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Weather-tight Homes Resolution Services

Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 12:46 am | The Maori Party

A couple of years ago, a Labour Minister Dover Samuels, spoke out about the lack of progress for addressing housing in Northland, Eastern Bay of Plenty, and the East Coast. More >>

Turia: Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill

Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 5:02 pm | The Maori Party

Yesterday the Crown commenced its presentation of evidence on the WAI 262 Flora and Fauna case to the Waitangi Tribunal. That’s the inquiry concerning the indigenous flora, fauna and cultural intellectual property claim lodged by Ngati Kuri, Ngai ... More >>

Pita Sharples: Te Huringa /Turning Points

Saturday, 9 December 2006, 2:02 pm | The Maori Party

Hirini Moko Mead, an anthropologist, a leader of Ngati Awa and a distinguished writer and commentator, has classified the period between 1800 and the present as Te Huringa– a turning point in the life of tangata whenua. More >>

Dr Pita Sharples Emphasises Truck Safety

Saturday, 9 December 2006, 1:27 pm | The Maori Party

Maori Party Co-leader Dr Pita Sharples is taking a ride today with Mainfreight, to promote safe driving over the holiday season as part of the Road Transport Forum NZ’s Truck Safety Awareness Drive. More >>

“Truck safety awareness a holiday must”

Friday, 8 December 2006, 5:18 pm | The Maori Party

Maori Party Co-leader Dr Pita Sharples is taking a ride this Saturday (tomorrow) with Mainfreight, to promote safe driving over the holiday season as part of the Road Transport Forum NZ’s Truck Safety Awareness Drive. More >>

Pita Sharples Speech: The Tyranny of the Majority

Friday, 8 December 2006, 8:35 am | The Maori Party

As a new MP, I have used this first year to familiarise myself with the separation of powers between the Judiciary, the Executive and the legislature. I have immersed myself in the Parliamentary business; I have taken every opportunity to develop my ... More >>

Pita Sharples Speech: Additional Ombudsman

Friday, 8 December 2006, 8:33 am | The Maori Party

I am pleased today, to stand in support of the Notice of Motion to appoint Mel Smith as an additional ombudsman, Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata, for Aotearoa. More >>

Pita Sharples: Personal and Property Rights Bill

Friday, 8 December 2006, 8:32 am | The Maori Party

Mr Speaker, I find it more than a little bizarre, that we can be focussing on a Bill for the protection of personal and property rights, when just over a week ago, our government supported a delaying motion at the United Nations on the Declaration on ... More >>

Hone Harawira Speech: Social Security Bill

Friday, 8 December 2006, 8:31 am | The Maori Party

The relationship between tangata whenua and ‘gold’ took on an interesting spin earlier this year, when the Waitangi Tribunal found that the tribes of Hauraki, were owed generous redress for goldfield revenue they should have received from mining ... More >>

Harawira: Personal and Property Rights Bill

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 3:11 pm | The Maori Party

Madam Speaker, I find it more than a little bizarre, that we can be focussing on a Bill for the protection of personal and property rights, when just over a week ago, our government supported a delaying motion at the United Nations on the Declaration ... More >>

Close Shave for Flavell - Maori Party Bares All

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 1:40 pm | The Maori Party

Most people celebrate birthdays with a cake. Te Ururoa Flavell, destined to be distinctive, instead celebrates it with a shave. That's all his hair off his head (well what's left of it!) More >>

Tariana Turia: The Power Of Three

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 10:05 am | The Maori Party

Te Ara Wananga Launch Te Kohanga Reo National Trust, Wellington Wednesday 6 December 2006; 5pm The Power of Three Tariana Turia: The Power Of Three More >>

Te Ururoa Flavell: Motion No 3

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 10:01 am | The Maori Party

Government Notice of Motion no 3 (Appointment of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment) and Motion no 4 (Appointment of the Police Complaints Authority) More >>

General Debate: 6 December 2006; Dr Pita Sharples

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 9:22 am | The Maori Party

The last month has reminded the nation of the supreme importance of a game of football. In fact it would seem so important, that even a coup can be put on hold while rugby is played. More >>

Harawira: Avian flu - Can we Hongi?

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 9:52 am | The Maori Party

Three weeks ago the warning bells rang, when Professor Paul Zimmet said that left unchecked, diabetes could make all Polynesian races "extinct" before the end of the century. More >>

Flavell: Maori Purposes Bill; Second reading

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 9:51 am | The Maori Party

Mr Speaker, the Maori Party is not about to buy into the culture of silence that appears to have strangled some members of Government. We will speak in this House about the things that matter and Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a pretty good place to start ... More >>

Harawira: Unsolicited Electronic Messages Bill

Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 9:42 am | The Maori Party

When I first heard about SPAM, my first thought was of a Monty Python skit about canned meat; a skit set in a café with a group of Vikings wearing horned helmets, and whenever someone said SPAM, they begin singing and chanting. Eric Idle and Graham ... More >>