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Waititi says prison alternatives needed 26 Feb 2021 13:45 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x35a4158) Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says it’s time to look at alternatives to prison. The Waiariki MP came under fire this week from Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis for his support for rioting Waikeria prisoners. He stands by his actions, and says a judgment this week on the inhumane treatment of two wāhine in Auckland Women’s Prison shows the system is absolutely broken. He says with the majority of inmates both male and female being Māori, it’s time for iwi, hapū and Māori ...

Maori film guild swamped with calls for help 24 Feb 2021 14:24 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x4060128) A trade guild for Māori in film and television is being inundated with requests from international filmmakers for advice on portraying Māori characters. Ngā Aho Whakaari spokesperson Hineani Melbourne says that's not really its role, so has asked the Film Commission for support to help it deal with such requests. She says often film makers will try to create Māori characters based on what they have seen in films like Once Were Warriors or Whale Rider, or they think they can slot...

Child Poverty Action Group says big steps, not little steps, are needed to reach children living in deepest poverty.

Share Her writ states that she had refused to give the film crew permission to enter the flat but was deceived when the bodycam footage was used by Channel 5. She said that the clip used of her in her pyjamas was a 'deeply humiliating ordeal'.    Ms Zarghune's is now seeking up to £100,000 in damages and a gagging order to prevent footage being aired again. MailOnline has contacted Channel 5, Brinkworth Films and DCBL for comment. Her lawyers claim that the footage was used without her consent when it was shown on Channel 5 as part of the the popular fly-on-the-wall programme and watch...

Collins keen on Harawira checkpoints 18 Feb 2021 16:33 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x346f128) National Party leader Judith Collins has spoken up for Hone Harawira’s roadside checkpoints. Last year National was highly critical of the roadside information stops set up by the former Te Taitokerau MP. During last months’s Northland COVID scare he staged a repeat performance, but his Kawakawa checkpoint was quickly shut down by police. Ms Collins says such community checkpoints are OK as long as police are involved. She says her former colleague’s actions are an understandable respons...