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"Don't cry for me, Waititi" says Pita Sharples
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 4:07 pm | The Maori Party
The talents of Te Whanau-a-Apanui are taking over the world" said Dr Pita Sharples today, referring to the whirlwind success of Taika Waititi, writer, actor and film director. More >>
Management Rights Get Reduced to Nothing
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 2:47 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has reacted to today’s announcement that the ‘Abel Tasman foreshore is now a scenic reserve’ with concern. More >>
Ratana Festivities a Time for Getting Real
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 5:34 pm | The Maori Party
As Morehu throughout Aotearoa gather at Ratana Pa, Tariana Turia has recalled the impact of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, as a man of the people, who never lost sight of their real needs and values. More >>
Reviews Meaningless unless the Data is Correct
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 5:31 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has treated today’s release of the three reviews of the Serum Dioxin Study with caution. More >>
New Directions for Maori Health Welcomed
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 4:50 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party health spokesperson, Tariana Turia, welcomed today’s announcements by the Health Research Council of $1m funding to support the Maori health research workforce. More >>
Government Sheriff of Kaingaroa Forest
Wednesday, 24 January 2007, 9:05 am | The Maori Party
Government Turns to Fable of Robin Hood to Create New Role for itself as the Sheriff of Kaingaroa Forest More >>
Free early childhood education not for kohanga
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 12:35 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples, has today spoken of his deep concern that the Kohanga Reo movement will miss out on the Government's pre-election promise of free early childhood education. More >>
Turia: Te Ohu Kaimoana Appointments Endorsed
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 5:20 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today endorsed the new appointments to the board of Te Ohu Kaimoana, the Maori Fisheries Trust. More >>
Mana Maori, Mana Hawai'i – heading for Honolulu
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 12:58 am | The Maori Party
Dr Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party, leaves tomorrow (11 January) to attend the Hui Ho'ohawai'i Assembly Retreat in Honolulu. The assembly is made up of some fifty Hawaiian cultural leaders and educators who have been described as the ‘movers ... More >>
Turia: "All I want for Christmas...."
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 3:36 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, today spoke about her passionate belief in the need for whanau to start out on the front-foot in order to save the lives of tamariki. More >>
Schools Forced to plan for more Cake-stalls
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 8:41 am | The Maori Party
Schools Forced to plan for more Cake-stalls and Batons Up while Government Boasts a ‘fundamentally sound’ economy More >>
Flip-Flop Fumbling Acts against Maori Interests
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 8:39 am | The Maori Party
The Government’s disastrous reversal of the decisions associated with the Whangamata Marina shatters any illusion that the Government takes the concerns of tangata whenua seriously, believes Environment spokesperson for the Maori Party, Te Ururoa Flavell. More >>
Prison Health Survey Welcomed by the Maori Party
Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 11:34 am | The Maori Party
Tariana Turia, Health Spokesperson for the Maori Party, today welcomed the release of the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 as a benchmark from which to ensure inadequate prisoner healthcare is no longer accepted as ‘good enough’. More >>
Pita Shaprles: Copyright Amendment Bill
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 8:54 am | The Maori Party
The people of Te Atihaunui a Paparangi were left the words of their tupuna, Tinirau; Toi te kupu, toi te mana, toi te whenua. More >>
Pita Sharples: Notice of Motion Debate
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 8:53 am | The Maori Party
Madam Speaker, as the newest cab on the rank, when we looked up the Order Paper for this Notice of Motion, we did wonder what we could talk about with the topic of the 2007 sitting programme. What fascinating account from our tribal histories could ... More >>
Flavell: Telecommunications Amendment Bill
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 5:11 pm | The Maori Party
I was looking up the Maori Incorporations Constitutions Regulations of 1994 the other day – as you do - and I was struck by the change to the 1969 regulations – clause 126 to be precise, which permits a tele-conference of committees of management. More >>
Sharples: Social Security Amendment Bill.
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 4:04 pm | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, this Bill has at its core a clever move by the Government to focus on beneficiaries by claiming the value, the absolute necessity, for people to participate in the labour market and engage in work as an appropriate outcome. More >>
Flavell: Law Reform (Epidemic Preparedness) Bill
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 2:40 pm | The Maori Party
Some debates made in this House, are, concerned with nothing less than life and death decisions. The series of seven bills which impact on the preparedness of the nation to face the onslaught of an epidemic under final consideration here is exactly that. More >>
Sharples: Priceless document impossible to value
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 1:20 pm | The Maori Party
On the 6th of February in 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by our ancestors, our Maori chiefs and the Representatives of Queen Victoria, Queen of England. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell Speech: Taxation Bill
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 8:47 am | The Maori Party
Amidst all the fanfare that came with Census 2006 last week, there were a couple of facts that are of relevance to the debate today. More >>
