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Westpac Bank Bill - Second Reading
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 8:54 am | The Maori Party
I te tuatahi, me mihi atu au ki taku hoa a Chris (Tremain / National MP) mo tona poroporoaki ki to tatou kuini, Te Atairangikaahu, tona mihi ki te kingi hou a Tuheitia, me te wawata ano hoki kia tu kotahi ai tatou a nga ra kei te haere mai. More >>
Minimum Wage and Remuneration Amendment Bill
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 8:53 am | The Maori Party
Madam Speaker, there has been a lot of debate in the media about whether we can afford to increase the minimum wage. More >>
Equity with Excellence: Are both Achievable?
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 8:52 am | The Maori Party
A century ago in 1906, Maori leaders such as Maui Pomare and late Sir Peter Te Rangihiroa Buck were cited in a Health Department report, that “there was no hope for Maori but in ultimate absorption by the Pakeha”. More >>
Maori Party position on 90 days disappointing
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 2:23 pm | The Maori Party
National Party Industrial Relations spokesman Wayne Mapp says he is disappointed that the Maori Party has withdrawn support for his 90-day probationary employment amendment bill. More >>
Maori Party Vote Against Employment Probation Bill
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 12:52 am | The Maori Party
Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader, Maori Party and Hone Harawira, Employment Spokesperson for the Maori Party More >>
Harawira: Farewell to a Queen
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 5:18 pm | The Maori Party
Thousands of people were there from all walks of life, all races, all religions, all ages, all iwi. There were politicians and paupers, princesses and pirates, kaumatua and kuia, workers and unemployed, the glitzy and the guileless, and as in every gathering ... More >>
Flavell: Farewell to Te Atairangikaahu
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 5:14 pm | The Maori Party
I stand today to mihi to the new King, Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki. And in doing so, I mihi to a long line of leaders, a whakapapa of chiefs and chieftainship. More >>
Sharples: He Iwi Kotahi Tatou - We Are One
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 1:55 pm | The Maori Party
On the 6th of February 1840, Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed between representatives of Queen Victoria and Maori chiefs of Aotearoa, New Zealand. The Treaty was to allow for the establishment of a Westminister Government in New Zealand in return for the ... More >>
Sharples: Lincoln Efford Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 10:01 am | The Maori Party
The Lincoln Efford Memorial Lecture: ‘Peace and Justice’; WEA; Christchurch ‘The Leadership of A Butterfly’ Dr Pita R Sharples; Co-leader of the Maori Party Wednesday 16 August 2006; 7.30pm More >>
He Aitua: Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 9:41 am | The Maori Party
The passing of the 'heart of the Maori people' was honoured tonight, in the tributes of the Maori Party. More >>
Sharples: 'Handle With Care' Launch
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 9:26 am | The Maori Party
I was thinking how to relate to the concept of ‘Handle with Care’ - and the phrase that comes to mind, is manaakitia. Manaakitia - to care for - is to make every effort to remove opportunities for violence to occur. More >>
Hone Harawira: Going smokefree
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 4:49 pm | The Maori Party
It all goes in circles...last week I wrote about my spending a bit of time with my Anglican and Ratana whanaunga. Well, the Pope must have heard about it, 'cause last Saturday I found myself hangin' out with the Catholics down in Christchurch of all ... More >>
Release: Beware the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 4:25 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today welcomed the announcement of new initiatives to make "desperately-needed changes" in prison reform. More >>
Tokoroa turns Kaka Street into Käka Street
Tuesday, 15 August 2006, 12:40 am | The Maori Party
"I am so proud of the stand that the Raukawa Trust Board has taken in partnership with the South Waikato District Council, to demonstrate Tokoroa is a town which values te reo Maori". More >>
No Mixed Messages on Smoking
Monday, 14 August 2006, 4:39 pm | The Maori Party
“Kaumatua have a very important role to play in the smokefree marae campaign, because our people listen to them when they speak” says Hone Harawira, of reports that he was suggesting kaumatua “enforce” smoking bans on marae throughout the country. More >>
Moko Masks Withdrawn - Sharples Praises Media
Monday, 14 August 2006, 2:23 pm | The Maori Party
Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party, was today delighted at the news of the withdrawal of the Maori Face Tattoo kit which had been promoted on the American halloweentown store website. More >>
Presentation of award to Henare Kingi
Sunday, 13 August 2006, 3:20 pm | The Maori Party
Presentation of award to Henare Kingi by Creative NZ for services to the Maori community, Hone Harawira, Maori Party MP Saturday August 12 2006. More >>
Harawira: Presentation of the Auahi Kore award
Saturday, 12 August 2006, 1:31 pm | The Maori Party
Folks - it's a real buzz coming here this morning, because normally when I go onto a marae, it's the haze of cigarette smoke that I see, rather than the smoke of the kitchen fires. Last year when we were on the campaign trail, we went to quite a few ... More >>
Turia: To be Maori - a truly revolutionary action
Friday, 11 August 2006, 4:21 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party, as you will all know, is a great follower of fashion. And so as the news came to hand, on World Indigenous People’s Day, of the latest designer gene for Maori, I looked hard in the mirror to see was I, Tariana Turia, the person ... More >>
Harawira calls for kaumatua to rid marae of smoke
Friday, 11 August 2006, 1:03 pm | The Maori Party
Hone Harawira will call for kaumatua to exercise their authority so as to make their marae smoke free when he speaks in Christchurch tomorrow. “The people of Te Rangimarie Centre are warriors for the auahi kore cause. They certainly have that warrior gene ... More >>
