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31st
AUG

Rare and storied NZ Cross on the block

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An extremely rare New Zealand Cross war medal created more than 150 years ago and valued at more than $100,000 will be auctioned in London next month. The cross, awarded to private Thomas Adamson in 1876, will go on the block at Dix, Noonan and Webb auctioneers on September 23. David Green, a historian for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, said he was “disappointed” the cross was for sale overseas. “It is very valuable because they are so few of them. They are seen as an equivalent to the Victoria Cross. “In the past, when Victoria Crosses have been potentially up for sale, it certainly created a lot of controversy,” he said. The auctioneers’ brochure has an indicative price…

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31st

New Zealand appoints 20th governor general

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New Zealand has appointed its 20th governor general, former military commander Lt. Gen. Sir Jerry Mateparae. The 56-year-old was sworn-in to a five-year term Wednesday in a formal ceremony in front of parliament buildings. The ceremony included a native Maori welcome and a military parade. Under the New Zealand constitution, the governor general is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, the country’s official head of state. The governor general retains the power to dissolve the New Zealand government or fire the prime minister _ although those powers have never been exercised. In practice, the role remains largely ceremonial. Mateparae, who is Maori, joined the New Zealand Army in 1972 and rose through the ranks to become chief of New Zealand’s…

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31st

Ngai Tahu portfolio shaken by quakes

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The impact of Christchurch earthquakes on wealthy South Island Maori iwi Ngai Tahu will soon be revealed. Greg Campbell, Ngai Tahu chief executive, said results for the year to June 30 would be out shortly and it would show new valuations of real estate after the quakes…

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31st

Maori Party questions considered bad form

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The Maori Party has found a unique way to reduce its media coverage during the election campaign - by requiring media to complete a 13-question form to request an interview with one of its MPs. There were angry comments and threats of boycotting the form on Twitter yesterday, including from Maori media who were also sent the form. The party later sent out a clarification saying the form applied only to “campaigning stuff”. The Maori Party may have overestimated the amount of time media have to conduct interviews on breaking stories during an election campaign.

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30th
AUG

We’re playing against a stacked deck

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Governments always change the rules to suit themselves. It’s not exactly the most optimistic assessment but that’s effectively my summation of the Maori experience of Government and the legislative process from 1852 to today. Maori are used to the rules changing and having to deal with policies that don’t make sense. It’s part of the reality of the Maori- Crown relationship - a reality that makes us experts at reorganising ourselves to deal with new Government policies. As sure as night follows day an incoming Government will always have some great solution to some perceived problem which will upset the applecart and replace the status quo (it happened to Te Atiawa in 1860 when the Crown turned up at Te…

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30th

Funkwerks changes the name of it Maori King after cross-cultural brewhaha

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Last week, Funkwerks Brewing, a relatively new and innovative brewery in Fort Collins, sparked an international incident when some of New Zealand’s native Maori people bashed the name and label on one of its beers, Maori King, an imperial saison made with Rakau hops from that country. The beer, which is only available in Colorado, has been served on tap and recently became available in 750 ml bottles. Sources quoted in New Zealand media said the beer’s label, which shows a depiction of a Maori moko face, was insulting to their heritage. (The Maori are New Zealand’s indigenous Polynesian people.) “Essentially, it’s about exploitation and in terms of our Maori king, in effect it’s misappropriating his mana,” one said. Another…

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30th

New location for sinking marae still to be decided

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The people of Ohaaki marae in the central North Island have still not decided whether to relocate despite the fact that the marae is sinking. The marae, about 40 kilometres north of Taupo, has sunk by 3.7 metres since 1992. Spokesperson Aroha Campbell says the cause is the extraction of underground geothermal fluid by a power station owned by Contact Energy. Contact Energy has agreed to cover the cost of relocating the marae. Mrs Campbell says members of Ngati Tahu have put off making a decision about moving because they want to know more about the proposed new location off State Highway 5. She says the iwi now hopes to make a decision in October.

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30th

Bioenergy industry talks with East Cape landowners

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The bioenergy industry is talking to Maori landowners on the East Cape about planting trees for the next potential generation of biofuel. The sector is excited about a fuel that can be created by extracting sugars from wood. It’s a complicated process, but basically involves chopping wood into small pieces, extracting sugars to make ethanol - which is then added to petrol. The Bioenergy Association says growing trees for fuel is likely to be attractive to Maori land owners, because they often have land that is not being productively used. Executive officer Brian Cox says he’s talked to one East Coast landowner who plans to fell trees planted several decades ago, and is looking at what they might do with…

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30th

Kohanga draws up agenda for mediation

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The Kohanga Reo Trust Board hopes mediation can help resolve problems it has with an early childhood report. Kohanga had asked the Waitaingi Tribunal to hear an urgent claim in which it argues that rules governing mainstream early childhood centres should not be imposed their on Maori language nests. The Tribunal has yet to make a decision on the Kohanga application but in the meantime suggested the movement hold talks with Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development) and the Ministry of Education to see whether an agreement can be negotiated. Meanwhile, the co-chair of the Kohanga Reo Trust Board, Tina Olsen-Ratana, says the trust has an agenda ready to be presented in mediation. She says it includes inaccuracies Kohanga…

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29th
AUG

Crown not convinced spectrum is taonga as Treaty claim progresses

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The government has yet to accept that the Treaty of Waitangi gives Maori special rights to the valuable 700MHz spectrum that will become available following the digital switchover in November 2013. In a draft document by the Ministry of Economic Development on how the spectrum could be divided up among telecommunications companies, it says discussion on Maori rights to the spectrum is being undertaken in a “parallel” consultation process. “To date the Crown has not accepted that spectrum is a taonga or that Treaty principles give Maori particular rights in relation to spectrum,” the paper states. “However, it undertook to review issues relating to the Maori interest in spectrum allocation and management, and to also consider this as it developed…

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29th

Maori business graduates in demand, says lecturer

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A senior lecturer in business studies says Maori graduates are being snapped up - and not just by Maori organisations. Auckland University Business School associate professor Manuka Henare says about 4% of his students these days are Maori and many are women. He says he’d like to see that figure double because the graduates are in high demand. Dr Henare says some of the big companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Deloittes have been snapping up Maori out of business schools and other faculties. Dr Henare says when he began lecturing 20 years ago, most Maori students chose Maori Studies or Education, but that’s all changed in the last few years. Copyright © 2011, Radio New Zealand

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League branch wants Tamaki ban

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An Auckland Maori Women’s Welfare League branch is calling for Hannah Tamaki’s expulsion from the league as the Destiny Church co-founder waits to hear whether her presidential bid has been successful. Votes closed on Friday for the eight-way race that…

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