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MP pleased at protection of land under claim
Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 10:00 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell is pleased the issues he raised with the government two years ago, over the planned sale of Taurewa Station by Landcorp, are close to being resolved. More >>
Waiariki MP congratulates CNI negotiators
Saturday, 5 April 2008, 12:39 am | The Maori Party
Today’s unveiling by the iwi of a proposal to the Crown for settling forestry claims in the Central North Island is a positive step towards eventual resolution of long-standing issues, says Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell. More >>
Maori Party supports Children’s Commissioner
Friday, 4 April 2008, 4:42 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party strongly endorses the Children’s Commissioner’s views on the Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill, says co-leader Dr Pita Sharples. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell - Securities Amendment Bill
Friday, 4 April 2008, 9:58 am | The Maori Party
The origins of this Bill are an interesting irony. Those who argued that all activities be subject to the rules of business, now suggest that local authorities are being submerged under an avalanche of red tape and bureaucracy specifically because of ... More >>
Never Too Late For a Fond Farewell
Friday, 4 April 2008, 9:56 am | The Maori Party
Last night Parliament lost one of its more distinguished members - Tumu Putaura – one of our security officers. Actually, I never knew what his real name was till today, ‘cause like many others, I just called him uncle. More >>
High Court decision on Herceptin welcome – Turia
Friday, 4 April 2008, 9:36 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is very pleased that Justice Gendall has ordered Pharmac to review its decision on funding 12-month treatment of Herceptin, said co-leader Hon Tariana Turia. More >>
Turia: Biosecurity Amendment Bill
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 4:28 pm | The Maori Party
Biosecurity Amendment Bill (no 4) / Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Bill (no 2) Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party Thursday 3 April 2008 More >>
Sharples: Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 9:37 am | The Maori Party
There’s a Maori tourist company in the electorate of Tamaki Makaurau that is picking awards up faster than the Maori Party is rising in the polls. More >>
Flavell: Melanesian Trusts Bill
Thursday, 3 April 2008, 9:35 am | The Maori Party
Melanesian Trusts (Income Tax Exemption) Amendment Bill Wednesday 2nd April 2008; 8pm Te Ururoa Flavell – Member of Parliament for Waiariki More >>
General Debate 2 April 2008: Hone Harawira
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 5:15 pm | The Maori Party
Last night Parliament lost one of its more distinguished members - Tumu Putaura – one of our security officers. Actually, I never knew what his real name was till today, ‘cause like many others, I just called him uncle. More >>
Maori Party opposes FTA with China
Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 9:40 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party caucus has confirmed that they will oppose the Free Trade Agreement with China. “There are many reasons why we oppose it,” said Foreign Affairs spokesperson Hone Harawira, “but I guess you could sum it up by saying we support fair trade, ... More >>
Maori Party a threat to other Maori MPs
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:52 am | The Maori Party
The prospect that the Maori Party could hold a powerful position in the coming Parliament is obviously a huge threat to other parties, especially their Maori MPs, says Tariana Turia. More >>
No place in NZ for chain gangs and tent prisons
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:37 am | The Maori Party
The Sensible Sentencing Trust prefers the sound of its own rhetoric to a search for sensible solutions, says Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. “The idea that Aotearoa should adopt American-style responses to youth offending is out of step with the ... More >>
Maori Party welcomes new UN Special Rapporteur
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 9:34 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has welcomed the appointment of James Anaya as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of fundamental freedoms and human rights of indigenous people. More >>
No more poverty in a land of plenty”
Saturday, 29 March 2008, 3:09 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Co-leaders, Dr Pita Sharples and Hon Tariana Turia, commend the ‘committed courage’ of church leaders who have called for action to restore benefit rates to a level necessary for a “just and compassionate society”. More >>
“Watch your language, mate!”
Friday, 28 March 2008, 9:49 am | The Maori Party
An advertising billboard that invites people to ‘Rent a car ... so you can visit any whaka’ is not just an inappropriate use of Maori language, it is an abuse of a people, our history and our culture,” said Dr Pita Sharples of the Maori Party. More >>
Turia: Resignation of Memo Musa
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 3:36 pm | The Maori Party
"Memo Musa has done the right thing in resigning, and accepting that it is the responsibility of management to be accountable for the whole operation of the District Health Board," said Tariana Turia, Maori Party MP for Te Tai Hauauru. More >>
Ae Marika: Role Models
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 2:37 pm | The Maori Party
Last weekend, me and my mum and her sisters headed down south to Taranaki where my Uncle Haami (Sam) Shelford got married to Kahu Colleen Mahuru from Puniho. Uncle Haami is a Whakapara boy, with very old school ways about hunting and gathering, ... More >>
"Clean Them Up Then Hand Them Back"
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 9:26 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is pleased that Government is finally taking responsibility for decades of cumulative pollution, in the Rotorua lakes restoration programme announced today. More >>
Harawira: Commerce Amendment Bill
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 9:26 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, any bill that needs an explanatory NOTE of 48 pages is cause for concern, particularly when it gets slipped into the House just when everyone is gearing up for a long weekend; so we had a good look at this one. More >>
