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Speech: Sharples - a National Maori Flag
Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 2:03 pm | The Maori Party
The symbolism of the flag is unmistakeable across the globe. One week ago, President Evo Morales raised the Bolivian flag during the start of celebrations commemorating the anniversary of the Bolivian war of independence against Spanish Rule in 1809. ... More >>
Ae Marika: Foreshore & Seabed Act
Wednesday, 8 July 2009, 9:41 am | The Maori Party
Well folks, it’s been a long time comin’ and we ain’t quite got there yet, but last Wednesday, government’s Foreshore and Seabed Review Panel released their report some five years after the Act was rammed through parliament by the Labour ... More >>
Sharples: 2009 Innovation Icons Evening
Monday, 6 July 2009, 11:50 am | The Maori Party
The 4th of July is an appropriate day to be thinking about icons. In the last ten days the world has mourned the loss of two legends, American stars who have been crowned with the title Icon. More >>
Trade Me auction a success says Turia
Friday, 3 July 2009, 9:10 am | The Maori Party
The Trade Me auction for a dinner with Tariana Turia and Brendon Pongia closed today with the highest bid being $2,530. "We're absolutely stoked that we've managed to raise this much for the Pairama-Lewington brothers so they can pursue their sporting ... More >>
Speech: Katene - The Foreshore and Seabed
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 10:24 am | The Maori Party
The Foreshore and Seabed issue started in Te Tau Ihu when one iwi, Ngati Apa, sought a mussel-farming licence. Their humble request to farm in their traditional rohe was rejected by the Marlborough District Council, and so Ngati Apa went to Court. ... More >>
Speech: Katene - Medicinal Cannabis
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 10:05 am | The Maori Party
This Bill is essentially about allowing registered medical practitioners to prescribe cannabis to those with certain serious medical conditions such as cancer, arthritis or Alzheimers Disease. There wouldn’t be a Maori in Aotearoa, who wouldn’t have ... More >>
Speech: Katene - Transport Funding Bill
Thursday, 2 July 2009, 10:03 am | The Maori Party
When I travel the roads down South, it’d be rare to see one of those energy efficient, space-saver wonders like the Honda Jazz or the Toyota Hybrid. That’s not to say the constituents of Te Tai Tonga wouldn’t support cars which are fuel efficient ... More >>
Katene: Urgent Debate - MSD Job Cuts
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:49 pm | The Maori Party
Earlier this month, the 2009 Global Peace Index results were released, which measured 23 indicators of peacefulness. More >>
Turia: Report of the Ministerial Review Panel
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 4:22 pm | The Maori Party
This is a landmark day for New Zealand. This is a day when the conflicts and divisions of the past five years can be rectified. This is the day that the Ministerial Review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 has concluded that that Act is built on such ... More >>
Speech: Flavell - Financing of Terrorism Bill
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 10:52 am | The Maori Party
Kia ora, Mr Assistant Speaker Roy. Kia ora tātou katoa i tēnei pō. I have to say that when our caucus looked at this bill on the Order Paper today, the two phrases that stuck out were Anti-Money Laundering” and “Terrorism”. We were trying ... More >>
Speech: Flavell - Motor Vehicle Sales Amendment
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 10:50 am | The Maori Party
Kia ora tātou. That was a very good choice of yours, Mr Assistant Speaker, if I say so myself, with no disrespect to Amy Adams. For the new members of the House, I say that on a couple of occasions in the last few years or so, I have mentioned ... More >>
Speech: Turia - Emissions Trading Forestry
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 8:36 am | The Maori Party
In December last year, the Government told the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, that far from stepping back from the Kyoto Protocol; the Emissions Trading Review was, and I quote: "a means to find a politically durable way of moving forward ... More >>
Party advocates what is right for tangata whenua
Monday, 29 June 2009, 5:15 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party’s goal for Maori representation on the Auckland Council is only what is right for tangata whenua, for all Maori, for Auckland and the nation, according to Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples. More >>
Maori Party understands frustration of kaumatua
Monday, 29 June 2009, 2:02 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party says everyone has a democratic right to protest but targeting individuals who work for the state in their homes is not the way forward. "We certainly understand the frustration but do not support the targeting of individuals who work on behalf ... More >>
Minister shocked at building collapse
Friday, 26 June 2009, 4:07 pm | The Maori Party
The Minister of Maori Affairs is shocked and upset to hear of an accident in which two people have been killed and two others injured. “Kei te tangi te ngakau ki nga tangata tokorua kua whara kia mate. E hoa ma, e nga kaiawhina i te iwi kainga ... More >>
Speech: Flavell - Land Transport Amendment
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 4:42 pm | The Maori Party
I read a statistic today that confirmed even more for me the importance of doing what we can to reduce injury and death on the roads. Fifty-one percent of Māori people who die due to injury, died on the street or highway in road deaths. Forty-six ... More >>
Speech: Flavell - Compensation for Acquired Land
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 3:53 pm | The Maori Party
Tēnā koe Mr Assistant Speaker. Ā, kāti huri noa i tō tātau Whare, kia ora tātau. Ki te hunga kua tae mai i tēnei pō ki te tautoko i tēnei o ngā kaupapa, ka nui te harikoa kua tae mai koutou ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero. Koinei te ... More >>
Speech: Flavell - Emissions Trading Forestry
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 3:48 pm | The Maori Party
This last week Māoridom lost two key figures who had advanced te reo Māori: Wiha Malcolm—I think that was her name at the time of her passing—and Maxine Tamihōri, who was well on in age. Both were doyennes of Māori language, and I suppose that ... More >>
Labour MPs should be ashamed
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 9:16 am | The Maori Party
"It is absolutely amazing that the Labour Party MPs have the temerity to shout the words 'sell out' across the floor of the debating chamber given their poor record in government,” Tariana Turia says. "It was the Labour government that took away ... More >>
Turia and Pongia auction themselves
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:06 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Co-Leader and Government Minister Tariana Turia and former Tall Black and TV presenter Brendon Pongia went on auction at noon today to raise funds for three outstanding sports playing brothers. The auction has only been online for about ... More >>
