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Insulation scheme shows value of public assets
Friday, 23 May 2008, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
The government’s state house insulation scheme has multiple compounding benefits for the whole of society – and is possible through public ownership of the houses, says the Maori Party. More >>
Tax cuts will not eliminate poverty – Maori Party
Friday, 23 May 2008, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party says a $10.6 billion tax-cut package is a drop in the bucket, when there is much more to be done to address inequalities and need, according to the Maori Party. More >>
Maori Health Workforce Funding
Friday, 23 May 2008, 9:37 am | The Maori Party
“Congratulations Maori health workers!” says Tariana Turia, health spokesperson for the Maori Party. More >>
Flavell: The Big Deal Budget
Friday, 23 May 2008, 12:43 am | The Maori Party
Taxation (Personal Tax Cuts, Annual Rates, and Remedial Matters) Bill 2008: Third Reading More >>
Sharples: Budget Debate
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 4:29 pm | The Maori Party
Budget Day is the day when one side of the House rise to their feet in applause while the other side throws brickbats and dissects the dollars. The meaning of life doesn’t feature much in that classic piece of political theatre. More >>
Harawira Apologises
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 11:10 am | The Maori Party
“That’s what my mum always told me,” said Maori Party rebel MP Hone Harawira, “so I’m apologising to Judge Adeane, because I was wrong to say what I said about him over his decision to send that tagger to jail.” More >>
Long-awaited operational funding fails to impress
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 10:14 am | The Maori Party
“In a time in which 185,000 New Zealand children are living in severe or significant hardship, a five percent increase in operational funding for schools isn’t the boost in investment that we were hoping for” said Maori Party Co-leader, Dr Pita ... More >>
Tangata whaiora must be represented
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 10:11 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is calling on the Minister of Health to make a fourth appointment to the Mental Health Commission to overcome a ‘glaring oversight’ in the composition of the new board. More >>
Hone Harawira: Young Offenders Bill
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 10:10 am | The Maori Party
Last Sunday the Herald ran a snoop story on Bailey Junior Kurariki; talking up his Home 'D like he was in paradise, but all they had were shots of a young man, standing around talking on a cellphone. What you can already do in jail. More >>
Pita Sharples: Minimum Wage Amendment Bill
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 10:05 am | The Maori Party
TheGrowing Painsreport described an ‘under-class’of New Zealanders – those who constituted the highest unemployed in every age group, those who are disproportionately more likely to be in the lower income bands, people whose medium income is a shattering ... More >>
Harawira: Serious Fraud Office Abolition Bill
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 9:27 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, yesterday the whole context of fraud, corruption and serious crime took an interesting, and I have to say, a bloody pleasing turn, with the announcement that victims of South Africa’s apartheid regime could finally sue the corporate ... More >>
We should be proud of our Pasifika Connections
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 9:25 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has today scorned a report which describes Pasifika peoples as ‘an under-class’, which “is of concern given the higher fertility rates of this group”. More >>
Harawira: Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism Bill
Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 9:23 am | The Maori Party
Madam Speaker, I don’t mind saying right up front that I ain’t a fan of tagging. Not today, not yesterday, and not tomorrow. More >>
Maori Party salutes Maori Women’s Rugby Sevens
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 11:24 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party salutes Maori Women’s Rugby Sevens team at international series Te Ururoa Flavell, Sports spokesperson 17 May 2008 More >>
Tariana Turia: Presentations of tohu in business
Sunday, 18 May 2008, 11:22 am | The Maori Party
It is a great honour for me to be here at Owae marae, ki te puawaitanga o nga mahi katoa. More >>
Turia: Tamariki Ora Regional Hui
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:42 am | The Maori Party
Hora Te Pai Health Services Te Runanga o Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai Inc Hon Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party ‘Moving forward with the times’ Tamariki Ora Regional Hui; Friday 16 May 2008 More >>
Tariana Turia: Speech At Business Graduation
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:25 am | The Maori Party
It is a good week to be coming to Porirua, to a graduation of Business and Computing students. More >>
Leadership and commitment essential – Maori Party
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:17 am | The Maori Party
Leadership and commitment are essential if Maori students are to reach their full potential through education, says Te Ururoa Flavell. He was commenting on the national launch of the government’s flagship Maori education strategy in Rotorua yesterday. More >>
Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party
Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:10 am | The Maori Party
Maori Purposes Bill; Maniapoto Maori Trust Board; Maori Trust Boards; Treaty of Waitangi; Te Ture Whenua Maori More >>
Dr Pita Sharples: General Debate May 14
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 9:23 am | The Maori Party
The Minister for Social Development and Employment warned the nation last week that employment figures were likely to go"up and down" over the 18 months. More >>
