“Accident waiting to happen” kills “gorgeous” tamariki
0emailprintAn “absolutely gorgeous” 5-year-old Motueka boy, killed instantly when a log rolled on to him, was “adored by everyone”, a relative says. Glenn Te Miha-Barlow was playing with his sisters on a pile of logs by a Motueka High School rugby field when the accident happened yesterday. He had only started school this week. Police [...]
Facebook and Twitter users have got the halls of the Prime Minister listening loud and clear and department officials are assuring the public that there are no plans to ban hangi. TangataWhenua.com reported yesterday that social networking sites had blown up with concerns that hangi might be banned, John Key’s public Facebook was bombarded with [...]
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TangataWhenua.com has just received clarification from the Office of the Prime Minister saying “There is no plan to ban hangi.” ==== Facebook and Twitter went crazy last night with people taking issue with the thought of hangi being banned by Prime Minister John Key, so what’s this all about? We’re trying to piece this all [...]
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In 2011, Google asked young people from across Aotearoa to design their own doodle. The theme was ‘My Wish for New Zealand’. Tamariki between the years 1-1o gathered at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, on 10th November 2011 and enjoyed a special day celebrating with some doodling fun and special behind the scene [...]
Continue reading …John Key to ban hangi (Facebook/Twitter rumour or fact?) UPDATED 10:57am
February 8, 2012 27 Comments
UPDATE (10:57am): TangataWhenua.com has just received clarification from the Office of the Prime Minister saying “There is no plan to ban hangi.” ==== Read on if you want to find out how it may have all started: Facebook and Twitter is all abuzz with rangatahi taking issue with the fact that hangi might be banned [...]
Continue reading …TangataWhenua.com received this panui from someone who was present at the event where Taranaki Maori academic Keri Opai, used the word “holocaust” to describe what happened to Taranaki Maori. The Taranaki Daily News published the following apology to Keri Opai this morning for misrepresenting his use of the word holocaust. I was present at the Radio [...]
Continue reading …A man who was attacked by thousands of wasps told his nephew to run before being stung to death. Morris Robert Stretch, 62, had been living in the Marlborough Sounds for only four weeks when he died at a family property in Kenepuru Sound, north of Sandy Bay, on Saturday morning. He and his nephew [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading …(By James Ihaka) A tikanga Maori-based secondary school with a focus on technology and innovation where students will exercise before class each day opens in Hamilton next week. Tai Wananga Ruakura principal Toby Westrupp said the school at the Ruakura Research Centre was not elitist but aimed to produce the next generation of high achievers. [...]
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Tuhoe Te Uru Taumatua The Board met 27 January. Amongst their agenda was the appointment of the new Chief Executive. Six Degrees the national Recruitment Agency specialising in executive placements was selected to run the appointment process. They reported to the Board 17 applications who they short-listed to 4 candidates for Board consideration. The Agency [...]
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