The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) expressed their unanimous endorsement for ‘Toitū te Reo, the National Māori Language Festival’ presented by Mātauranga Iwi Leaders Group (MILG) at the recent forum gathering in Tauranga.
The Tangata Whenua caucus will still carry on with an independent anti-racism plan that it intends to bring out to communities in the near future, noting that anti-racism action at the community level need not wait for the government.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 5:56 pm
The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) are set to meet in
Porirua this week on the 6th and 7th of May at Te Rauparaha
Arena. The collective leadership of the 71 Iwi entities that
make up the NICF meet quarterly to share information and
work together to advance and address the identified
priorities of the forum.
Hosted by Te Rūnanga o
Ngāti Toa Rangatira, the two day hui will start with
pōwhiri at Takapūwāhia Marae before shifting into a
formal agenda that will see presentations from within the
five NICF pou (pillars); Pou Tikanga (constitutional and