Te Pati Maori - Latest News [Page 33]
Poroporoaki: Eru Thompson
Thursday, 6 November 2014, 10:57 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party flag flies at half-mast today, in the passing of a much loved friend, supporter, champion and kaumātua of the people, Eru Thompson. “We stand with Te Kawerau ā Maki, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Pūkenga and Tainui waka, ... More >>
Turia: Women's Refuge Conference 2014
Friday, 31 October 2014, 11:15 am | The Maori Party
This is a milestone moment in my life. This will be my last official address as Co-leader of the Maori Party. On Saturday night at our Hui-a-Tau, I will be standing down from that role and enabling a new co-leader, wahine, to take the party forward. More >>
Labour doing its best to confuse the public
Wednesday, 29 October 2014, 4:48 pm | The Maori Party
New Labour MP Peeni Henare has claimed that the Māori Party’s stand against the Employment Relations Amendment Bill is a sham and has asked the Party to “fess up over its voting record”. More >>
Maiden Address Marama Fox
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 7:57 pm | The Maori Party
E te Mana Whakawā nei rā te mihi mahana ki a koe, anō rā ki te whare hoki. I terā wiki i tū ake au ki te tuku mihi ki tērā o ngā hoea kua hinga ā e tika me mihi ki a rātou katoa kua mate, kei ngā ringa o te Atua e karapoti nei i a rātou ... More >>
Māori Party condemns Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 4:13 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party condemns the Employment Relations Amendment Bill. “We are utterly opposed to this bill which will reduce worker’s rights, endanger job security and decimate the good faith provisions of workplace bargaining,” says Māori Party ... More >>
Notice of Motion: The Loss of the soldier killed in Ottawa
Friday, 24 October 2014, 12:44 pm | The Maori Party
I stand today on behalf of the Māori Party to express our heartfelt sympathies to the Canadian Parliament, the Canadian people, and most of all to the family and loved ones of the soldiers whose lives have been tragically stolen. More >>
Party concerned about TVNZ intentions for Māori programming
Friday, 24 October 2014, 9:28 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party has responded to today’s shock announcement that with the exception of Te Karere, TVNZ intends to outsource production of all its Māori and Pacific programmes from next year. More >>
Address in Reply Debate
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 9:13 am | The Maori Party
Tēnā koe, Mr Assistant Speaker. Firstly, can I say congratulations on your appointment. Even if you have not made too many decisions already I am threatening to recall the Speaker to give you something to think about and test out your facing the things ... More >>
The Passing of Gough Whitlam
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 9:11 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party stands, along with our colleagues in the House, to acknowledge the passing of Gough Whitlam. More >>
Māori Party on the Security Council notice of motion
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 9:08 am | The Maori Party
Mihi to the team that put forward the successful bid – and in particular Murray McCully, Jim McLay, David Shearer, former Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Jim Bolger More >>
New Māori Party MP confronts a long-standing dilemma
Monday, 20 October 2014, 8:08 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party List MP Marama Fox has given careful consideration to whether she will get ejected from the House of Representatives on her first day for wanting to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a MP during the Commission Opening of the 51st Parliament. More >>
Maori Party celebrates release of kidnapped schoolgirls
Sunday, 19 October 2014, 7:19 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is celebrating the release of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants almost six months ago. More >>
Māori Party mourns the loss of a distinguished art historian
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 9:28 am | The Maori Party
He mamae nui kua tau ki te tini o te tangata i te rongo kua tīraha te rangatira, te mātanga toi o te Taitokerau a Te Ahorangi Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. E hika, noho mai hei whetū ki te poho o Ranginui kia tīaho iho mai koe ki tō iwi mō ake tonu ... More >>
Maori Wellbeing - Defying the Oxymoron
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 9:16 am | The Maori Party
When Mother Teresa was asked how do you achieve world peace, she said, go home and love your family. More >>
Māori Party welcomes oral health collaboration
Monday, 6 October 2014, 1:40 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party welcomes the announcement of an oral health project in the North which is a result of a joint exercise between the Northland District Health Board (DHB) and the New Zealand Defence Force. A team of around 30 New Zealand Defence ... More >>
Agreement between the Māori Party and National Party welcome
Sunday, 5 October 2014, 5:48 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party signed a Relationship Accord with the National Party this afternoon called Te Tatau ki te Paerangi (a doorway to our horizons). More >>
Māori Party's first list MP Confirmed
Saturday, 4 October 2014, 2:46 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader thrilled with confirmation of the Party's first list MP More >>
Māori Party Welcomes Te Reo Māori Report
Friday, 3 October 2014, 9:28 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader, Te Ururoa Flavell, has welcomed today’s release of the report, Ka mārō te aho, ka tau te korowai: Te reo Māori findings from Te Kupenga 2013, as showing an important breakthrough in understanding what drives te reo Māori ... More >>
Independent Maori seats still needed in Parliament
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 1:58 pm | The Maori Party
“He’s got to be joking!” is the reaction of the president of the Maori Party, Rangimarie Naida Glavish to a call by a former Labour Minister of Maori Affairs, Dover Samuels, for debate by Maori on whether the Maori electorates are needed in ... More >>
Speech: Federation of Maori Authorities Annual Conference
Sunday, 28 September 2014, 11:05 am | The Maori Party
There has never been a better time for the theme of this conference to sound in the hearts and minds of tangata whenua. Our connections to one another; our inseparable, irreplaceable bonds to the land, to the people, to te Ao Māori can never be severed, ... More >>