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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 >>
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 >>
