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Oh my, how the worm has turned
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 5:22 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party Co-Leader Tariana Turia says the Labour Party’s grand announcement they would not support the Marine and Coastal (Takutai Moana) Areas Bill is hypocritical but entirely predictable. More >>
Katene: General Debate - Constitutional Review
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:35 pm | The Maori Party
Today is a really auspicious day for the Māori Party. It is an auspicious day for Māori and it is an auspicious day for the country. More >>
Electoral (Disqualification of Sentenced Prisoners) Bill
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:20 pm | The Maori Party
I come to this bill with the disproportionate over-representation of Māori in our prisons weighing heavily upon me. Māori are over-represented at every end of the criminal justice sector, as both victims and offenders, in the areas of arrests, ... More >>
Pike River Mine, West Coast—Tragedy
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 4:12 pm | The Maori Party
Whakataka te hau ki te uru, whakataka te hau ki te tonga, kia mākinakina ki uta, kia mātaratara ki tai. Kia hī ake ana te atākura, he tio, he huka, he hauhunga. Tihe—e mauri ora! More >>
Harawira: Tobacco Inquiry Debate
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 9:47 am | The Maori Party
Mr Speaker - I'd like to dedicate this short speech to some very special people. More >>
Treaty must be the backbone for constitutional change
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 2:43 pm | The Maori Party
Maori Party MP Rahui Katene says the Treaty of Waitangi will occupy a significant place in the review of the country’s constitutional arrangements. “I welcome the Government’s announcement today that it will be reviewing the constitution,” ... More >>
Katene: Taxation Bill
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:37 am | The Maori Party
Taxation (Tax Administration and Remedial Matters) Bill Rahui Katene, Finance Spokesperson for the Maori Party Tuesday 7 December 2010 More >>
Harawira: Electoral (Finance Reform And Advance Voting) Bill
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 9:35 am | The Maori Party
The Māori Party supports the call for greater transparency in electoral finance reform, including: • The regulation of how, when and how much money can be spent • The formal declaration of corporate donations • 3rd parties having to register ... More >>
Flavell congratulates Maori-factor athletes
Sunday, 5 December 2010, 8:28 pm | The Maori Party
Te Ururoa Flavell Sports Spokesperson, Maori Party 5 December 2010 Flavell congratulates Maori-factor athletes The Maori Party is saluting Kiwis Rugby League captain Benji Marshall of Tuhoe, All Black wing Hosea Gear of Ngati Porou and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki ... More >>
Death of Wiremu Karuwha Tawhai
Sunday, 5 December 2010, 12:41 pm | The Maori Party
Kua wahangu te kaihautu o nga waka o te Tai Rawhiti – o Mataatua, o Horouta, o Te Arawa! More >>
Photo exhibition in Parliament
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 12:51 pm | The Maori Party
Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia has welcomed a photographic exhibition in Parliament showing the experiences of disabled people and their families in other countries. More >>
Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the DRIP Treaty
Wednesday, 1 December 2010, 11:22 am | The Maori Party
I am indeed proud, to be invited to open the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous peoples. And in doing so, I acknowledge with deep respect, the manaakitanga of Ngati Whatua, the mana whenua of this land in which ... More >>
Speech; Sharples - Treaty Settlement Symposium
Monday, 29 November 2010, 10:34 am | The Maori Party
Hon Dr Pita R Sharples Minister of Māori Affairs SPEECH TO Te Pourewa Arotahi 29 November 2010, 9.30 AM • Mihi Introduction. • I would like to congratulate Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, on the establishment ... More >>
Speech: Turia - Hugs not Thugs Campaign
Sunday, 28 November 2010, 11:37 am | The Maori Party
Saturday 27 November; 11am Speech Hugs not Thugs Campaign - Waitomo Papakainga, Kaitaia Last Saturday I was at an event in Taupo, when all of a sudden a thundering noise broke through the air, as a convoy of Harley Davidsons rode into town. It was ... More >>
Māori health scholars and leaders celebrate
Friday, 26 November 2010, 1:20 pm | The Maori Party
Five Māori men and women celebrated at a special event in Wellington today hosted by Minister Tariana Turia. Surrounded by whānau and representatives from national Māori organisations, three Te Apa Māreikura Award recipients and two John McLeod ... More >>
Maori Party wants generational dependency addressed
Friday, 26 November 2010, 1:03 pm | The Maori Party
The Maori Party says it is committed to reducing generational Maori dependency on welfare benefits, but that it will not support doing that through State-sanctioned birth control. More >>
Taxation (GST And Remedial Matters) Bill
Friday, 26 November 2010, 12:57 pm | The Maori Party
Before I start my speech I want to mihi to the whānau of the miners in Greymouth and say what a great tragedy it is, and to pass on my aroha and, I am sure, the aroha of other members in the House He mihi mamae he mihi aroha ki nga tini aitua. Moe ... More >>
Criminal Procedure (Reform And Modernisation) Bill
Friday, 26 November 2010, 12:56 pm | The Maori Party
The Māori Party will be supporting this bill, the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill, at the first reading, but at this stage that support is conditional on the sort of information we are likely to hear when it goes to a select committee. More >>
Pike River Mine Disaster
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 4:08 pm | The Maori Party
Contrary to the hope expressed in my speech in the House on Tuesday, there is now a new date to add to the collective memory of the Coast: Friday 18 November 2010. What a tragedy for the miners, their families, their colleagues and friends, the ... More >>
New Zealand Productivity Commission Bill Second Reading
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 9:53 am | The Maori Party
I came across a very simple statement today which I think sums up what might well be a core operating principle that the Productivity Commission might live by. And that is, that the simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal ... More >>
