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Poroporoaki: Eru Potaka-Dewes
Friday, 7 August 2009, 2:02 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has today expressed their sadness at the passing of Reverend Eru Potaka-Dewes of Ngati Porou, Ngati Uepohatu and Te Whanau-o-Pokai. More >>
Sinking of Princess Ashika Interisland ferry
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 2:30 pm | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker 'Oku oatu 'eku 'ofa ki he kakai tonga kotoa pe he faingata'a kuo hoko. I greet the people of Tonga on this sad day. Kei te pouri te ngakau i tenei wa. More >>
Vote Health - Rahui Katene
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 9:46 am | The Maori Party
The great poet and philosopher, Virgil, expressed one of those universal truths that reminds us that health is a basic human right. He said, ‘the greatest wealth is health’. More >>
Flavell: Inquiries Bill First Reading
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 5:00 pm | The Maori Party
The *Royal Commission of Inquiry into Social Policy was unique in the breadth of its coverage, and the impact of its scope. The obvious reflection of this is the fact that to this day its conclusions remain of profound influence across the widest ... More >>
Flavell: Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:58 pm | The Maori Party
In 2007, **Handicap International confirmed 13,306 deaths and injuries due to cluster munitions. The devastation created by the cluster bomblets was lethal. Fragments of jagged steel released were impaled in the body of the person and caused injuries ... More >>
Video blog online
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 4:07 pm | The Maori Party
This week’s issues are: • Police shooting • Teenage pregnancy • Maori Party relationship with National • Matariki v Queens Birthday • Youth unemployment (Community Max) More >>
Search and Surveillance Bill: First Reading
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 10:17 am | The Maori Party
Two years ago, in the magazine, Lawtalk, the context for this Bill was laid out fairly and squarely. More >>
Rahui Katene: Taxation Bill
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 9:47 am | The Maori Party
I am pleased to speak to this Bill, as a member of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee that has come to know this Bill in quite some detail, as we came to grips with at last count, 824 pages of amendments and adjustments. More >>
Turia: Limitation Bill - First Reading
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 5:08 pm | The Maori Party
This Bill is part of a recurring theme, to update legislation in such a way as to be clearer, more comprehensible, and more accessible. It is also another piece of legislation which wears the influence of the Law Commission. More >>
Speech: Katene - Matariki Day Bill
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:24 am | The Maori Party
I move that Te Ra o Matariki Bill / the Matariki Day Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I intend to move that the bill be considered by the Maori Affairs Committee. E te manu korero rau rangatira ma tena koutou katoa. Tena hoki ... More >>
Speech: Harawira - Imports Made by Slave Labour
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:22 am | The Maori Party
I ahau e rangahau ana i te Pire nei ka puta mai te pukuriri. Tata atu ki te kotahi rau rua tekau pāuna, te utu ki te hoko i ngā hū omaoma wahine, no Adidas. Ko tērā te putea, e riro ai te kaimahi o Adidas, mo ngā marama e toru. Kia kaua hoki tātou ... More >>
Speech: Katene - Sustainable Biofuel Bill
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:17 am | The Maori Party
I am really pleased to be able to stand in support of this Bill to amends the relevant legislation order to ensure that biofuels supplied or sold in NZ from 1 May 2010 are sustainable biofuels. The Maori Party supported the Biofuel Bill which introduced ... More >>
Speech: Harawira - Marine Animals Protection Bill
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 9:11 am | The Maori Party
I nga tau e rua ki muri – i te wa i haere a Taitokerau ki Orakei ki te korero mo te kaupapa o WAI 262 – ara te kaupapa mo nga uri a Täne, kei to mätou taha a whäea Saana Murray. Engari, ehara ko ia anake – e tautau mai ana i tana kaki, ... More >>
Speech: 8th Annual Maori Legal Forum
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 1:51 pm | The Maori Party
I bring these words from Te Ahukaramü Charles Royal to this Maori Legal Forum, because I think it raises the fundamental relationship that this Hui is centred upon: the nexus between Maori Law, Policy and Governance and ensuring effective outcomes ... More >>
Flavell: Tax (Consequential Rate Alignment) Bill
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:37 am | The Maori Party
Taxation (Consequential Rate Alignment and Remedial matters) - Te Ururoa Flavell, MP for Waiariki More >>
Rahui Katene: Speech To Wellington Women's Refuge
Sunday, 26 July 2009, 1:40 pm | The Maori Party
This week, the nation has been sunk in the swirling cesspool of violence that is the everyday reality of too many women and children in Aotearoa. More >>
Maori Party welcomes improved outlook for language
Saturday, 25 July 2009, 1:26 pm | The Maori Party
On the eve of Maori language week next week - the Maori Party notes the statement by the Maori language commissioner that the language is still in a perilous state - but have welcomed some positive indicators too. More >>
Speech: Turia - A True Story of Women and Gangs
Friday, 24 July 2009, 9:55 am | The Maori Party
‘Heading in the Right Direction’ The front cover of the book says it all. There they are in black and white –the gang girls in their jackboots, the jeans, the swannies. There’s the sign of the clenched black fist on the t-shirt –the universal ... More >>
Maori Party determined to eliminate poverty
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 2:04 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is deeply distressed that one in six New Zealand children are living in poverty and is still committed to doing work that will eliminate the deprivation they face. More >>
Maori Party welcomes chief justice comments
Friday, 17 July 2009, 4:56 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has backed the call by Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias for public education and debate on justice and penal issues. “We couldn’t agree with her more when she says the current system isn’t working, that prisons are a bottom of the cliff ... More >>
