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Waititi says prison alternatives needed 26 Feb 2021 13:45 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x35a4158) Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says it’s time to look at alternatives to prison. The Waiariki MP came under fire this week from Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis for his support for rioting Waikeria prisoners. He stands by his actions, and says a judgment this week on the inhumane treatment of two wāhine in Auckland Women’s Prison shows the system is absolutely broken. He says wit...

Maori film guild swamped with calls for help 24 Feb 2021 14:24 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x4060128) A trade guild for Māori in film and television is being inundated with requests from international filmmakers for advice on portraying Māori characters. Ngā Aho Whakaari spokesperson Hineani Melbourne says thats not really its role, so has asked the Film Commission for support to help it deal with such requests. She says often film makers will try to create Māori characters based o...

Child Poverty Action Group says big steps, not little steps, are needed to reach children living in deepest poverty.

Share Her writ states that she had refused to give the film crew permission to enter the flat but was deceived when the bodycam footage was used by Channel 5. She said that the clip used of her in her pyjamas was a deeply humiliating ordeal.    Ms Zarghunes is now seeking up to £100,000 in damages and a gagging order to prevent footage being aired again. MailOnline has contacted Channel 5, Brinkworth Films and DCBL for comment. Her lawyers claim that the footage was used without her cons...

Collins keen on Harawira checkpoints 18 Feb 2021 16:33 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x346f128) National Party leader Judith Collins has spoken up for Hone Harawira’s roadside checkpoints. Last year National was highly critical of the roadside information stops set up by the former Te Taitokerau MP. During last months’s Northland COVID scare he staged a repeat performance, but his Kawakawa checkpoint was quickly shut down by police. Ms Collins says such community checkpoints are OK as ...

Early start needed for Maori COVID jabs 18 Feb 2021 16:33 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x29c0128) The CEO of Taranaki Māori health organisation Tui Ora wants Māori to be considered elderly at 55 for the purposes of scheduling the COVID vaccine. The elderly are to be included in the second phase of the vaccine roll-out, and Hayden Wano says if the system is serious about health equity it needs to look at the data. Māori have higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and respiratory condi...

Students from all primary, intermediate, secondary school and kura students will have access to free period products from June.

Eye health data gap leaves planners blind 18 Feb 2021 07:33 AM Photo: Pixabay. Related Podcast An expert in eye health says a lack of data makes it hard to plan equitable services for Māori and Pacific populations. Associate Professor Jacqueline Ramke from the University of Auckland’s School of Optometry and Vision Science, was one of 73 experts from 25 countries who contributed to a report on Global Eye Health by the international medical journal The Lancet. She says New Zealand i...

Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare says work is going on ensuring Māori are appropriately dealt with at every stage of the COVID-19 vaccine...

Māori people living with HIV were more likely to struggle with their mental health, less likely to receive support, and more likely to struggle to...