1emailprint(RadioNZ) Waikato-Hauraki MP, Nanaia Mahuta,wants to make it easier for iwi and hapu to correct Maori place-names. In March, Ms Mahuta commended a Bay of Plenty iwi, Ngati Whare, for pushing the Crown to acknowledge the mana of the tribe’s place-names in its Treaty settlement bill. Under the deal, the Whirinaki Conservation Park will be [...]
(Radio Australia) Called “The GC”, its focus on Maori living a flashy lifestyle has prompted comparisons to America’s “Jersey Shore”, and complaints about such a show being publicly funded. The GC’s first episode was screened last week, and prompted howls of outrage across the Tasman. The sight of young, bronzed tattooed Maori trying to make [...]
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Tonight on National Radio’s checkpoint, Lachan’s mum, Mereheni Tumarae talked about the findings of today’s report. (TangataWhenua.com Eds) Serious questions remain, why after 14 bullets had been discharged at this teenager with 4 hitting him, did the police handcuff Lachan, and not check him for serious injuries immediately. How long did they wait until the [...]
Continue reading …Tena koutou e whakarongo mai nei ki a Paakiwaha. Paakiwaha is an exciting weekly current affairs programme with a Maori perspective. Paakiwaha is hosted this week by Willie Jackson and broadcast by Radio Waatea with funding from New Zealand on Air. This week Willie interviews Mihi Puriri who is fighting for custody of her children [...]
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(Stuff) They loved it, they hated it. TV3′s new reality show the G.C. certainly has people worked up. A Facebook group, asking The G.C. to be cancelled had already accumlated more than 3150 likes by mid-morning, while the official The G.C. fanpage had almost 9000 ‘likes’. The Twittersphere is abuzz with comments about the show, [...]
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TOGETHER: Mihi Puriri, Mohamed Azzaoui and their children celebrate Asiya’s second birthday last year. The birthdays of two of Mihi Puriri’s three children have passed without cuddles from their mum, as she fights a custody battle in Algeria which remains in deadlock. Alone in a strange land, unable to speak the language and without the [...]
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(NewsTalkZB) The ‘Aotearoa is not for sale’ hikoi is set to march through Rotorua this morning. The hikoi set off from the Far North to head to Wellington, to protest the privatisation and selling off, of the countries resources. The group plans on holding a rally at Rotorua MP Todd McClay’s office around nine this [...]
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(Gisborne Herald) THE Aotearoa Is Not For Sale hikoi is on its way to Gisborne. Protesting the Government’s sale of assets, the hikoi left Cape Reinga on Tuesday, aiming to reach Wellington next Thursday. A group from Rotorua is heading around the East Coast to meet up with a Te Whanau a Apanui protest group [...]
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(Stuff) The most memorable voice of New Zealand hit song Poi-E has lost her battle with cancer. “Nanny” Hui Kahu, 73, died this morning at her home in Hawera. Known best for her work as the vocalist and poi soloist for the Patea Maori Club, those close to her say her death has left a [...]
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Te Paepae Ataata have commissioned Maui Films Ltd to produce eight short films in te reo Maori, the stories of the Life of Maui. The films will be between eight to twelve minutes long, and will be brought together as a single ground-breaking feature film, Te Oranga a Maui. We are looking for filmmakers to [...]
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