Holocaust comparison to NZ Colonisation “Unacceptable”
12emailprintThe President of the New Zealand Jewish Council has slammed a Maori academic for trivialising the Holocaust. Keri Opai is a Taranaki Maunga academic who participated in a Radio New Zealand special panel discussion as part of Waitangi Day which commemorates the 1840 treaty which represented the founding of New Zealand. He told the the [...]
Mana Party leader Hone Harawira says a call to stop politicians visiting Te Tii Marae in Waitangi is premature. Marae chair Rihari Dargaville has threatened to stop the annual tradition of politicians visiting the marae the day before Waitangi Day if protesters continue to disrupt political speeches. The call comes after Prime Minister John Key [...]
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Te Runanganui o Ngati Hikairo HUI-A-TAU To be held at Waipapa Marae, Kawhia, on 10 March 2012, starting 10am. Nominations are invited for membership of the Executive Committee. Nomination forms can be obtained from the Secretary (contact details below) Completed nominations must be received by the Secretary at the address below by 24 February 2012. [...]
Continue reading …A protest outside the first Iwi Consultation Hui to be held at the Distinction Hotel, Rotorua, this protest and hikoi is to show your opposition to the removal of Section 9 (the Treaty clause) from the proposed new legislation to effect the Sale of SOE’s Selling our State Owned Assets is like selling our wharenui [...]
Continue reading …A proposal was floated at the First Nations gathering in Ottawa last month to establish separate aboriginal-based seats in the House of Commons. A Winnipeg Free Press article made reference to the example of New Zealand and the seven reserved seats for its native Maori people. As a New Zealander, it caught my eye. I [...]
Continue reading …(by MATT RILKOFF) A Taranaki Maori academic has compared colonisation of New Zealand to the extermination of six million Jews. Language lecturer Keri Opai told a Radio New Zealand panel discussion yesterday that Maori were suffering from post traumatic stress disorder following the “holocaust” of colonisation. Hosted by Radio NZ’s Kim Hill, the discussion at Puke [...]
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Te Ururoa Flavell, Maori Party MP for Waiariki, is encouraging Iwi to put Section 9 of the State Owned Enterprises Act to the test, and take their cases to Court. “I am asking for Iwi and Maori Trusts to keep the pressure on the Government, and to test your rights as tangata whenua through the [...]
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(TVNZ) The Mana Party is already stamping its mark on Waitangi as people gather for this weekend’s commemorations. Dignitaries began arriving this afternoon, including Hone Harawira and his Mana Party supporters. Tents are covering the Waitangi campsite, and a contingent of 300 Mana supporters are standing on the roadside, flying the Maori flag and showing [...]
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“This Waitangi Day is an important time to start thinking about where New Zealand is headed as a nation – not just where we’ve been” said Republican Movement chair Lewis Holden. The Queen’s Ascension Day coincides with Waitangi Day, something which Jock Philips of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage describes as an “accident of [...]
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Waitangi Day will see Maori flag at Town Hall The Tino Rangatiratanga flag will fly in Wellington on Waitangi Day for the first time. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown announced yesterday that the Tino Rangatiratanga flag will fly from Wellington Town Hall on Monday. Mana Party leader Hone Harawira has thanked Ms Wade-Brown for pushing the Government [...]
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