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Te Pāti Māori Announces Support For Second Local Council Candidate As Part Of “Growing Movement”
Monday, 8 August 2022, 1:24 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori has this morning announced that it will back a second candidate in this year’s local elections, further expanding its presence in regional and district politics. Tuteri Rangihaeata (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine) has ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Calls On PM To Support Bill To Ban Seabed Mining
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 1:07 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru uri Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is today celebrating that her Prohibition on Seabed Mining Legislation Amendment Bill has been drawn from Parliament’s biscuit tin, while calling on Prime Minister ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Travelling To Samoa To Attend 60th Anniversary Commemorations
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 2:25 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is today announcing that Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer will be travelling to Samoa to celebrate the 60th independence of Samoa and the anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and Aotearoa. She will join a parliamentary ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Call On Govt To Halt Data & Statistics Bill
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 12:05 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on the Government to listen to the large outcry of concern from tangata whenua, data and statistics experts, and civil liberties advocates about the Data & Statistics Bill , and immediately ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori To Oppose UK Free Trade Deal
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 3:23 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and trade spokesperson Rawiri Waititi is today announcing that Te Pāti Māori will oppose the United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Legislation Bill , a trade deal which shut Māori out of negotiations, and that fails to protect ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Regional Councillor To Stand With Māori Party
Monday, 18 July 2022, 5:35 am | The Maori Party
Incumbent Bay of Plenty Regional Councillor, Toi Kai Rākau Iti, will campaign for re-election to his Kohi Constituency seat under the Māori Party ticket. As an independent, Councillor Iti believes he has been successful alongside the region's two other constituency ... More >>
Rawiri Waititi: Soft On Poverty Means Soft On Crime
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 3:07 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori have accused the Government of being ‘soft on crime’ for their failure to address the drivers of crime in their package to curb gang violence announced yesterday. “We are facing the worst cost of living crisis in generations. The Government’s ... More >>
Open Letter To Increase Te Matatini Funding Delivered To Government
Monday, 4 July 2022, 1:56 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori have today delivered an open letter to the Associate Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage Hon Kiritapu Allen, calling to immediately increase funding to Te Matatini which was yet again underfunded in this year’s Budget. After ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Visiting Portugal To Build Coalition To End Deep Sea Mining
Monday, 27 June 2022, 6:54 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer MP was to travel to Lisbon, Portugal to help build an international coalition against deep sea mining at the United Nations Oceans Conference 2022. This comes off the back of a 36,000 strong petition to ban ... More >>
Māori Ministers Promoted In Cabinet Reshuffle
Monday, 13 June 2022, 4:12 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi commend the decision made by the Government today to appoint Adrian Rurawhe as Speaker of the House. With the resignation of Minister Fa’afoi, Kiritapu Allan has taken the Justice ... More >>
Rawiri Waititi: Private Member’s Bill A Bottom Line For Te Pati Maori
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 2:27 pm | Te Pati Maori
Today, Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi’s Private Member’s Bill was drawn from the Members Ballot. His Bill, called the Electoral (Right to Switch Rolls Freely) Amendment Bill, will allow Māori voters to switch between the Māori and ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Is Pleased To Announce John Tamihere As Their New Party President To Replace The Newly Departed Che Wilson
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 10:57 am | Te Pati Maori
“I stepped down from the Presidency of Te Pāti Māori to concentrate on investing more time and energy with my whānau and business. Last night’s Special General Meeting was well attended and my vacancy was filled by John Tamihere with excitement ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Labour Must Get Off The Fence On Seabed Mining
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 1:38 pm | Te Pati Maori
To mark World Oceans Day, today Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and Environment spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer received a petition with more than 36,000 signatures calling on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to ban seabed mining in Aotearoa. The petition, ... More >>
70,000 Sign Petition To Change Official Name To Aotearoa
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 1:03 pm | Te Pati Maori
A petition to officially change our country’s name to Aotearoa, racking up over 70,000 signatures, has been presented to Parliament today. Launched by Te Pāti Māori during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori last year, the petition to change New Zealand’s ... More >>
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer: Budget 2022 Fails To Fix Cancer Funding Shortfall
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 10:13 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and Health spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is supporting the calls of patients and advocates who have been left stunned by the Government’s lack of action on breast cancer screening and Pharmac funding in Budget 2022. “Government ... More >>
Budget 2022: Crumbs For Te Matatini Again
Friday, 20 May 2022, 4:25 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori are fed up with the second class treatment of Māori arts, after Te Matatini was yet again underfunded in this year’s Budget. “The Government is trying to bamboozle you by telling you they have invested the biggest boost ever ... More >>
Budget 2022 | Government Budget Worse Than Expected, Te Pāti Māori
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 3:14 pm | Te Pati Maori
Co-leaders of Te Pāti Māori, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi are today calling out Labour’s budget announcement as another bunch of crumbs for Māori. “Today’s announcement is significantly below what was expected for Māori,” ... More >>
Budget 2022: Te Pāti Māori Expect The Government To Learn From Māori Success During COVID
Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 9:30 am | Te Pati Maori
Today, Te Pāti Māori has indicated what they will be looking out for in this Budget 2022. “We expect that the Government will learn from Māori success during COVID and replicate that model right across the board” says co-leader and finance spokesperson ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Unsafe To Stand Candidates In Tauranga By-Election.
Friday, 13 May 2022, 4:07 pm | The Maori Party
Te Pāti Maori has made the decision not to stand any candidates in the upcoming Tauranga bi-election. "Whilst this By-election could be an opportunity for Te Pāti Māori to advance our cause for a more just, equitable, equal, Tiriti Centric ... More >>
Govt On Climate Change: Free Pass For Farmers, Punishment For Māori
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 3:46 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for climate change and List MP based in Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stands with iwi and Māori landowners in opposition of proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). “MPI has made proposals that would ... More >>
