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Current Maori News

to commentary and articles from Te Karere Ipurangi & Te Putatara [more]


A treasured hei tiki, linked to Te Rauparaha's sister and later given to a Levin pharmacist in gratitude for medical help during the flu epidemic, has been stolen. 04 July 08 [more]

If 2007 was the Crown's absolute low-watermark in Treaty of Waitangi settlement progress, why has 2008 produced new highs? 04 July 08 [more]

The $500 million Treelords settlement is a watershed in negotiation that raises more questions and claims than it settles. 03 July 08 [more]

Iwi, surfers and boaties have occupied the site of a marina in the Coromandel town of Whangamata in protest at the development. 03 July 08 [more]

The average Maori life expectancy has increased dramatically since World War II, with a significant increase over the last ten years. 03 July 08 [more]

30 Hauraki Maori and community members continue to remain in occupation of the foreshore of the proposed marina site at Whangamata. This occupation is part of raising government and public awareness about the inadequacies of the marina proposal. 03 July 08 [more]

Local Maori protesting the development of a marina in the Coromandel town of Whangamata have reportedly occupied the site. 02 July 08 [more]

High-speed, wireless internet services could be available in the upper Hokianga Harbour by the end of the month. 02 July 08 [more]

The history of treaty claim negotiations between Ngati Kahu and the Crown has been a troubled one, but progress was made at Kareponia (Awanui) last week, and the iwi's chief negotiator, Professor Margaret Mutu, is hopeful that that will continue. 02 July 08 [more]

Northland Maori leaders say the Central North Island Treaty of Waitangi settlement signed last week is a "wake up call" to other iwi. 02 July 08 [more]

Maori will continue to experience poor health under either of the major parties, Maori Party MP Hone Harawira told Maori health leaders last night. 02 July 08 [more]

Wellington's James Tume is in Tahiti with the New Zealand Maori surfing team for the Coca Cola Oceania Cup. 02 July 08 [more]

The Maori flag won’t be flying from Manukau’s civic buildings. Manukau City Council backed protocols for the flying of flags from council premises in an 11-4 vote last week. 01 July 08 [more]

Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton is calling for submissions on a Plan that assesses the Crown's progress on its obligations to iwi under the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004. 01 July 08 [more]

A community planting project to celebrate Matariki has been destroyed by vandals who ripped out dozens of new trees. 30 June 08 [more]

Associate Minister of Health Mita Ririnui announced the Governments plan to inject $12.2 million into the Maori health and disability workforce at the Inaugural National Maori Workforce Development Hui in Rotorua last week. 30 June 08 [more]

A popular cockle-gathering beach near Maraetai may be closed for two years following a request from local iwi concerned at the overtake. 28 June 08 [more]

As the September deadline for lodging Treaty claims approaches, Maori Land Court Chief Judge Joe Williams is worried many Maori are going to miss out altogether on settling grievances. 28 June 08 [more]

There were two touches of military precision during the negotiating of the record-breaking $500 million Central North Island (CNI) forestry deal. 28 June 08 [more]

It would be "catastrophic' if Ngati Rangitihi didn't join the Central North Island iwi collective's $500 million settlement, an iwi delegate says. 28 June 08 [more]

Labour has questioned National leader John Key's readiness to be prime minister after he appeared to gloss over New Zealand's often violent colonial past. 27 June 08 [more]

The Crown is to be forgiven for Treaty of Waitangi breaches in the settlement deal for a Wellington iwi. 27 June 08 [more]

The latest step in settling a Treaty claim covering much of Wellington was reached with the signing of a deed of settlement in Parliament yesterday. 27 June 08 [more]

It is time to settle. Now the commemoration of events of 30 years ago at Bastion Point is over, our focus at Ngati Whatua o Orakei is firmly on the next 30 years. 27 June 08 [more]

The governance of New Zealand's Maori Wardens has been a "mess" Minister of Maori Affairs, Parakura Horomia conceded in Parliament yesterday. 27 June 08 [more]

The Tuhoe people came in from the Urewera mist to Parliament and signed their first agreement with any government. 26 June 08 [more]

The signing of the "Treelords" deal, the country's largest Treaty settlement so far, could trigger top-up clauses in claims settled long ago. 26 June 08 [more]

John Key has said comments he made on Newstalk ZB were taken out of context after he was criticised for saying New Zealand had a peaceful history. 26 June 08 [more]

Maori are claiming the airspace above Rotorua Airport on behalf of a marae directly below flight paths for the proposed new international airport. 25 June 08 [more]

For more than forty years Maori Wardens have voluntarily done a job few would envy. A $17.2 million funding boost announced in this year's Budget was interpreted by some as set to change that. 25 June 08 [more]

The Tuhoe and Tuwharetoa tribes will be among the bigger winners in this week's giant $500 million forestry settlement with the Government. 25 June 08 [more]

Maori leaders are suggesting combining their carbon credits to make the most of economic benefits as two huge Treaty deals are struck. 25 June 08 [more]

Waikoko Gardens will fill with laughter, song, dance and oratory as thousands of descendants from the Takitimu Canoe converge in Hastings for an unforgettable celebration in November. 25 June 08 [more]

Te Reo o Taranaki has just recently gone online. In the 1980s Te Reo o Taranaki was established to focus on revitalising the mita of Taranaki reo within their communities. More than 20 years on, their emphasis is on inter-generational language transmission within the home, whānau and community. 25 June 08 [more]

Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen says that with the signing today of the Treelords deal, the way has been paved for other treaty claims by the iwi involved to be resolved. 25 June 08 [more]

The company behind a large housing development on the rugged South Wairarapa coast at Tora could face legal action for breaching consent conditions. 24 June 08 [more]

STRIKING down the Foreshore and Seabed Act was the first order of business for the newly-established Takimoana Government at Rangitukia yesterday. 23 June 08 [more]

Te Wananga o Aotearoa rose from 2000 students in 1999, to 34,000 in 2003 - only to face near collapse and a political fire-storm. But it has survived and is now New Zealand's third largest tertiary institution. 23 June 08 [more]

This week, NZCPR Weekly examines a new report on future of the Maori seats in Parliament, NZCPR Guest David Round, author of "Truth or Treaty?" shares his views on the report and Maori seats, and the poll asks whether you are concerned that the Maori seats are now causing an over-representation of Maori in Parliament. 23 June 08 [more]

Mr Speaker, this New Zealand First bill, promoted by Pita Paraone, and denounced as being anti-Maori by Maori from throughout the country, plans to end the careers of some of our best Maori judges of the Maori Land Court, the High Court, and the Waitangi Tribunal, and to stop them from serving their own people. 23 June 08 [more]

Whai Ngata spent four years completing the standard English-Maori dictionary his father started. 21 June 08 [more]

Parliament is gearing up for one of the biggest weeks in Treaty of Waitangi settlement history. 21 June 08 [more]

Paratene (Pat) Ngata, one of the East Coast's most influential health advocates, has been awarded the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners' highest honour for his work with Maori. 21 June 08 [more]

You’re dreaming if you think Maori interests would get a fair hearing in Parliament if the Maori seats were canned. 20 June 08 [more]

The Ministry of Maori Development has spent more than $240,000 on staff conferences in less than a year. 20 June 08 [more]

Foreign Minister Winston Peters cast diplomacy aside yesterday as he questioned why there were so many "useless" men in power positions in the Pacific and not enough women. 20 June 08 [more]

The Ministry of Education is defending printing thousands of badges to promote Maori education which some principals have labelled gimmicky and infantile. 20 June 08 [more]


Articles and Papers

Pakeha, its origins and meaning, by Jodi Ranford

A selection of writings, by and about Maori

Neo-imperialism and the (mis)appropriation of indigenousness. Makere Harawira speaks out against the new colonisers October 1999 [more]

Links to Maori Sites

maori.gen.nz links to important Maori websites
maori.net.nz links to the tribes
NZ Maori Internet Society links page
Ko Te Rarangi Kaupapa Maori. National Library Maori Subject List.
maori.org.nz links to Maori sites and information
Te Tomokanga portal

Maori Research

He Kete Matauranga. A very good starting point for the serious researcher.
Whakapapa Maori - Maori Genealogy
Maori Biographies Index
Tirohanga Maori - Maori Views. Auckland Uni Library. This bibliography has been compiled to provide a list of references for the library user who is looking for information on Mäori attitudes, beliefs, views and concepts
Waitangi Tribunal Reports.
Office of Treaty Settlements claims status
Indigenous Peoples and the Law.
Use of the
macron in written Maori
The Knowledge Basket
taonga series


General Research

Te Puna Web Directory at the National Library
Lincoln University library web information sources
Internet Gateway from Auckland University Library
NZHistory.net.nz


Community and Maori Development

from Hawaiki to Hawaiki, Community & Maori Development section

Consultus Pacifique Ltd


A joint initiative by community groups with Department of Internal Affairs


Te Kete Hauora
Maori Health Directorate

NZ Maori Internet Society
Te Whanau Ipurangi


A community web site for kaitiaki mäori

 


International Association for Community Development


Maori Websites of Note

from Hawaiki to Hawaiki the Maori people of Aotearoa / Nerw Zealand.
Maori Organisations of New Zealand. Information and links to most Maori sites.
Tino Rangatiratanga - Maori Independence Site. Operates in conjunction with the tino-rangatiratanga email list.
Aotearoa Cafe - Maori discussion forums at aocafe.com
Te Hiringa i Te Mahara. Maori teachers project.
Ngai Tahu websites. The Ngai Tahu people of Te Wai Pounamu (South Island).
Ngati Awa. A Mataatua people of the Bay of Plenty.
Ngati Porou of the East Coast of the North Island
Tuhoe Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board
Maori Theology. By the late Father Michael Shirres
Aotea Harbour, New Zealand.
Maori Arts.com

Hauora Maori
Hokomaha Maori shopping site.
Wakahuia - online Maori treasure chest

ClassySisters - clean, crisp and simple style
Kaitiaki.org.nz - a community web site for kaitiaki mäori.

This column aims to list websites that are by Maori, authentically Maori, well designed, original high quality content, and which make a significant contribution to the presentation of Maori and Maori issues.

Lives of Note

Sir James Henare
Professor Bruce Biggs
Sir Robert Mahuta
Dr Henry Bennett
Freda Kawharu
NZ Dictionary of Biography


Other Indigenous Sites

Pacific Nations websites
Pacific Action
Pacific Islands Internet Resources
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Net Warriors. International Political Observers on the Rights of Indigenous People
Indigenous Peoples of the World
NativeWeb
Fiji Native Land Trust Board


Activism

8 maxims of strategy
Tino Rangatiratanga with its associated email list.
Aotearoa Cafe - Discussion Forums Portal on Maori issues

UN Indigenous People page
Electronic activism - a case study & manual
Fiji Coup Supplement. An example of a web & email campaign.
s-11 Mass Action Melbourne - 11 September 2000
International Forum on Globalization
Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Internet Peace Gateway
The People's Embassy
Context Analysis
Caritas Aotearoa
NZ Intelligence & Security
NZ Activism Email list
SustainableWellington Net
Activists' Guide to Exploiting the Media
Contemporary Maori Protest
Self Determination in the Information Age
I
ndigenous Rights in the Pacific
The Virtual Activist
Online Strategy
The Non-Violence Web. How to use the internet for organising
Liszt, mailing list directory
The Net Effect
Foreign Correspondent
Federation of American Scientists
Sovereignty International
Free Range Activism
Electrohippies electronic activism
Cult of the Dead Cow
Hacker News Network
SecurityFocus.com
Survival International
FAS Cyberstrategy
Using anonymous remailers
Free anonymous email

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