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New leadership required to address disparities
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 4:55 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is pleased to learn of the appointment of the new Chief Executive for the Ministry of Health. "We would like to congratulate Stephen McKernan in his appointment as the Director-General of Health" stated Tariana Turia. More >>
Turia: Debate into the Auckland Black-out
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 4:30 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today rises today to speak of the outrage of our constituents in homes, in businesses, throughout the greater Tamaki Makaurau and Tainui region, who were plunged into chaos yesterday through a major power black-out. More >>
Turia: Hui Whare Wananga
Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 9:29 am | The Maori Party
This morning the Auckland CBD ground to a halt. The lights, were literally, out. And all that could be heard was that the buzz of brown brainpower was literally on the move to Otaki. The power surge of creative thinking and innovation that has become ... More >>
Lancet confirms Maori receive inferior care
Friday, 9 June 2006, 1:49 pm | The Maori Party
A Lancet article due out this week confirms that from a sample of 6579 patients admitted to thirteen hospitals in 1998, Maori patients “had a higher risk of preventable adverse events in hospital than did patients of non-Maori, non-Pacific origin”. More >>
Turia says torture, scare-mongering unacceptable
Friday, 9 June 2006, 10:00 am | The Maori Party
“National’s sensational media-grabs attacking individual prisoners are scandalous” said Tariana Turia today. National MP Simon Power today released a statement to remind New Zealanders yet again of the violent offences and past history of an individual ... More >>
Multi-national cultural appropriation concerns
Friday, 9 June 2006, 9:59 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today welcomed the news that the claim to the Waitangi Tribunal for Indigenous flora and fauna, WAI 262, will be back before the Tribunal next week. More >>
Turia: Address to Diploma of Social Work Class
Thursday, 8 June 2006, 12:47 am | The Maori Party
Keynote Address to Diploma of Social Work Class; Te Wananga o Aotearoa - Papaioea Whangaehu Marae; Whanganui Tariana Turia, Co-leader, Maori Party Thursday 8 June 2006; 12 noon More >>
"Stamp of Approval for NZ Post" says Maori Party
Friday, 2 June 2006, 2:58 pm | The Maori Party
"Well done, NZ Post, for consulting with tangata whenua - and then actually listening to what Maori said rather than running roughshod over the very people they are looking to honour" said Dr Pita Sharples today, in light of New Zealand Post's decision not ... More >>
"Too Slow Too Furious"
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 10:09 am | The Maori Party
"I ask the Minister of Maori Affairs a question and I get an answer six days later," said Hone Harawira, Maori Party MP for Tai Tokerau. "If that's any indication of government's responsiveness to Maori needs, then we really are ... More >>
Harawira: Up In Smoke
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 12:25 am | The Maori Party
Speech Delivered this morning at the TOA Launch, National Library, Wellington - Tobacco Out Of Aotearoa More >>
The passing of Anne Anituatua Delamere, QSO
Friday, 26 May 2006, 2:24 pm | The Maori Party
The passing of the cherished kuia, Anne Anituatua Delamere, QSO, Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit; has been sadly noted by the Maori Party today. More >>
Speech - Hone Harawira, , Maori Party
Friday, 26 May 2006, 11:08 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, everyone in this House knows the ad on TV where the All Blacks are stranded on the side of a road, all looking for a lift - and one by one they get picked up, starting with the forwards in the latest Ford, and working back to the backs with ... More >>
Explanation for Axing of Manaaki Tauira
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 4:31 pm | The Maori Party
"The responses in the House today from the Minister of Maori Affairs defied all logic" stated Dr Pita Sharples. More >>
Budget 2006: Flaming Torches and Tomahawks
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 9:55 am | The Maori Party
Last week, in a pre-Budget speech, Dr Cullen admitted: “Budgets are a juggling act. But this year it seems it is not just a matter of keeping balls in the air, but also managing a few flaming torches and tomahawks”. But the Maori Party is consumed with ... More >>
A Tale of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
Thursday, 25 May 2006, 9:54 am | The Maori Party
Up home, the news of the week wasn’t about the Budget, because most of my rellies are intelligent enough, and cynical enough not to expect anything from a Government dedicated to the downgrading of all things Maori. More >>
Maori Party Congratulates Kaumatua for Stand
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 4:01 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today commended the brave initiative of Te Kaunihera Kaumatua o te Whanganui-a-Tara in taking a stand against the Labour minority Government’s actions in dictating Mäori cultural practice. More >>
'Maori Affairs Minister Has To Go' says Sharples
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 3:52 pm | The Maori Party
“The performance of Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia is no longer tolerable” said Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader Maori Party. “At the Maori Affairs Select Committee this morning, his refusal to answer simple questions; his evasive responses, and ... More >>
Shock at loss of Maori Development Programmes
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 4:53 pm | The Maori Party
“In response to questions from the Maori Party today, Dr Michael Cullen revealed that seven programmes aimed at whanau, hapu and iwi opportunities for greater self-determination have been axed by their minority Government” stated Tariana Turia. More >>
Sharples: National identity - whose identity?
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 4:33 pm | The Maori Party
Last Friday, Masterton District Council ditched its usual practice of recognising citizenship, in favour of a move which accorded respect to the mana whenua of that rohe. About forty residents who have become naturalised New Zealanders in the past ... More >>
Party congratulates CPAG on Challenge to Govt
Friday, 19 May 2006, 4:41 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today spoke out about the courageous action of the Child Poverty Action Group [CPAG] in taking legal action against the Government’s Working for Families package. More >>
