Bus ban possible outcome of claim settlement
Busses and even cars could be banned from the summit of Mt Eden as the result of the settlement with Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Under the agreement in principle announced last week, the mountain will be vested in the hapu, and it will revert to its original name of Maungawhau.
Ngati Whatua will also get Maungakeikei or One Tree Hill and Puketapaa or Mt Roskill, and will have a say in the management of several other city volcanos.
Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard says he is looking forward to work more closely with Ngati Whatua.
He says the stewardship of Manugawhau under the Department of Conservation has not been up to scratch, and the change in ownership means some long standing problems may be fixed up.
"Certainly the question of transport to the top of the mountain has to be considered. A significant number of us in Auckland City believe it is appropriate to take buses and even cars off the mountain, replace it with a swept up visitors' centre and alternative access to the top," Hubbard said.
GREEN BACKS GREENIE CLAIM
Green's Maori affairs spokesperson, Meteria Turei says Pakeha law is failing to aknowledge Maori interests in the natural world.
A judicial conference later this week will discuss how the Waitangi Tribunal will proceed with the Wai 262 claim, for native flora and fauna.
Ms Turei says Maori have long known about the medicinal properties of native plants, and they can't accept overseas companies claiming exclusive rights to commercialise such plants.
She says there is widespread support for the claim among Maori.
MEDIA SLANT ON MAORI SCRUTINISED
Media treatment of Maori stories will come under scrutiny in schools up and down the country next month as the result of an inititiative by a bi-cultural think tank.
Kupu Taea has managed to get its Media and Te Tiriti leaflet included in Script, a newsletter sent out to secondary school media studies teachers.
Spokesperson Ray Nairn says the leaflet is based on a study which found normal journalistic standards of accuracy, balance and fairness seemed to be ignored when the media tackled Maori stories.
Dr Nairn says a lot of it came down to the questions of authority.
"There were issues like the primacy given to Pakeha, particulary Pakeha men in defining stories, there were more Pakeha sources than there were Maori sources for these Maori stories and the Pakeha spoke earlier than the Maori so they were defining what the stories and what the issues were," Nairn said.
HAURAKI CHAIR SLAMS AUCKLAND LOCK-OUT
Hauraki Maori Trust Board chairman Toko Renata says he is determined to pursue his tribe's claims in Auckland, despite the agreement in principal between the Crown and Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Mr Renata says the Marutauhu Compact tribes had land in Auckland until the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
He says even after the treaty they used their settlement at Waipapa, below the Auckland University Marae, as a base when they visited the new town.
But Mr Renata says Hauraki's attempts to put its case seem to have been blocked by the Waitangi Tribunal and the Office of Treaty Settlements.
"At the beginning of our claims I made a statement here is Toko Renanta standing with one foot on one side of the line in Auckland back to Nga Kure a Whare in Matakana Island, and I wasn't allowed to pursue our iwi and hapu interests in Auckland," Renata said.
PARAMOUNT CHIEF ENHANCED PACIFIC TOUR
Maori language commission chief executive Haami Piripi says a ministerial delegation to Vauatu and Rarotonga has enhanced New Zealand's standing in the Pacific.
More than 50 politicians, officials and dignataries accompanied Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters on the trip.
Mr Piripi says the real eye-opener was the invitation for the ministerial party to meet with the Vanuatu council of chiefs.
Mr Piripi says the invite was extended because of the presence of Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu te Heuheu in the delegation.
"The context of the entire hui with those chiefs was round Tumu te Heuheu. What the Vanuatu people described was a twin hulled waka coming in, one representig a system of governance in a contemporary sense, and one represeitn a system of customary leadership. We though it was very very apt," Piripi said.
Haami Piripi says he and language commissioner Patu Hohepa made valuable links with other language specialists, including meeting two of the four Polyneisan language communities in the Vanuatu Group.
GISBORNE RUNANGA PUSHES FOR FORMAL COUNCIL LINKS
Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa wants to formalise its relationship with the Gisborne District Council.
Chairman Pene Brown says such a partnership can be written into the council's long term council community plan, which is being reviewed.
Mr Brown says while there are many instances where council and runanga have worked together, a formal process would improve the relationship.
Under the agreement in principle announced last week, the mountain will be vested in the hapu, and it will revert to its original name of Maungawhau.
Ngati Whatua will also get Maungakeikei or One Tree Hill and Puketapaa or Mt Roskill, and will have a say in the management of several other city volcanos.
Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard says he is looking forward to work more closely with Ngati Whatua.
He says the stewardship of Manugawhau under the Department of Conservation has not been up to scratch, and the change in ownership means some long standing problems may be fixed up.
"Certainly the question of transport to the top of the mountain has to be considered. A significant number of us in Auckland City believe it is appropriate to take buses and even cars off the mountain, replace it with a swept up visitors' centre and alternative access to the top," Hubbard said.
GREEN BACKS GREENIE CLAIM
Green's Maori affairs spokesperson, Meteria Turei says Pakeha law is failing to aknowledge Maori interests in the natural world.
A judicial conference later this week will discuss how the Waitangi Tribunal will proceed with the Wai 262 claim, for native flora and fauna.
Ms Turei says Maori have long known about the medicinal properties of native plants, and they can't accept overseas companies claiming exclusive rights to commercialise such plants.
She says there is widespread support for the claim among Maori.
MEDIA SLANT ON MAORI SCRUTINISED
Media treatment of Maori stories will come under scrutiny in schools up and down the country next month as the result of an inititiative by a bi-cultural think tank.
Kupu Taea has managed to get its Media and Te Tiriti leaflet included in Script, a newsletter sent out to secondary school media studies teachers.
Spokesperson Ray Nairn says the leaflet is based on a study which found normal journalistic standards of accuracy, balance and fairness seemed to be ignored when the media tackled Maori stories.
Dr Nairn says a lot of it came down to the questions of authority.
"There were issues like the primacy given to Pakeha, particulary Pakeha men in defining stories, there were more Pakeha sources than there were Maori sources for these Maori stories and the Pakeha spoke earlier than the Maori so they were defining what the stories and what the issues were," Nairn said.
HAURAKI CHAIR SLAMS AUCKLAND LOCK-OUT
Hauraki Maori Trust Board chairman Toko Renata says he is determined to pursue his tribe's claims in Auckland, despite the agreement in principal between the Crown and Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Mr Renata says the Marutauhu Compact tribes had land in Auckland until the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
He says even after the treaty they used their settlement at Waipapa, below the Auckland University Marae, as a base when they visited the new town.
But Mr Renata says Hauraki's attempts to put its case seem to have been blocked by the Waitangi Tribunal and the Office of Treaty Settlements.
"At the beginning of our claims I made a statement here is Toko Renanta standing with one foot on one side of the line in Auckland back to Nga Kure a Whare in Matakana Island, and I wasn't allowed to pursue our iwi and hapu interests in Auckland," Renata said.
PARAMOUNT CHIEF ENHANCED PACIFIC TOUR
Maori language commission chief executive Haami Piripi says a ministerial delegation to Vauatu and Rarotonga has enhanced New Zealand's standing in the Pacific.
More than 50 politicians, officials and dignataries accompanied Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters on the trip.
Mr Piripi says the real eye-opener was the invitation for the ministerial party to meet with the Vanuatu council of chiefs.
Mr Piripi says the invite was extended because of the presence of Tuwharetoa paramount chief Tumu te Heuheu in the delegation.
"The context of the entire hui with those chiefs was round Tumu te Heuheu. What the Vanuatu people described was a twin hulled waka coming in, one representig a system of governance in a contemporary sense, and one represeitn a system of customary leadership. We though it was very very apt," Piripi said.
Haami Piripi says he and language commissioner Patu Hohepa made valuable links with other language specialists, including meeting two of the four Polyneisan language communities in the Vanuatu Group.
GISBORNE RUNANGA PUSHES FOR FORMAL COUNCIL LINKS
Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa wants to formalise its relationship with the Gisborne District Council.
Chairman Pene Brown says such a partnership can be written into the council's long term council community plan, which is being reviewed.
Mr Brown says while there are many instances where council and runanga have worked together, a formal process would improve the relationship.
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