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Related Podcast Urban Maori are absent from the steering group put together by Sir Mason Durie to identify candidates for the interim board of the Māori Health Authority. The group is heavy on tribal executives, with Dr Matire Harwood the only medical practitioner. Ngai Tahu's Sir Mark Solomon, Kim Ngarimu from Ngati Porou and Parekawhia McLean from Waikato Tainui chair have experience at governance or executive level on district health boards. The other members are Rāhui Papa from Waikato Tainui, Rongowhakaata Trust general manager Amohaere Houkamau and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu chair Lis...

Ngati Hine ramps up vaccination network 26 May 2021 09:30 AM Ngati Hine Health Related Podcast Ngāti Hine Health Trust has opened its new Torongare Covid-19 vaccination centre in Whāngarei with a dawn ceremony this morning. Chief executive Geoff Milner says the ground floor of its Walton Street site has been renovated to complement Northland District Health Board’s vaccination roll out. It will welcome and support priority groups who are at risk, particularly kuia and kaumatua and their whānau, within a kaupapa Māori environment. He says manaakitanga is key to engaging with wh...

New Governor General has message of hope 26 May 2021 08:00 AM Dame Cindy Kiro speaks to media on May 24, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Dame Cindy Kiro takes over as Governor-General from Dame Patsy Reddy, whose five-year term has ended. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/Getty Images) More Related Stories New Governor General has message of hope The country’s next Governor General wants to bring to a sense of hope to the job. Dame Cindy Kiro from Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Kahu will take up the role as representative of the head of state in October after Dame Patsy Reddy finishes her...

Manawatu Council schooled on treaty education challenge 12 May 2021 16:50 PM Veronica Tawhai | Photo image supplied More Related Stories Manawatu Council schooled on treaty education challenge A Massey University politics lecturer says Māori don’t have time to wait for councils to educate non-Māori voters about why Māori seats are needed. Veronica Tawhai and her tamariki took part in yesterday’s hikoi in Feilding against Manawatū District Council’s decision to hold off creating Māori wards until at least the 2025 election. Ms Tawhai, whose PhD research is on the role of c...

New calendar celebrates connection to taiao 12 May 2021 16:45 PM Dr Rangi Maataamua | Photo on file More Related Stories New calendar celebrates connection to taiao Māori astronomer Rangi Mataamua says a new calendar can help Māori better interact with the taiao. The University of Waikato associate professor bases his Te Tau Toru Nui o Matariki calendar on traditional Māori maramataka, using a three-year cycle that starts with the rising of Matariki, incorporates a 13th month into the lunar calendar and brings in environmental factors. He says colonisation drove out indigenous mo...