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24th
MAY

Maori TV payout

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Maori Television will be paying its chief executive Jim Mather for a two month sabbatical that ends shortly before he takes up a new job. Mather sets off next week to work at AUT University on a thesis on Maori Development to complete his doctorate. He returns in August and then leaves in October for his new role as chief executive of the education body te Wananga o Aotearoa. Mather is highly regarded in Maoridom and broadcasting, and is credited with bringing stability to Maori Television. He will not be the first or last public sector leader to be sent on generous taxpayer-funded leave to further his education. And it’s a generous package in tightened financial times, considering MTS will…

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24th

Report: Kaupapa Maori care provider ‘seriously dysfunctional’

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A damning report of the country’s only Kaupapa Maori intellectual disability residential care provider has found the organisation is “seriously dysfunctional” and recommended urgent action to protect patients and staff. Te Roopu Taurima O Manukau, which looks after 300 intellectually disabled people in homes in Northland, Auckland, Midlands and the South Island has been strongly criticised by the Ministry of Health, citing 47 incidents over a two-year period, Radio New Zealand reported. Those cared for by the provider have serious mental illness, challenging behaviour and some may be in secure care facilities by order of the court. Between October 2010 and December 2012 there have been 47 incidents, including 17 escapes, 14 alleged assaults, two patients charged by police, a…

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23rd
MAY

Residents ‘inwardly bitter’ over officers’ actions

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Residents of the eastern Bay of Plenty say there is still an “inner bitterness” towards police after the way they were treated during the Urewera raids. Jack Purewa, brother of activist Tame Iti, remembers being made to kneel for hours with no food or water, and that a pig’s head on his stove at home was turned over. His house was raided as part of Operation 8 but he was not charged with anything. Yesterday in Taneatua, he said the Independent Police Complaints Authority report made sensible recommendations. But it annoyed him that the Police Commissioner Peter Marshall said two apologies had now been given. “I can’t remember the first time,” he said, a reference to the fact that none…

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23rd

Police escape public accountability … again

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Police got off over raids - Maori MPs @nzheraldnznews Call for resignations over illegal actions in Ruatoki and claims of long-term damage done to race relations. Maori MPs say police have escaped punishment for illegal actions after a landmark report finally confirmed that some operations during raids at Ruatoki were “contrary to law, unjustified and unreasonable”. Prime Minister John Key said he was taking advice on whether the Government should apologise to Tuhoe after the long-awaited Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) report concluded police were justified in conducting raids in October 2007 but had illegally detained, searched and stopped people. He said that it was “absolutely appropriate” that police said sorry for these actions. In a statement, Police Commissioner Peter…

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22nd
MAY

IPCA Report Silent on ODESC & Cabinet Involvement

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Operation 8: The Report of the Independent Police Conduct Authority does not mention the involvement of the Officials’ Committee for Domestic & External Security Coordination (ODESC), nor did it mention the involvement of Cabinet. Both ODESC and Cabinet were briefed by Commissioner Howard Broad prior to “termination” of Operation 8. What was the extent of their involvement? What were they told by Commissioner Broad? Did they authorise Operation 8? Were they aware that the Police were about to engage in “unlawful, unjustifiable and unreasonable” behaviour? Were ODESC and Cabinet complicit in the unlawful, unjustifiable and unreasonable actions of the Police?

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22nd

Police acted ‘unlawfully’ during Urewera raids

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Police acted “unlawfully, unjustifiably and unreasonably” in establishing road blocks, and detaining and searching people during the Urewera raids six years ago, the police watchdog says. The Independent Police Conduct Authority released its report at a media conference today into the police investigation it called Operation Eight. During the operation, police focused on the activities of a group of people who appeared to be involved in military style training camps in the remote Urewera forest in Eastern Bay of Plenty. The authority received multiple complaints about the police operation, which began in late 2005 and ended in October 2007, with the co-ordinated execution of 41 search warrants throughout the country, along with the establishment of road blocks at Ruatoki and…

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22nd

Māori engaging with constitution panel

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@waateanews - A member of the government’s constitutional advisory panel is pleased at the amount of engagement it is getting from Māori. Linda Tuhiwai Smith says when the panel was set up at the behest of the Māori Party, some argued there was little appetite for a national conversation on constitutional issues. But people at the various community meetings and hui have responded to the questions it is asking about whether New Zealand needs a written constitution. “Māori have been thinking about constitutional issues for a long time. When you discuss the treaty, you’re thinking about how our country is run and that’s one of the big questions we’re asking. What is the role of the treaty or what is…

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22nd

Reserve status sought for land on expressway route

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Writer Patricia Grace’s application to the Maori Land Court for her Waikanae land to be declared a Maori reservation could delay construction of a section of the Kapiti Expressway. Grace, author of novels including Potiki and Tu, owns 983 square metres of Maori freehold land north of the Waikanae River, where Tuku Rakau village was once located. Last year she was served with a section 18 Public Works Act notice confirming “the Crown desires to acquire that part of your land [for a section of the McKays to Peka Peka Expressway]”. The NZ Transport Agency’s resource consent application to build the expressway was approved by a board of inquiry a couple of months ago. Grace, who is of Ngati Toa,…

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21st
MAY

Maori DHB directors over burdened – study shows

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New Massey University research shows Maori directors in District Health Boards are over-burdened by being the sole advocate for Maori health. PhD graduate, Joy Panoho, interviewed 18 Maori directors at seven DHB’s around the country for her doctoral thesis. She says her study showed an enormous gap in Maori expertise on boards. Dr Panoho says many directors have to spend a lot of time educating non-Maori directors about the problems faced by Maori, which interferes with their other work. She says some feel like walking Treaty workshops. Dr Panoho believes there needs to be a more prominent acknowledgement of the role that colonisation has had on Maori health and its disparity with that of Pakeha. She says it’s in everyone’s…

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21st

Integration lifts Maori farming

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A STRATEGY shift a few years ago to integrate the dairy and sheep and beef units with a flexible stocking policy provided a step change in performance for large-scale Maori-owned farm business, Te Uranga B2. Now, its sheep and beef unit is one of three finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Maori farming. “The farming philosophy is around maximising pasture production, optimising feed conversion and then maximising productivity,” says Te Uranga B2 chairman Traci Houpapa. “When we set that as a goal three or four years ago it changed our focus in terms of the overall corporate farming model that we have. We started to think how we could lift our performance in terms of strategic and…

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21st

Future of Maori Land Court questioned

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A Wellington lawyer says it’s worth reconsidering the future of the Maori Land Court. The Government is seeking feedback on proposals to streamline rules governing Maori land, as part of a review of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. Maori landholdings stand at 1.42 million hectares, however 80% is under-performing, or not being used at all. The review seeks to reduce the oversight of the Maori Land Court to change this. Partner at Rainey Collins, James Johnston, says going to court to make decisions for you or on your behalf is something from the past. He believes as the Maori economy improves and skills get better, there will be less of a role for a third party to oversee land…

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21st

IPCA report on Urewera raids about to be released

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The Independent Police Conduct Authority’s long-awaited report into the Urewera raids will be made public on Wednesday. In October 2007, police arrested 18 people in raids in several areas including Auckland, Wellington and Bay of Plenty, and of these four ultimately stood trial. Last year the four were found guilty of firearms offences, but a jury could not decide on the main charge, that they were part of an organised criminal group. The Supreme Court in April that it would not hear an appeal against the convictions and sentences. That cleared the way for the Independent Police Conduct Authority to finally release its report into police handling of the raids. Copyright © 2013, Radio New Zealand

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