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Policing Amendment Bill - Rahui Katene - Third Reading
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 4:51 pm | The Maori Party
Immediately before I came into this House I spent a profitable hour talking with Deborah Morris from Every Child Counts – sharing our enthusiasm and our energy for a strengths-based approach to our tamariki. She provided me with a report entitled ... More >>
Policing Amendmen Bill - Rahui Katene (committee stage)
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 1:53 pm | The Maori Party
I want to firstly make comment on clause 3 in which we find that the Bill is retrospective. The clause states that This Act amends the Policing Act 2008. According to the explanatory note, the Police lost the power to store particulars on 30 Sept 2008 - so any records ... More >>
Passage of Policing Bill a ‘Travesty’
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 1:51 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party strongly opposes the passage of the Policing (Storage of Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill under urgency, as a travesty of Parliamentary process. “The Government gave the public only two hours’ notice of its intention to pass ... More >>
Policing Amendmen Bill - Second reading : Rahui Katene
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 12:23 pm | The Maori Party
There is an enormous body of literature associated with existing police bias and over-scrutiny of Maori, which I would hope has been explored in full before this Bill was drafted. It is disturbing to be in this chamber, and to hear the frivolous ... More >>
Rahui Katene Speech: Storage of Youth ID Particulars Bill
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 11:40 am | The Maori Party
Policing (Storage of Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill Rahui Katene, MP for Te Tai Tonga Thursday 18 August 2011; 10.30am More >>
Tariana Turia Speech: Gregory Fortuin & Kim Workman Farewell
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 11:01 am | The Maori Party
Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment Wednesday 17 August 2011, 3pm More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell Speech: Taxation Bill Third Reading
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 10:59 am | The Maori Party
In talking to this bill, the Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Bill I want to make a few comments. More >>
Open Letter To Transport Minister
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 4:05 pm | The Maori Party
I recently attended a number of community meetings in the East Coast and I would like to report to you some very serious concerns they have regarding the state of their road State Highway 35. More >>
Rahui Katene: Student Loan Scheme Bill; 2nd reading
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 2:59 pm | The Maori Party
It is now approximately 25 years since I was a fulltime student, starting off on my Bachelor of Arts degree at Waikato University, and then switching after a year to turn my focus to law. Who would have thought in 1986 that I would be now turning ... More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell Speech: Freedom Camping Bill
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 10:16 am | The Maori Party
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki)245FLAVELL, TE URUROA20:25:10TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki): More >>
Tariana Turia Speech: Positive Messaging Campaign
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 10:15 am | The Maori Party
Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment Tuesday 16 August 2011, 6pm More >>
Rahui Katene Speech: Biosecurity Law Reform Bill
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 10:14 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party, in our founding statement, expressed our commitment to keeping our natural resources and environment healthy, safe and intact for everyone and for future generations. More >>
Turia urges constituents to be cautious
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 10:13 am | The Maori Party
Maori Party Co-leader, and MP for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement to advise constituents in her electorate to be cautious in making judgments about mis-information being promulgated alleging the closure ... More >>
New Resources To Raise Awareness Of Family Violence
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Tariana Turia has announced new resource materials to raise awareness about and address family violence been developed for Maori and Pasefika communities. More >>
Legal Assistance (Sustainability) Bill
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 4:34 pm | The Maori Party
There is a Chinese proverb which suggests "If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed." In this Legal Assistance Sustainability Bill, it is very clear that Government is dramatically changing the policy direction, ... More >>
POROPOROAKI : Sir Paul Reeves
Sunday, 14 August 2011, 3:29 pm | The Maori Party
POROPOROAKI : Sir Paul Reeves Hon Tariana Turia and Hon Dr Pita Sharples Maori Party Co-Leaders Sunday 14 August 2011 Sir Paul Reeves: From Parihaka to Nationhood The Honourable and Right Reverend Sir Paul Reeves, ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, CF, QSO; Archbishop ... More >>
Rahui Katene Speech: Freedom of Camping Bill
Friday, 12 August 2011, 9:38 am | The Maori Party
It responds to the practice of 'freedom camping' which is when people camp away from sites that are recognised as camping grounds. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell speech: Vote Internal Affairs Debate
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 9:27 am | The Maori Party
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki)245FLAVELL, TE URUROA21:26:22TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki): Kia ora anō tātou. Kia ora e te Whare. I will just take a call in respect of the estimates debate on Vote Internal Affairs to say ... More >>
Appropriation (2011/12 Estimates) Bill, 3R
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 11:22 pm | The Maori Party
There are two simple rules that I have been brought up on: You do not spend more than you have. You do not borrow more than you can pay off. Often the simplest words, have the most profound meaning! In May of this year, in the first flush of post-budget ... More >>
Rahui Katene: Estimates Debate 2011 Vote Education
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 9:27 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is pleased to take a call today, to address the estimates for Vote Education - and in particular to address the advice from the report of the education and science committee regarding charters. More >>
