The latest issue of Te Purapura, is now available on the Te Mangai Paho website: What’s in this fortnight’s edition Latest funding decisions (Television/Digital) Review of TMP Purchase Funding Framework Invoice payments – Easter/ANZAC TMP Board/Staff TV Advisory Hui TMP – Vacancy Highlights for MTS and TVNZ

The Maori Land Court website was redesigned last year and recently enhanced to include geographic information mapping.  The underlying purpose of this site is to provide an online resource to search for land interests, block information, trust/reservation/incorporation information and memorial schedule entries.  A further enhancement is that the information is updated as changes are entered by [...]

A book about the pests and diseases of Maori potatoes (taewa) written by three authors from Taranaki will be launched at the Maori vegetables collective annual meeting today at Owae Marae in Waitara. Nga Porerarea me nga Matemate o nga Mara Taewa: Pests and Diseases of Taewa (Maori Potato) Crops was written by the University’s [...]

A new resource was launched today called Tatau Kura Tangata : Health of Older Maori Chart Book 2011, which looks at the health of Maori aged 50 years and over. The information within this book can be a useful resource for policy makers and planners working in the health and disability sectors and was celebrated [...]

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has recently published an important document Intellectual Property and the Safeguarding of Traditional Cultures: Legal Issues and Practical Options for Museums, Libraries and Archives. The authors see “the publication as a living document that could over time be augmented by additional case studies and experiences. To this end, we [...]

The Human Rights Commission’s annual review of Treaty of Waitangi issues shows significant progress has been made in the past year despite disagreement over the Marine and Coastal Area Bill. Of particular note was the record number of treaty settlement milestones, support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the establishment of [...]

Biotechnology and nanotechnology research and development, by By Dr Jessica Hutchings and Dr Paul Reynolds Many Maori and other Indigenous peoples have opposed genetic modification, and other new technologies in both indigenous and non-indigenous forums. Part of the resistance to new technologies is the impact they have on cultural values and the environment. This paper [...]