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Streaming harms Maori education Photo: Radio Waatea Image Database. More Related Stories Laures Park: Streaming harms Maori education Primary teachers’ union NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling for an end to streaming, which it says sets back Maori and Pasifika children. Primary teachers’ union NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling for an end to streaming, which it says sets back Māori and Pasifika children. The union’s Matua Takawaenga, Laures Park, says streaming is not just a problem in secondary schools but exists through the school's system in terms such as ability grouping - which are really a...

Time for two suns on Whakatane council 15 Mar 2021 08:54 AM Photo: Whakatane District Council Facebook. More Related Stories Toni Boynton: Time for two suns on Whakatane council An advocate for better Maori representation in local government says Maori wards in Whakatane have been a long time coming. An advocate for better Māori representation in local government says Māori wards in Whakatane have been a long time coming. The Whakatane District Council has set itself a tight timetable for creating a Māori ward in time for next year’s local government election, with a workshop f...

ASB Polyfest organisers are planning for a smaller festival this year because of COVID restrictions.

Message, messenger and media key to Maori Covid vax campaign 08 Mar 2021 12:57 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x32c0438) A member of Māori pandemic response group Te Rōpu Whakakaupapa Urutā is rejecting suggestions there could be vaccine hesitancy among Māori. He says that’s dialling down expectations of Covid-19 vaccine campaign and setting it up to fail, rather than looking at well-resourced and targeted programmes run by Māori providers which have achieved more than 90 percent uptake. He expects to see information communicated well, designed with Māori in mind and delivered ...

Ngati Whatua need to korero on Erebus memorial stance 08 Mar 2021 12:57 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x3672328) Crown Māori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis wants to see Ngāti Whātua sort out their differences on the proposed Erebus memorial beside the Parnell Rose Gardens. The Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei board says it has been consulted on and approved the memorial at what it calls Taurarua. But Dame Naida Glavish, who chairs Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, says many in the hapū say they were unaware of the plan, and there should have been consultation with the wider iwi because of the s...