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Maori Party scrutinises Resource Management review

Wednesday, 4 February 2009, 9:51 am | The Maori Party

Resource Management laws have significant impacts on the ability of tangata whenua to maintain their cultural relationships with their natural heritage and environment, and any changes will be closely watched, says the Maori Party. More >>

Ae Marika! A column By Hone Harawira, 3 Feb

Tuesday, 3 February 2009, 2:23 pm | The Maori Party

Happy New Year everyone! Yeah, I know I’m way late but the editor reckons people need a real break every Christmas and no politicians ruining their holiday reading. More >>

Maori Party supports wage restraint for MPs

Friday, 30 January 2009, 10:20 am | The Maori Party

As debate continues today over pay rates for MPs and elected members of local government, the Maori Party says its MPs should not be granted a pay rise. More >>

'Maori MP devastated by gang thuggery'

Thursday, 29 January 2009, 10:12 am | The Maori Party

The MP for Waiariki - Te Ururoa Flavell - is asking the question 'What is going on in our society when a group of people go to a tangi in a place like Murupara and a young man like Jordon Herewini ends up being brutally murdered?' More >>

MP expresses condolences to Naitoko whanau

Wednesday, 28 January 2009, 12:47 pm | The Maori Party

takoto mai ra, takoto mai ra, takoto mai ra i te poho o to whanau. More >>

Turia Demands Apology From Newspaper

Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 11:07 am | The Maori Party

The Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector - Hon Tariana Turia - is disappointed that a Sunday paper, trying to draw her into a story about the new Minister for Social Development - Hon Paula Bennett - has its facts wrong; and Mrs Turia believes ... More >>

Maori Party Congratulates Australian of the Year

Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 11:03 am | The Maori Party

Maori Party co-leaders, Dr Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia, have today extended their enthusiastic greetings to veteran indigenous activist, Professor Mick Dodson of the Yawuru peoples in Western Australia. More >>

Poroporoaki : Jim Takarangi

Monday, 26 January 2009, 11:10 am | The Maori Party

Hon Tariana Turia, MP for Te Tai Hauauru and Co-leader of the Maori Party Monday 26 January 2009 More >>

Minister of Maori Affairs calls economic workshop

Saturday, 24 January 2009, 1:08 pm | The Maori Party

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, has called for a Maori economic workshop to be held on Wednesday 28 January in Wellington. The workshop is to provide the Minister with up-to-date and accurate information regarding the effect of the ... More >>

Maori Party launches appeal for Fiji flood victims

Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 10:31 am | The Maori Party

The Maori Party co-leaders, Hon Tariana Turia and Dr Pita Sharples, along with other Maori Party MPs, will be enlisting the help of iwi radio stations and Maori Television to encourage all New Zealanders to give what they can to help people affected by ... More >>

Sadness At Passing Of Te Utauta Hau

Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 10:09 am | The Maori Party

Te Tai Tonga Member of Parliament, Rahui Katene, has today expressed her sadness at the passing of the kuia, Te Utauta Hau of Takapuwahia. More >>

Poroporoaki: Dr Paratene Ngata

Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 3:33 pm | The Maori Party

“Aotearoa has lost a leading light, in the passing of Dr Pat Ngata” said Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party. “Paratene Ngata has been at the forefront of public health advocacy since his graduation from Otago Medical School in 1970” ... More >>

Maori Party wants action on war in Gaza

Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 5:31 pm | The Maori Party

The Maori Party is calling on the government to take every step it can to try and help stop the killings taking place in Gaza. More >>

Sharples: Adjournment Debate

Friday, 19 December 2008, 12:02 pm | The Maori Party

Last Saturday night, we celebrated the Maori Sports Award in Rotorua, a golden-haired young man took the stage, and was awarded ‘disabled Maori sportsperson of the year’ More >>

Maori Party Angered by loss of NZ Maori

Friday, 19 December 2008, 10:14 am | The Maori Party

The decision by the NZ Rugby Union to cast aside the NZ Maori team in their effort to cut costs, has been greeted with dismay by Maori Party sports and recreation spokesperson, Te Ururoa Flavell. More >>

Sleeping together isn’t the way to show love

Friday, 19 December 2008, 9:51 am | The Maori Party

Mothers sleeping together with their baby need to show love in other ways says Te Tai Hauauru MP, Tariana Turia. More >>

Harawira: Domestic Violence Bill

Thursday, 18 December 2008, 3:18 pm | The Maori Party

Mr Speaker, for many Kiwis, Christmas is the time of year for hanging lights, putting up little pine trees, stringing cards on the wall, getting kai ready, organising the hangi, and getting out the mattresses for all the relations coming home for the ... More >>