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29th
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Ngapuhi leader: Tuku Morgan plan amateurish

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A Ngapuhi leader has described as “amateurish” a plan by Tuku Morgan intended to unlock the stalled Treaty negotiations process. It was an unenviable task for the former politician who had a wide-ranging brief from the Crown to find options which would lead to two factions - Tuhoronuku which claims the negotiating mandate for the more than 122,000 tribal members and Te Kotahitanga o Ngapuhi a group which wants to have claims sheparded through the Waitangi Tribunal process before any settlement is reached. Sonny Tau is Ngapuhi runanga chairman and interim chairman of Tuhoronuku. Mr Tau said he hadn’t met one Ngapuhi person who was excited about the options which he viewed as an attempt to “re-engineer” iwi social and…

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29th

A uniform approach to Maori social history

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Te Papa exhibition tracks defining moments and personalities during 20th and 21st centuries A Chinese-made suit picked up in Italy by Destiny Church bishop Brian Tamaki and Corporal Willie Apiata’s combat gear are the stars of a new exhibition exploring Maori social history through uniforms. Uniformity: Cracking the Dress Code, which opened at Te Papa in Wellington this week, is curated by Puawai Cairns and Stephanie Gibson. Ms Cairns said the idea for the exhibition was pretty organic. “I don’t know how many times I’ve had to wear a uniform for iwi hui or a whanau reunion or kapa haka. There seems to be a natural tendency for our people to gravitate towards creating a group identity through what we…

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28th
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Govt told water consultation hui not insightful

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King Country iwi, Ngati Maniapoto, has told the Government its consultation process on how to address Maori water rights will not produce informed and robust details. The Government organised six hui to talk with selected iwi and hapu about water and its plan to partially privatise some power companies, including Mighty River Power. The Government’s meetings are to gauge how an interim Waitangi Tribunal suggestion, to offer Maori company shares with benefits, above and beyond, what other shareholders may receive, could work. One of the hui was held in Te Kuiti on Wednesday. Maniapoto Maori Trust Board chairperson, Tiwha Bell, who was there, says his tribe went along primarily to listen to what Government had to say. But he says…

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28th

Ngai Tahu balance sheet benefits marae communities

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Ngai Tahu marae-based communities are in line for more money - after the tribe’s commercial arms turned in strong financial results. The South Island iwi’s Holdings Corporation has delivered a net profit of almost $100 million - a big increase on last year’s figure of just under $16 million. With more cash flowing into its property, tourism and seafood divisions Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu is spreading its wealth around the regions. The kaiwhakahaere or chair of the iwi, Mark Solomon, says tribal descendants are the big winners. He says direct distribution to Ngai Tahu people over the past year has been about $14.5 million.Mr Solomon says funding has increased to the 18 Papatipu Runanga or marae-based communities - from…

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27th
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Plan will ‘decimate’ Maori options

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Maori education will be “decimated” if proposals to cut 70 per cent of bilingual and immersion classes go ahead. The Education Ministry proposes to close or merge seven out of 10 Christchurch schools that offer Maori education. The move appears to conflict with the Government’s Maori education strategy that is designed to affirm Maori identity, language, culture and raise academic achievement. The ministry said this month that Christchurch had a “limited range of immersion and bilingual options”. Ngai Tahu chairman Mark Solomon said the iwi was seeking more information about the proposals, which were “inconsistent with this kaupapa [policy]”. Ngai Tahu was not formally consulted before the proposals were announced, he said. Under the proposals, three schools could close and…

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26th
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Michelle Hippolite to head Maori ministry

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A museum executive has been appointed chief executive of the Ministry of Maori Development, Te Puni Kokiri. Te Papa Tongarewa Maori leader Michelle Hippolite is to fill the ministry role currently held by Leith Comer. Ms Hippolite says she’s looking forward to the new challenge when she starts as Te Puni Kokiri chief executive on 3 December. Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples welcomes her appointment, saying she has a solid record of public service. He says she’s built strong credibility and wide networks among Maori, and other New Zealand communities - and overseas. Ms Hippolite replaces Mr Comer, who finishes work at the ministry at the end of November after 12 years as chief executive. Mr Comer faced Government questions…

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25th
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Tainui tries to fix split on water

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Representatives of Tainui tribe and Maori King strive for unified position. Iwi are ironing out confusion over water ownership before negotiations with the Crown. Photo / Sarah Ivey Meetings between two heavyweight Tainui leaders are under way to iron out internal tribal confusion around water ownership issues. King Tuheitia’s spokesman Tuku Morgan is emphatic that all iwi leaders must stick to resolutions passed at the King’s water summit, which include working out a framework for water rights before iwi negotiate with the Crown. Immediately after the hui this month, Mr Morgan said: “The A list of Maoridom were here, the who’s who of Maoridom were here - they are part of the decision and they are bound by the decision.”…

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19th
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Boycott ‘major blow for water rights hui’

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The Government’s water rights hui have been dealt a “major blow” by last night’s boycott and a no show is expected at a further meeting with influential tribe Tainui, iwi member and Maori King Tuheitia’s spokesman, Tuku Morgan says. Finance Minister Bill English addressed a half empty hall in Hamilton last night during the first Government hui to consult with iwi affected by its programme to partially sell four state-owned power companies. The Government is only consulting on a narrow issue of “shares plus” which would give Maori veto rights, following a Waitangi Tribunal recommendation, but it has already said it believes there is no merit in the concept. Morgan today said Tainui leadership boycotted last night’s hui because it…

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18th
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Maori Party backs king’s water claim

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Government ally the Maori Party is backing King Tuheitia over his claim that Maori have always owned the water. The Government holds the first of six hui today over a Waitangi Tribunal report suggesting the Crown would be in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi if it proceeded with the sale of shares in state-owned power companies. The hui are ostensibly to consult with Maori over the tribunal’s call for the Crown to allocate a special shareholding to Maori with claims relating to fresh water and geothermal assets, recognising their rights and interests over other shareholders. But the Government has already rejected the tribunal’s “shares plus” proposal as unacceptable. It has suggested the hui are largely aimed at bolstering its…

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18th

Ngatata Love: Renewed call for canoe inquiry

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The auditor-general is being asked to re-examine the construction funding of the wharewaka on Wellington’s waterfront, after Dominion Post revelations surrounding Sir Ngatata Love. In July Auditor-General Lyn Provost found no further investigation was needed into how a $7 million Government contribution to build the wharewaka was spent, after receiving a complaint from Tata Parata, a former Stokes Valley policeman. He said public money was used without proper process, and the building was a commercial conference centre, cafe and catering kitchen that provided no benefits to Taranaki Whanui iwi. Ms Provost said that, after gathering information from Te Puni Kokiri and the Office of Treaty Settlements, she was satisfied no further investigation was warranted. Now Mr Parata has written to…

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17th
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Ngatata Love: Plan to sell railway station for casino

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Sir Ngatata Love offered to sell Wellington railway station to a would-be casino developer as his partner Lorraine Skiffington sought a $35 million consultancy deal on the same development. Ms Skiffington offered to provide “strategic project management services . . . to ensure the successful progress of this development”, and also sought a “good faith” payment of $2.5m from Loizos Michaels, who was fronting the development group. Michaels will face a fraud trial next month, on charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office. Ms Skiffington proposed that, for her role in the development of a “major landmark hotel, convention and entertainment centre” at the railway station, she be paid: - A $4m signing fee. - $7m to secure ownership of…

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15th
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Maori don’t own water – Key

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Prime Minister John Key has rejected a national or pan-Maori settlement on water. Speaking after a hui called by Maoridom’s King Tuheitia, Mr Key also rejected the King’s claim that Maori owned water. “On all the advice I’ve had the Maori king is wrong ….and that is the view of the Government,” Mr Key said from Tokoroa. A hui of Maori leaders yesterday called on the government to negotiate a national framework for recognising Maori rights and interests in water before embarking on iwi by iwi negotiations - and warned that Maori would take a challenge to court over the Government’s plan to sell shares in the state owned power companies if it refused. But the show of unity appears…

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