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30th
JUN

Two iwi back out of dispute review

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Two iwi from the top of the South Island have withdrawn from a High Court hearing over disputed land awarded to Ngai Tahu. Ngai Tahu sought a judicial review following a 2008 Waitangi Tribunal finding that iwi had competing claims to land awarded exclusively to Ngai Tahu in 1998 under the Ngai Tahu Treaty settlement. In court yesterday, the lawyer for Ngati Tama and Te Atiawa, Jamie Ferguson, said his clients believed the High Court was not an appropriate forum for Maori to resolve their differences. The parties should talk to each other to move forward amicably. The move has left four iwi Ngati Apa, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Toa and Rangitane to continue the case. Last year’s tribunal report found…

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30th

Foreshore review due out tomorrow

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A review into the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act is to be released tomorrow, Prime Minister John Key said yesterday. Mr Key said Attorney-General Chris Finlayson would make some brief comments about the report when it was released, but the Government would not make an immediate substantive response. He had not seen the report, but he understood it was a “very weighty document” that would take time to digest. There would also need to be talks with the Maori Party and other interested groups before the Government responded.

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29th
JUN

Fears over future access to forests

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Users of Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa and Kaingaroa forests fear their access could be in jeopardy when the assets are handed over to Maori ownership. Hunters and fishermen won’t get permits for Kaingaroa after September so access issues can be sorted with the new owners, who take ownership next month. Whakarewarewa forest event organisers and commercial businesses operating there are also uncertain about their futures. A spokesman for the iwi told the Daily Post he could not give any assurances until they had met forest managers Timberlands and the Rotorua District Council. From July 1, ownership of 176,000ha of the Central North Island’s forests will be transferred to the Central North Island Iwi Collective under the so-called Treelords agreement.

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29th

Tribal leaders hit out at visa scheme accused

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Leaders from Gerrard Otimi’s tribe have attacked the so-called Maori activist’s hapu adoption policy. The 63-year-old has been charged with three counts of deception, related to the sale of visa stamps to Pacific Island overstayers who were adopted into his hapu. Police say more charges are likely to follow. Ngati Maniapoto’s Tom Roa, who knows Otimi, said: “I find it difficult to follow this. The tikanga of adoption is longstanding but I don’t know of a tikanga that’s about hapu adoption. It’s not a simple thing of getting a piece of paper to say you’re a part of my hapu.

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27th
JUN

Understanding signed with Ngati Mutunga

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A historic agreement is set to improve the relationship between New Plymouth District Council and local iwi. The first in what is hoped to be a series of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with iwi in the district was signed this week by Ngati Mutunga and council members defining how the groups will work together. The 25-page document comes from the Local Government Act 2002 which requires councils to establish processes for Maori to contribute to the decision-making, consider ways to foster the development of Maori capacity and provide relevant information to Maori. It will result in regular meetings between the groups and collaborative projects hoped to improve both the cultural and economic position of the iwi. Ngati Mutunga chairman Jamie…

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26th
JUN

Treaty maestro aims to break deadlock

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A radical programme worth an estimated $180.5 million to break the Treaty settlement deadlock in Auckland has been presented to iwi and the Government by Sir Douglas Graham. In keeping with the politics of the region one of the tribes at the centre of the impasse says it’s received the proposal “cautiously”. The former National Party minister responsible for brokering both the Tainui and Ngai Tahu deals has been working with five major tribal groupings with competing interests in Tamaki Makaurau this year.

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26th

Whanau need role in prisoner rehab

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The head of prisoner support group Rethinking Crime and Punishment is endorsing a call for more whanau involvement in prisoner rehabilitation. A report done for Associate Corrections Minister Pita Sharples on the performance of Maori Focus Units in prisons found the rate of reoffending by participants in Maori therapeutic programmes is 7 percent lower than for other prisoners. It recommended changes in the way inmates are selected for the units, and in how they are released into the community.

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26th

New jobs service has Maori focus

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A new training and employment service in the top of the South Island aims to get more Maori into jobs and climbing the career ladder. Launched in Nelson yesterday, Kimi will offer free guidance on career, training, apprenticeship and study options, will match jobseekers to job vacancies, and will support people applying for jobs in the region. Anyone was welcome to apply to Kimi, though the service would have a Maori focus, said project manager Jenny van Workum. “The Maori population is increasing but Maori have a higher unemployment rate. Often, Maori enter the workforce in the low-skilled positions. “We want to get more Maori into more middle and senior management positions, and we want to ensure that Maori are…

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25th
JUN

Developers told to get Maori input to plan rewrite

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Developers of subdivision which would have dumped effluent on waahi tapu near the mouth of the Taieri River have been told to revised their plans in consultation with local iwi. Te Runanga o Otakou and Taieri whanau told Clutha Distric Council’s hearings panel that Duggan and Varney’s 23-lot development was culturally inappropriate and would destroy bird habitats and block access over a headland during high tide. The panel has given the applicants a month to provide altered plans which take into consideration the cultural importance of the area. Kiri Fraser, a member of the Moturata Taieri whanau, says it’s a good decision and protection and enhancement of cultural values was important to the whanau.

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25th

Matariki welcomed

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Three Marlborough primary school teachers attended Matariki dawn celebrations for the first time this morning and enjoyed it so much they say they will definitely be back next year. Margy Crosby and Allyson Court, of the Bohally Intermediate bilingual unit, and Merehira Wills, of Whitney Street School, celebrated Matariki (Maori New Year) with about 60 others at the Wairau Bar in Spring Creek this morning. The three friends had talked about attending Matariki celebrations for a week. “I just thought it was high time I participated,” Mrs Crosby said. She said she would definitely be back next year and she encouraged others to attend. The “back-to-basics” ceremony included mau rakau (Maori martial arts), karanga (song) and karakia (prayer) around a…

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25th

Guaranteeing minorities a voice is democracy in action

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Wayne Ryburn argues that Maori seats should be excluded from government at local and national levels because they are not in keeping with New Zealand democratic traditions, will mean an end to the nation state and are a vestige of colonial paternalism anachronistic in a multicultural society. Paternalism is where a dominant person (in this case the Crown) does something concerning a less powerful person (in this case Maori under majority-rules democracy), that purports to be in their best interests in a way that demeans them. When Maori feel demeaned by having dedicated seats I feel confident they will let Mr Ryburn and the rest of the country know.

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25th

Dramatic weight loss on Maori diet

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A dangerously obese man lost 75kg in a year because he reverted to a “hunter-gatherer” diet, says a fitness expert. Rob Stoutley, a 40-year-old IT consultant from Auckland, began to struggle with his weight in 2004 after surgery for a serious lung infection. He spent 12 weeks in intensive care, followed by a heavy course of steroids and instructions to undertake no strenuous exercise. His weight climbed rapidly to 155kg.

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