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31st
JAN

No Maori flag for Rotorua this year

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A member of the Maori advisory group at Rotorua District Council says there will be no Maori flag flying alongside the New Zealand flag this Waitangi Day. In 2011, the council’s Te Arawa Standing Committee raised the idea of flying iwi and hapu flags alongside the national flag on the council building. In October, it appeared a hui-a-iwi or tribal meeting had voted to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag. But Deputy Mayor Trevor Maxwell, who is also a member of the Te Arawa committee, says some iwi descendants weren’t happy with that idea. Instead, he says, they wanted a tribal flag but could not decide which one. Mr Maxwell says it was best to continue talks about which Maori flag…

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30th
JAN

Maori parties raise treaty clause issue

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Two Maori parties are urging iwi to resist any attempt by the government to scrap the Treaty of Waitangi clause in the State-owned Enterprises Act. The Maori Party and the Mana Party suspect that’s what ministers have in mind as they start a series of hui to consult iwi about the partial sale of four state-owned power companies. The government says it’s simply consulting Maori, as it promised it would before the election. The treaty clause in the legislation says the government won’t act “in a manner inconsistent with principles of the Treaty of Waitangi”. The parties interpret that as meaning strategic assets shouldn’t be sold. “The treaty is stopping the government flogging off the nation’s assets, so they’re going…

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30th

Urewera Raids Public Meeting

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The October 15th Solidarity group is hosting a public meeting about one of the most important political court cases to happen in this country, the “terror raids” - on Friday, 3 February, at 6pm in the Mezzanine Meeting Room of the Central Library, Wellington. It will be an opportunity for people to update themselves about the trial which is due to begin in the Auckland High Court on 13 February, to find out what the issues are relating to Tuhoe’s history with the Crown, and the coverage of the case by the media. Four and a half years after armed police locked down the entire Rtoki Valley, raided over 60 houses around the country, and arrested 17 people (later four…

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30th

Land sales make Maori estate valuable

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Sold to the highest bidder. And that highest bidder was not a New Zealand outfit. All 7800 hectares of the formerly Crafar-owned farms are soon to be owned by Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin now that the Overseas Investment Office has given the all-clear. There is the rather small matter of a judicial review on the part of the Sir Michael Fay-backed consortium (which included iwi interests) and a potential legal challenge by the Crafar whanau, but I wouldn’t put any…

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29th
JAN

Spirit of the land – Kaiwhenua Organics

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From this special garden comes fresh organic food grown according to tikanga, a veritable taste sensation, full of nutrients. Kaiwaka Riki leans on a heap of sweet- smelling compost while he tells me about the relationship he holds with his land. Nestled on the slopes of Mt Karioi, Kaiwhenua Organics possesses a view for which property developers would hack off their limbs. Manu and Whale Bays spread out below, the Tasman glistens in a welcome sunny day and I find myself silent (for once), drawn in to Kaiwaka’s story like a child listening to the adventures of a pirate. His story is that of a present-day pirate made good; leaving his grandfather’s land where he helped grow potatoes as a…

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29th

Teens report ethnic bias in treatment

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Hundreds of teenagers, questioned in a recent survey, said they felt they had been unfairly treated by police and health professionals because of their ethnicity. The questions, part of a nationwide survey of more than 9000 high school pupils, found that more than 400 Maori, Pacific and Asian pupils felt they had been discriminated against by the professionals, a finding which surprised lead author Sue Crengle. Almost 900 were unsure whether they had been treated unfairly by either police or health professionals. Europeans of high school age reported very little discrimination by either profession. Crengle, senior lecturer at the Te Kupenga Hauora Maori at the University of Auckland, said she was surprised “particularly because of the ages” of the survey…

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29th

Treaty settlement will see name changes

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Ninety Mile Beach and Cape Reinga are a step closer to adopting their Maori names following the signing of a significant Far North Treaty settlement. Northland iwi Te Aupouri signed the $21 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the Crown in Te Kao yesterday, bringing a Far North collective deal closer. An eventual collective settlement will include Maori guardianship of Ninety Mile Beach, alongside Northland Regional Council authorities. The deal also opens the door to 25 name changes, including dual names for Ninety Mile Beach (Te Oneroa a Tohe) and Cape Reinga (Te Rerenga Wairua). Te Oneroa a Tohe translates to “the lengthy beach of Tohe”, referring to a revered ancestor of the region. Far North iwi have previously said…

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29th

DOC staff get death threats over GPS use

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Armed police descended on a tiny island off the Tauranga coast after a man threatened to kill conservation workers he said were stealing the island’s secrets. Maori land rights activist Anthony Jackson confronted a Department of Conservation worker on Motiti Island about two weeks after the cargo ship Rena foundered on nearby Astrolabe reef. The Sunday Star-Times understands Jackson was angry the worker was using GPS, a technology which iwi wanted banned from Motiti after they claimed DOC staff were using it to log special places on the island. Jackson threatened to kill the worker if he advanced further inland. Three police with guns were sent to the island by helicopter to attempt to apprehend Jackson, whom they said was…

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28th
JAN

Te Aupouri signs $21m Treaty settlement

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Te Aupouri celebrated a $21 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement today, bringing a collective agreement for the Far North a step closer. A Maori shared guardianship role over Ninety Mile Beach would be part of an eventual collective settlement. The Aupouri people signed the Deed of Settlement with the Crown at Potahi Marae in Te Kao. Te Aupouri is the first of four iwi - which also includes Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto and Ngati Kuri - to sign an individual agreement. The individual redress included $21 million and the return of Te Arai conservation land. A final collective settlement will give Maori and local council authorities co-governance of 90 Mile Beach. Haami Piripi, who is negotiating the collective agreement, said…

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28th

Teaching indigenous culture

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UNESCO estimates that indigenous peoples make up five percent of the world’s population, but they often face the threat of losing their cultural identity. Learning World looks at projects aiming to preserve indigenous languages and traditions in New Zealand, Bolivia and Ethiopia. Maori Immersion School, New Zealand The first Maori Immersion School was set up 26 years ago to teach indigenous children in New Zealand about their traditional heritage by things like re-writing songs using Maori words. It is a teaching method that is not often used in mainstream schools, but singing is central to Maori culture. Thirty years ago, the school only had a primary section but parents and teachers decided to create a section for older children too….

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28th

Hui planned on SOE sales law changes

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The Government is to hold a series of hui to consult with Maori on how they might be affected by the legislative changes needed to partially privatise four state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The proposed changes will remove four electricity companies and a coal company from the SOE Act and put them under new legislation that ensures the Government retains at least 51% ownership. SOE Minister Tony Ryall says the Government wants to talk to Maori about their views on the changes. He says, at the moment, section nine of the SOE Act has a reference to interests and principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Mr Ryall says there will be debate about whether it’s necessary to have that reference in the…

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28th

Booklet offers Maori tips on homegrown food

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A Wanganui-based organic soil expert has launched Growing Your Own Kai, a resource booklet designed to help Maori grow their own food. Work on the booklet, written by Lisa Talbot and illustrated by Cecelia Kumeroa, began in October but was completed by Christmas. Te Atawhai o te Ao, the Castlecliff-based Independent Maori Institute for Environment & Health, had commissioned the booklet as one of a series of three resource booklets for Maori on growing and gardening in an organic fashion. Another booklet planned for the middle of the year will focus on community gardens and growing commercially. Environment and health researcher Dr Paul Reynolds said the book was an “awesome” resource for Maori. “And, of course, it’s about one of…

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