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No ‘Māori Privilege’ In Education
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 2:48 pm | Te Pati Maori
“While the recent $100 million allocated to repair Wellington Girls’ College is a necessary and welcomed investment, it highlights the ongoing disparity in funding for Māori education,” said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for rangatahi, Hana-Rawhiti ... More >>
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi Enters Members Bill To Establish Mokopuna Māori Authority
Friday, 14 February 2025, 10:12 am | Te Pati Maori
"This authority will be the primary national agency that ensures the care and protection for mokopuna and tamariki Māori, prioritising whakapapa because whānau know what is best for their own mokopuna, not the state," said Te Pāti Māori Spokesperson ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Vow To Protect Te Tiriti With Establishment Of Independent Commissioner For Te Tiriti O Waitangi
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 4:32 pm | Te Pati Maori
Co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi made the announcement at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Te Pāti Māori says this is a critical step to ensure the Crown is held accountable for its obligations under Aotearoa’s founding document. More >>
Ōtepoti Deserves The Hospital It Was Promised
Friday, 31 January 2025, 3:29 pm | The Maori Party
“The only promises this government can deliver on are the promises that harm Māori, that harm workers, and that harm people living in poverty,” said Te Pāti Māori MP for Te Tai Tonga, Tākuta Ferris. More >>
Our Tamariki Deserve Better Than Seymour's Slop
Friday, 31 January 2025, 11:37 am | Te Pati Maori
“Many tamariki rely on these meals as their only nourishment of the day, it is disgraceful that the government has put the wellbeing of their books over the wellbeing of our mokopuna." More >>
Taranaki Maunga Granted Legal Personhood
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 5:47 pm | Te Pati Maori
"Today, we stand together as descendants of Taranaki, and our tūpuna, Taranaki Maunga, is now formally acknowledged by the law as a living tūpuna. Its mana and mauri will forever be protected”, said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Polls Over Fixing Health Crisis
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 4:49 pm | Te Pati Maori
“This kind of reshuffle creates the illusion of action. But what it really represents is a government in survival mode, more concerned with its own fortunes than the challenges facing our people,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Statement On Gaza Ceasefire
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 11:37 am | Te Pati Maori
“We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian community, who will continue to face the profound effects of what can only be described as a genocidal campaign, for years to come”, said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and spokesperson for Human Rights. More >>
Te Pāti Māori Pushes For Extension As Submission Portal Fails
Tuesday, 7 January 2025, 9:48 pm | Te Pati Maori
These technical failures risk undermining the democratic process and shutting out those who wish to express their whakaaro. With submissions closing tonight, there is not enough time to rectify these technical issues and ensure all voices are heard, ... More >>
Te Pāti Māori Pays Tribute To Its Matriarch
Friday, 3 January 2025, 11:00 am | Te Pati Maori
“This is a sad day for Te Iwi Māori as we mourn the passing of our beloved former leader and founder of our movement,” said Waititi. More >>
Warning To Fast-Track Applicants – ‘Exploit The Whenua, Face The Consequences’
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 1:08 pm | Te Pati Maori
Te Pāti Māori is urging all New Zealanders to stand with them in opposing the erosion of environmental protections and the exploitation of public resources. More >>
Luxon Folds On ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill
Sunday, 1 December 2024, 2:51 pm | Te Pati Maori
Christopher Luxon’s leadership is a laughing stock. He is gutless and is being dog-walked by his handlers—ACT and New Zealand First, says Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
NZ Must Immediately Compensate Samoa For Sunken Ship
Friday, 29 November 2024, 4:26 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The findings in today’s interim report warrant immediate environmental and financial intervention to address the impacts caused by the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and Pacific Peoples Spokesperson, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Waititi Orders Police Withdraw From Matapihi
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 2:43 pm | Te Pati Maori
The New Zealand Police are causing public disorder in the Matapihi community, harassing and distressing residents, including kaumātua and kuia, Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki Rawiri Waititi says. More >>
Government’s First Year A ‘Catastrophe For Māori’
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 1:49 pm | Te Pati Maori
“This year has been an absolute catastrophe for Māori. This Government has fast-tracked us back towards the colonised and assimilated,” said co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Police Must Be Accountable For Fatal Killing Of Kaoss Price
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 2:13 pm | Te Pati Maori
“The new Police Commissioner must immediately intervene and ensure that the officer who fired the fatal shot is held accountable,” said co-leader and Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
No Balls, No Mana: Seymour Runs The Country
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 2:30 pm | Te Pati Maori
“Seymour is pulling the strings and running the country like the KKK with a swipe card to the Beehive, and Luxon doesn’t even care. Seymour has no right to euthanise Te Tiriti o Waitangi” added Rawiri Waititi, Co-Leader of Te Pāti Māori. More >>
Survivors Deserve More Than Empty Words
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 1:35 pm | Te Pati Maori
An apology needs to be accompanied by redress, and a proactive commitment to never repeat the actions you are apologising for. All the Crown has given today is hollow words” said Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Oranga Tamariki. More >>
Ngarewa-Packer Demands Support For Palestine Ceasefire From New Plymouth Mayor
Monday, 4 November 2024, 10:46 am | Te Pati Maori
“I am shocked at his decision to disregard the petition presented by Palestine Solidarity Taranaki calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire”, said Ngarewa-Packer. More >>
Govt Must Clean Up ‘Its Shit’ From Sunken HMNZS Manawanui
Sunday, 27 October 2024, 12:47 pm | Te Pati Maori
Three weeks have passed since the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui, and our Government continues to carelessly let it spill diesel into the moana of Samoa. It is time this inaction is called out, and the Government is taken to task. More >>
