...]

Māori news stories for the week ending 3 August 2012

Doctor Katarina Edmonds and Doctor Poia Rewi have been appointed to the Board of The Maori Language Commission. They will replace outgoing members, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi and Ruakere Hond. This week Ngāti Tūwharetoa confirmed that Sir Tumu te Heuheu has withdrawn from his role as chair of the Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board. Sir Tumu te [...]

Māori news stories for the week ending 27 July 2012

On Wednesday the Coroners’ Office (within the Ministry of Justice) released a report on the deaths of Cru and Chris Kahui – twin babies murdered in 2006.  The investigating coroner, Gary Evans, reported that “the traumatic brain injuries which led to the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui were incurred whilst they were in the [...]

Māori news stories for the weeks ending 13 and 20 July 2012

Timoti Te Heuheu passed away last Thursday. Philip Broughton (Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu) has been appointed as a member of the Education New Zealand Board. Dr Selwyn Katene (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Tama) has been appointed as the Massey University Assistant Vice-Chancellor – Māori and Pasifika. Enid Ratahi–Pryor (Ngāti Awa) has been [...]

Māori news stories for the week ending 29 June 2012

Sir Eddie Durie and Maanu Paul have been appointed co-chairs of the New Zealand Māori Council.  Sir Graham Latimer becomes the first president of the organisation.  The Council has also indicated that it is the only legislatively-enabled, pan-Māori organisation – and should be a natural choice for Crown-Māori dialogue.  (We presume that this is in [...]

Key Māori news stories for the week ending 22 June 2012

On Monday Nga Pae o te Maramatanga (the Māori-focused Centre of Research Excellence), announced funding for six projects: Investigation into the fisheries resources and interests of iwi, hapū and marae within Tauranga Moana and the impacts caused by the grounding of the CV Rena (Associate Professor Paul Kayes, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi) Networks of [...]

Māori news stories for week ending 8 June 2012 and Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2012 – recipients for service to Māori.

 Debbie Packer has been appointed to the Local Government Efficiency Taskforce. The Taskforce will focus on efficiency issues of local government consultation, planning and financial reporting practices. A report is due to the Minister of Local Government, David Carter, in October 2012.  Mavis Mullins has been appointed to the Health and Safety Review [...]

Māori news stories for the week ending 24 February 2012

Pat Bolstad, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa passed away on Tuesday. Mrs Bolstad worked within the Kohanga Reo and Te Ataarangi moments in the Wairarapa. Vanessa Eparaima, has been elected as chairperson of the Raukawa Settlement Trust. A delegation of 20 Māori, including academics, scientists, community leaders, artists and business people will visit India from 27 [...]

February 18, 2012    Rōpu Māori, Social, Te Reo, Treaty

Māori news stories for the week ending 17 February 2012

On Tuesday four hectares of land was gifted back to Ngāti Te Whiti iwi by the Methodist Church and the Grey Institute Trust.  The iwi sold the land to the church during the mid 1800’s. On Monday the High Court trial began for the ‘Urewera Four’.  The ‘Urewera Four’ are some of original eighteen people [...]

Māori news stories for the week ending 10 February 2012

  Aotearoa Seafoods, Tohu Wines and Ngātahi Horticulture are now trading under the combined brand name of ‘Kono’ to assist with exporting. A consultation meeting between Ngāti Kahungunu and Government representatives is to be arranged for late February to discuss partial asset sales. On the opening day of parliament, last Tuesday, Winston Peters (NZ First [...]

Māori news stories for the week ending 11 November, 2011: omnibus excerpt

Broadcaster Te Kauhoe Wano died last week. The Federation of Maori Authorities (FoMA) will hold its annual conference in Mount Maunganui on the 12- 13 November. Te Kōtahi Research Institute – Māori research institute has opened at Waikato University. Te Runanganui o te Pihopatanga of Aotearoa (the Maori Anglican Church) has rejected a proposed Anglican [...]

Mana Party: manifesto commitments: omnibus excerpt

Mana Party – Māori focused matters Despite its relative newness, the Mana Party has developed twelve broad policy platforms, all of which take into account specific Māori interests.  These policies, and salient features, are highlighted in the table that follows. Mana Party Notes – salient aspects of Māori-focused policy proposals Livelihoods and Economic Justice policies [...]

Green Party – manifesto commitments: omnibus excerpt

Green Party Māori focused matters This election the Green Party is the only ‘mainstream’ political party to produce clear Māori specific policy.  It is noteworthy that both National and Labour have, since the last election, jettisoned specific Māori-related policy documentation.  We consider the size of the Māori voting electorate (15%), and the significance of issues [...]

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