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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 >>
Mourning Loss of Distinctive, Distinguished Leader
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 4:43 pm | The Maori Party
“Words fail to express the heavy loss we feel in the passing of the Paramount chief of Ngati Whatua, Sir Hugh Kawharu” said Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party. “Sir Hugh was such a distinguished statesman; his eloquence and the academic rigour ... More >>
Opening Exhibition of Te Huringa /Turning Points
Sunday, 17 September 2006, 2:05 pm | The Maori Party
Two young speakers at the Nga Manu Korero Speech Competitions, spoke to a statement attributed to President Nelson Mandela’s inaugural address in 1994. That statement was More >>
Communications Legislation Bill - Second Reading
Friday, 15 September 2006, 9:00 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, we have before us another urgent Bill, another omnibus Bill; this one to amend the Tele-communications Act 2001 and the Radio Communications Act 1989. More >>
Hone Harawira's Dargaville News
Friday, 15 September 2006, 8:59 am | The Maori Party
I went to a choice hui in Dargaville on Friday. We had about 40-50 people turn up and I probably talked too much, but seeing as how I’d missed the last hui, it was a really good chance to give everyone a catch up on party business. More >>
Flavell: Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 5:21 pm | The Maori Party
I greet the descendants of Ngati Ohomairangi. What is our purpose for this day? We of Te Arawa have come to this place to remedy a pain that is long lingered in the hearts and souls of our people; that is the ownership of our lakes. Welcome. More >>
Harawira: Government confused and confusing
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:16 am | The Maori Party
“On the one hand, the Crown is saying that the Crown stratum (by which it means airspace and water column) is Crown land under the Land Act 1948; and yet there is no evidence of that in that particular Act” said Hone Harawira today, following ... More >>
Child Support Amendment Bill (no 4); Third Reading
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:13 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, as we consider the Child Support Amendment Bill on this day, I am mindful that today is also the 29th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, a young Black African man, killed by the Apartheid regime of South Africa in 1976 for daring to ... More >>
Child Support Amendment Bill (no 4); Third Reading
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 9:13 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, as we consider the Child Support Amendment Bill on this day, I am mindful that today is also the 29th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, a young Black African man, killed by the Apartheid regime of South Africa in 1976 for daring to ... More >>
Nga Manu Korero "Exceptional Standard of Debate"
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 12:23 am | The Maori Party
Co-leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, today spoke of the inspiration she gained in her role as adjudicator in Nga Whakataetae mo Nga Manu Korero, the National Speech contest taking place in Taranaki this week. More >>
Maori Party Raises the Flag of Self-determination
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 5:14 pm | The Maori Party
Dr Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party, today used the opportunity of the Parliamentary General Debate to initiate some questions about the concept of self-determination, a concept which has gained international traction following the adoption by the UN ... More >>
Sharples: General Debate - 'Rangatiratanga'
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 5:03 pm | The Maori Party
Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party General Debate: ‘Rangatiratanga’ 13 September 2006 Madam Speaker, from the Wharerata ranges, south of Gisborne to Cape Palliser in South Wairarapa; from Paritu in the North to Turakirae in the South; ... More >>
Government confused and confusing: Harawira
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 3:57 pm | The Maori Party
“On the one hand, the Crown is saying that the Crown stratum (by which it means airspace and water column) is Crown land under the Land Act 1948; and yet there is no evidence of that in that particular Act” said Hone Harawira today, following ... More >>
Maori Party Warns Tangata Whenua
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 2:02 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party spokesperson for Treaty Settlements, Te Ururoa Flavell, has exposed Crown confiscation of Maori customary rights, hidden in a new legal invention; in his scrutiny of the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill. More >>
