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Call to keep cigarettes out of The Warehouse
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 4:41 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Tobacco Out of Aotearoa spokesperson Hone Harawira is calling for cigarettes to be kept off the counters of the country’s largest retail chain. More >>
Party keen to debate solutions, not distractions
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 3:57 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party’s approach to dealing with offending and punishment is to champion programmes that work, not to argue over failed policies and extremist views, said Dr Pita Sharples. More >>
Maori Party Congratulates Dr Rees Tapsell
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 3:54 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is delighted to congratulate Waikato District Health Board and Tainui mental health service provider, Hauora Waikato, on their vision in appointing Dr Rees Tapsell as executive clinical director for forensic psychiatric services across ... More >>
The Social Hazard of Gambling
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 1:41 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples, says the announcement that the Gambling Helpline will be forced to close in October, due to failed contract negotiations with the Ministry of Health, is a tragedy in light of recent reports describing the ... More >>
Whose interests in One Size Fits All Approach?
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 4:55 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party education spokesperson, Te Ururoa Flavell, today highlighted the ongoing inequities revealed around the ‘universal 20 hours free child-care policy’ by the Child Poverty Action Group in their report, ‘Left Behind’. More >>
‘Drop the GST on Food’ call supported
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 3:07 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has welcomed the call for a wider debate about removing GST on food, sparked off by the latest grim report from the Child Poverty Action Group, 'Left Behind'. More >>
Tax cuts for poorest families, says Maori Party
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 9:26 am | The Maori Party
Tax cuts should be directed to eliminating poverty, especially among our most vulnerable citizens, our children, says the Maori Party. "There has been quite a bit of discussion about how big a personal tax cut the government can afford, given rising costs and ... More >>
Police Engagement Survey - What’s the real story?
Sunday, 27 April 2008, 11:39 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has today expressed frustration at the refusal of the New Zealand Police to release the full story about the employee engagement survey. More >>
Willie Apiata’s Remarkable ANZAC Day Gift
Friday, 25 April 2008, 10:43 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has tonight praised the incredible generosity of Corporal Willie Apiata in gifting the prestigious Victoria Cross Medal to the nation. More >>
Treaty Warning must be heard
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 1:27 pm | The Maori Party
Tariana Turia is shocked by the advice from the Public Health Association that proposed Public Health Bill could result in a “clouded and confused approach to Maori involvement in health” and is being described as an “instance of institutional racism”. More >>
Turia: Kahungunu Health Innovation Hui
Thursday, 24 April 2008, 9:40 am | The Maori Party
Kahungunu Health Innovation Hui, Eastern Institute of Technology, 501 Gloucester Street, Taradale, Napier Wednesday 23 April 2008; 4pm Hon Tariana Turia What is this output called Mauriora? More >>
Sharples - PILLARS Opening: Auckland
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 12:36 am | The Maori Party
Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party Tuesday 22 April 2008; 10am Every Christmas, there is a standard feature that grabs space in every local paper. More >>
Ae Marika: Floods, Kapa Haka
Monday, 21 April 2008, 11:54 am | The Maori Party
I went along to the flood meeting in Kawakawa last week. Very good meeting. Big crowd. Kawakawa is on State Highway One and most of the traffic going north or south, goes through there, so naturally when Kawakawa floods, the whole of the north is affected. More >>
Tuhoe launch New Zealand’s first iwi curriculum
Friday, 18 April 2008, 4:47 pm | The Maori Party
Local MP Te Ururoa Flavell congratulated the Tuhoe Education Authority, and Ngai Tuhoe generally, for their tremendous achievement in gaining official recognition for the first iwi-designed education curriculum. More >>
Maori party On Appointment of Chief Ombudsman
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 4:31 pm | The Maori Party
"You will need to be well-informed, develop a sense of perspective (what is the history of this or that, what is going on behind what is going on in front, what is the cause of this), be curious, be sceptical and don't be side-tracked by 'political ... More >>
Poroporoaki - Alexander Phillips CBE, QSM
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:19 am | The Maori Party
Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia today paid tribute to Alex Phillips, of Mana Ariki marae, who passed away this week aged 90 years. More >>
Minister’s patronising attitude infuriates fishers
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:17 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party says Jim Anderton’s branding of all Maori commercial fishers as plunderers shows an attitude which Maori find patronising and arrogant. "Mr Anderton should not forget that the Quota Management System was introduced to stop the plunder ... More >>
Turia: Wanganui Gang Insignia Bill
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:10 am | The Maori Party
You know, sometimes I have to remind myself that it is election year this year and that we can expect that gang, graffiti and anything else that upsets the wider public will be paramount in this House and that members will vote for it on that basis. More >>
Sharples: Te Takawaenga Maori
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:03 am | The Maori Party
I was excited about the invitation to join a hui entitled, strategising for success. Of course my initial thought must be that the intention of the hui was to ensure that the Maori Party take the seven seats in 2008. More >>
Turia: Bishop Suter Art Gallery Governance Bill
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:00 am | The Maori Party
In a day in which it appears the full fury of the House has been galvanised into a toxic war against graffiti and gangs, it is extremely refreshing to come to the Bishop Suter Art Gallery Governance Restructuring Bill and to be revitalised by the ... More >>
