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Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says the expanded Ngāwhā geothermal power station coming to full production is great news for the north. Mr Davis cut the ribbon on the expanded plant last week, which is now up to its full 57 MegaWatt capacity - a far cry from the experimental 8MW station built in the 1990s in a joint venture between Top Energy and Tai Tokerau Māori Trust Board. While the board no longer has a stake in the complex, Mr Davis says Top Energy has maintained good relations with tangata whenua, especially local iwi Ngāti Rangi. He says the new station can generate enough power fo...

Wahine Maori favoured for government boards 12 Jul 2021 14:00 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast Twenty two percent of members of public sector boards and committees are now Māori, up from 21 percent last year. Wāhine Māori hold 12.2 percent of public sector board roles. The Minister for Women, Jan Tinetti, says public sector boards are now made up of 50.9 percent women, up from 45.7 percent in 2017. She says more diverse boards make better quality decisions. Now the Government has met its target of 50 percent women, she says she will be working with Minister for Pacific Peoples...

Rahui laid as Waiheke marina back in court 08 Jul 2021 12:00 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x39e6348) Supporters of the Ngāti Paoa kaumātua Trust Board this morning placed a rāhui on Waiheke’s Pūtiki Bay. The attempted ban on a controversial marina development was timed to coincide with a Ngāti Paoa Trust Board challenge in the Environment Court aimed at stopping work until a plan is in place to protect the area’s Kororā or little blue penguins. Board supporter Kelly Klink says the developer’s proposed management plan is inadequate to protect the penguins and it ignores māt...

New scholarship for Maori lawyers 06 Jul 2021 12:03 PM More Related Stories Māori lawyers are being encouraged to deepen their studies of the ture. The Michael and Suzanne Borrin Foundation along with Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, the Māori centre for research excellence, have created a scholarship for Māori law graduates who wish to obtain a post-graduate degree in law overseas or domestically. A pool of $80,000 will be available annually which may be awarded to one scholar or split between two individuals. Professor Jacinta Ruru, who co-designed the initiative, says it’s a game ch...

Wall speaks up for Uyghur tino rangatiratanga 06 Jul 2021 12:03 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x3de1270) Labour MP Louisa Wall says Māori should be concerned about what is happening to China’s indigenous Uighur minority. Ms Wallis standing by claims China is enslaving Uighurs and harvesting organs from political prisoners, saying they’re based on the findings of the 2019 independent tribunal led by distinguished UK international human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice QC. She says it’s hard to make definitive statements about what is happening in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, whic...