Fish management plans on the way
May 16
The chairman of Maori fisheries settlement trust Te Ohu Kaimoana, Shane Jones, has welcomed Budget funding for fisheries management plans.
Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton announced a $8.2 million in spending over the next four years on a range of fisheries management and marine protection initiative, including $5.3 million to develop fisheries plans.
The government will work with the fishing and other stakeholders to identify how to get the best out of particular fish stock long term, rather than manging them year to year in an ad hoc manner.
Mr Jones, who is also a government backbencher, says Maori have been pushing for management plans since the fisheries claims were first mounted in the late 1980s.
"It's taken a long time, the iwi are now well informed about the collision between recreational, customary and commercial. If these plans offer a medium where conflict can be be both identified and inevitably reconciled, it's a great step forward. But I can see a lot of contesting of ideas between recreationalists and the commercial interests," Jones said.
Shane Jones says the quota management system has improved the overall management of the fisheries, but there are communities round the country where particular issues and conflicts arise.
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Maori Council spokesman Maanu Paul says it's time to tip the scales back in favour of Maori.
Mr Paul says despite the advances of recent years through claim settlements, Maori still have too little say in how the country is run.
He says the council has a statutory right to not only comment on government policies for Maori but to initiate policy - and that is what is intends doing.
"Someone has to get up and put in place a system of legal accountabilty to ensure the scales of justice are balanced for both treaty parties. The only body in the country that can do that with independendce is the New Zealand Maori Council," Paul said.
He says iwi runanga and trust boards are limited to looking after their own people, but the Maori Council can take on pan-Maori issues.
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The first Maori All Black coach may not be far away, if the Hurricanes keep up their run of success in the Super 14.
Commentator Ken Laban says the Wellington team's trouncing of the New South Wales Warratahs last weekend, which won them a home semifinal against the same team at the Caketin this Saturday, is a testament to coach Colin Cooper from Te Atiawa.
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The Maori Council wants more money from Government to keep up with its statutory obligations.
Funding has remained static at about $200,000 a year, despite the number of district Maori councils growing in recent years from eight to 15.
Mr Paul says the council has a repsonsibilty under its act to protect the well being of all Maori in Aotearoa.
He says that means it can do things which iwi runanga and trust boards cannot do, such as representing all Maori on pan Maori issues like education, health, immigration, taxation, and making a place more Maori as participants in developing the economy of the country.
Maanu Paul says the Maori Council has become almost invisible in Maoridom, despite it being the body which won Maori settlements in radio and television broadcasting, Maori language, forestry, and protection of Maori claims from the sell-off of state enterprises.
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Shifting next month's Maori versus New South Wales game from Aussie Stadium to the SCG could be a blessing in disguise.
The game scheduled for June 2nd will be new coach Donny Stevenson's first match in charge of the Maori team and is a part of their build up to the Churchill Cup tournament in North America the following week.
Coach Stevenson says the more intimate atmosphere at the SCG could work in favour of the Maori team.
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It's going to be the first - or the last kapa haka performance in the country.
Hakaz Limited is offering hangi and Maori cultural concerts at the Waitiki Landing, 20 kilometres south of Te Rerenga Wairua.
Spokesman Bundy Waitai, says more than 600,000 people passed by the motel and store each year on the way to Cape Reinga, and he wants to capture some of that market.
Mr Waitai is well known in the entertainment industry, having played bass for stars like Prince Tui Teka and Sir Howard Morrison, as well as manging the concerts at Rotorua's Tudor Towers for many years.
He says Hakaz will follow the Rotorua model, but with different legends, telling the stories of the Muriwhenua tribes Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa and Ngati Kahu.
Bundy Waitai says just in case people can't make it that far north, the Hakaz team is prepared to travel to perform.
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The chairman of Maori fisheries settlement trust Te Ohu Kaimoana, Shane Jones, has welcomed Budget funding for fisheries management plans.
Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton announced a $8.2 million in spending over the next four years on a range of fisheries management and marine protection initiative, including $5.3 million to develop fisheries plans.
The government will work with the fishing and other stakeholders to identify how to get the best out of particular fish stock long term, rather than manging them year to year in an ad hoc manner.
Mr Jones, who is also a government backbencher, says Maori have been pushing for management plans since the fisheries claims were first mounted in the late 1980s.
"It's taken a long time, the iwi are now well informed about the collision between recreational, customary and commercial. If these plans offer a medium where conflict can be be both identified and inevitably reconciled, it's a great step forward. But I can see a lot of contesting of ideas between recreationalists and the commercial interests," Jones said.
Shane Jones says the quota management system has improved the overall management of the fisheries, but there are communities round the country where particular issues and conflicts arise.
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Maori Council spokesman Maanu Paul says it's time to tip the scales back in favour of Maori.
Mr Paul says despite the advances of recent years through claim settlements, Maori still have too little say in how the country is run.
He says the council has a statutory right to not only comment on government policies for Maori but to initiate policy - and that is what is intends doing.
"Someone has to get up and put in place a system of legal accountabilty to ensure the scales of justice are balanced for both treaty parties. The only body in the country that can do that with independendce is the New Zealand Maori Council," Paul said.
He says iwi runanga and trust boards are limited to looking after their own people, but the Maori Council can take on pan-Maori issues.
---
The first Maori All Black coach may not be far away, if the Hurricanes keep up their run of success in the Super 14.
Commentator Ken Laban says the Wellington team's trouncing of the New South Wales Warratahs last weekend, which won them a home semifinal against the same team at the Caketin this Saturday, is a testament to coach Colin Cooper from Te Atiawa.
---
The Maori Council wants more money from Government to keep up with its statutory obligations.
Funding has remained static at about $200,000 a year, despite the number of district Maori councils growing in recent years from eight to 15.
Mr Paul says the council has a repsonsibilty under its act to protect the well being of all Maori in Aotearoa.
He says that means it can do things which iwi runanga and trust boards cannot do, such as representing all Maori on pan Maori issues like education, health, immigration, taxation, and making a place more Maori as participants in developing the economy of the country.
Maanu Paul says the Maori Council has become almost invisible in Maoridom, despite it being the body which won Maori settlements in radio and television broadcasting, Maori language, forestry, and protection of Maori claims from the sell-off of state enterprises.
---
Shifting next month's Maori versus New South Wales game from Aussie Stadium to the SCG could be a blessing in disguise.
The game scheduled for June 2nd will be new coach Donny Stevenson's first match in charge of the Maori team and is a part of their build up to the Churchill Cup tournament in North America the following week.
Coach Stevenson says the more intimate atmosphere at the SCG could work in favour of the Maori team.
---
It's going to be the first - or the last kapa haka performance in the country.
Hakaz Limited is offering hangi and Maori cultural concerts at the Waitiki Landing, 20 kilometres south of Te Rerenga Wairua.
Spokesman Bundy Waitai, says more than 600,000 people passed by the motel and store each year on the way to Cape Reinga, and he wants to capture some of that market.
Mr Waitai is well known in the entertainment industry, having played bass for stars like Prince Tui Teka and Sir Howard Morrison, as well as manging the concerts at Rotorua's Tudor Towers for many years.
He says Hakaz will follow the Rotorua model, but with different legends, telling the stories of the Muriwhenua tribes Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa and Ngati Kahu.
Bundy Waitai says just in case people can't make it that far north, the Hakaz team is prepared to travel to perform.
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