Tainui hooks fisheries funds
The Te Ohu Kaimoana fisheries settlement trust had good news for Tainui today.
The trust announced to the Koroneihana hui at Ngaruawahia that the Waikato Raupatu Lands trust had passed all the requirements to be considered a mandated iwi organisation.
Chief executive Peter Douglas says over the next few months Te Ohu Kaimoana will hand over $26 million in cash, fishing quota and shares in pan-Maori fishing company Aotearoa Fisheries Limited.
Another $3 million in inshore quota will be transferred across when Tainui reaches agreement with the tribes to the south and north.
Mr Douglas says because Waikato-Tainui has completed its land claims, its application could be fast tracked.
"With Waikato, they don't have to prove a ratification process for a mandate as other iwi do, and they don't need to provide a register, because those processes have already been completed with regards to their land settlements earlier," Douglas said.
Mr Douglas says Te Ohu Kaimona is making good progress getting settlement assets into the hands of iwi.
MAORI VIEWS ON CANCER SOUGHT
A hui at Auckland's Kingsgate hotel tomorrow will look at whether Maori with cancer need special programmes to help them cope.
Rachael Morris, the operations manager for hui organiser Tamaki Healthcare, says it's part of a nationwide study by the Ministry of Health into what services are available to Maori.
Ms Morris says much of the data collected so far came from hospitals, and tomorrow is a chance for Maori cancer patients and their whanau to have their say on what services are needed.
ARAWA TRUST BOARD CHAIR HONOURED FOR PUBLCI SERVICE
The chair of the Te Arawa Maori Trust board can't remember all the boards and committees he's been on over the years, but the Rotorua City Council hasn't.
Last night Anaru Rangiheuea was presented with a community services award recognising his contribution to the sulphur city.
This week he retired from the Lake Okataina Scenic Board after 27 years, and once the Rotorua Lakes settlement is completed, aims to step down from the Te Arawa Maori Trust Board after 30 years service.
Mr Rangiheuea says his achievements belong to those who guided him into public life and those who will follow.
NO MORE MONEY FOR MAORI IN BUDGET
A change in the packaging, but no more in the parcel.
That is budget 2006 for Maori.
Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia says the budget is about unlocking Maori potential.
To do that, $23,9 million in existing spending has been reallocated to three new investment areas.
Education initiatives come under the heading of Matauranga, or making the most of Maori knowledge.
Rawa or resources covers spending on employment and utilisation ofd Maori land and other collectively-owned assets.
Whakamana are programmes to enhance leadership, decision-making and governance by Maori organisations.
Mr Horomia said his ministry of Maori Development Te Puni Kokiri will introduce no new programmes or functions over the next year, despite the changes in terminology.
Te Puni Kokiri costs $54.7 millio a year to run.
Another $102 million dollars is in Vote Maori for non-departmental appropriations, including the $51 million it costs to run Maori television on the Maori and mainstream channels.
MONEY FOR MAORI STUDENTS AXED
Today's budget has axed two long-running and successful Maori education programmes.
Bill Hamilton from the Maori Education Trust says the government is halving the $4.1 million it paid through the trust in Manaaki Tauira grants.
Mr Hamilton says Manaaki Tauira grants range from $60 to $2000 which can make all the difference in whether people were able to continue with their studies.
Bill Hamilton says the Maori Education Trust will continue to offer scome scholarships through its own resources, which include endowments and two farms.
HAKA OVER KAPA HAKA STAMPS
Maori Council spokesman Maanu Paul says New Zealand Post must drop its planned release of a series of stamps on the theme of Maori performing arts.
The stamps were designed by Abel Vaireka from Te Atiawa, and were shown to various kapa haka groups - but not to the body in charge of the national Maori performing arts festival, Te Matatini.
Mr Paul says the stamps are crude charicatures of Maori performers and an attack on the identity of Maori.
The trust announced to the Koroneihana hui at Ngaruawahia that the Waikato Raupatu Lands trust had passed all the requirements to be considered a mandated iwi organisation.
Chief executive Peter Douglas says over the next few months Te Ohu Kaimoana will hand over $26 million in cash, fishing quota and shares in pan-Maori fishing company Aotearoa Fisheries Limited.
Another $3 million in inshore quota will be transferred across when Tainui reaches agreement with the tribes to the south and north.
Mr Douglas says because Waikato-Tainui has completed its land claims, its application could be fast tracked.
"With Waikato, they don't have to prove a ratification process for a mandate as other iwi do, and they don't need to provide a register, because those processes have already been completed with regards to their land settlements earlier," Douglas said.
Mr Douglas says Te Ohu Kaimona is making good progress getting settlement assets into the hands of iwi.
MAORI VIEWS ON CANCER SOUGHT
A hui at Auckland's Kingsgate hotel tomorrow will look at whether Maori with cancer need special programmes to help them cope.
Rachael Morris, the operations manager for hui organiser Tamaki Healthcare, says it's part of a nationwide study by the Ministry of Health into what services are available to Maori.
Ms Morris says much of the data collected so far came from hospitals, and tomorrow is a chance for Maori cancer patients and their whanau to have their say on what services are needed.
ARAWA TRUST BOARD CHAIR HONOURED FOR PUBLCI SERVICE
The chair of the Te Arawa Maori Trust board can't remember all the boards and committees he's been on over the years, but the Rotorua City Council hasn't.
Last night Anaru Rangiheuea was presented with a community services award recognising his contribution to the sulphur city.
This week he retired from the Lake Okataina Scenic Board after 27 years, and once the Rotorua Lakes settlement is completed, aims to step down from the Te Arawa Maori Trust Board after 30 years service.
Mr Rangiheuea says his achievements belong to those who guided him into public life and those who will follow.
NO MORE MONEY FOR MAORI IN BUDGET
A change in the packaging, but no more in the parcel.
That is budget 2006 for Maori.
Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia says the budget is about unlocking Maori potential.
To do that, $23,9 million in existing spending has been reallocated to three new investment areas.
Education initiatives come under the heading of Matauranga, or making the most of Maori knowledge.
Rawa or resources covers spending on employment and utilisation ofd Maori land and other collectively-owned assets.
Whakamana are programmes to enhance leadership, decision-making and governance by Maori organisations.
Mr Horomia said his ministry of Maori Development Te Puni Kokiri will introduce no new programmes or functions over the next year, despite the changes in terminology.
Te Puni Kokiri costs $54.7 millio a year to run.
Another $102 million dollars is in Vote Maori for non-departmental appropriations, including the $51 million it costs to run Maori television on the Maori and mainstream channels.
MONEY FOR MAORI STUDENTS AXED
Today's budget has axed two long-running and successful Maori education programmes.
Bill Hamilton from the Maori Education Trust says the government is halving the $4.1 million it paid through the trust in Manaaki Tauira grants.
Mr Hamilton says Manaaki Tauira grants range from $60 to $2000 which can make all the difference in whether people were able to continue with their studies.
Bill Hamilton says the Maori Education Trust will continue to offer scome scholarships through its own resources, which include endowments and two farms.
HAKA OVER KAPA HAKA STAMPS
Maori Council spokesman Maanu Paul says New Zealand Post must drop its planned release of a series of stamps on the theme of Maori performing arts.
The stamps were designed by Abel Vaireka from Te Atiawa, and were shown to various kapa haka groups - but not to the body in charge of the national Maori performing arts festival, Te Matatini.
Mr Paul says the stamps are crude charicatures of Maori performers and an attack on the identity of Maori.
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