0emailprintJoan Cook Memorial Waitangi Day Essay 2012 This essay remembers the Rev. Joan Cook, an Australian who loved Aotearoa enough to help educate us about the truth of our history, race relations, and the Treaty of Waitangi, for several decades. She died in 2009, shortly after her 80th birthday. Reflections on the state of the [...]
The Productivity Commission is now seeking submissions on its draft Housing Affordability report. Although the report considers housing affordability as a whole, the Commission acknowledges that Maori are disproportionately effected by housing unaffordability. The Commissioners would like your views on the Commission’s understanding of the issues and their proposed solutions. In particular, chapter 12 of [...]
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A missing Waitakere woman who has not been seen for two days was due to give birth yesterday. Waitakere Police are renewing their appeals for any information or sightings of Puawai Morgan who is heavily pregnant and believed to be in the central Auckland area. She was last seen in West City Henderson on Tuesday [...]
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The NZ Herald has reported that the “Christmas hamper company Chrisco Hampers Ltd was fined $175,000 in the Manukau District Court today after pleading guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act by misleading customers about their cancellation rights under the Layby Sales Act, the Commerce Commission said. This will be of particular interest to Maori [...]
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Plunket is urging people to keep an eye out for children as they head back to school next week. As New Zealand’s largest provider of services to support the health and development of children under five, Plunket recognises many children will be venturing off to school for the first time. Sue Campbell, Plunket’s National Child [...]
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Whanau, just a heads up, there is an email scam circulating at present targeting Maori. An email was received yesterday pretending to be Aunty Ranui Ngarimu from a fake yahoo account in her name. It started with “Kia ora”, and then was similar to other email scams trying to seek funds due to being stranded [...]
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Marae Investigates has named their category finalists for Nga Toa Whakaihuwaka/Maori of the Year awards. The winners of each category and the supreme winner will be announced on our show, Sunday 5 September 2012 (TVOne at 10pm) ARTS Michael Parekowhai, Ria Hall, Tiki Taane BUSINESS Tainui Group Holdings Ltd, Tuaropaki Trust, Mitai Maori Village COMMUNITY [...]
Continue reading …On Thursday (Jan 26) Petra Bagust fronted Breakfast and interviewed Dr Fiona Pienaar, who was bought on the program to answer whether the return of the twenty Toi Moko from France would create closure for Tangata Whenua. Dr Pienaar is an academic whose expertise is in the area of Behavioural Science, specifically, child behaviour and [...]
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Who is eligible for the Targeted Assistance Package? Those who have a TV and who do not yet have Freeview, Sky or TelstraClear, and who are either: – aged 75 and over with a Community Services Card; or – recipients of a Veteran’s Pension or Invalids’ Benefit; or – former Veteran’s Pension and Invalid’s Benefit [...]
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Celebrate Waitangi Day with friends, family and neighbours at one of the largest gatherings in the country. Tatau Tatau E ! Togetherness is the new name of a major event organised by Ngati Kahungunu Iwi with the aim to celebrate family, community and nationhood through dance, music, crafts, sport and food. The iwi’s chairman says [...]
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