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Youth Member: Education - Marginalising Maori
Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 9:31 am | The Maori Party
The current statistics for Maori school leavers is that an alarming 53% of Maori students continue to leave secondary school with no formal qualification, a mere 23% leave school with level 3 NCEA (Hui Taumata Mätauranga 2006 Government Report). More >>
Speech: Youth MP for Tai Tokerau Hope Puriri
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 9:31 am | The Maori Party
Did you know that the second most common cause of death for young people in New Zealand is suicide? Suicide – an unnecessary way for someone to take their life. It is a common cause of death all over the world, and also, unfortunately, here in our ... More >>
'Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut' says Maori Party
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:16 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today has reiterated its concern about the Government's response to the report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse. More >>
Hone or John: who to believe?
Monday, 9 July 2007, 5:15 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Releases Comment on the 'Little Children Are Sacred' report Maori Party Co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples Monday 9 July 2007 More >>
Maori Party Praises Public Health Champion
Friday, 6 July 2007, 4:57 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has congratulated the Public Health Association in naming Associate Professor Papaarangi Reid the Public Health Champion of 2007. More >>
'Money for Minginui Just the Beginning'
Friday, 6 July 2007, 2:49 pm | The Maori Party
The announcement of $150,000 to clean up the contaminated former sawmill site at Minginui is a good start, but it mustn’t stop there says Local Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell. More >>
Sharples: Voices of Early Childhood Education
Friday, 6 July 2007, 2:17 pm | The Maori Party
I greet firstly, those who hold mana whenua over this land, the peoples of Ngapuhi nui tonu; the peoples who have cared for the ancestral heritage of this rohe so that all our mokopuna may indeed inherit the earth. More >>
Party Commends call for Reduction in Hoki Quota
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 5:17 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has congratulated Sealord, Aotearoa Fisheries and Sanford for their ‘stand of strength’ today in promoting sustainability at the forefront of their activities in hoki fisheries. More >>
Govt minimising, diminishing indigenous rights
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 4:46 pm | The Maori Party
"I’m gutted but not surprised to hear that the Government is ready to vote on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations, without bothering to talk to indigenous people about it first,” said Hone Harawira, Maori Party spokesman ... More >>
Lack of meaningful intervention on violence
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 4:33 pm | The Maori Party
Speaking out this morning at the dawn Vigil on Mangere Mountain in Auckland, Dr Sharples shared his thoughts about current issues confronting the domestic violence situation throughout New Zealand. More >>
Ae Marika: Bill to ruin dreams of Maori lawyers
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 3:27 pm | The Maori Party
Last week, the Treaty of Waitangi (Removal of Conflict of Interest) Amendment Bill was tabled. It proposes that Maori should not sit on land cases where they might be related to people involved in the case. More >>
Court of Appeal finding disastrous for Maori
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 11:24 am | The Maori Party
"In the wake of the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal about Crown Forest Land, Maori will really struggle big time for justice in settlements now," stated Te Ururoa Flavell, Treaty Spokesperson for the Maori Party. More >>
Sharples - Our Health, Our Children, Our Future
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 2:47 pm | The Maori Party
Dr Pita R Sharples speech to New Zealand Health Teachers Association Conference More >>
Maori hero awarded Victoria Cross
Monday, 2 July 2007, 4:34 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party co-leaders, Dr Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia today expressed enormous pride in the distinguished award honouring the bravery of Corporal Bill (Willy) Henry Apiata. More >>
Ae Marika: Wonderwoman comes to town
Monday, 2 July 2007, 1:06 pm | The Maori Party
Born in Alabama in 1944, she exploded onto the world stage in the late 1960s as the world’s most recognisable black women activist, with her movie star looks, afro hairstyle, ferocious attitude, and passionate defence of Black people’s rights. More >>
Labour Youth Rate Masquerade: Mapp Bill reappears
Monday, 2 July 2007, 9:44 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party says that the Youth Rates Bill, as rewritten by Labour, has been watered down so much that it’s hard to tell the difference now between their version and the infamous 90 day Probationary Bill sponsored by National MP, Wayne Mapp. More >>
Sharples: Te Taumata Runanga Awards Programme
Friday, 29 June 2007, 10:13 am | The Maori Party
It is so exhilarating to flee the Beehive for the wonder of Waitakere. If you opened yesterday’s local newspaper you’d think the Press Gallery really believe that whether politicians sneeze or sleep or read the newspaper in the House is cutting ... More >>
Turia: Television Coverage of the House
Friday, 29 June 2007, 10:03 am | The Maori Party
A popular question tamariki ask of me, when I spend time with kura, is ‘but what do you do each day’? And I suppose I could focus on some of the negative aspects of this House, but I don’t - because that isn’t the work that most of us do here. More >>
Pauatahanui Burial Ground Bill - Ururoa Flavell
Friday, 29 June 2007, 9:48 am | The Maori Party
“A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past”. More >>
Waiariki MP Raises Issues On Institutional Racism
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 4:45 pm | The Maori Party
Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell is urging the Human Rights Commission to seriously look into claims by a Te Arawa hapū that there is a presence of institutional racism in the Rotorua District Council. More >>
