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National jumping gun on He Puapua action 05 May 2021 12:21 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x2d64c88) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says work being done on initiatives like the Māori Health Authority, Corrections and Oranga Tamariki predate the report He Puapua and aren’t part of some secret agenda. National Party leader Judith Collins says the report, which outlines potential responses to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is already being acted on by Lab...

Former National Party leader Don Brash is on the hunt for funds to help gangsters read and write.

Revamped Ngawha part of bigger vision for Taitokerau tourism 27 Apr 2021 13:48 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x40db5a8) Former provincial growth minister Shane Jones says the revamped Ngāwhā Springs Hot Pools are just part of a cluster of infrastructure that sets a foundation for growth as the north comes out of Covid. The pools reopened today after a year-long, $4 million refurbishment funded by the Provincial Growth Fund, Foundation North, Lotteries, Te Puni Kōkiri and Northland Inc....

Reti counts cost of health sector competition 27 Apr 2021 13:48 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x2651518) National’s health spokesperson says the proposed health sector reforms will create unnecessary competition between Māori and mainstream. Shane Reti says replacing 20 district health boards with Health NZ and its four regional divisions is a return to the regional health boards of the 1990s, which ignored the needs of regions like Taitokerau and Tairāwhiti. The former Whangārei GP s...

Bold health plan gets tick from Māori 21 Apr 2021 12:54 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x24a2518) Bold and sweeping is how a senior Māori doctor is describing changes to the health system. Health Minister Andrew Little today unveiled the Government’s response to the Health and Disability Services Report, including replacing district health boards with a national body, Health NZ, scrapping the 30 primary health organisations, and setting up a Māori Health Authority to sit alongside Heal...

Dr Rawiri Jansen says "Weve seen some big attempts previously but this is bold. He says there is a crescendo of concern about health inequities and also there is a growing imperative and impetus and energy for doing the right thing, part of that is Maori providers and Maori health professionals and part of that is Maori communities, just elevating our demands for a health system that delivers for our people. Both those things come together so good on minister Little for hearing that. Dr Jansen ...

George Floyd verdict good day for justice 21 Apr 2021 12:54 PM The jury found Chauvin guilty on all three charges. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) More Related Stories raection to George Floyd killer verdict Kingi Snelgar interview listen here  A Māori lawyer who has worked and studied in the United States says the verdict in the George Floyd murder trial does not mark the end of the Black Live Matter movement. A Minneapolis jury today found former police officer Derek Chauvi...

Coffee club perks up language delivery 22 Apr 2021 07:24 AM Photo: Radio Waatea Image Database. More Related Stories Muriwai Ihakara: Coffee club perks up language delivery Maori language body Te Matawai is looking for initiatives which will put te reo Maori on the lips and tongues of older Maori in Te Arawa. Māori language body Te Mātāwai is looking for initiatives that will put te reo Māori on the lips and tongues of older Māori in Te Arawa. Area representative Muriwai Ihakara ...

Maori art show goes virtual 14 Apr 2021 12:45 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki has released a virtual tour of its exhibtion of contemporary Maori art, Toi Tū Toi Ora. Director Kirsten Lacy says it offers panoramic photography, 360-degree video and virtual reality software to give people around New Zealand and across the world the opportunity to experience the exhibition in digital form. She says the primary catalyst for the project was the rich a...

Waiheke marina construction pushing ahead despite appeal 08 Apr 2021 13:27 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x381b328) Protesters are upset a developer is moving ahead with construction of a Waiheke marina despite a pending Supreme Court appeal over the resource consent. Kennedy Point Boat Harbour Limited brought in a construction barge on March 9, the day after the company and Auckland Council filed submissions to oppose Save Kennedy Points appeal. Ngāti Pāoa member Emily Māia Weiss Randa...