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Maori Party MPs Wear Pink Ribbons with Pride
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 9:44 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party supports the ‘Hope for Families’ event to be held today at 1pm in Parliament Grounds as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Week. Each of the four Maori Party members has experienced the loss of whanau members to breast cancer. More >>
Concerns of Maori Fishing Companies Shoved Aside
Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 8:38 am | The Maori Party
Tariana Turia tonight responded to comments made by the Prime Minister in relation to the Foreign Fishing Crews situation, by expressing great disappointment that the concerns of Maori people involved in the fishing industry have been shoved aside ... More >>
Future of Mental Health Commission Secure
Monday, 9 October 2006, 3:07 pm | The Maori Party
Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has supported the announcement that the life of the Mental Health Commission has been given another reprieve More >>
Turia: Mental Health Awareness Week Public Launch
Monday, 9 October 2006, 10:51 am | The Maori Party
Tēnā koutou e whakarauika nei i tēnei ra. Nga mihi, mai i tēnei o te awa o Whanganui ki nga uri o Ngati Whatua, tēnā tātou katoa. I’m really taken with the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week: Ko te whanaungatanga te maioha Accept, Belong, Connect. More >>
Leadership Required For Action On Climate Change
Saturday, 7 October 2006, 2:28 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today congratulated the Labour and National parties on their efforts to adapt to an energy-constrained world. More >>
Expedite resolution of psychiatric hospital claims
Friday, 6 October 2006, 1:23 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party has today urged that attention be given to respond to the approximately 350 people who are bringing claims against the Crown Health Financing Agency for alleged abuse in psychiatric hospitals. More >>
Turia: Collective Iwi Maori Social Services AGM
Friday, 6 October 2006, 10:27 am | The Maori Party
Tena koutou, o Nga Puhi, o te Tai Tokerau, o nga mata waka kua tau mai i tenei ra. I want to thank you for providing me with an opportunity to feed the soul. I am always hungry for any occasion, which will enable sustenance of the soul. The chance to ... More >>
'Hook, Line, Sinker and Sunk'
Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 3:34 pm | The Maori Party
'Hook, Line, Sinker and Sunk - the lure and illusion of concern for the lowly waged fishers' More >>
Turia: Cook Islands People’s Te Reo Meeting
Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 11:11 am | The Maori Party
I am greatly humbled to be invited here today, to share your important journey in safeguarding the essence of who you are. Your language, your identity, your people. It is indeed an honour to be here to support your hui for the preservation of te ... More >>
Hone Harawira: Ae Marika!
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 10:23 am | The Maori Party
Gee – what’s with Don Brash? Every time he gets himself into trouble he tries to get out of it by bashing Maori. Sad fullah. He reckons that Maori are not a distinct indigenous culture, and that Maori with other bloodlines can’t call themselves ... More >>
Turia Speech: Wiremu Parata Waipunahau
Monday, 2 October 2006, 9:00 am | The Maori Party
It is my immense privilege to be present today, to honour the legacy of the Member of Parliament for Western Maori of 1871, the Honourable Wiremu Te Kakakura Parata. More >>
Sharples: Orewa Rotary Club
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 12:03 am | The Maori Party
Last year, a very significant event occurred, right here, in Orewa. Yes, it is just over a year in fact on the 15 September 2005, since Hone Harawira, my esteemed colleague spoke at the Orewa Rotary Club - He was welcomed by Ngati Whatua and accorded the ... More >>
Sharples: Psychological Society Conference
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 12:02 am | The Maori Party
A week ago today, at about this time, in what the pollsters define as the optimum period to gauge the size of one’s listening audience, a thunderbolt was issued on national radio. I referred to the kahu, the hawk, as my spiritual guide. More >>
Summit a Key Forum to discuss Maori Achievement
Monday, 25 September 2006, 4:31 pm | The Maori Party
Results from the Ministry of Education update of Maori achievement and achievement at Maori immersion and bilingual schools (October 2005) will be a key feature of discussion at the Hui Taumata Matauranga to be held in Taupo during 6-8 October, ... More >>
Turia: The Removal of Treaty Related Legislation
Monday, 25 September 2006, 9:59 am | The Maori Party
Harry was born at Tapuaeharuru (Taupo) in 1874 and Roger at Ohinemutu in 1885. Their mother, Wikitoria, was the daughter of Ihakara Kahuao, leader of Ngati Rauhoto hapu of Ngati Tuwharetoa. Harry joined the civil engineering section of the railway service ... More >>
Tariana Turia: ‘Being a Maori Woman in Politics’
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 3:27 pm | The Maori Party
E nga mana, e nga reo, Ngai Tahu - tena koutou katoa. E hari koa taku ngakau ki te mihi atu i a koutou mahi i te kura nei, i te kura whanui o Aotahi me Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha, no reira kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui, tena koutou, tena koutou, ... More >>
Marae Digipoll Endorses Hard Work of Maori Party
Saturday, 23 September 2006, 12:10 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today is uplifted by the Marae Digipoll results which they describe as demonstrating the endorsement of an independent Maori voice in Parliament. More >>
'New Eyes to See the Infinite Possibilities'
Friday, 22 September 2006, 3:53 pm | The Maori Party
It is an honour to be preceding Gilli (Sinclair) in speaking to you this morning. I have watched with interest the mahi Gilli is doing with Counties Manukau Counties DHB and the New Zealand Association for Adolescent Health and Development. More >>
Turia: The Importance of the Maori Seats
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 2:28 pm | The Maori Party
As I come to you today, my colleagues are in Wellington celebrating their first year in Parliament; the growth of the Maori Party in the political landscape of Aotearoa. More >>
Sharples: The First Year as a Parliamentary Team
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:09 am | The Maori Party
As the nation mourns the loss of another great Maori leader, the words of a well-known whakatauaki have come to mind: Hinga atu he tete kura, ara mai he tete kura. As one red frond falls, another red frond rises. This proverb speaks to us of the process ... More >>
