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Let's Get Real about Violence says Sharples
Monday, 27 February 2006, 4:15 pm | The Maori Party
"It's time to get real about the crisis facing many of our families in confronting violent crime" stated Dr Pita Sharples today in response to the media release describing a dramatic increase in number of youths caught for grievous or serious assaults. More >>
Maori Party calls for Inquiry into Kohanga Reo
Monday, 27 February 2006, 1:32 pm | The Maori Party
Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party, told a Marae documentary into Te Kohanga Reo National Trust, that the "practices at a national level are highly questionable". More >>
Pita Sharples: Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Friday, 24 February 2006, 9:04 am | The Maori Party
I have been amused at some of the political commentators who have passed judgement on the performance of the Māori Party MPs, suggesting that because my learned colleague from the North, Hone Harawira, and myself have donned a tie, that miraculously ... More >>
Turia - New Zealand Sign Language Bill
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 4:45 pm | The Maori Party
Madam Speaker, today we bear witness to the wonderful event of New Zealand Sign Language being wrapped around our deaf community, providing the warmth and protection of one's language as a primary means of being in the world. More >>
Govt Seeks Assistance from Maori Party Over P
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 4:03 pm | The Maori Party
Today in the House, the Government, through the Minister of Justice, called on Dr Pita Sharples of the Maori Party to join and assist the Government in reducing the distribution of Methamphetamine. More >>
Minimum wage: Tariana Turia
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 11:12 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party will be supporting the Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination) Amendment Bill before this House, in its direction to abolish age discrimination. More >>
Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 9:04 am | The Maori Party
Since time immemorial, whanau, hapu, and iwi have been the custodians over the lands, mountains, waterways, and airspace within each tribal area. As kaitiaki we have assumed the responsibility of caring for the environment to the best of our ability, and ... More >>
Tariana Turia on 'Corrections'
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 4:37 pm | The Maori Party
Civil Rights leader and orator Dr Martin Luther King Jr. once said that life's most urgent question is, "What are you doing for others?" Madam Speaker, the answer to that question in the prisons of this country, is depressing. The report of the Ombudsman ... More >>
Harawira - Securities Legislation Reform Bill
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 10:30 am | The Maori Party
I was reading an article the other day entitled, 'Dishonest Nation' - very interesting reading it was too. In that article, renowned criminologist Dr Greg Newbold, said white-collar crime was about forty times that of benefit fraud. Forty times greater. More >>
Harawira - Insolvency Law Reform Bill
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 9:51 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, it seems the current insolvency laws don't work properly, which means more costs for creditors and debtors, and more liquidations and bankruptcies, hence the need to change the law. While the business community and insolvency professionals ... More >>
State of the Nation Address Te Ururoa Flavell
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 5:11 pm | The Maori Party
Madam Speaker, during these last few days, I have listened to some of the debate about a state of the nation. For te ao Maori, there is a different view and in the time available, I intend to place just one matter that the Maori Party believes is ... More >>
Obituary : Wi Kuki Kaa
Monday, 20 February 2006, 2:08 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party today mourns the loss of an extra-ordinary performer, a multi-talented artist, and a beloved personality of Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu, who delighted in treating the world as a stage, Wi Kuki Kaa. More >>
Turia: Corrections Captured by Psychologists
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:02 pm | The Maori Party
“Serious questions must be asked about the funds being wasted by the Department of Corrections” stated Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party. “A peculiar feature of our prison system is the dominance of psychologists in treatment programmes” said ... More >>
Flavell; Land Transport Amendment Act
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 4:48 pm | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker, the Maori Party commends the Minister on having the courage to identify the error of law-making; and the commitment demonstrated in following through to address that error. More >>
WINZ Flip-Flop Adds More Grief to Fire Survivors
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 4:26 pm | The Maori Party
The change of advice from WINZ staff in responding to Pacific Plastics Recyclers in Otaki has been criticized by local MP, Tariana Turia as ‘heartless’. More >>
'Back-door Deals' between Govt, Tamihere
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 3:14 pm | The Maori Party
Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, today tabled a document in Parliament, from Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngati Tamatera, which outlined the “interference” of the Minister of Maori Affairs in providing: More >>
Harawira: Speech in Reply 2006
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 5:08 pm | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker - the other day my wife said to me "when you go back to Wellington, ask Parekura how come he can spend $150 million dollars to build a prison in Ngawha, while our kura has to sell cakes to pay for their books ?" More >>
Government Fudges and Stalls over Foreshore
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 3:06 pm | The Maori Party
Government takes fourteen months to write a letter The Maori Party today laid claims in Parliament that the Crown Law Office had taken over a year to respond to a complaint regarding the Foreshore and Seabed Act. More >>
'Time to review prison culture in New Zealand'
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 10:25 am | The Maori Party
"The solution to our over-crowded prisons and our excessively high per-capita prison population lies within the community and not in bricks and mortar" said Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader and Maori Party Spokesperson for Corrections and Maori Affairs. More >>
Turia: State of the Nation Address
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 3:55 pm | The Maori Party
Last week the nation held its breath as a young man went missing, presumed drowned. The moment of his discovery was marveled at, right across the country, as we appreciated the deep faith and courage in his story. More >>
