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Tupuna images on beer bottles leaves bad taste
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 3:53 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-Leaders Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox are disappointed the branding of alcoholic beverages feature two prominent Te Arawa tupuna. More >>
Māori meets Mana
Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 3:32 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leaders Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox reiterate that there is currently no appetite for a formal alliance between the Māori and Mana parties but there is an openness to a more cohesive relationship. Mr Flavell says the Māori ... More >>
Calls for Maori to “Mind Our Kids Ourselveves"
Tuesday, 19 July 2016, 10:27 am | The Maori Party
In her address to the annual general meeting on Saturday of the Maori Party, of which she had been president for the past three years, Rangimarie Naida Glavish, ONZM, promoted the formation of a new organisation, MOKO (Mind Our Kids Ourselves) ... More >>
NZ Herald apology welcome
Friday, 8 July 2016, 9:25 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leaders Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell say they appreciate the New Zealand Herald’s apology for declining to publish a memorial notice in te reo. More >>
Correcting Corrections
Wednesday, 6 July 2016, 10:43 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leaders Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox are deeply disappointed with the Corrections Department standing down Whanganui community worker and kaumātua Ngapari Nui this week after unfounded complaints from a pressure group. More >>
Poroporoaki: Rob Cooper (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi)
Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 1:29 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party today grieves the passing of a much loved mentor, a superb advocate, a masterful activist and a lifelong champion of kaupapa Māori, Rob Cooper. More >>
Veto of Paid Parental leave Bill is an affront to MMP
Thursday, 16 June 2016, 5:06 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party says the use of a financial veto by National to extinguish the paid parental leave bill is a slap in the face to MMP. More >>
Māori Party congratulates Robert Martin on making history
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 2:08 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party is thrilled that Robert Martin, who was nominated by former Co-leader Dame Tariana Turia, has become the first person with a learning disability to be elected as a member on to any United Nations Committee. More >>
Sending our support to the victims and their loved ones
Tuesday, 14 June 2016, 2:31 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party sends its aroha to the many people who will be shattered by the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. More >>
Sir Graham Latimer Was ‘Ahead Of His Times’
Monday, 13 June 2016, 11:22 am | The Maori Party
“It is said of very few people that they were ahead of their times, but Ta Kereama Ratima was one of the few who deserves that accolade,” said Rangimarie Naida Glavish, president of the Maori Party in her tribute to the late Sir Graham Latimer, who died ... More >>
POROPOROAKI: Honouring Sir Graham Latimer (1926-2016)
Wednesday, 8 June 2016, 9:26 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party laments the passing of Sir Graham Latimer who helped bring the Treaty of Waitangi back in to our nation’s consciousness. More >>
Māori Party congratulates New Zealand Honours recipients
Tuesday, 7 June 2016, 10:48 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party commends all the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients including tāngata whenua who have committed themselves to their work and serving their commu-nities. More >>
Matariki 2016 Most Important Year Yet for Maori
Monday, 6 June 2016, 1:18 pm | The Maori Party
Matariki 2016 which appears tomorrow night will be the start of the most important year yet for Maoridom in modern times, according to the president of the Maori Party, Rangimarie Naida Glavish. More >>
Davis gets it wrong on sexual violence and family violence
Thursday, 2 June 2016, 3:57 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says the claim by Labour MP Kelvin Davis that there is nothing in this year’s Budget to address violence is out-and-out wrong. More >>
Maori Party President Sees Chance for Her People
Wednesday, 1 June 2016, 9:10 am | The Maori Party
Maori voters have just been given a chance to have a big say in who will form the next government of New Zealand after the 2017 General Election, according to the president of the Maori Party, Rangimarie Naida Glavish. “And not just a big say, ... More >>
Māori Party celebrates plain packaging progress
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 10:51 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party marks World Smokefree Day by welcoming the Government’s continued commitment to passing plain packaging legislation this year. More >>
Maori Party President Hails Benefits of Being “at the Table”
Friday, 27 May 2016, 11:22 am | The Maori Party
Benefits for te iwi Maori from having its own political party “at the table” of New Zealand’s governing coalition have been hailed by the president of the Maori Party, Rangimarie Naida Glavish. More >>
$40m boost for Whānau Ora
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:36 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox is thrilled that Whānau Ora will be able to reach an extra 2,500 whānau with the boost of $40m in new funding, announced in Budget 2016. More >>
$4m for extending micro-financing
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:34 pm | The Maori Party
Budget 2016 has provided $4 million over the next four years to provide greater access to microfinance for whānau. More >>
$4m to commemorate New Zealand Wars
Thursday, 26 May 2016, 2:32 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party is proud to have secured new funding in Budget 2016 to support New Zealand Land Wars commemorations. More >>