Right of first refusal valuable for iwi
Ngati Whatua chairman Sir Hugh Kawharu says the tribe's settlement giving it right of first refusal to buy surplus Crown land in in Auckland will boost the financial value of the settlement.
The cost of the settlement of the hapu's historical claims is put at $10 million, but it is the first settlement since Ngai Tahu which includes the surplus land provision.
Sir Hugh says the deal is particularly valuable because it covers some of the country's most sought after commercial real estate.
IN: We've located a large number of Crown properties that over time may come on the market, and we are at the head of the queue to take advantage of that," Sir Hugh said.
Sir Hugh Kawharu says Ngati Whatua already has experience with surplus land, having bought the Auckland central railway station lands a decade ago for $40 million.
To raise the funds to buy the land, it sold a 150 year lease on the land to a developer, and granted a 15 year holiday on the ground rents.
POLICE NEED TRAINING FOR MATE WAIRANGI
A veteran Maori social worker says police need more training to help them deal with mentally ill people.
Taotahi Pihama, a mental health specialist, says some of the new front line officers don't know how to handle some of the mentally ill Maori in the community, many of whom can become violent and dangerous if dealt with the wrong way.
Mr Pihama says police are likely to come into contact with mate wairangi or mentally ill, so they should be prepared.
"This means more training for them in termsof how they apprehend people and knowing how to work with this, because their role is purely to make sure people don't break the law. When they break the law they have to enforce the law. Historically, police are enforcers but now they have to be more than enforcers," Pihama said.
MATARIKI TIES MAORI TO NATURAL WORLD
The Maori New Year or Matariki celebrations are the start of a move toward acknowledging other significant events on the Maori calendar.
That's the view of Wharehoka Wano, who is organising Wellington Matariki celebrations for the first of July.
Mr Wano says these initiatives are part of a conscious effort to raise the awareness of the wider community to things Maori.
He says the true meaning and purpose of Matariki in the Maori world was more practical.
"There's parts of our Maori community not only celebrating Matariki but also using it to help them in terms of agricultural development. I think that's good, that we celebrate it in temrs of what the old people did, and I think there are other events in the maori calendar we should acknowledge," Wano said.
TURIA ENCOURAGES PHIL TO FIND FRESH FIELDS
Maori Party co leader Tariana Turia is encouraging Mangere MP Taito Phillip Field to leave the Labour Party.
Mr Field is currently sidelined while Queens Counsel Noel Ingram prepares a report on whether he had a conflict of internet in requesting a New Zealand work permit for a Thai national who tiled his house in Samoa.
Ms Turia says Mr Field could achieve more for Pacific Island people outside Labour.
"He actually is sitting in a strong political position because that is the seat that would determine government numbers. He could use that to lever the government to get what he wants for his people. He may still go into an alliance, but he would be in a much stronger position," Turia said.
MANUKAU CHOOSES TAURA HERE MAORI REPS
The final four Maori members to sit on Manukau City Council's 18 strong Treaty of Waitangi Committee have been chosen.
The taura here members will represent Maoriwhose tribal areas are outside South Auckland.
The four are George Ngatai from Ngati Awa, Barry Tumai from Ngati Maniapoto, Rose Whaiapu from Ngapuhi and Tuu McLean from Ngai Tuhoe.
Mr McLean says the committee has some meaty issues to tackle.
"To strengthen and reaffirm our reasaonings for becoming a standing committee, which is history in the making, and also to use this as a catalyst to put forward arguments to esatblishing a Maori ward in its own right," McLean said.
The standing committee also includes four representatives from the mana whenua tribes and nine elected councillors.
MAORI RESEARCH EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE
Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, the multi-university institute of research excellence for Maori development and advancement, will give a progress report at its Matauranga Taketake - Traditional Knowledge conference at Te Papa in Wellington tomorrow.
Organiser Joe Te Rito says as well as Maori speakers, the conference will feature indigenous experts from Africal Hawaii and the mainland United States.
Mr Te Rito says the institute aims to increase the value Maori put on education and the value they get out of it.
"One of our objectives is to increase the number of people on PhD programmes to 500, so it comes back to Apirana Ngata and others of our tupuna saying whaia te matauranga," Te Rito says.
Joe Te Rito says more highly educated maori wiould be in a better position to influence public policy regarding Maori.
The cost of the settlement of the hapu's historical claims is put at $10 million, but it is the first settlement since Ngai Tahu which includes the surplus land provision.
Sir Hugh says the deal is particularly valuable because it covers some of the country's most sought after commercial real estate.
IN: We've located a large number of Crown properties that over time may come on the market, and we are at the head of the queue to take advantage of that," Sir Hugh said.
Sir Hugh Kawharu says Ngati Whatua already has experience with surplus land, having bought the Auckland central railway station lands a decade ago for $40 million.
To raise the funds to buy the land, it sold a 150 year lease on the land to a developer, and granted a 15 year holiday on the ground rents.
POLICE NEED TRAINING FOR MATE WAIRANGI
A veteran Maori social worker says police need more training to help them deal with mentally ill people.
Taotahi Pihama, a mental health specialist, says some of the new front line officers don't know how to handle some of the mentally ill Maori in the community, many of whom can become violent and dangerous if dealt with the wrong way.
Mr Pihama says police are likely to come into contact with mate wairangi or mentally ill, so they should be prepared.
"This means more training for them in termsof how they apprehend people and knowing how to work with this, because their role is purely to make sure people don't break the law. When they break the law they have to enforce the law. Historically, police are enforcers but now they have to be more than enforcers," Pihama said.
MATARIKI TIES MAORI TO NATURAL WORLD
The Maori New Year or Matariki celebrations are the start of a move toward acknowledging other significant events on the Maori calendar.
That's the view of Wharehoka Wano, who is organising Wellington Matariki celebrations for the first of July.
Mr Wano says these initiatives are part of a conscious effort to raise the awareness of the wider community to things Maori.
He says the true meaning and purpose of Matariki in the Maori world was more practical.
"There's parts of our Maori community not only celebrating Matariki but also using it to help them in terms of agricultural development. I think that's good, that we celebrate it in temrs of what the old people did, and I think there are other events in the maori calendar we should acknowledge," Wano said.
TURIA ENCOURAGES PHIL TO FIND FRESH FIELDS
Maori Party co leader Tariana Turia is encouraging Mangere MP Taito Phillip Field to leave the Labour Party.
Mr Field is currently sidelined while Queens Counsel Noel Ingram prepares a report on whether he had a conflict of internet in requesting a New Zealand work permit for a Thai national who tiled his house in Samoa.
Ms Turia says Mr Field could achieve more for Pacific Island people outside Labour.
"He actually is sitting in a strong political position because that is the seat that would determine government numbers. He could use that to lever the government to get what he wants for his people. He may still go into an alliance, but he would be in a much stronger position," Turia said.
MANUKAU CHOOSES TAURA HERE MAORI REPS
The final four Maori members to sit on Manukau City Council's 18 strong Treaty of Waitangi Committee have been chosen.
The taura here members will represent Maoriwhose tribal areas are outside South Auckland.
The four are George Ngatai from Ngati Awa, Barry Tumai from Ngati Maniapoto, Rose Whaiapu from Ngapuhi and Tuu McLean from Ngai Tuhoe.
Mr McLean says the committee has some meaty issues to tackle.
"To strengthen and reaffirm our reasaonings for becoming a standing committee, which is history in the making, and also to use this as a catalyst to put forward arguments to esatblishing a Maori ward in its own right," McLean said.
The standing committee also includes four representatives from the mana whenua tribes and nine elected councillors.
MAORI RESEARCH EXCELLENCE CONFERENCE
Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, the multi-university institute of research excellence for Maori development and advancement, will give a progress report at its Matauranga Taketake - Traditional Knowledge conference at Te Papa in Wellington tomorrow.
Organiser Joe Te Rito says as well as Maori speakers, the conference will feature indigenous experts from Africal Hawaii and the mainland United States.
Mr Te Rito says the institute aims to increase the value Maori put on education and the value they get out of it.
"One of our objectives is to increase the number of people on PhD programmes to 500, so it comes back to Apirana Ngata and others of our tupuna saying whaia te matauranga," Te Rito says.
Joe Te Rito says more highly educated maori wiould be in a better position to influence public policy regarding Maori.
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