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Speech: Sharples - (Takutai Moana) Bill
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 8:16 pm | The Maori Party
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill – 2nd reading Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party Tuesday 8 March 2011; 5.30pm I stand today, driven by the support of the wider Maori Party, to speak at the second reading of the Marine ... More >>
Maori Party keeps its promise as Bill passes second stage
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 8:13 pm | The Maori Party
MEDIA STATEMENT Tariana Turia and Dr Pita Sharples Maori Party Co-Leaders 8 March 2011 Maori Party keeps its promise as Bill passes second stage The Maori Party is pleased to see that its promise to hapu and iwi is one step closer to being a reality ... More >>
Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill; Second Reading
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 4:24 pm | The Maori Party
Hon Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party: I am proud to lead the debate on this important bill; a bill which will remove forever the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act from the statutes of our land. Maori Land March in 1975. More >>
Have You Got Nothing to Say Labour?
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 4:17 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is stunned that the Labour Party has given up 25 percent of its speaking slots on today's second reading of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill given all the political rhetoric they have been espousing of late. More >>
Turia delighted at Jerry Mateparae appointment
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 12:19 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is delighted that Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae as been appointed as New Zealand's next Governor-General. More >>
Let’s move on says Waiariki
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 9:29 am | The Maori Party
The Maori Party MP for Waiariki Te Ururoa Flavell toured his electorate last week to discuss the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill and the overwhelming response was for him to keep the waka moving and support the Bill. More >>
“Hurry up and Repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act”
Monday, 7 March 2011, 3:34 pm | The Maori Party
The Tamaki Makaurau Electorate of the Maori Party have confirmed their support for the Maori Party, and their MP Dr. Pita R. Sharples to vote for the Marine and Coastal Area Bill. More >>
Rahui Katene: Mauri Tū Mauri Ora ki ā tātou katoa
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 11:28 am | The Maori Party
The wind has been really strong today and the silt and dust has been getting everywhere. At times we struggled to see 20 feet in front of us, and face masks and glasses were a necessity. More >>
Health of Older Maori Chart Book released
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 8:30 am | The Maori Party
Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia today launched Tatau Kura Tangata : Health of Older Maori Chart Book 2011, which looks at the health of Maori aged 50 years and over. More >>
Time for those who ‘have’ to help those who ‘have not’
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 4:15 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party is calling on the Government to ask New Zealanders with high incomes to support their more vulnerable friends and businesses as they cope with the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes and aftershocks. “Now is the time for those who ‘have’ ... More >>
Katene urges whanau to start planning
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 3:54 pm | The Maori Party
The local Māori MP for Christchurch Rāhui Katene says her office is becoming inundated with calls from people throughout the country wanting to help the people of Otautahi. “We’re getting calls as far as Te Rerenga Wairua, through to Taranaki, the East ... More >>
Rainbow Welcomes Aroha from Pipitea
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 3:13 pm | The Maori Party
Māori Party MP Rāhui Katene says the three containers of much needed food, baby products and sanitary supplies from Wellington’s Pipitea Marae were welcomed with a rainbow as they were unloaded in Christchurch early this morning. More >>
Katene praises Maori quake efforts
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 9:26 pm | The Maori Party
Rahui Katene Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tonga (includes Christchurch) Sunday 27 February 2011 Katene praises Maori quake efforts Māori Party MP Rahui Katene is praising the efforts of marae and iwi throughout the country for sending aid and expertise ... More >>
Speech: Turia - Raukawa Charitable Trust
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 6:07 pm | The Maori Party
Wāhine Ora Wānanga : Raukawa Charitable Trust Sunday 27 February 2011; 10.30am Papa o te Aroha Marae, Tokoroa Hon Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party I was really inspired by the kaupapa of this hui - Wāhine Ora: the Wellbeing of Women ... More >>
Katene urges whanau to seek help at marae
Saturday, 26 February 2011, 3:27 pm | The Maori Party
Katene urges whanau to seek help at marae Maori Party MP for Christchurch Rahui Katene is urging Maori who feel uncomfortable going to welfare centres to use the marae in and around the city as places of refuge. "This morning local Maori ... More >>
Ministerial Statement: Sharples - Earthquake
Friday, 25 February 2011, 10:55 pm | The Maori Party
Tēnā koe, Mr Speaker. Tēnā tātou. Ka hinga te tangata, ka heke iho ngā hūpē, ngā roimata. Ka ringihia ki raro ki te papa. When someone dies, our mucus and our tears flow down to the ground. It is a display of our grief, and our connection to ... More >>
An update from Rāhui Katene, MP for Te Tai Tonga
Friday, 25 February 2011, 1:34 pm | The Maori Party
Ka mihi mamao ki a rātou mā kua ngau e te ringa kaha o aituā. Nei taku tino mihi aroha ki a koutou, me te iwi kua waiho atu nei, e pani nei. More >>
Chch Quake Ministerial Statements - Hon Dr Pita Sharples
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 12:15 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party stands with all parties of this House to convey our best wishes and hopes for the people of Ōtautahi—Canterbury. We know they have a very strong fighting spirit. They are going to need it this time, because the earthquake happened ... More >>
Message to the people of Otautahi from the Maori Party
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 9:25 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party extends its deepest sympathies to the many families throughout the Canterbury region, and their loved ones throughout the land, as the whole country reels in the shock of today's massive earthquake in Christchurch More >>
Harawira Hearing Finds For Membership Cancellation
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 3:55 pm | The Maori Party
The Disciplinary and Disputes Committee of the Māori Party National Council yesterday reconvened its formal hearing to try and resolve the complaint made by Te Ururoa Flavell about Hone Harawira on 18 January 2011 More >>
