Maori Party panics seat target will fall short
The Maori Party is planning an all-out assault to gain an eighth Maori seat to fight for next election.
Co-leader Pita Sharples says not enough people are signing on to the Maori roll to meet the 14,000 target by August, when the Maori Electoral Option ends.
Dr Sharples says the option isn't going the way the party thought it would.
“We're so disturbed about it we are going on the road for a month, starting this weekend We’re going to tour the country and leave one person back in Parliament, and three of us outside talking to people and recruiting people to change young people, inviting them to join the Maori roll,” Sharlpes said.
Pita Sharples says Maori respond best to kanohi ki te kanohi, or face to face discussions, so the Maori Party has to go where the people are.
TAURANGA MOANA IMPLEMENTS REO STRATEGY
Maori in Tauranga Moana are taking steps to increase the use of te reo Maori in their rohe.
Educators and iwi met this week to discuss a language revival strategy.
Rewiti Te Mete from Ngaiterangi says the strategy needs to create a firm foundation, or it won't work.
CLOUD PILLAR REDEDICATION FOR MATARIKI
The three-storey carving which is the centrepiece of Manukau City's new Pacific Events centre will play a special role at tomorrow night's Matariki celebration in South Auckland.
Event organiser Tania Wolfgramme says the 40 tonne Pou Kapua or Cloud Pillar will be rededicated in a ceremony acknowleging all those who were part of the project.
The carving, which was originally conceived as an America's Cup project, depicts the settling of the Pacific, is a striking feature of the centre, and will be the focal point for a ceremony paying tribute to all who were part of the project..
Ms Wolfgramme says there is a special role for those who provided the timber.
“A special planting ceremony involving the people of Te Rarawa, because the kauri came from Mitimiti, up in the Hokianga, so they are coming down with another kauri. Then we’re involving everyone in a circle of fire. Fires are lit around Pou Kapua, bringing in that inclusivity,” Wolfgramme said.
Tomorrow's Matariki celebration also features performances from Whirimako Black, Ruia Aperahama, Ardijah and other Maori artists.
DYNAMIC KARROLL BRENT-EDMONDSON DEAD AT 51
A dynamic woman who never gave up.
That's how June Jackson, from the Manukau Urban Maori Authority has described Karroll Brent-Edmondson, who died yesterday in Auckland aged 51.
Mrs Brent-Edmondson gained national attention for employing long term unemployed to work at her South Auckland shoe factory.
The former state ward also launched schemes to get school lunches to children who couldn't afford them, and was involved in many children's trusts and charities.
June Jackson says Mrs Brent Edmondson's generosity touched many people and cultures.
“I will always remember her as a very dynamic women, who actually turned New Zealand upside down with her ability to attract people. A real go getter, and I’m really sad that she’s gone,” Jackson says.
MOST LANDLESS TRIBE GETS REPORT
Hauraki tribes will tomorrow hear whether the Waitangi Tribunal has upheld their claims over the way more than a century of Crown actions left them virtually landless.
The tribunal will hand over the report at a ceremony at Ngahutoitoi Marae in Paeroa.
Hauraki Trust Board claims manager John McInteer says the investigations was one of the longest the tribunal has done.
He says while Hauraki only suffered as small amount of confiscation near its borders with Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, the discovery of gold on the Coromandel Peninsula put the iwi under pressure.
“We are probably the most landless tribal group in the North Island, similar to Waiakto or Taranaki, but unlike those two places which suffered confiscation, most of our land was alienated as a result of legislative takings to do with the goldfields and so on,” McInteer said.
John McInteer says the iwi is also hoping for some findings on its customary rights to foreshore and seabed on the Coromandel Peninsula and Tikapa Moana or Firth of Thames.
RHODES SCHOLAR PIRIHI TURNS BLUE
He may seem over-qualified, but Nick Pirihi is looking forward to becoming a bobby on the beat.
The man from Takahiwai hear Whangarei gained a maths degree from Waikato University, then studied law at Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, as well as batting for the university cricket team.
On his return he worked in the financial sector, but says he was keen to use his talents elsewhere.
“Always wanted to join the police. The whole point of doing law at Oxford was to come back and join the police with that. Being a bobby on the beat, I can’t wait to get out there and get stuck in, so many different areas to get into, dog handling or CIB, I’ll probably give that a crack at some stage,” Pirihi said.
Nick Pirihi graduated this week from Police College, and he'll start his time in uniform walking the steets of Wellington.
Co-leader Pita Sharples says not enough people are signing on to the Maori roll to meet the 14,000 target by August, when the Maori Electoral Option ends.
Dr Sharples says the option isn't going the way the party thought it would.
“We're so disturbed about it we are going on the road for a month, starting this weekend We’re going to tour the country and leave one person back in Parliament, and three of us outside talking to people and recruiting people to change young people, inviting them to join the Maori roll,” Sharlpes said.
Pita Sharples says Maori respond best to kanohi ki te kanohi, or face to face discussions, so the Maori Party has to go where the people are.
TAURANGA MOANA IMPLEMENTS REO STRATEGY
Maori in Tauranga Moana are taking steps to increase the use of te reo Maori in their rohe.
Educators and iwi met this week to discuss a language revival strategy.
Rewiti Te Mete from Ngaiterangi says the strategy needs to create a firm foundation, or it won't work.
CLOUD PILLAR REDEDICATION FOR MATARIKI
The three-storey carving which is the centrepiece of Manukau City's new Pacific Events centre will play a special role at tomorrow night's Matariki celebration in South Auckland.
Event organiser Tania Wolfgramme says the 40 tonne Pou Kapua or Cloud Pillar will be rededicated in a ceremony acknowleging all those who were part of the project.
The carving, which was originally conceived as an America's Cup project, depicts the settling of the Pacific, is a striking feature of the centre, and will be the focal point for a ceremony paying tribute to all who were part of the project..
Ms Wolfgramme says there is a special role for those who provided the timber.
“A special planting ceremony involving the people of Te Rarawa, because the kauri came from Mitimiti, up in the Hokianga, so they are coming down with another kauri. Then we’re involving everyone in a circle of fire. Fires are lit around Pou Kapua, bringing in that inclusivity,” Wolfgramme said.
Tomorrow's Matariki celebration also features performances from Whirimako Black, Ruia Aperahama, Ardijah and other Maori artists.
DYNAMIC KARROLL BRENT-EDMONDSON DEAD AT 51
A dynamic woman who never gave up.
That's how June Jackson, from the Manukau Urban Maori Authority has described Karroll Brent-Edmondson, who died yesterday in Auckland aged 51.
Mrs Brent-Edmondson gained national attention for employing long term unemployed to work at her South Auckland shoe factory.
The former state ward also launched schemes to get school lunches to children who couldn't afford them, and was involved in many children's trusts and charities.
June Jackson says Mrs Brent Edmondson's generosity touched many people and cultures.
“I will always remember her as a very dynamic women, who actually turned New Zealand upside down with her ability to attract people. A real go getter, and I’m really sad that she’s gone,” Jackson says.
MOST LANDLESS TRIBE GETS REPORT
Hauraki tribes will tomorrow hear whether the Waitangi Tribunal has upheld their claims over the way more than a century of Crown actions left them virtually landless.
The tribunal will hand over the report at a ceremony at Ngahutoitoi Marae in Paeroa.
Hauraki Trust Board claims manager John McInteer says the investigations was one of the longest the tribunal has done.
He says while Hauraki only suffered as small amount of confiscation near its borders with Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, the discovery of gold on the Coromandel Peninsula put the iwi under pressure.
“We are probably the most landless tribal group in the North Island, similar to Waiakto or Taranaki, but unlike those two places which suffered confiscation, most of our land was alienated as a result of legislative takings to do with the goldfields and so on,” McInteer said.
John McInteer says the iwi is also hoping for some findings on its customary rights to foreshore and seabed on the Coromandel Peninsula and Tikapa Moana or Firth of Thames.
RHODES SCHOLAR PIRIHI TURNS BLUE
He may seem over-qualified, but Nick Pirihi is looking forward to becoming a bobby on the beat.
The man from Takahiwai hear Whangarei gained a maths degree from Waikato University, then studied law at Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, as well as batting for the university cricket team.
On his return he worked in the financial sector, but says he was keen to use his talents elsewhere.
“Always wanted to join the police. The whole point of doing law at Oxford was to come back and join the police with that. Being a bobby on the beat, I can’t wait to get out there and get stuck in, so many different areas to get into, dog handling or CIB, I’ll probably give that a crack at some stage,” Pirihi said.
Nick Pirihi graduated this week from Police College, and he'll start his time in uniform walking the steets of Wellington.
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