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Te Party Māori Propose Radical Tax Reforms
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 11:39 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori have today launched a transformative policy that redistribute wealth and end poverty in Aotearoa. We will do this by: Removing GST from all kai and regulating the ability of supermarkets to hike prices. Removing income tax for low income whānau ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Announces Merepeka Raukawa-Tait Standing In The General Electorate Seat Of Rotorua
Thursday, 6 July 2023, 7:15 pm | The Maori Party
“Today we have pleasure in announcing Merepeka Raukawa-Tait who will stand for Te Pāti Māori in the General Electorate seat of Rotorua in the general election in October this year” said Te Pāti Māori President, John Tamihere. “There’s ... More >>
Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke To Contest Hauraki-Waikato Electorate For Te Pāti Māori
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 10:26 am | Te Pati Maori
Today, at Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Atiawa, Ngāi Tahu) was officially announced as Te Pāti Māori’s Hauraki-Waikato candidate for the 2023 Election. A mokopuna of Hana Jackson, Hana-Rawhiti ... More >>
Rawiri Waititi In Cambridge Union Debate On The Commonwealth
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 12:13 pm | The Maori Party
Rawiri Waititi will be taking part in the Cambridge Union Presidential Debate in the UK this Friday, at 7am NZ Time. Founded in 1815, the Cambridge Union is the oldest continuously running debating society in the world. Rawiri will be one of a small ... More >>
Changes To Therapeutic Products Bill A Huge Win For Māori
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 4:16 pm | Te Pati Maori
After much pressure from rongoā Māori practitioners, health advocates, Māori health providers, patients, and Te Pāti Māori, the Government has today announced significant changes to the to the Therapeutic Products Bill. The legislation will ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Announce Te Tai Tonga Candidate, Takuta Ferris
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 3:59 pm | The Maori Party
Today, Te Pāti Māori announce Takuta Ferris will contest the Te Tai Tonga seat at this year’s General Election. “Takura ran for the Te Tai Tonga seat for Te Pāti Māori in 2020. It takes tremendous courage and commitment to put your hand ... More >>
Heather Te-Au Skipworth To Stand In The General Seat Of Tukituki For Te Pāti Māori
Friday, 2 June 2023, 9:58 am | Te Pati Maori
Today, President of Te Pāti Māori, John Tamihere has confirmed that Heather Te-Au Skipworth will stand for Te Pāti Māori in the Tukituki electorate this election. Heather Te-Au Skipworth was previously confirmed as the candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti ... More >>
Budget 2023: A Budget For The Rich
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:55 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-Leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi have clearly stated that until such time as a Tiriti-centric Aotearoa is in full operation; reflected in the equal share of power and resource, they will never be supportive of any Government ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Enters New Member’s Bill To Stop New Commercial Water Bottling Plants
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 12:53 pm | Te Pati Maori
Today Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, following Labour’s refusal to back her seabed mining bill, has entered a new environmental Member’s Bill into the Ballot, the Resource Management (Prohibition on Extraction of Freshwater for ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: We Will Not Stop Until Seabed Mining Is Banned In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 6:07 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is vowing to continue the fight to ban seabed mining after the Labour government voted down her bill, the Prohibition of Seabed Mining Legislation Amendment Bill . “I’m deeply disappointed by the ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Slams Labour For Weak Action On Seabed Mining
Friday, 5 May 2023, 11:15 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is slamming Labour for only proposing an inquiry into seabed mining rather than committing to a moratorium or ban on the destructive environmental practice. “I’m hugely disappointed that Labour is proposing ... More >>
Policy Announcement: More Social Housing For Māori
Friday, 31 March 2023, 11:55 am | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori will radically increase the social housing stock and ensure 50 percent of all new social housing is allocated to Māori, who make up 50 percent of the social housing waitlist. As part of this package, $600 million will go toward building 2,000 ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Govt Response To Child Poverty Rates ‘Disgraceful’
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:04 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is taking the Government to task after the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction called child poverty statistics released last week ‘encouraging’, despite there being no change in poverty rates from the previous year. Stats NZ’s child ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Welcomes Seabed Mining Open Letter From Māori, Enviro Groups
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 10:08 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is welcoming an open letter from more than 20 marae, hapū, iwi and environmental NGOs and community groups who are calling on Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to support Debbie’s Member’s Bill to ... More >>
Te Kapa Haka O Te Whānau A Apanui To Announce Rawiri Waititi's Candidacy During Finals Performance At Te Matatini
Sunday, 26 February 2023, 5:46 am | The Maori Party
"Te Matatini epitomises everything that our Pāti Maori movement stands for; mana motuhake, being proud to be Maori, believing in ourselves, and what better place to announce than at the most revered festival of Maoridom" said Rawiri Waititi. ... More >>
Cyclone Gabrielle: Te Pāti Māori call for flood relief funding for marae and Māori National Service Defence framework
Saturday, 18 February 2023, 2:14 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori are calling on the Government to establish a $100m Māori Taiao Relief Fund , with an immediate focus on rebuilding and cleaning up marae, urupā and papakāinga impacted by environmental disasters. As Aotearoa faces its second ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Announces Takutai Moana Kemp As Candidate For Tāmaki Makaurau For The 2023 Election
Monday, 6 February 2023, 5:58 pm | The Maori Party
Today, at a Waitangi ki Waititi concert hosted by Te Whānau o Waipareira at Hoani Waititi Marae, West Auckland; Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp was officially announced as Te Pāti Māori Candidate for Tāmaki Makaurau for the 2023 Election. Hailing ... More >>
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi Poised To Take The Tai Tokerau Seat In The 2023 General Election
Sunday, 5 February 2023, 2:24 pm | The Maori Party
Today, Te Pāti Māori officially announced Mariameno Kapa-Kingi as their candidate for the Te Tai Tokerau electorate in this year’s General Election. The announcement was part of the pōwhiri for MPs at Te Whare Rūnanga o Waitangi. “Making the announcement ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori announce military neutrality as new transformative defence policy
Saturday, 4 February 2023, 1:52 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are announcing a transformative defence and foreign affairs policy which asserts the Mana Māori Motuhake and Tino Rangatiratanga of tangata whenua in Aotearoa at their Party’s More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Govt Must Provide Immediate Relief For Flood Affected Whānau
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 1:28 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are calling on Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to announce an equity-focused financial relief fund for whānau who have lost homes and belongings in all flood impacted areas across Aotearoa. “There are thousands of whānau who have been severely ... More >>
