Sharples drops support for Mapp bill
Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples says he will no longer support Wayne Mapp's worker probation bill.
It spells the end of the National MP's measure, which would remove employment protection from new workers for the first 90 days.
Doctor Sharples says he made the switch after overwhelming pressure from his electorate.
He says he supported the bill to get it to select committee, based on his own experiences getting Maori into jobs.
“I have got a lot of people into work on the basis of them having a trial, and that’s why I thought there might be some way this would produce some dialogue, where a trial might be explained or built into the bill, but nothing like that has happened,” Sharples said.
The two other Maori Party members who supported the introduction of the bill, Tariana Turia and Te Ururoa Flavell, say they will wait until the select committee has considered the bill before saying whether they will continue to back it.
MAORI PARENTING HOHA
Many Maori parents don't have the skills or patience to bring up children.
That's the view of longtime Auckland Maori social worker Taotahi Pihama in the wake of the death of Mangere's Kahui twins.
The second of the infants died of head injuries last night and Police have begun a double-homicide inquiry.
Mr Pihama says while the circumstances surrounding the death of the twins is not known, there is widespread concern over the way many Maori use force to discipline their children.
I just don’t agree with the discipline a lot of our whanau do. A lot of it is expediency, hoha, they just don’t have the skills to deal with children who have different behaviour, don’t listen and all that kind of thing, so the first thing they do is whack,” Pihama said.
LIBRARY SUBJECT HEADINGS PROJECT COMPLETE
A new Maori subject headings system for libraries looks set to revolutionise the way people can search for information.
Nga Upoko Tukutuku was jointly developed by the Library and Information Association, Maori librarians group Te Ropu Whakahau and the National Library.
Project participant Glen Taitoko says Maori and the wider community stand to gain from the new list, which covers more than 1000 headings and their associated references.
He says benefits include revitalisaiton of te reo Maori, and allowing Maori searchers a more targeted way to find information.
CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER WANTS AGENCY COORDINATION
The Children's Commissioner says there is growing support for a system to monitor children's develpment, that can be accessed by all parties with a stake in their future.
Cindy says too often there are examples of tamariki slipping through the cracks, and a tagging system could help prevent that happening.
Dr Kiro says the death of twin boys in Auckland over the past week is a reminder that there are usually signs of pressure.
She says 80 percent of children killed in domestic incidents were not known to the Child, Youth and Family Services but had come to the attention of other agencies.
“Quite a number were known to other authorities, health or education or someone, they weren’t invisible, so it’s a matter of that somebody acting on their submissions or acting in a way that stops it escalating,” Kiro said.
SMITH SAYS SETTLEMENT = EXTINGUISHMENT
Veteran activist Mike Smith says the word settlement is overused.
The latest settlement, between Ngati Whatua o Orakei and the Crown, will mean a tree can finally be planted on top of Maungakiekie or One Tree Hill to replace the pine Mr Smith took his chainsaw to a decade ago.
Mr Smith says he doubts the Crown is approaching the settlement process in a spirit of reconciliation, and it is not getting to the heart of ongoing grievances.
“I suspect the Crown in its dealing with Maori don’t really want to address the issues properly, They call it settlement, we all know it’s really extinguishment, and we should use those words, because my fear is the younger people with that use of the word settlement, will believe they are really settled,. The great injustices of the past are not confined to the past,” Smith said.
Mike Smith says it is the task of activists like Tame Iti and himself to push the limits of the debate.
RACISM ROLL BACK LONG TERM PLAN
Race Relations Conciliator Joris de Bres says racism won't go away overnight.
Mr de Bres says people should treat as a wake up call the research by the Ministry of Health, Massey University and University College London which shows one in three Maori had experienced racial discrimination..
Such discrimination is associated with poorer health, including lower physical and mental health, more heart disease and smoking.
Mr de Bres says a lot of work is required to counter the problem.
I think it’s going to take a long time to shift the systemic barriers and public attitudes that mean no particular group in New Zealand experiences discriminationon the level demonstrated by these figures,” de Bres said.
It spells the end of the National MP's measure, which would remove employment protection from new workers for the first 90 days.
Doctor Sharples says he made the switch after overwhelming pressure from his electorate.
He says he supported the bill to get it to select committee, based on his own experiences getting Maori into jobs.
“I have got a lot of people into work on the basis of them having a trial, and that’s why I thought there might be some way this would produce some dialogue, where a trial might be explained or built into the bill, but nothing like that has happened,” Sharples said.
The two other Maori Party members who supported the introduction of the bill, Tariana Turia and Te Ururoa Flavell, say they will wait until the select committee has considered the bill before saying whether they will continue to back it.
MAORI PARENTING HOHA
Many Maori parents don't have the skills or patience to bring up children.
That's the view of longtime Auckland Maori social worker Taotahi Pihama in the wake of the death of Mangere's Kahui twins.
The second of the infants died of head injuries last night and Police have begun a double-homicide inquiry.
Mr Pihama says while the circumstances surrounding the death of the twins is not known, there is widespread concern over the way many Maori use force to discipline their children.
I just don’t agree with the discipline a lot of our whanau do. A lot of it is expediency, hoha, they just don’t have the skills to deal with children who have different behaviour, don’t listen and all that kind of thing, so the first thing they do is whack,” Pihama said.
LIBRARY SUBJECT HEADINGS PROJECT COMPLETE
A new Maori subject headings system for libraries looks set to revolutionise the way people can search for information.
Nga Upoko Tukutuku was jointly developed by the Library and Information Association, Maori librarians group Te Ropu Whakahau and the National Library.
Project participant Glen Taitoko says Maori and the wider community stand to gain from the new list, which covers more than 1000 headings and their associated references.
He says benefits include revitalisaiton of te reo Maori, and allowing Maori searchers a more targeted way to find information.
CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER WANTS AGENCY COORDINATION
The Children's Commissioner says there is growing support for a system to monitor children's develpment, that can be accessed by all parties with a stake in their future.
Cindy says too often there are examples of tamariki slipping through the cracks, and a tagging system could help prevent that happening.
Dr Kiro says the death of twin boys in Auckland over the past week is a reminder that there are usually signs of pressure.
She says 80 percent of children killed in domestic incidents were not known to the Child, Youth and Family Services but had come to the attention of other agencies.
“Quite a number were known to other authorities, health or education or someone, they weren’t invisible, so it’s a matter of that somebody acting on their submissions or acting in a way that stops it escalating,” Kiro said.
SMITH SAYS SETTLEMENT = EXTINGUISHMENT
Veteran activist Mike Smith says the word settlement is overused.
The latest settlement, between Ngati Whatua o Orakei and the Crown, will mean a tree can finally be planted on top of Maungakiekie or One Tree Hill to replace the pine Mr Smith took his chainsaw to a decade ago.
Mr Smith says he doubts the Crown is approaching the settlement process in a spirit of reconciliation, and it is not getting to the heart of ongoing grievances.
“I suspect the Crown in its dealing with Maori don’t really want to address the issues properly, They call it settlement, we all know it’s really extinguishment, and we should use those words, because my fear is the younger people with that use of the word settlement, will believe they are really settled,. The great injustices of the past are not confined to the past,” Smith said.
Mike Smith says it is the task of activists like Tame Iti and himself to push the limits of the debate.
RACISM ROLL BACK LONG TERM PLAN
Race Relations Conciliator Joris de Bres says racism won't go away overnight.
Mr de Bres says people should treat as a wake up call the research by the Ministry of Health, Massey University and University College London which shows one in three Maori had experienced racial discrimination..
Such discrimination is associated with poorer health, including lower physical and mental health, more heart disease and smoking.
Mr de Bres says a lot of work is required to counter the problem.
I think it’s going to take a long time to shift the systemic barriers and public attitudes that mean no particular group in New Zealand experiences discriminationon the level demonstrated by these figures,” de Bres said.
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