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Iwi Rights Under Attack In Government Treaty Clause Purge
Monday, 5 May 2025, 1:10 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is calling on all iwi, hapori Māori, legal advocates, community defenders, whānau, and Tangata Tiriti to prepare a unified response. More >>
Ngā Mihi, Labour- Now Back It Up With Action
Friday, 2 May 2025, 12:21 pm | Te Pati Maori
Now is the time to unite across the House and ban seabed mining for good. The evidence is clear. The public is with us. Tangata whenua have led from the front. More >>
Te Pāti Māori: Keep The Window Open- UCOL Must Stay
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 10:20 am | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori would strengthen funding for adult and rangatahi learners, expand access to kaupapa Māori support services, and ensure local iwi shape the future of learning in their own rohe. More >>
Twice The Impact, Half The Budget: Budget 25 Must Invest In Whakaata Māori
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 3:36 pm | Te Pati Maori
The report, independently developed by Social Ventures Australia, affirms that Whakaata Māori’s work is delivering more than double its operating budget in social value — from improved reo Māori use to stronger cultural identity and cross-cultural ... More >>
Denying The Right To Vote Is A Breach Of Te Tiriti And Human Rights
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:41 am | Te Pati Maori
“This govt is locking people up for what they wear, increasing sentences across the board, and now they are telling those people that they have no right to participate in the system that has incarcerated them." More >>
Right-Wing Government Strips Māori Health Safeguards And Pretends Colonisation Never Happened
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 3:43 pm | Te Pati Maori
The Government must stop weaponising culture-war rhetoric against Māori and stop hiding behind the fact, they have no solutions to offer to the ongoing causes of inequity in Aotearoa. More >>
Education Should Be Led By Experts-Not Economists
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 10:36 am | Te Pati Maori
Research shows that a strong sense of identity is central to the success of tamariki Māori. A government that develops education policy within David Seymour’s cost-cutting Ministry, shows a clear disregard for the future of our tamariki Māori. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Make Submission To Privileges Committee In Absentia
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 11:12 am | Te Pati Maori
“A written submission qualifies as having attended the hearing and as such, we have fulfilled our obligations according to standing orders, and we expect our submission to be treated as such, said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Ngarewa-Packer: Fast-Tracking Seabed Mining Ignores Māori Opposition And Environmental Precedent
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 1:48 pm | Te Pati Maori
The attempt to bypass environmental scrutiny through the Fast-Track Bill is a direct affront to the integrity of our legal system which has repeatedly rejected this destructive proposal through the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court. More >>
Ka Mate Te Pire- Ka Ora Te Mana O Te Tiriti, O Te Iwi Māori
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:12 pm | Te Pati Maori
“From the beginning, this Bill was never welcome in this House,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Rawiri Waititi. “But today, we celebrate. Today belongs to Aotearoa." More >>
Government Turns Its Back On Mokopuna
Friday, 4 April 2025, 2:21 pm | Te Pati Maori
"This direct violation upon our future uri goes beyond any other government attempt to diminish our rights as a people - rights that will mean nothing if our mokopuna continue to be disconnected from their anchors of whānau and identity." More >>
Te Pāti Māori Urges Governor-General To Block Repeal Of 7AA
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 5:52 pm | Te Pati Maori
The Governor-General must give their ‘Royal assent’ for any bill to become legally enforceable. This means that, even if a bill gets voted through all stages in Parliament, the Governor-General has the power to block it. More >>
Te Pāti Māori MPs Denied Fundamental Rights In Privileges Committee Hearing
Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 1:33 pm | Te Pati Maori
The three MPs were summoned to the privileges committee following their performance of a haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Call For Mandatory Police Body Cameras
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 4:38 pm | Te Pati Maori
“Te Pāti Māori is insisting on body cameras for police officers to ensure the safety of all those who come into contact with law enforcement. We can no longer stand by and allow this violence to continue unchecked,” concluded Waititi. More >>
Stand Up For Palestine: A Call To Action Against Israel's Treacherous Attack
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 8:55 pm | Te Pati Maori
Israel deliberately targeted densely populated areas, schools, homes, and shelters for displaced people in the middle of a ceasefire. More >>
Member’s Bill To Keep Our Water Fresh And Free, Pulled From Ballot
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 2:41 pm | Te Pati Maori
Protecting water quality and quantity in our aquifers and groundwater is important for public health. Around 40 percent of people in Aotearoa rely on groundwater for their drinking water. Aquifers also feed wetlands, lowland rivers, and lakes. More >>
20 Years Of Success Down The Drain: Govt Gut Whānau Ora
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 2:25 pm | Te Pati Maori
“Our fight isn’t over. We will continue to advocate for Whānau Ora, and the families and ensure that Māori leadership in our own wellbeing is not erased,” Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Ngarewa-Packer concluded. More >>
Good Riddance: Prebble Resigns From Waitangi Tribunal
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 2:04 pm | Te Pati Maori
Regardless of the reason for his exit, Prebble was never fit to sit on the Waitangi Tribunal. His record speaks for itself- decades of bigotry and opposition to Māori self-determination, said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi. More >>
Police Raid Rotokākahi In The Dead Of Night
Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 11:02 am | Te Pati Maori
“This raid is nothing less than a deliberate attack on the rights of tangata whenua, coinciding with a time when our people should be celebrating culture and unity at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga”, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi says. More >>
Genesis Doubles Profits As Whānau Freeze
Friday, 21 February 2025, 5:41 pm | Te Pati Maori
“We have got an energy insecurity problem in Aotearoa, but it is not because the last government scaled back coal mining,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
