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31st
OCT

Iwi leaders say Rena disaster highlights need for law change

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Iwi leaders from Coromandel to Te Araroa near East Cape say the grounding of the container ship Rena has highlighted the need for changes to be made to several pieces of legislation. The 47,000 tonne vessel ran aground on Astrolabe Reef 22 kilometres off the coast of Tauranga on 5 October. Ngai Te Rangi chairman Charlie Tawhiao, who is from Tauranga, says iwi are happy with the willingness of local and central government agencies to liaise with them in a meaningful and respectful way. But he says wording in the Resource Management, Local Government and Maritime Transport Acts limits the input by tangata whenua into clean up operations. Mr Tawhiao says Maori are confined to being just another stakeholder, whereas…

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31st

Standing up for Maori interests in ICT

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Maori interest in telecommunications has steadily grown since the formation of the Te Huarahi Tika Trust, which was set up to manage a portion of spectrum used for 3G services that was auctioned in 2001. Antony Royal is a trustee on the…

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31st

Book review – Colonising Myths Maori Realities

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The author, a tutor of Maori law and philosophy, has brought together a collection of papers showing the impact of what she calls Pakeha law on Maori legal thought and practices. It would be easy to dismiss this work as the rhetoric of yet another Maori academic beating the drum of Maori suppression by a colonising nation. That would, however, be an injustice. Although the rhythm of unresolved grievance and an undertone of feminism permeate the work, there are a number of issues she addresses that few others have treated with equal frankness. Most non-Maori people with an interest in the subject will find some of the issues addressed uncomfortable. They nonetheless should be addressed. In the early days of…

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29th
OCT

Rotorua man’s quest to be first Maori in space

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Mana Vautier wants to be the first Maori in space. Mr Vautier, who is of Tuhourangi descent, is an aerospace engineer with Odyssey Space Research. He works for a company that is a contractor to Nasa in Houston, Texas and said from an early age he had always been into things about space and space flight. “It’s my ultimate dream to be an astronaut,” said Mr Vautier, who is back in Rotorua on holiday with his family of five. Next year Nasa will have an astronaut intake and Mr Vautier will be putting in an application. But being beaten to space by another Maori astronaut wouldn’t be a deal breaker. “As long as I get there - it’s all okay…

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28th
OCT

Waikato iwi welcomes Maori seats on regional council

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Tainui chairman Tukoroirangi Morgan says his iwi is “rapturous” at a decision by Waikato Regional Council to allow for two Maori seats on the council. Waikato tribal representatives, including the Te Arawa River Iwi Trust, attended a meeting in Hamilton on Thursday night to discuss Maori representation on the council. The council has been talking about introducing two Maori seats ever since it last reviewed its voting process in 2006. Mr Morgan says the council’s decision to include iwi at the table is a sign of its acceptance of the special Treaty relationship. He says it represents a tremendous opportunity to further strengthen the bonds and ties between the iwi and council across the region. Mr Morgan says it’s a…

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27th
OCT

Bicultural Havoc experiment award contender

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The experiment may have been a failure but the television is being judged a contender. The episode of Are You My Tribe? Where front man Mikey Havoc tries without success to join Ngai Tuhoe is a finalist in the Aotearoa Film and Television Awards. Producer Claudette Hauiti from Front of the Box Productions says Havoc’s interactions with the Black whanau shone a light on the complexity of culture and biculturalism. “Mikey being a very urban-based Pakeha 30-something, there is an engrained and entrenched type of culture here and we’re not talking ethnicity, but a socialisation process that somebody of that age group and social standing goes through and it would take an epiphany for someone like him to realise their…

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27th

Families Commission appoints cultural development adviser

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The Families Commission has appointed its first full time kaihono or senior adviser for cultural development. The commission speaks for families and whanau, to promote a better understanding of family issues by government agencies and the community. Chief executive Paul Curry says the kaihono plays a key role in the commission’s work, which has a strong whanau and rangatiratanga programme with a focus on whanau success. Hohepa Patea who’s taking on the new job, was formerly project manager for the national Maori health workforce development organisation Te Rau Matatini. He’s excited with his new role and says it’s critical the commission’s programmes can empower whanau, to determine their own aspirations for their families. Copyright © 2011, Radio New Zealand

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27th

No Maori constituencies

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As introducing Maori constituencies had gained no support from the region’s runanga, the Otago Regional Council will not take the idea any further…

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25th
OCT

Call for Maori women to become Catholic priests

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The acting head of a Rotorua-based Maori theological college says there are calls for Maori women to become priests in the Catholic church. Currently only men can be ordained and as late as last year the Catholic church in Rome voiced its opposition to women being ordained. Te Whare Wananga o Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa delivers degree programmes which include an emphasis on tikanga Maori or Maori protocols for Maori wanting to be Anglican priests. Interim chief executive Te Hope Hakaraia says it’s more than 30 years since the Anglican church in New Zealand first ordained women as priests. He says he’s heard of calls within the Catholic church to do the same. Mr Hakaraia says there’s a shortage of…

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25th

Works a treaty

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PERFORMANCE artists Cat Ruka and Josh Rutter will present their theatrical protest, New Treaty Militia, at the Southside Arts Festival in Otara on October 28. The piece examines the Treaty of Waitangi. Award-winning choreographer Cat describes the piece as “a personal relationship onstage, where Josh and I use our bodies to explore extremities.We examine intricacies within the power relationship between Maori and Pakeha. We even hit each other. There is definitely a sexual and controversial element”. The Treaty of Waitangi has been analysed, accessed, argued and contested for years, with controversy over the translation of the Treaty from English to Maori, leaving the two documents with different meanings on issues such as land and ownership. “Maori have opened up space…

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25th

Outstanding rates to be written off

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More than $10,000 worth of rates arrears on Maori-owned land will be written off by the Clutha District Council. The corporate services committee last week decided total rates arrears of $11,481.50 on 21 blocks of Maori-owned land should be written off. Staff told the committee it was hard to prove Maori land owners were earning income off their land, the only way the council can push to have outstanding rates settled. Most of the Maori land in Clutha is native bush and in multiple ownership (exceeding 200 owners in many cases), and the council would have to take legal action against each owner separately to recover overdue rates. The committee also recommended writing off $1304.64 in rates owed on another…

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25th

School holidays a smoking temptation – teacher

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A Maori boarding school teacher says the most challenging times to enforce an anti-smoking policy is after the school holidays. Kere Mihaere is deputy principal at Turakina Maori Girls’ College which has been praised by the Whanganui District Health Board for reducing the number of junior students who light up. He says parents need to be educated too because they often allow their children to smoke during the holidays and when they return to school, so does their bad habit. Mr Mihaere says parents also need to come on board for the anti-smoking campaigns to be more effective. He says the school is made to look like the evil one because it has to reprimand the pupils for smoking. A…

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