Living in a new apartment at Christchurch's Rehua Marae will help Taylor Tuhaka save money and give her daughters an understanding of their Māori culture.
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A former Christchurch hostel for Māori trade trainees has been redeveloped into six rental apartments.
Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson says Te Koti Te Rato at Rehua Marae was an important place for generations of Māori, and the $3.4 million refit means it can meet today’s needs.
He says the one and two bedroom apartments he opened today will allow whānau to be part of the life of an urban marae, living in a kaupapa Māori environment.
Gangs, guns crackdown: Concern new police powers could perpetuate systemic racism towards Māori
11 May, 2021 06:54 AM
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National leader Judith Collins says she has seen no evidence of systemic racism within the police. Video / Mark Mitchell
National leader Judith Collins says she has seen no evidence of systemic racism within the police. Video / Mark Mitchell
New police powers proposed to prohibit gang members owning firearms and seize assets believed to be funded from organised crime will likely perpetuate systemic racism, the Māori Party says.
The National Party meanwhile has applauded the new bill, claiming the genesis as their own, with leader Judith Collins calling for more teeth while quashing concerns around systemic racism saying it does not exist in the police force.
What we are discussing. is whether or not in working more closely with iwi organisations and whānau who know these families well and the children well, whether or not we can do a better job at prevention, Ardern said.
Davis highlighted comments made at the Iwi Chairs Forum in Porirua on Friday that when Kāwanatanga and Tino rangatiratanga work together in partnership you ll see great things happening .
Collins suggested the Government was abdicating its responsibilities to protect all children by handing power to an independent Māori Transition Authority. Does she believe it is acceptable for the Government to remove itself from the protection of all children, regardless of ethnicity, when a New Zealand child is killed by its own family every five weeks?