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Speech: Flavell - Eden Park Trust Amendment Bill
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 12:07 pm | The Maori Party
Some unusual things have been apparently happening at Eden Park, without a rugby ball in sight. Last July, I am told, Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei Chairman Grant Hawke* and the trustee Cyril Talbot launched the $240 million Eden Park redevelopment project ... More >>
Katene - Patents Bill: First Reading
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 3:39 pm | The Maori Party
There is a comment made by the late Sir Hugh Kawharu which I want to share at the very first reading of this Patents Bill to ensure that the context for our position on patents is firmly established. More >>
Racism – 30 Years On
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:53 am | The Maori Party
30 years ago last week, a group of Maori and Pacific Islanders put an end to 25 years of racism at Auckland University. For years and years, Pakeha engineering students had been using graduation week to dress up in hula skirts, workers boots and helmets, ... More >>
5th Anniversary – from hikoi to coalition
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:40 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today are celebrating the 5th anniversary of the arrival of more than 30,000 people on Parliament steps in protest of the then Government’s foreshore and seabed bill. “On this day five years ago, we were labelled ‘haters and wreckers.’ ... More >>
Maori Party Will Not Join Maori Delegation to Fiji
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 7:26 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party co-leaders say they will not be travelling with a Maori delegation to Fiji. More >>
Plans for Maori delegation to Fiji are ongoing
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 2:15 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party caucus today heard that there is ongoing support from Maori and Pacific peoples for a Maori delegation to go to Fiji. Following the caucus meeting today Maori Party President Whatarangi Winiata said “We are getting a clear message that ... More >>
Labour's 'one size fits all' don't work for Maori
Monday, 4 May 2009, 11:48 am | The Maori Party
Darren Hughes' challenge to increased resources for large electorates shows how Labour's 'one size fits all' approach discriminates against Maori, according to the Maori Party Co-leaders. "Increased funding for large electorates was recommended in the ... More >>
Hospital commended for handling virus
Friday, 1 May 2009, 3:56 pm | The Maori Party
Tariana Turia has applauded the Whanganui Hospital for the way it has handled containment of the norovirus. More >>
Speech: Flavell - Student Loan Repayment Bonus
Friday, 1 May 2009, 10:11 am | The Maori Party
The repayment of student loans is one of those dark, looming clouds that our whanau faces when we look to the future. Three of our children are living a life influenced by the reality of a student loan debt yet to be repaid. If we are to believe the ... More >>
Speech: Flavell - Protected Disclosures Amendment
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 4:52 pm | The Maori Party
Exactly one month ago, my colleague, Rahui Katene, stood at the second reading of this Bill and spoke to the concepts of accountability, transparency, credibility as at the core of this legislation. I thought it was a pretty good place to start ... More >>
Ririnui’s Maori seats idea too little, to late
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 4:42 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party welcomes Labour's about-face on the issue of entrenching Maori seats in Parliament, and Labour's support for long-standing Maori Party policy. The Maori Party co-leaders say, “The Maori Party policy is that the Maori seats will stay ... More >>
Waitakere Education Symposium: Opening Address
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 3:02 pm | The Maori Party
Presented by Hone Harawira, MP for Tai Tokerau, on behalf of the Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Associate Minister of Education More >>
Speech: Katene - Free Trade Area Bill
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 5:29 pm | The Maori Party
The figures at the core of this Bill are staggering. We are talking about a free trade area with approximately 566 million people, a combined gross domestic product of US$19 trillion and global trade of US$1.7 trillion. It’s not easily ignored. ... More >>
Flavell: Corrections’s Maori Strategic Plan
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 11:08 am | The Maori Party
There is an important distinction made in the Department’s strategy and planning, which is summed up by two words. More >>
Turia commends stance of iwi
Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 10:21 am | The Maori Party
Tariana Turia has commended the call by iwi to have a better say in how their Treaty claims should be settled. "I congratulate Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Kauwhata and Nga Iwi o Te Reureu for their stand, for speaking out on an issue that lot of Maori have ... More >>
Foreshore and Seabed on Everyone’s Agenda - Katene
Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 9:30 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party Foreshore and Seabed spokesperson Rahui Katene reports that the review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act has been receiving strong audience interest, in the various hui she has attended. “The Foreshore and Seabed Ministerial Review Panel ... More >>
Happy birthday Kingi Tuheitia
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 1:37 pm | The Maori Party
Hari huritau ki a koe, hari huritau ki a koe, hari huritau e te Kingi Tuheitia, hari huritau ki a koe. “On this day in world history Rome was founded, the moon was explored for the first time by the Apollo 16 astronauts and William III and Mary ... More >>
Speech: Sharples - Inaugural Kingitanga Day
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 12:12 pm | The Maori Party
On the 12th November last year, three busloads of Kingitanga supporters accompanied King Tuheitia to Hastings, to be the guest of honour at the inaugural Takitimu Festival. It was a momentous occasion on many counts. A powhiri involving over 1000 from Kahungunu ... More >>
Speech: Katene - Criminal Proceeds Recovery Bill
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 5:20 pm | The Maori Party
Amongst the 24 submissions received on this Bill, there was a statement from my electorate of Te Tai Tonga - specifically from the Dunedin Community Law Centre - which made us all sit up. They raised the concern that there is not adequate provision for people ... More >>
Report on Te Urewera claims should be widely read
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 5:04 pm | The Maori Party
The MP for Waiariki - Te Ururoa Flavell - says people who don't believe Maori have reason to complain about the effects of colonisation and European settlement on them should read the Te Urewera claims report, part one of which has just been released ... More >>
