2emailprint(Gisborne Herald) WITH press releases like this one, Shane Jones is driving a wedge between Labour and iwi (read the Maori Party): Iwi leaders should spend less time dreaming of ways to profit from sales of state-owned assets, and more time on salvaging the children of their tribes, says Labour’s Economic Development (Maori) spokesman Shane [...]
We all know this Paul Holmes rubbish annoys me, but to be honest, I don’t care so much about what he said, it’s the fact that the Herald published it and that 99% of Pakeha don’t care when Maori are on the receiving end of abuse. In publishing Holmes racist rant, the Herald failed to [...]
Continue reading …I don’t read Paul Holmes – the man has no credibility, little sense and somehow, god knows how, his arrogance jumps off the page and strangles anyone in sight. With that in mind, I wasn’t going to give this piece the time of day, but someone needs to call Holmes on his racism. In the [...]
Continue reading …Monstrous comments from Te Ururoa Flavell. From the NZ Herald: A Maori Party MP has suggested that children who take their own lives should be condemned rather than have their life celebrated – a call slammed as “absolutely disgusting” by a mother whose child took his life. In a controversial column in Rotorua’s Daily Post [...]
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A few issues have caught my eye over the past week: Rahui Katene has opened the battle in Te Tai Tonga attacking Labour over their choice of candidate, Tirikatene. Apparently, Rino Tirikatene comes from the same Hapu and this is, according to Rahui Katene, unfair. I fail to see things from her point of view. [...]
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Unsurprisingly, Hannah Tamaki is back in the running for the presidency of the Maori Women’s Welfare League. Tamaki took her case to the High Court after members of the League removed her name from the ballot papers amid fears that Tamaki, and by extension the Destiny Church, were attempting a hostile takeover. Justice Kos in [...]
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It looks as if the Maori Women’s Welfare League (MWWL) may be inviting a legal battle. From the NZ Herald: Destiny Church’s Hannah Tamaki has effectively been disqualified from the presidency race for the Maori Women’s Welfare League after her name was left off voting material. Mrs Tamaki’s derailed candidacy comes after an alleged direct [...]
Continue reading …Yesterday was a significant day for Maori across the motu (New Zealand). Firstly, Saturday marked the signing of a “relationship agreement” between Tuhoe and the Crown. Treaty Settlement negotiations between the two parties fell apart last year when John Key ruled out the return of Te Urewera National Park and then, quite gratuitously, insulted Tuhoe [...]
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I’ve just realised we’re entered June (and Matariki as well) and I haven’t updated the best and worst performing Maori MP’s page. I’ve been shit busy over the past few weeks and will be throughout June so I don’t think I’ll have too much time to blog. However, I have managed to quickly put together [...]
Continue reading …Around 250 students and supporters from Kawerau Intermediate arrived at Parliament today to protest against the planned closure of the Intermediate. Anne Tolley, the Minister of Education, has signalled she intends to close the Intermediate as well as Kawerau North School and Kawerau Central School. Kawerau will continue to be serviced by Kawerau South School [...]
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