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Reti wants go-slow on UNDRIP HASH(0x396b180) Too far too fast. That’s how National Party deputy leader Shane Reti sees the Government’s response to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson last week launched consultation with Māori on how the declaration could be implemented, saying it would not be bound by the ideas in He Puapua, a report written by an advisory panel. National has been attacking the Government over He Puapua, and Dr Reti says it’s still clearly Government policy. He says it’s not what National int...

Whanau Ora ready to help Oranga Tamariki 05 Jul 2021 13:27 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x4058270) Whānau Ora is ready to step in and help Oranga Tamariki with the tamariki and rangatahi displaced by the closure of the Christchurch care and protection residence. Helen Leahy from the South Island commissioning agency Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu says working to ensure children can be raised within a loving family context is core to what whānau ora is about. She says young people in the residences have highly complex needs. Section 7A of the Oranga Tamariki Act makes in mandatory th...

Maori business tohu for Tangaroa Walker's farming tales 05 Jul 2021 13:27 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast A business that delivers online education for the dairy industry has won the premier award at the 2021 Te Kupeka Umaka Māori ki Araiteuru Māori Business Awards, which celebrate Maori business success in Otago and Southland. Judge Karen Roos says Tangaroa Walker’s Farm 4 Life edutainment channel has put Southland farming in the spotlight and made a significant impact on his community and on support for young people in particular. She says his life story, his dedication to...

New sense of zeal for Kiritapu Allan 05 Jul 2021 13:27 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x378e270) Cabinet Minister Kiritapu Allan says she’s relieved and glad to be getting back to work after a bout with cancer. Ms Allan was diagnosed with cervical cancer three months ago, and has undergone an intensive 9-week course of chemotherapy and radiation. She says it has changed her outlook and brought home the gift that life is - and also the privilege she has to do the mahi that awaits her. "I got into politics to make a difference for whanau who look like us, who sound like us, who come from...

Related Podcast The Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s new senior Maori historian wants to see more of the way physical taonga can unlock stories. Matariki Williams has taken over the Pou Hītori Māori Matua role from Dr Monty Souter after working as curator matauranga Maori at Te Papa Tongarewa, where her mahi included co-writing the award-winning book Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance. She says a major focus of the new mahi is helping iwi tell the stories of their settlements in their own words for the online Te Tai resource. She says while at Te Papa ...