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Maori Party on Foreign Charter Fishing Vessels Legislation
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 7:55 pm | The Maori Party
The Labour Party's accusation that the Maori Party blocked the Foreign Charter Fishing Vessels Legislation from being debated this week is incorrect. More >>
Politics of Assimilation have no place in modern New Zealand
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 1:09 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party says politics of assimilation have no place in modern New Zealand and has dismissed the ongoing barrage of race-based rhetoric from Jamie Whyte as belonging to a bygone era. More >>
Māori Party dismisses Act Party claims of race privilege
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 9:20 am | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says the Act leader’s speech on race-based favouritism is divisive and designed to whip up anti-Māori sentiment. Act Party Leader Jamie Whyte has said that what he calls ‘race-based favouritism’ in education ... More >>
NZ First joins in ‘race-based’ politicking
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 9:09 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party says that Winston Peters comments about ‘race-based’ parties is laughable considering Winston Peters’ own courtship of the Māori vote, and history in the Māori seats. More >>
Vote for the Māori Party on its Merits
Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 5:54 pm | The Maori Party
Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell wants Māori on the Māori roll to support the Māori Party based on its achievements and its co-operative approach to working with other political parties. More >>
Notice of Motion : World War One : Te Ururoa Flavell
Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 5:46 pm | The Maori Party
If you were to attend any significant Māori hui these days, you are likely to hear waiata, songs, that connect directly to the trenches of Passchendaele and the Somme... More >>
Maori Roll Electors Urged to Vote Strategically
Friday, 25 July 2014, 1:29 pm | The Maori Party
Voters enrolled in the seven Maori electorates must learn to maximize their influence by voting strategically, according to the Maori Party candidate for Te Tai Tokerau, Rev Te Hira Paenga. More >>
VALEDICTORY SPEECH - Hon Tariana Turia
Friday, 25 July 2014, 8:49 am | The Maori Party
There is nowhere I feel more at peace than in the still tranquillity of the Whanganui River, te awa tupua. Our lifeblood, our tribal heartbeat, the sacred umbilical cord that unites us from the mountain to the sea More >>
Maori Party President Acknowledges Founding Co-Leaders
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 9:33 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party President, Rangimarie Naida Glavish, has today acknowledged the enormous contribution founding Maori Party co-leaders, Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples have made towards building a greater nation. More >>
Flavell: Māori must make decisions about Māori representation
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 6:00 pm | The Maori Party
Speaking of individuals, not that I do want to, I note that Colin Craig wants to be an MP, and Colin Craig introduced his latest attempt at a headline by calling it a wild and crazy idea. He is not wrong there. More >>
Conservatives Need a Lesson in Cultural Competency
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 1:49 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell says the Conservative Party’s policies to get rid of the Māori seats, shut down the Waitangi Tribunal and implement ‘one law for all’ are ignorant, dangerous, and are not welcome in our political system ... More >>
Maori Party Negotiating Right to the Wire for Veterans
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 9:12 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party Negotiating Right to the Wire for Veterans’ Support The Maori Party is pleased that its negotiations with National have enabled some immediate and increased support available for veterans. “First off, we welcomed the decision to enable ... More >>
E whakanui ana Te Pāti Māori i Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
Monday, 21 July 2014, 4:32 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party joins thousands of other Māori speakers around the country to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori which started today. Māori Party Co-leaders Te Ururoa Flavell and Tariana Turia say Māori Language Week is about celebrating our achievements ... More >>
Opening of the Breakthrough Wellness Centre, Taumarunui
Monday, 21 July 2014, 10:24 am | The Maori Party
Opening of the Breakthrough Wellness Centre, Taumarunui E ngā iwi, e ngā mana, tēnā koutou. Ka nui te mihi ki a koutou katoa i runga i te kaupapa o te rā, huri atu te pō, nau mai te ao! Nā reira, tēnei au he muka nō te taurawhiri a Hinengakau ... More >>
Police behaviour reminiscent of Tūhoe Raids
Thursday, 17 July 2014, 3:28 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party candidate for Te Tai Hauāuru, Chris McKenzie believes that an alleged incident involving police entering a marae and waking up children asleep in a wharenui in the middle of the night to question them regarding an assault in the area - reeks ... More >>
Poroporoaki – Ramai Te Miha Patricia Rongomaitara Hayward
Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 11:48 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party today pays tribute to one of our pioneer film-makers, a photographer, cinematographer and star of the big screen, Ramai Te Miha Patricia Rongomaitara Hayward of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu. More >>
Maori Party Aiming for All Seven Seats
Monday, 14 July 2014, 3:56 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is aiming to win all seven Maori electorate seats in Parliament at the forthcoming General Election. More >>
Compulsory Te Reo – good idea but must go further
Monday, 14 July 2014, 1:14 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party Tai Tokerau candidate Te Hira Paenga today welcomed the Labour Party endorsement of the Māori Party policy for te reo to be taught as a core subject in schools. More >>
Flavell: Address at the Maori Party 10th Anniversary
Monday, 14 July 2014, 9:36 am | The Maori Party
Ten years in politics is much more than a milestone, it’s a marathon, if not a millennium! It’s been hard work, but e hoa ma, we have only just begun the journey. It’s been a hard and rewarding journey and we now find ourselves on a highway to ... More >>
Maori Party celebrates 10th anniversary
Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 4:49 pm | The Maori Party
Wednesday 9 July is the 10th anniversary of the registration of the Maori Party. In a special anniversary message, the party’s president Rangimarie Naida Glavish said: “On this day we celebrate a decade of extraordinary achievement for our Maori ... More >>
