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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 >>

Marama Fox: Symposium on Women and Children

Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 4:43 pm | The Maori Party

Twenty two years ago on June 26th, seven members of my close whānau were brutally murdered in their home on Judds Road. Well eight actually if you include my cousin’s eight and a half months unborn child. We do. In fact it was nothing short of a miracle ... More >>

Whanau Ora: Beyond Politics

Tuesday, 8 July 2014, 12:10 pm | The Maori Party

Maori Party Co-Leader Tariana Turia was disappointed with the korero coming out of the political panel that gathered at the Whanau Ora conference in Auckland yesterday. More >>

Māori Party singing Praises of the Musical Island Boys

Sunday, 6 July 2014, 10:41 pm | The Maori Party

Māori Party singing Praises of the Musical Island Boys The Maori Party has congratulated four young men on a mission, who in 2002 took up barbershop singing at Tawa College, and tonight took out the Gold Medal in the 2014 International Barbershop Harmony ... More >>

A Murky Vision for Freshwater Management

Friday, 4 July 2014, 10:06 am | The Maori Party

The Māori Party welcomes the statement on freshwater management but is disappointed that the Government did not take a bolder move to save the future of freshwater in Aotearoa for all New Zealanders in announcing their National Policy Statement on ... More >>

Poroporoaki – Henare Rakiihia Tau

Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 10:10 am | The Maori Party

E te rangatira kua ngaro, e te reo o te iwi kua wahangu, e Rakiihia, haere, haere, haere atu ra. E te uri o Ngāi Tūāhuriri, o Ngai Tahu, ka tangi te ngakau ki a koe kua kapohia atu e te ringa kaha o aitua. More >>

Vote Tertiary Education

Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 9:32 am | The Maori Party

Kia ora tātou katoa i tēnei ahiahi. On behalf of the Māori Party I am pleased to take a call on the 2014-15 estimates for tertiary education to respond to the report of the Education and Science Committee. More >>

Matariki Special This Year, Says Maori Party President

Monday, 30 June 2014, 11:55 am | The Maori Party

This year’s season of Matariki which starts today has special significance for Maori, according to the president of the Maori Party, Rangimarie Naida Glavish. “Traditionally, Matariki, Te Tau Hou, is a time when te iwi Maori take stock of where we are and ... More >>

Dual Launch for Pacific Health

Saturday, 28 June 2014, 8:32 am | The Maori Party

Associate Minister of Health Tariana Turia facilitated the dual launch of Tangata o le Moana – the Auckland Regional Provider Network and the refreshed ‘Ala Mo’ui: Pathways to Pacific Health and Wellbeing 2014-2018 at Pacific Homecare in Papatoetoe, ... More >>

Te Pā Harakeke Matariki Symposium - The Potential of Whānau

Saturday, 28 June 2014, 8:22 am | The Maori Party

I must admit I felt a bit daunted when I read about this symposium as an opportunity to engage in deep and meaningful kōrero about the potential of whānau. More >>

Flavell: West Coast Wind-blown Timber Bill

Friday, 27 June 2014, 2:54 pm | The Maori Party

TE URUROA FLAVELL (Co-Leader - Māori Party): Tēnā koe, Mr Speaker. Kia ora tātou katoa i tēnei ahiahi. Ka nui te mihi ki a tātou. I am pleased to take a call on behalf of the Māori Party with respect to this bill, and I have got to say from ... More >>

'A world fit for my moko'

Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 9:08 am | The Maori Party

Tēnā koe, Mr Deputy Speaker. Kia ora tātou katoa. About a month ago there was a fair bit of excitement in the debating chamber, which was indirectly associated with an event actually, of national significance. It may well have been reported ... More >>

Māori Party welcomes legislation to recover native timber

Friday, 20 June 2014, 12:17 pm | The Maori Party

The Māori Party is thrilled that urgent legislation is to be passed by Parliament to allow for the recovery of native timber that has fallen onto West Coast public conservation land as a result of Cyclone Ita. More >>

Māori Party endorses NZ Beverage Guidance Panel Policy Brief

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 3:34 pm | The Maori Party

The Māori Party endorsed the New Zealand Beverage Guidance Panel policy brief at its launch at Wellington’s Loaves and Fishes Hall today. “In February this year, I had the honour of launching the discussion document to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage ... More >>

Māori voice shines in mining debate

Thursday, 19 June 2014, 2:45 pm | The Maori Party

Māori Party candidate for Te Tai Hauāuru, Chris McKenzie is over the moon that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declined the Black Sands Mining application by Trans-Tasman Resources. “Whilst this opportunity may have brought employment ... More >>