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Incoming Taiwhenua CEO Announced More Related Stories Incoming Taiwhenua CEO Announced Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga (TToH) are pleased to announce the appointment of Waylyn Tahuri-Whaipakanga, Ngāti Kahungunu, Tamaterangi and Ngai Tūhoe, Tamakaimoana, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Te Haaro Chairman, Mike Paku, says “Waylyn’s appointment comes after an extensive, exhaustive and comprehensive recruitment process.” Waylyn has a 25 year career in Health and Social Services in a number o...

Waituhi o Tamaki takes Maori writers to heart 11 May 2021 11:45 AM More Related Stories HASH(0x3314c88) Some of Māoridom’s leading wordsmiths will share their stories and insights at the Auckland Writers Festival. Waituhi o Tāmaki director Ann O’Brien says the festival is particularly honoured to feature novelist Patricia Grace, who has just published a memoir. Other highlights will include Ross Calman discussing in te reo Māori his translation of a 19th century biography of Ngāti...

Kiwifruit export company Seeka has been officially welcomed to Ōpōtiki to celebrate its amalgamation with Ōpōtiki Packing and Cool...

Goff counting on law change for Maori seat 11 May 2021 11:45 AM More Related Stories HASH(0x4019c88) Auckland mayor Phil Goff is counting on a law change later this year to allow the super city to create a Māori ward in time for the 2025 local government election. So far 13 of the 29 territorial local authorities across Aotearoa will have Māori seats after next year’s election, and Māori in Feilding this morning marched on the Manawatū District Council to demand it revisit its deci...

Olsen bring environment links to Rangitihi management 07 May 2021 12:39 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x34b8d28) Ngāti Rangitihi chair Leith Comer says its new general manager’s experience with the Department of Conservation and in resource management is a good match for the eastern Bay of Plenty tribe’s next moves. It’s second time around at Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust for Anthony Olsen, who serves as chief executive in its early stages before moving into research and negotia...

Mallard squawk a test for parliamentary privilege 07 May 2021 12:39 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x3b6ed28) Hit the Road Jack is Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi’s waiata for parliament’s speaker Trevor Mallard. This week in his role as the minister responsible for Parliamentary Service, Mr Mallard was goaded into accusing a former parliament staffer of sexual assault. This is the same staffer he had apologised to after accusing him of rape. Mr Waititi says it was an abuse of the...

Maori gather to discuss collective approach to Māori Health Authority 07 May 2021 13:42 PM More Related Stories Press Release tomorrow with Northland Iwi to work out a collective approach to the government’s proposed Māori Health Authority. partners from Tamaki Makaurau gathered at Otiria Marae, Moerewa to discuss how best Māori could establish, support and manage the Māori Health Authority. Whānau Ora partners – the Te Pae Heranga collective - from Tamaki Makaurau left in a hiko...

Cook Islands reopen after enforced rest 06 May 2021 12:51 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x3ae8c88) A Māori broadcaster now living on Rarotonga says the Cook Islands is excited about the travel bubble reopening on May 17 - but the people and the land have also had a welcomed break. Mania Clarke-Mamanu says the islands have been Covid-free throughout the pandemic, and government wage subsidies and grants helped people weather the 70 percent fall in national income caused by putting tourism...

Community push to tackle whanau and sexual violence 06 May 2021 12:51 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast The Minister for Family and Sexual Violence, Marama Davidson, says wahine Māori are still disproportionately represented in the statistics, with more than 1 in 3 being survivors of family and/or sexual violence. At a hui at Ngā Whare Waatea in South Auckland today, Ms Davidson launched an engagement process that will lead to a new national strategy and action plan. She says the...

Maori Party backs ACT Uyghur protest 05 May 2021 12:21 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast The Māori Party is backing an ACT Party motion declaring concern over Chinas treatment of its Muslim Uyghur minority. The motion to be debated today was amended by the House business committee to remove an allegation of genocide. Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says she was concerned the motion was watered down. She says parliament needs to call out atrocities for what they are, wh...