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National's tikanga win for women at Waitangi Newsroom 4/02/2021 © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. It was arguably National who came away from political talks at Waitangi with the biggest win, but it will be another 12 months before it’s known if Ngāpuhi held up their end of the deal, writes political editor Jo Moir National’s deputy leader Shane Reti laid down a challenge straight off the bat when speaking to iwi at Te Whare Runanga on the Wa...

A win for wāhine at Waitangi as Ngāpuhi challenged to let Collins speak at marae Newshub 4/02/2021 Tova O'Brien © Newshub Watch: National's deputy leader Shane Reti said he was disappointed Judith Collins wasn't allowed to speak. It was a win for wāhine at Waitangi after National's deputy leader Shane Reti challenged Ngāpuhi to allow women to speak at the upper marae.  The rare glimpse of political unity at Waitangi on Thursday - where the country came together 181 years ago – came as our political leaders gave peace a chance.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was gi...

Waitangi: Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy speaks on NZ history, Te Tiriti and the constitution 3 Feb, 2021 11:20 PM 3 minutes to read Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy was welcomed onto the Treaty grounds at Waitangi today for her fifth and final time in the role. Photo / File Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz The Governor-General says she looks forward to when every New Zealander can have an "informed conversation" about the Treaty of Waitangi and see it as a "source of pride and possibility". Dame Patsy Reddy made the remarks this morning in her fifth and lik...

Matariki, the Māori New Year - is our first Māori-specific public holiday. The date will change each year, determined by the lunar calendar.  "It will, as many people have pointed out, break up the year at a time when it can feel a little long," Ardern told reporters at Waitangi.  It's also a classic vote winner announced on the election campaign.  "The real issues for Māori are imprisonment, housing, unemployment, incomes and education," said ACT leader David Seymour. "Having an extra day off doesn't help when your unemployment's going up." Collins didn't have the chance to...

Although the incidence of polio acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) has decreased in India, the nonpolio AFP (NPAFP) rate has increased. Nationwide, the NPAFP rate is 11.82 per 100 000 population, whereas the expected rate is 1 to 2 per 100 000 population. Andre 5.1.1 A few questions: Assuming for the sake of argument that the apparent increase in non-polio acute flaccid paralysis is in fact due to the version of polio vaccine being used in India being the cheaper of vaccines available (this assumption is by no means a clear conclusion from the available evidence), do you...