0emailprintKua mate a Takuta Te Kapunga Matemoana Dewes e mohio whanuitia ana ko ‘Koro’. No nga kawai rangatira o Ngati Porou a Koro aa no Te Whanau a Rakairoa, Te Whanau a Hunaara, Te Whanau a Hinerupe, Te Whanau a Te Aopare, me Tuwhakairiora. Waru tekau tona pakeke ka mate i te ata nei ki [...]
Hello friend, On 22 May the Alliance Party and Socialist Worker jointly launched the Tax Justice campaign. The focus of the campaign is a petition calling on parliament to: 1. Remove GST from food; and 2. Tax financial speculation. The reception to the campaign has been very encouraging. So far 7,000 signatures have been collected. [...]
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A Maori has been ranked among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world along with another New Zealander. Te Amorangi Izhad Kireka-Whaanga (Ngati Rongomaiwahine), leader of the Aotearoa Maori Muslim Association and Anwar Ghani, president of the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) appear alongside kings, sheikhs and preachers in the list [...]
Continue reading …Damage caused to Auckland’s archeologically important volcanic cones by an errant contractor remains unattended to under heavy rain and is getting worse as the Council waits to give itself a resource consent to fix damage caused without a resource consent. Frustration is building with how slow the response has been. Ngati Whatua o Orakei heritage [...]
Continue reading …(Source | Daily Post) The University of Auckland wants to hear from Maori in Rotorua born between 1920 and 1930 for a study about the health of those in their senior years. The university is looking for 600 Maori in that age group, as well as 600 Pakeha born in 1925 and who live in [...]
Continue reading …Maori Language week 2010 has attracted universal praise from across the country according to the initial data that has been compiled. Leading the way this year was the significant contribution from supermarket leader Progressive Enterprises which undertook a massive bilingual advertising campaign over the entire week. This initiative alone ensured that more than 2.4 million [...]
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That’s the question Paul Hamer from Victoria University’s Institute of Policy Studies is asking. Paul is studying Maori in Australia and believes there are significantly more Maori living across the ditch than are recoded and reported in the previous Census. He says “Maori migrants tend to be blue collar workers looking for higher paying jobs [...]
Continue reading …(Source | NZ Herald) Sue Abel is a senior lecturer in the departments of Maori Studies and Film, Television and Media Studies at Auckland university Today I am addressing the issue of balance in televison news, and the relative lack of Maori voices in mainstream news bulletins. I need here to explain my use of [...]
Continue reading …There have been significant gains in positive attitudes towards the Maori language over the last decade, according to the Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon Dr Pita Sharples. Releasing a summary report of the findings of the 2009 M?ori Language Attitudes Survey today, Dr Sharples attributed this success to support by Maori and non-Maori alike. “Language [...]
Continue reading …Hon Maurice Williamson, Minister for Building and Construction, is seeking assistance to identify suitable candidates to fill six vacant positions on the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board. The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board is a statutory body to provide for the registration and licensing of practitioners trading as plumbers, gasfitters and drainlayers. The Board also [...]
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