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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 >>
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 >>
