Fauna claim bid
New Zealand Maori Council spokesperson Maanu Paul says the issues surrounding the Wai 262 claim for indigenous plants and animals is too important to be left to the original claimants.
The claim has been before the Waitangi Tribunal for 15 years, and the tribunal is currently trying to define what issues should be considered in the final set of hearings, which are due to start in August.
It is expected that the patenting of drugs or food supplements extracted from native plants will be high on the agenda.
At a judicial conference on Friday, the original claimants fought against the council and the Federation of Maori Authorities being granted claimant status.
Mr Paul says the original claimants should welcome the council’s help, given the way the claim has dragged on.
“For a claim that had been asked to be heard urgently in 1994, the process and system has failed it,” Paul said
Maanu Paul says the Maori Council has the statutory authority to represent all Maori at the hearing, and it shouldn’t be denied claimant status.
The tribunal has reserved its decision.
MAORI FRONTING UP TO FIELDDAY
Expect to see more Maori involvement at next year’s Field Days at Mystery Creek in the Waikato.
Roger Pikia, from Agresearch, says Maori are significnat players in the rural sector, but that is not reflected in the numbers of Maori farmers attending the Field Days.
Mr Pikia says one area where Maori views could be beneficial, is their experience with communally owned farms.
He says it's difficult for individuals to buy farms on their own, so many Pakeha are forming trusts and collectives to do so, and are faced with unique challenges, that Maori farmers have had to work through over the years.
For the last 100 years, Maori were the only true corporate farmers in the country. That is changing rapidly, and there are more and more corporate farmers. I think Pakeha will learn a lot from Maori structures, the need to get consensus and the sort of challenges you face when you have multiple owners or multiple decision-making processes,” Pikia said.
MENINGITIS CAMPAIGN WAKING MAORI UP TO VACCINES
Almost half a million Maori children have been immunised against meningococcal type B meningitis.
Bernard Te Paa , the general manager of Maori services for Counties Manukau District Health Board, says because of the programme Maori have become more aware of the need for immunisation across the board.
He says there's been a significant reduction in the number of hospital admissions in South Auckland for meningitis.
“That’s huge and it’s had a huge effect positively for combating meningococcal and giving our kids a leg up in terms of their overall health and well being. So we need to take off our hats to Maori whanau, because they’ve really come in on the call for this,” Te Paa said.
TRIBUNAL RESERVES DECISION ON NEW CLAIMANTS
The Waitangi Tribunal has reserved its decision on whether national Maori organisations can join in the long running Wai 262 claim for indigenous fauna and flora.
The New Zealand Maori Council and the Federation of Maori Authorities faced opposition from existing claimants at a judicial conference in Auckland on Friday, but lawyers for the Crown did not oppose them joining in.
What the Crown did oppose is that they just be treated as interested third parties, who can make submissions but not bring evidence or cross examine witnesses.
Maori Council spokesperson Maanu Paul says the national organisations don’t want to step on the existing claimants, but they have a significant contribution to make.
"This is a claim that affects all Maori. It is like the claim for te reo, for television, Maori radio. Those sorts of claims the Maori Council involved itself in because it really is the only statutory body that can speak on behalf of all Maori,” Paul said.
Maanu Paul from the New Zealand Maori Council.
The hearings starting in August are expected to hear a wide range of arguments about intellectual property rights, copyright and whether a wide range of government policies are in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
DESIGNERS ISSUE URBAN CHALLENGE
A call for more maori to enter the town planning and urban design professions.
A hui of Maori planning and design professionals in Waitakere City, discussed ways that Maori values can be better reflected in urban landscapes,
Maori architect Rau Hoskins says Maori need to be involved at the start of the process rather than coming in when it's too late.
“Nothing really happens unless the iwi reps are working alongside the designers. Sometimes the designer is also an iwi reps. That’s where we want to head to in terms of increasing the number of Maori who take up urban design and planning and architectural professions,” Hoskins said.
RUANUI GOES ONLINE TO MEET BENEFICIARIES
Taranaki iwi Ngati Ruanui says its new website may be the most cost effective way to keep its beneficiaries informed.
Chairman Ngaonepu Kahukuranui says most of Ngati Ruanui's 7000 registered decendants live outside south Taranaki, and trying to keep in touch with them was a frustrating task.
Mr Kahukuranui says iwi-focused websites are becoming common, because they can be used both to give information and to get feedback from iwi members on important issues.
The claim has been before the Waitangi Tribunal for 15 years, and the tribunal is currently trying to define what issues should be considered in the final set of hearings, which are due to start in August.
It is expected that the patenting of drugs or food supplements extracted from native plants will be high on the agenda.
At a judicial conference on Friday, the original claimants fought against the council and the Federation of Maori Authorities being granted claimant status.
Mr Paul says the original claimants should welcome the council’s help, given the way the claim has dragged on.
“For a claim that had been asked to be heard urgently in 1994, the process and system has failed it,” Paul said
Maanu Paul says the Maori Council has the statutory authority to represent all Maori at the hearing, and it shouldn’t be denied claimant status.
The tribunal has reserved its decision.
MAORI FRONTING UP TO FIELDDAY
Expect to see more Maori involvement at next year’s Field Days at Mystery Creek in the Waikato.
Roger Pikia, from Agresearch, says Maori are significnat players in the rural sector, but that is not reflected in the numbers of Maori farmers attending the Field Days.
Mr Pikia says one area where Maori views could be beneficial, is their experience with communally owned farms.
He says it's difficult for individuals to buy farms on their own, so many Pakeha are forming trusts and collectives to do so, and are faced with unique challenges, that Maori farmers have had to work through over the years.
For the last 100 years, Maori were the only true corporate farmers in the country. That is changing rapidly, and there are more and more corporate farmers. I think Pakeha will learn a lot from Maori structures, the need to get consensus and the sort of challenges you face when you have multiple owners or multiple decision-making processes,” Pikia said.
MENINGITIS CAMPAIGN WAKING MAORI UP TO VACCINES
Almost half a million Maori children have been immunised against meningococcal type B meningitis.
Bernard Te Paa , the general manager of Maori services for Counties Manukau District Health Board, says because of the programme Maori have become more aware of the need for immunisation across the board.
He says there's been a significant reduction in the number of hospital admissions in South Auckland for meningitis.
“That’s huge and it’s had a huge effect positively for combating meningococcal and giving our kids a leg up in terms of their overall health and well being. So we need to take off our hats to Maori whanau, because they’ve really come in on the call for this,” Te Paa said.
TRIBUNAL RESERVES DECISION ON NEW CLAIMANTS
The Waitangi Tribunal has reserved its decision on whether national Maori organisations can join in the long running Wai 262 claim for indigenous fauna and flora.
The New Zealand Maori Council and the Federation of Maori Authorities faced opposition from existing claimants at a judicial conference in Auckland on Friday, but lawyers for the Crown did not oppose them joining in.
What the Crown did oppose is that they just be treated as interested third parties, who can make submissions but not bring evidence or cross examine witnesses.
Maori Council spokesperson Maanu Paul says the national organisations don’t want to step on the existing claimants, but they have a significant contribution to make.
"This is a claim that affects all Maori. It is like the claim for te reo, for television, Maori radio. Those sorts of claims the Maori Council involved itself in because it really is the only statutory body that can speak on behalf of all Maori,” Paul said.
Maanu Paul from the New Zealand Maori Council.
The hearings starting in August are expected to hear a wide range of arguments about intellectual property rights, copyright and whether a wide range of government policies are in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
DESIGNERS ISSUE URBAN CHALLENGE
A call for more maori to enter the town planning and urban design professions.
A hui of Maori planning and design professionals in Waitakere City, discussed ways that Maori values can be better reflected in urban landscapes,
Maori architect Rau Hoskins says Maori need to be involved at the start of the process rather than coming in when it's too late.
“Nothing really happens unless the iwi reps are working alongside the designers. Sometimes the designer is also an iwi reps. That’s where we want to head to in terms of increasing the number of Maori who take up urban design and planning and architectural professions,” Hoskins said.
RUANUI GOES ONLINE TO MEET BENEFICIARIES
Taranaki iwi Ngati Ruanui says its new website may be the most cost effective way to keep its beneficiaries informed.
Chairman Ngaonepu Kahukuranui says most of Ngati Ruanui's 7000 registered decendants live outside south Taranaki, and trying to keep in touch with them was a frustrating task.
Mr Kahukuranui says iwi-focused websites are becoming common, because they can be used both to give information and to get feedback from iwi members on important issues.
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