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30th
JUL

Tuhoe assured UN visitor on apartheid – Kruger

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A Tuhoe delegation that met United Nations special rapporteur James Anaya last week says it assured him the iwi would not practise apartheid, should it regain ownership of Te Urewera National Park. Tamati Kruger, one of the iwi’s three Treaty of Waitangi negotiators and chairman of the Tuhoe Establishment Trust, said Professor Anaya requested the meeting. A five-strong Tuhoe delegation spent 2-1/2 hours last Thursday with Prof Amaya at a Hamilton venue, arranged by Te Puni Kokiri. Mr Kruger said Prof Anaya, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights and indigenous peoples, was keen to talk about the breakdown of treaty negotiations brought about by Prime Minister John Key’s sudden decision in May that the Government could not live with…

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30th

‘Horrific’ damage to volcanic cone site

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A heritage protection group and local iwi want greater protection of volcanic cones after Auckland City Council works seriously damaged archaeological sites. Ngati Whatua o Orakei leader Ngarimu Blair said fenceline construction and excavations on Mt Wellington had caused “horrific” damage to its historic…

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30th

Maori in Australia speedily losing language

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The large number of Maori living in Australia face losing their native language in part because they assimilate so easily, according to findings by a Victoria University researcher. One in six Maori live in Australia, with more than 10,000 speakers of te reo Maori crossing the Tasman between 1986 and 2006, said Paul Hamer, senior associate of Victoria University’s Institute of Policy Studies. Maori fit easily into Australian workplaces and communities, and have a high intermarriage rate, meaning they were perhaps more in danger of losing their language than other immigrant groups, Mr Hamer said. Living in different neighbourhoods also made it difficult to keep the language…

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29th
JUL

Peace festival cancelled

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Parihaka’s Peace Festival has been put on hold after getting into the red one too many times. This year’s festival lost the Parihaka trust about $30,000, a figure it has decided it cannot risk again. The next event will be in 2012. The team will spend that time working on ways to make the event viable and landscaping the festival site. Parihaka’s three-day music festival has run at a loss three out of the five times it has run, with the shortfalls usually gained back with the following year’s profits. However, Parihaka Management Trust chair Ruakere Hond said this year’s loss was unexpected as the Parihaka team had put in a lot of effort to ensure it was viable. “We…

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27th
JUL

UN expert targets Maori disadvantage

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Extreme social and economic disadvantage faced by Maori has been highlighted as an ongoing concern by a United Nations indigenous human rights expert during his visit here. UN special rapporteur on indigenous human rights Professor James Anaya spent last week here to review issues reported by his predecessor, Rodolfo Stavenhagen in 2005, and made some initial observations before returning to the United States to work on a full report. “I cannot help but note the extreme disadvantage in the social and economic conditions of Maori people, which are dramatically manifested in the continued and persistent high levels of incarceration of Maori individuals,” Prof Anaya said. “These troubling conditions undoubtedly result from the historical and ongoing denial of the human rights…

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27th

No entries for Maori book prize

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A $10,000 Maori book prize will not be awarded this year after no entries were submitted in the National Book Awards’ Maori language category. Judge Paul Diamond said it was disappointing, and a sign that few books were being written in Maori for adults. “My vision for the future is to see Te Reo fiction in every bookshop in the country,” Mr Diamond said. “Let’s see Te Reo ‘chick-lit’, Te Reo mystery series and thrillers. It would be great to also see Te Reo cookbooks, histories, biographies and more.” The Maori Language Award was introduced in 2008 and this year the prize money for it was doubled to $10,000.

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26th
JUL

Maori Party announces new candidate

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Na Rongowhakaata Raihania will represent the Maori Party as Ikaroa Rawhiti candidate in next year’s general election. The seat is currently held by former Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia who defeated the former Mayor of Wairoa, Maori broadcaster Derek Fox, in the 2008 election. The co-chairs of the Maori Party Ikaroa Rawhiti Electorate Council, Gordon Paku and Cissie Walker said the party’s main concern going in to next year’s election was to ensure the voices of tangata whenua in Ikaroa Rawhiti were heard. “Na comes from a very kaupapa Maori-based background rich in tikanga and he knows what the important issues are for this electorate and the whanau, hapu and iwi within it,” Mrs Walker said.

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26th

Value-for-money review on te reo spend

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Moves are under way to give Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples closer scrutiny of the estimated $250 million government spend on te reo initiatives. The development comes as Maori Language Week kicks off and new research from the Maori Language Commission shows the disconnect between those claiming to understand te reo conversations and the numbers of those who actually use it.

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26th

te reo tips for the perfect hangi

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Te Mahi Kai - the language of food - is the theme of this year’s Maori Language Week. One man who knows that tasty lingo well is chef Pete Peeti, popular host of Kai Time on the Road. Here are his lip-smacking te reo tips on how to lay down the perfect earth hangi.

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25th
JUL

Indigenous rights rapporteur will shape views

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Tainui chairperson Tukuroirangi Morgan hopes the Government will pay heed to the report of the United Nations special rapporteur on indigenous rights. The rapporteur, James Anaya, had a session at Turangawaewae Marae yesterday with Tainui and King Tuheitia as part of his week-long visit to New Zealand. Mr Morgan says not one of the 23 recommendations made by his predecessors, Rudolfo Stavenhagen, has been adopted, including calls for the Waitangi Tribunal to be given binding powers and more resources, and the Treaty of Waitangi to be entrenched in the constitution. He says the statement by Prime Minister John Key, that any recommendations made by Professor Anaya would not bind the New Zealand Government, is shortsighted. “The UN rapporteur may not…

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25th

Goldie auction

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An early portrait by renowned artist Charles Frederick Goldie is expected to raise up to $200,000 for developing world charities when it is auctioned at Art+Object, Auckland, on Thursday. The 1915 painting of Ngati Tuwharetoa chieftainess Tamaiti Tukino is being sold by an anonymous vendor who has owned it for about 20 years.

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25th

Haka trademark

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Lower North Island iwi Ngati Toa is close to being granted exclusive ownership of the key phrases of Ka Mate Ka Mate, the haka attributed to an iwi chief and made famous by the All Blacks. A previous attempt to trademark the haka failed, however lawyers said the latest application had passed a key test in the process.

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