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Māori Party Launches Its Mokopuna Māori Policy
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 2:23 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party candidate for Te Taitokerau, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, has today announced the parties Mokopuna Māori Policy at an event in Whangarei. “We are at a tipping point and the time has come for us take back our rights as tangata whenua” says ... More >>
Māori Party Co-leader Announces Policy To Lift Incomes, Reduce Poverty
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 11:04 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has today announced her party’s incomes policy, which addresses Aotearoa’s low-wage economy by lifting the minimum wage to $25 per hour and guaranteeing Māori pay equity, and ... More >>
Māori Voices Matter TVNZ
Tuesday, 8 September 2020, 10:22 am | The Maori Party
John Tamihere is pleased TVNZ has come to its senses and included the Māori Party into the multi-party political leaders’ debate. The state owned broadcaster had initially left the Māori Party out of the scheduled September 9 –which has been ... More >>
Māori Party: Racism In Education, Second Pandemic In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 12:23 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party candidate for Te Tai Tonga, Tākuta Ferris & Waiariki candidate, Rawiri Waititi believe institutional racism within the education system is holding this nation back. “This week has highlighted the second pandemic taking hold of ... More >>
Māori Party List Fit For Purpose For A COVID-informed Landscape
Friday, 28 August 2020, 6:29 am | The Maori Party
The fresh look of indigenous ingenuity and intergenerational insight features highly in the Māori Party’s list announced today by President Che Wilson. “As the nation pivots from social need to economic recovery, we need leadership that is agile, energetic ... More >>
Māori Party Declare 2020 A Covid Education Amnesty Year
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 4:45 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-Leader John Tamihere says Years 10 11, 12 and Year 13 students must all be given pass marks to NCEA. He said 2020 has been so severely disrupted that all Kiwi children facing NCEA exams must be assured of their right to graduate to ... More >>
Māori Party Backing Parents, Teachers Concerns With Level 3 Education Rules
Monday, 17 August 2020, 11:47 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is shocked with the Ministry of Education’s decision today to allow senior students to return to high schools in Tāmaki Makaurau while the city is still in lockdown at Level ... More >>
Jacinda’s Decision Is ‘the Right Thing To Do.’
Monday, 17 August 2020, 12:15 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party says the Prime Ministers decision to delay the election is the right and honourable thing to do. Māori Party Co-Leader John Tamihere said Jacinda Ardern was right to postpone the election by four weeks. He said the Māori Party ... More >>
Māori Must Move To Level 4
Friday, 14 August 2020, 12:22 pm | The Maori Party
Māori must move to Level 4 Lockdown and the borders must be closed for the next 14 days - even to overseas whānau wanting to return home – to ensure proper border control. That’s the call from the Māori Party who are calling on Māori to unite ... More >>
Jacinda Must Be Up Front With Covid Information
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 10:47 am | The Maori Party
We have a caretaker government in the middle of an election campaign. Māori Party Co-Leader John Tamihere is calling on Jacinda Ardern to be up front and honest about the latest Covid community outbreak so we can all be part of the team. Level 3 lockdown ... More >>
Māori Party Saddened by the Passing of Judge Heta Hingston
Monday, 10 August 2020, 9:57 am | The Maori Party
E te rangatira, e te tohunga, e te Tiati, haere, haere, haere atu ra. Haere ki o tupuna, no ratou nga taonga i tuku iho ki a koe, hei whangai mai ki a matou. More >>
“Celebrating World Indigenous Day The Māori Way”
Friday, 7 August 2020, 1:23 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party is celebrating World Indigenous Day the Māori way, surrounded by friends and whānau at a Meet-the-Candidates at the Third Place Café in Rotorua this weekend. To mark World Indigenous Day, the Māori Party wants to remind Aotearoa ... More >>
Brown Voices Matter - But Not To TVNZ
Tuesday, 4 August 2020, 9:56 pm | The Maori Party
The Board of Television New Zealand and its senior management determined last week that the Māori Party would not be able to participate in any of the political debates being broadcast on the state-owned TV channel. Māori Party Co Leader John Tamihere ... More >>
Māori Party Urges Govt To Proceed With Caution On Scrapping RMA
Thursday, 30 July 2020, 10:18 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party is urging the Government to proceed with caution in response to Minister David Parker committing to support a new report’s proposals to scrap the RMA and replace it with two new pieces of legislation. “We agree that the RMA needs ... More >>
Māori Party Co-leader Announces Policy Plan For Bold Action On Climate Change
Sunday, 19 July 2020, 8:09 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has today announced her party’s climate change policy plan, that will restore the environment, create jobs and reduce costs by transitioning Aotearoa’s economy towards renewable ... More >>
Te Tai Tonga Candidate Says “Tiwai Point Whānau Come First”
Friday, 10 July 2020, 5:59 pm | The Maori Party
Takuta Ferris, Te Tai Tonga candidate for the Māori Party, is urging government to place whānau first in the wake of announcements around Tiwai Point. “The declaration that one of the region's major employers the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is closing ... More >>
Takuta Ferris Signs Up To Ka Pao Te Tōrea – The Dawn Of Māori Futures
Monday, 6 July 2020, 2:50 pm | The Maori Party
Tai Tonga Candidate, Takuta Ferris, has signed up to the visionary thinking that has been produced by Tokona Te Raki (Māori futures collective). “The opening statement by Dr Eruera Tarena says it all” said Takuta Ferris. “The future is not just ... More >>
Māori Party Announce Policy To Uphold Māori Freshwater Rights And Interests
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 1:53 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer has today announced her party’s policy on freshwater that will uphold Māori rights and interests and protect and restore waterways from pollution and overallocation. “The Māori ... More >>
Māori Party Co-leader Calls On The PM To Sack Tracey Martin And Grainne Moss
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 6:50 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party is calling on the Prime Minister to sack Minister of Children, Tracey Martin, and instruct a new minister to replace CEO of Oranga Tamariki, Grainne Moss, in light of the most recent reports about their incompetence in leading the ... More >>
Govt Misses The Mark With Māori Media Sector Proposal
Monday, 22 June 2020, 10:37 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader and Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is raising concerns about the Government’s Māori Media Shift proposal that would amalgamate Māori news and current affairs one service run by Māori TV. “As someone with ... More >>
