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Te Pāti Māori Announces Takutai Moana Kemp As Candidate For Tāmaki Makaurau For The 2023 Election
Monday, 6 February 2023, 5:58 pm | The Maori Party
Today, at a Waitangi ki Waititi concert hosted by Te Whānau o Waipareira at Hoani Waititi Marae, West Auckland; Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp was officially announced as Te Pāti Māori Candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau for the 2023 Election. Hailing ... More >>
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi Poised To Take The Tai Tokerau Seat In The 2023 General Election
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 2:24 pm | The Maori Party
Today, Te Pāti Māori officially announced Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as their candidate for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate in this year’s General Election. The announcement was part of the pōwhiri for MPs at Te Whare Rūnanga o Waitangi. “Making the announcement ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori announce military neutrality as new transformative defence policy
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 1:52 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are announcing a transformative defence and foreign affairs policy which asserts the Mana Māori Motuhake and Tino Rangatiratanga of tangata whenua in Aotearoa at their Party’s More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Govt Must Provide Immediate Relief For Flood Affected Whānau
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 1:28 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are calling on Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to announce an equity-focused financial relief fund for whānau who have lost homes and belongings in all flood impacted areas across Aotearoa. “There are thousands of whānau who have been severely ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Select Debbie Ngarewa-Packer To Win Back Te Tai Hauāuru
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 11:02 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere is today announcing at the annual Rātana celebrations the selection of Party Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngā Rauru) to win back the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate in the 2023 general ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Labours Decision Tells Māori We Aren’t Good Enough
Sunday, 22 January 2023, 9:44 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer wish to congratulate Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni on their appointments as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, but are equally disappointed that Tangata Whenua were overlooked ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Acknowledges Jacinda Ardern's Service And Calls For Tangata Whenua Prime Minister
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 2:32 pm | Te Pati Maori
“Te Pāti Māori wishes to thank the outstanding contribution Jacinda Ardern has made to our country" said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer "Jacinda Ardern led our country through its darkest times; she did so with absolute dignity ... More >>
Therapeutic Products Bill Is A Treaty Breach
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 10:34 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and health spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party to withdraw the Therapeutic Products Bill, which brings rongoā Māori into Pākehā law without the active consent ... More >>
Oranga Tamariki Practice Review: Accountability And Action Needed
Thursday, 1 December 2022, 4:01 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are calling for action after a Practice Review into Oranga Tamariki released today confirmed negligence and a series of failures across six agencies contributed to the death of 5 year-old Malachi Subecz. “This review would not have ... More >>
Rawiri Waititi: Māori Will Not Stand For Delays To Healthy Homes Standards
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 9:49 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Rawiri Waititi is announcing that Te Pāti Māori will oppose the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes Standards) Amendment Bill that the Government is passing through all stages under urgency this week. “This is a terrible ... More >>
“Dangerous And Reckless Law-making” - Māori Are Being Left Behind As Government Pushes 20 Bills Through Urgency
Wednesday, 23 November 2022, 9:51 am | Te Pati Maori
In an email sent on Tuesday night, Te Pāti Māori MPs were informed that 20 bills will be debated under urgency from Wednesday to midnight Saturday this week. “This is dangerous and reckless law-making” says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori To Oppose RMA Reforms At First Reading
Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 1:31 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and environment spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is today announcing that Te Pāti Māori will oppose the Natural and Built Environment Bill and the Spatial Planning Bill at their first readings on the basis that they ... More >>
Rawiri Waititi Calls On Labour To Support Member’s Bill To Remove GST From Kai
Friday, 11 November 2022, 11:34 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi has submitted his second Member’s Bill, the Goods and Services Tax (Removing GST from Food) Amendment Bill , into the Member’s Ballot. This legislation would amend the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 to remove ... More >>
Government Votes Against Legislation That Would Advance Māori Electoral Rights
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 10:47 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are calling out the Government for failing to support legislation that would advance Māori rights and move us toward a more Te Tiriti-centric aotearoa, after choosing to vote against Rawiri Waititi’s Member’s Bill to fix Aotearoa’s ... More >>
IronMāori Founder Heather Te Au Skipworth Has Her Eyes Set On The Ikaroa-Rawhiti Seat In The 2023 General Election
Sunday, 6 November 2022, 5:31 am | The Maori Party
Today, Te Pāti Māori officially announced Heather Te Au Skipworth as their candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate in next year’s General Election. Heather Te Au-Skipworth is the founder of the IronMāori Kaupapa that has taken Aotearoa by storm with thousands ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Govt Must Now Implement Seabed Mining Position Domestically
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 12:52 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and environment spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is celebrating the globally significant decision of the government to support a conditional international moratorium on seabed mining, as announced by Minister Mahuta today, ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Call For Mandatory Reporting, Accountability After Death Of Malachi Subecz
Friday, 21 October 2022, 9:21 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are demanding accountability and mandatory reporting of abuse across all agencies responsible for the care of tamariki, following the “litany of failures” that led to death of five-year-old Malachi Subecz. “Malachi was left in the care ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Urging Whānau To Get Out And Vote, As List Of Endorsed Candidates Confirmed
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 10:59 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is today urging that whānau across Aotearoa get out and vote in this year’s local elections as it confirms it’s list of endorsed candidates. “With just over a week to go before the ballot boxes close for local elections, ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Renew Call For Royal Commission Inquiry Into Racial Profiling Of Māori
Friday, 9 September 2022, 1:27 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are renewing their call for a Royal Commission Inquiry into racial profiling of Māori by the police, after an investigation by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) confirmed ... More >>
Waititi Calls For Independent Investigation & State Of Housing Emergency For Rotorua’s Emergency Housing Train Wreck
Monday, 5 September 2022, 2:09 pm | Te Pati Maori
Mema Paremata mō te Waiariki and co-leader of Te Pāti Māori, Rawiri Waititi, is urgently requesting that Minister Woods launch an immediate investigation into Government agencies and contractors dealing with Rotorua’s emergency housing after ... More >>
