4emailprint Such is the dilemma facing fans of Australian Idol’s Gold Coast contender Stan Walker, 19, of Coolangatta. The debate launched on Stan’s Facebook fan club with this post: “I have just heard that whanau and friends are organising a huge haka for Stan at the Opera House. And that 3000 people will be there [...]
Maori activist Tame Iti and Tribesmen gang leader Peter Hunt are to help broker a gang truce in Murupara. Mr Iti was involved in resolving conflict between gangs in Ruatoki several years ago. The push for peace comes as a trial date was yesterday set for October next year for nine Mongrel Mob members jointly [...]
Continue reading …Kia ora everyone here are the placings for this years nationals. Check out video’s on you tube. Performance Dance Snr 1st place RDC Takapuna Grammar 2nd place DVine Snr 3rd place Aorere College Execute Performance Dance Jnr 1st Place Lil Saintz 2nd Place Okaihau Primary DVine jnr 3rd Place Rosebank Primary Overall Snr RDC Takapuna [...]
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It was just another day at Gisborne Girls High School for student Erica Jones, until she was called to the office to pick up a letter. I was kind of like, I wonder what this is, and it says congratulations . . . . It was a letter of commendation from Race Relations Commissioner Joris [...]
Continue reading …Upper Whanganui River iwi Ngati Rangi has signed on to the Government’s Community Max scheme to give its unemployed young people work experience. Community Max requires the iwi to partly fund the project out of its own resources. Eight young people started this week building a vegetable garden to supply Maungarongo marae at Ohakune. Waatea [...]
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Ngaitai Conference in Torere, 9-11 Oct The Ngaitai Taurahere Project Management Team is an independent and informal group made up of Ngaitai uri that are presently in the generation in transition from rangatahi to pakeke (25-40 year olds). We have been meeting since August 2008, to plan an inaugural Conference that we envisage will strengthen [...]
Continue reading …Rangatahi will finally have a voice in local government after Gisborne District Council yesterday decided to appoint Tairawhiti Youth Voice as a youth council. This follows a long campaign by youth workers, who view the decision as a “step in the right directionâ€. Spokesman Manu Caddie said work towards a youth council started in earnest [...]
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Kia ora koutou e te whÄnau whÄnui! This is a call out for rangatahi MÄori and rangatahi Pasifika interested in understanding and taking action on climate change and Tino Rangatiratanga. This kÅanga (October 24th – November 2nd) Conscious Collaborations is hosting Indigenous Climate Connections (ICC) at Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitaane o Manawatu Marae, Palmerston [...]
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The Game, aka Jayceon Terrell Taylor, came to Rotorua tonight, the show was held at Rotorua’s Sportsdrome. It was an interesting start to the evening with a kind and polite greeting by Rotorua’s finest police officers, who enjoyed using Rotorua’s newest ban on alcohol as an excuse to intervene on what was supposed to be [...]
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Tu Ake fuse elements, ideas & concepts inspired by traditional Maori art-forms with the fashion trends of today to capture the uniqueness of Aotearoa urban culture. Utilizing fashion trends of today as means to promote our Maori culture, keep our Rangatahi engaged in their culture and provides them with an open gateway to be exposed [...]
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