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Flavell: Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Bill

Thursday, 29 June 2006, 10:05 am | The Maori Party

The Maori Party has a vision for the nation that is about uplifting and strengthening whanau, and restoring thriving, positive whanau environments. More >>

Flavell: Rotorua Library Trust Fund Variation Bill

Thursday, 29 June 2006, 9:47 am | The Maori Party

I stand with considerable pride to support my colleague, Stevie Chadwick, in respects of this Bill, the Rotorua Library Trust Fund Variation Bill. As the Member for Waiariki, I am delighted to endorse the original intention as specified in the will of Elizabeth ... More >>

Flavell: Trustees Executors Limited Amendment Bill

Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 5:00 pm | The Maori Party

I rise to take a very brief call on the Trustees Executors Limited Amendment Bill. More >>

Flavell - Maori Purposes Bill

Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 9:58 am | The Maori Party

In looking at this Bill today, the words of the late Martin Luther King came to me: "All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem". More >>

Flavell Speech: We will remember them

Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 5:47 pm | The Maori Party

Less than a month ago, one of much cherished kuia of Te Arawa and Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Anne Anituatua Delamere, passed away at the age of 85. More >>

Flavell - Historic Places Trust Amendment Bill

Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 5:24 pm | The Maori Party

Last night, we mourned the loss of another of our greatly treasured kuia, indeed the loss of a legacy, in the passing of the kuia, Guide Bubbles Mihinui. We spoke earlier today of her passing in the House. More >>

The Passing of Dorothy Huhana (Bubbles) Mihinui

Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 2:16 pm | The Maori Party

The following Notice of Motion put forward today by Te Ururoa Flavell, Member of Parliament for Waiariki, was agreed to by all Members of Parliament: More >>

Party Heralds Matariki as a time of New Beginning

Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 10:08 am | The Maori Party

The Maori Party is welcoming the arrival of Matariki as one of the most significant events of the Maori calendar with a tour around Aotearoa, to reconnect and be inspired by the wealth of tangata whenua wisdom. More >>

When an official language, isn't official

Friday, 23 June 2006, 2:29 pm | The Maori Party

Recent discussions undertaken between Land Transport Safety Authority and a tiny kura in the heart of Ngati Pikiao rohe, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Rotoiti, make a mockery of New Zealand having declared te reo Maori an official language, says Waiariki Member ... More >>

Harawira - Speech On Dog Microchipping

Friday, 23 June 2006, 11:02 am | The Maori Party

2006 will forever be remembered as the Year that Parliament was hounded by politicians prattling on about their pets. More >>

'Let's Put an end to this Savagery': Harawira

Friday, 23 June 2006, 9:47 am | The Maori Party

"In all the barking about micro-chipping, we are in danger of forgetting about Carolina Anderson, the young girl whose face was torn apart by an American Staffordshire terrier, and about whom this whole debate arose" said Hone Harawira, Maori Party Member of ... More >>

Maori Party Co-leader Corrects the Public Record

Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 4:39 pm | The Maori Party

In the flurry of media storm over the Maori Party discussions about the Employment Relations (Probationary Employment) Amendment Bill, Dr Pita Sharples has moved to correct some of the more glaring inaccuracies. More >>

Harawira - Vote: Child, Youth and Family

Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 9:29 am | The Maori Party

Mr Speaker, I understand that amongst other things, the Supplementary Estimates list the changes in funding since the Budget, and often I hear, those changes mean funding cuts. What that means of course is that when the spotlight is on the Budget, ... More >>