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Concerns about the He Puapua report - on how to better uphold indigenous rights - are being dismissed by Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson. Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson. Photo: Dom Thomas He Puapua, which he says will go to Cabinet soon. He Puapua was handed to former minister for Māori development Nanaia Mahuta in 2019 and suggests the establishment of a separate Māori parliament or upper house and a separate court. The government has never released the full report publicly and, because it has never been to Cabinet, it has not agreed a position on it.

Matua and Whaea: Clive School allows teachers to be referred to by te reo teaching titles after review 19 Apr, 2021 03:09 AM 3 minutes to read Teachers can now be referred to as matua and whaea at Clive School. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today The matua and whaea debate appears to have been settled. A Hawke's Bay school where two student teachers left after alleging they were not allowed to be referred to by pupils as matua and whaea says all teachers at the school will now be welcome to choose to use them as teaching titles. A Clive School Board of Trustees spokeswoman confirm...

Minister for Whānau Ora Peeni Henare. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Any donation of more than $30,000 must be declared to the commission within 10 working days of it being received. The National Urban Māori Authority (NUMA) is a registered charity which provides advocacy for four urban Māori authorities: Te Kohao Health in Kirikiriroa, Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust in West Auckland, Te Roopu Awhina ki Porirua and Manukau Urban Māori Authority. Those organisations run health and social services which are funded, in part, by the North Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency. The Ministry o...

Māori and Pasifika mourn loss of former Ngā Tamatoa activist and Polynesian Panther Miriama Rauhihi-Ness 17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Miriama Rauhihi-Ness (second from left) and son - a very young Che Fu (right) pose with other members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Photo / Supplied Reporter, NZ Herald Māori and Pasifika activists are mourning Ngā Tamatoa and Polynesian Panther heroine Miriama Rauhihi-Ness, who died suddenly from cancer on March 15. The Ngāti Whakatere and Ngāti Taki Hiku descendant was instrumental in the mobilisation of the Polynesian Panthers as well as t...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern flexes art skills at Whangārei's Hihiaua Cultural Centre 5 Feb, 2021 12:31 AM 3 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepares to put paint to canvas at Whangārei's Hihiaua Cultural Centre today. Photo / Michael Cunningham Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern prepares to put paint to canvas at Whangārei's Hihiaua Cultural Centre today. Photo / Michael Cunningham Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put her art skills to the test in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Whangārei's Hihiaua Cultural Centre today. Ardern, alongside her Minister for Arts, Culture and Herit...