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Te Pāti Māori Stands With The Cook Islands
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 3:38 pm | Te Pati Maori
"This is not about diplomacy, it’s about control. This government is using funding as a weapon against one of our closest whanaunga for exercising its own sovereignty” Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Govt Fuels Crisis By Scrapping 3500 Homes
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 2:04 pm | Te Pati Maori
“This government is obsessed with making sure the numbers on their account books look good rather than the number of people on the streets." More >>
Sick Leave is a Right, Not a Reward: Ngarewa-Packer
Monday, 16 June 2025, 3:42 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori urges all parties to oppose any erosion of sick leave entitlements and stand with the workers who carry this country every day. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Calls For Urgent Extension To Regulatory Standards Bill Submissions
Monday, 16 June 2025, 12:16 pm | Te Pati Maori
A rushed, inaccessible process sets a dangerous precedent for how Parliament consults on legislation of national significance. More >>
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mana- Rotorua Lakes Council’s Callous Attack On Homeless Whānau
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 12:22 pm | Te Pati Maori
Homelessness is not a lifestyle choice. It is a direct result of government neglect, decades of failed housing policy, and a refusal to see the humanity in our most marginalised people. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Demands Safe Passage Of Madleen To Gaza
Monday, 9 June 2025, 2:11 pm | Te Pati Maori
This is the latest act in a horrific string of violence against civilians trying to access meagre aid. Since May 27, more than 130 civilians have murdered been while lining up for food at aid sites. More >>
Democracy Denied: Te Pāti Māori Slam Govt For Silencing Māori And Tangata Tiriti On The Regulatory Standards Bill
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 3:29 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The system is broken-again. It couldn’t handle the tidal wave of Māori opposition last year, and it’s collapsing under the same pressure now” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Call On Te Whatu Ora To Immediately Publish Gender Affirming Care Guidelines
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:18 am | Te Pati Maori
Guidelines for safe medical practice should be left to experts and practitioners, not politicians, said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. Te Pāti Māori condemns any political manoeuvring that threatens the safety and wellbeing of marginalised ... More >>
Parliament Website Can’t Handle Opposition To Regulatory Standards Bill
Monday, 26 May 2025, 3:36 pm | Te Pati Maori
“We will continue to organise and activate against these Atlas-sponsored bills that seek to divide and silence us” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Government Sacrificing Hapū, Iwi Tiriti Rights For Offshore Profits
Sunday, 25 May 2025, 1:47 pm | Te Pati Maori
Ngarewa-Packer called out the Government’s political gambling, “We all want economic prosperity for our communities, but enabling unproven, speculative ventures to bypass environmental due process signals desperation not development .” More >>
‘Budget Protects Power, Not People’ – Te Pāti Māori
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:47 pm | Te Pati Maori
Despite tangata whenua making up at least 20% of the population, Māori development is receiving only 0.27% of the total Budget — the lowest in a decade. More >>
Budget Must Address Spiralling Rangatahi Homelessness
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 3:06 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The scale of this crisis is shameful. The Government cannot continue to distance itself from the consequences of its decisions while our babies sleep on the streets, in cars, and in parks around Auckland,” said Tāmaki Makaurau MP, Takutai Tarsh ... More >>
Regulatory Standards Bill Will Whitewash Te Tiriti From Law
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:10 am | Te Pati Maori
The Regulatory Standards Bill is a Trojan Horse that will erase the mana of Te Tiriti from all current and future laws. It will give the Minister for Regulations, David Seymour, more power than the Prime Minster & Parliament, says Waititi. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Condemns Fast-Track Approval Of Seabed Mining
Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:09 am | Te Pati Maori
“This project will extract 50 million tonnes of seabed every year, dumping millions of tonnes of sludge into the moana for 35 consecutive years,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
210,000 Māori Silenced: Committee Delivers Harshest Punishment In Parliament History
Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 7:20 pm | Te Pati Maori
This punishment is unprecedented; these are the three longest suspensions in the history of Parliament in Aotearoa. More >>
No Justice For State Abuse Survivors- Kapa-Kingi
Saturday, 10 May 2025, 10:28 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori remains unwavering in our commitment to ensuring that every recommendation from the inquiry is fully implemented. More >>
Govt’s War On Te Tiriti Continues As Review Of Treaty Act Announced
Friday, 9 May 2025, 4:52 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The mere suggestion that the Act and the Tribunal should be reviewed signals this Government’s belief that the Crown alone should define the meaning, relevance, and limits of Te Tiriti,” said said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Te Tiriti ... More >>
‘Govt’s Pay Bill Entrenches Discrimination Against Women’ - Kemp
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1:07 pm | Te Pati Maori
The Government’s Equal Pay Amendment Bill cancels 33 live claims under urgency, bans back pay, delays fair pay for years, and blocks new claims for a decade — all while giving bosses unchecked power to shut down claims without reason. More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Government’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Health Policy Is Killing Māori
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 10:14 am | Te Pati Maori
The Prime Minister says he governs for all New Zealanders. But when Māori are dying earlier, waiting longer, and being silenced in their own health system, he’s hiding behind a one-size-fits-all approach that ignores historical and systemic disadvantage. More >>
RSE Draft Erases Rainbow And Takatāpui Youth
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 12:57 pm | Te Pati Maori
“This draft erases Takatāpui voices, ignores whānau diversity, and delays consent education. It’s not just inadequate, it’s unbelievably unsafe” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
