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Turia - Kapiti Community Health Group Trust
Friday, 3 March 2006, 11:20 am | The Maori Party
Kapiti Community Health Group Trust: Working together for Health Tariana Turia, Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauauru Friday 3 March 2006 More >>
Hone Harawira on Lawyers And Conveyancers Bill
Friday, 3 March 2006, 12:23 am | The Maori Party
Some time ago, a feisty young Māori MP, objected to the vesting of petroleum in Crown ownership, arguing that whether Māori knew about oil in 1840 was irrelevant. More >>
Harawira: Kiwi Saver Bill - First Reading
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 5:56 pm | The Maori Party
This Kiwisaver Bill is a good idea, unfortunately designed by people who are divorced from the reality of those who it is supposed to support, particularly the whanau of the working poor and the families of beneficiaries. More >>
'Labour out of Touch with Maori'
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 5:26 pm | The Maori Party
Dr Cullen’s responses to questions from Tariana Turia and Te Ururoa Flavell at question-time, today indicated how out-of-touch Labour is with the current profile for Maori. More >>
Flavell: Tariff Amendment Bill
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:13 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party contribution to this debate, is based on a history of negotiation and alliances, driven by the potential for strategic and economic opportunities for Aotearoa. It is a history we know well which guides our decision-making on all international ... More >>
Turia: NZ Superannuation and Veterans Bill
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:03 am | The Maori Party
Räkau papa pangä ka hei ki te marae. A weapon discarded can be an ornament on the marae. In the context of this Bill, the whakatauki advises us that an older person, who has followed a career of a certain skill but is no longer agile enough or strong ... More >>
Budget Policy Debate - Making The Road By Walking
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 5:09 pm | The Maori Party
Before I came to Parliament, cost-cutting, penny-pinching, keeping the freezer full, and ‘making do’, were just part of the challenge of raising a whanau up north. More >>
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 >>
