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MPs should do homework before mudslinging
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 11:24 am | The Maori Party
“If Labour’s Peeni Henare and NZ First’s Pita Paraone have to dredge for mud to sling at the Maori Party they should at least take the trouble to find genuine mud that has some chance of sticking.” This from Rangimarie Naida Glavish, president ... More >>
New book captures the principled politics of Tariana Turia
Monday, 23 November 2015, 4:29 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party is proud to celebrate the launch of Hon Dame Tariana Turia’s biography Crossing the Floor in Parliament today. More >>
Māori Party urges a greater esponse to rising sea levels
Thursday, 19 November 2015, 1:39 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report released today – Preparing New Zealand for rising seas: Certainty and Uncertainty. More >>
Māori Party celebrates correction of Whanganui District name
Wednesday, 18 November 2015, 10:47 am | The Maori Party
Land Information Minister Louise Upston has agreed to the spelling of Wanganui District which will be corrected to Whanganui District as a result of reviewing public and iwi submissions, and the local District Council’s proposal to change its name. More >>
Māori Party backs urgent Bill to supervise deported offender
Tuesday, 17 November 2015, 4:58 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party backs urgent Bill to supervise deported offenders The Māori Party will support the passing of the Returning Offenders (Management and Information) Bill which is being pushed through urgency in Parliament this week. Once enacted, ... More >>
Bill allowing MPs to swear their allegiance to Te Tiriti
Thursday, 12 November 2015, 5:23 pm | The Maori Party
Bill allowing MPs to swear their allegiance to Te Tiriti o Waitangi back in the House More >>
PM urged to talk tough to Aussies
Wednesday, 4 November 2015, 9:49 am | The Maori Party
Prime Minister John Key has been urged to “talk tough truth” to his Australian counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull about the plight of New Zealanders detained at Christmas Island pending deportation back to New Zealand. The call comes from Rangimarie Naida ... More >>
Letter condemning the treatment of Kiwi detainees
Friday, 30 October 2015, 9:05 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox will present a cross-party letter to Senator Lee Rhiannon from the Australian Green Party in Sydney today, condemning Australia’s treatment of New Zealand citizens detained on Christmas Island. More >>
Māori Party - We will not merge with any other party
Sunday, 18 October 2015, 11:55 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party President, Naida Glavish, has made it clear that the Māori Party will not merge with any other political party. More >>
Māori Party in rebuild mode
Friday, 16 October 2015, 9:15 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party President will be calling on its members to get down to the mahi at this party’s Hui a Tau and AGM at Te Ōhaaki Marae in Huntly this weekend. “This is the time for action”, says Naida Glavish. More >>
Time for Māori voters to come back home
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 4:27 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party says it is time Māori voters recognised that there is no other political party in Parliament that comes from a Māori perspective or prioritises their concerns. The Māori Party is holding its AGM at Te Ōhaaki Marae in Huntly ... More >>
Māori Party commemorates the 1975 Māori Land march
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 11:01 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party commemorates arrival of the 1975 Māori Land march to Parliament Today marks the 40th anniversary since 30,000 people crammed on to the Parliament grounds to see the Māori Land March led by the Late Dame Whina Cooper arrive at Parliament. ... More >>
Marama Fox to receive Northland petition
Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 11:44 am | The Maori Party
A petition calling for smokefree cars will be presented to Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox today in Kaitāia. More >>
Māori communities must be part of the solution to tamariki
Saturday, 26 September 2015, 3:03 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader Marama Fox says any long-term solutions to addressing the horrifying reality for children in State care must involve whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori communities. More >>
Māori Party commends the Medical Council’s call
Friday, 25 September 2015, 11:38 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party commends the Medical Council’s call to tackle health inequities The Māori Party supports the Medical Council’s campaign to reduce the health inequities faced by Māori. “Health outcomes for Māori remain unacceptably poor. For too ... More >>
The State is a poor defacto parent
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 4:51 pm | The Maori Party
The State of Care Report released today has shone a light on the Child, Youth and Family system. It reveals that rather than making children safer from harm, instead, it perpetuates further damage and revictimises our most vulnerable members of our ... More >>
Ridiculous tax status for Māori housing provider
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 12:22 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party supports the call for a law change, if required, to ensure a Māori social housing provider doesn’t lose its charitable tax status. More >>
Advancing the interests of Māori land owners
Friday, 18 September 2015, 8:23 am | The Maori Party
The current Ture Whenua Māori reform will give Māori land owners greater rangatiratanga (authority) over their own land. More >>
Continuing the hīkoi forty years on
Monday, 14 September 2015, 8:44 am | The Maori Party
Forty years ago a courageous group led by the late Dame Whina Cooper started the Māori Land March to Parliament. While the continuing alienation of Māori land was the rallying call, it was the catalyst for greater recognition of Te Tiriti o Waitangi ... More >>
Māori Party welcomes the passing of two Treaty Settlements
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 3:58 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party congratulates four Te Hiku iwi (Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Takoto and Te Rarawa) as well as Te Kawerau ā Maki for enshrining their Treaty of Waitangi settlements in law. Both the Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill and Te Kawerau ... More >>
