Te Taou missed out of Auckland claim review
South Kaipara iwi Te Taou says it will go to court to be included in a review of the proposed Auckland isthmus settlement.
Waitangi Tribunal acting chairperson Carrie Wainwright has agreed to a hearing in March to consider whether the Crown prejudiced Marutuahu, Ngati Te Ata and Ngai Tai when it conducted direct negotiations with the Ngati Whatua o Orakei hapu.
Te Taou is excluded from the hearing, because Judge Wainwright says she does not have the expertise to interpret the evidence about whakapapa which underpins its claim.
Te Taou lead claimant Lou Paul says it's a bizarre decision.
“We feel let down, we feel betrayed, especially as we were the ones that applied for the urgent hearing, and it appears we’re the only ones left out. But I must say it’s not unexpected. It just follows the treatment that we’ve had since day one,” Mr Paul says.
He's asking his lawyers to advise on legal options.
WHAKATOHEA UNHAPPY WITH FISH SHARE VALUATION
Whakatohea Trust Board chairperson Robert Edwards says he's sceptical about the value of the fisheries assets coming back to the Opotiki-based iwi.
Te Ohu Kaimoana fisheries settlement trust has recognised the board as a mandated iwi organisaiton, and says it it due to receive an intial $5.9 million in deepwater quota, cash and shares in pan-Maori fishing company Aotearoa Fisheries.
Inshore quota will come later.
But Mr Edwards says the iwi was expecting more.
“The structure of it doesn’t suit us really. I think they put the price of the shares up. And the dividends and the cash to the iwi has been reduced, and I think the price of the shares has been raised, and I think it’s a false price,” Edwards says.
Whakatohea's neighbour Ngati Awa has also written down the value of its Aotearoa Fisheries stake, but Te Ohu Kaimoana says the price of the shares reflects the underlying value of the company's assets.
MOTORWAY BLESSING TO REMOVE CRASH PAIN
Auckland's southern motorway is to be blessed by kaumatua on Sunday morning, to provide spiritual relief for people who have lost loved ones in road accidents.
Te Kepa Stirling, a kaumatua from Te Whanau A Apanui, now living Mangere, says a small group will whakatapu the roadway from Tip Top corner in Mt Wellington to Maramarua.
Mr Stirling, who lost his three sons in a car crash in the Bay of Plenty 20 years ago, says the ritual should provide closure to many grieving families.
“Because the roads haven’t been cleared, those families are traveling past those particular areas on our roadsides throughout the country, and every time they drive past that scene and it’s not blessed or released, they go through the trauma of reliving it day after day,” Mr Stirling says.
The early morning karakia comes with the support of police and Transit New Zealand.
TE HEUHEU, HENARE NAMED JOINT SPOKESNATS
List MP Georgina te Heuheu says she's happy to share the role of National's Maori Affairs spokesperson with Tau Henare.
The shared shadow porfolio was one of the surprises in new leader John Key's reshuffle today.
Mrs te Heuheu worked with Mr Henare between 1996 and 1999 when he was minister of Maori affairs in the National-New Zealand first coalition, and says they know each other's strengths.
Mrs te Heuheu says even when she was removed from the spokesperson's role by former leader Don Brash, whe remained involved with the portfolio.
“I've been the Maori face in National now for the last 10 years, and from the point of view of Maori people, that will never change. Whether I have the role or I don’t have it, they still see I have certain responsibilities in that role,” Mrs te Heuheu says.
She and Tau Henare will be zeroing in on the performance of the ministry of Maori development, Te Puni Kokiri.
HAURAKI KEEN TO PREPARE AUCKLAND CASE
Hauraki iwi Marutuahu is welcoming a chance to put its claims for the Auckland isthmus before the Waitangi tribunal.
Tribunal acting chairperson Carrie Wainwright says she will hold a hearing next March into whether Marutuahu, Ngati Te Ata and Ngai Tai were prejudiced by the Crown's negotiations with Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Marutuahu lawyer Paul Majurey says after four years the iwi may finally get a chance to stop their taonga being given exclusively to someone else.
“No one is denying that there needs to be a settlement with Ngati WHatua people for their interests in Auckland. That’s a fundamental. But neither should that process be exclusive, in secret, and prejudicial to thye interests and rights of other iwi. And clearly there are other iwi here, that’s what the historical record shows, and they need to be given a voice and a place in Auckland,” Mr Majurey says.
He says Judge Wainwright was wrong to exclude Te Taou iwi from the hearing, because Native Land Court records show its presence in Auckland.
COLONIALS STILL IN CHARGE IN UN DECLARATION FIGHT
A Maori academic says the Government is opposed to the Declaration of Indigenous Rights because it doesn't want to lose its control over Maori.
New Zealand this week voted in the United Nations to delay ratification of the declaration, increasing the likelihood it will be substan of indigenous rights.
Aroha Mead from Victoria University, who has taking part in the development of the draft declaration, says New Zealand's stance shows colonialism is alive and well.
“Government like to have policy with Maori when it’s voluntary, when they set thye terms and parameters, but they don’t want to have any laws or regulations that say that doing things for Maori is not just a voluntary action,” Ms Mead says.
She says if Maori have rights recognised in law, the control of governments will be diminished.
Waitangi Tribunal acting chairperson Carrie Wainwright has agreed to a hearing in March to consider whether the Crown prejudiced Marutuahu, Ngati Te Ata and Ngai Tai when it conducted direct negotiations with the Ngati Whatua o Orakei hapu.
Te Taou is excluded from the hearing, because Judge Wainwright says she does not have the expertise to interpret the evidence about whakapapa which underpins its claim.
Te Taou lead claimant Lou Paul says it's a bizarre decision.
“We feel let down, we feel betrayed, especially as we were the ones that applied for the urgent hearing, and it appears we’re the only ones left out. But I must say it’s not unexpected. It just follows the treatment that we’ve had since day one,” Mr Paul says.
He's asking his lawyers to advise on legal options.
WHAKATOHEA UNHAPPY WITH FISH SHARE VALUATION
Whakatohea Trust Board chairperson Robert Edwards says he's sceptical about the value of the fisheries assets coming back to the Opotiki-based iwi.
Te Ohu Kaimoana fisheries settlement trust has recognised the board as a mandated iwi organisaiton, and says it it due to receive an intial $5.9 million in deepwater quota, cash and shares in pan-Maori fishing company Aotearoa Fisheries.
Inshore quota will come later.
But Mr Edwards says the iwi was expecting more.
“The structure of it doesn’t suit us really. I think they put the price of the shares up. And the dividends and the cash to the iwi has been reduced, and I think the price of the shares has been raised, and I think it’s a false price,” Edwards says.
Whakatohea's neighbour Ngati Awa has also written down the value of its Aotearoa Fisheries stake, but Te Ohu Kaimoana says the price of the shares reflects the underlying value of the company's assets.
MOTORWAY BLESSING TO REMOVE CRASH PAIN
Auckland's southern motorway is to be blessed by kaumatua on Sunday morning, to provide spiritual relief for people who have lost loved ones in road accidents.
Te Kepa Stirling, a kaumatua from Te Whanau A Apanui, now living Mangere, says a small group will whakatapu the roadway from Tip Top corner in Mt Wellington to Maramarua.
Mr Stirling, who lost his three sons in a car crash in the Bay of Plenty 20 years ago, says the ritual should provide closure to many grieving families.
“Because the roads haven’t been cleared, those families are traveling past those particular areas on our roadsides throughout the country, and every time they drive past that scene and it’s not blessed or released, they go through the trauma of reliving it day after day,” Mr Stirling says.
The early morning karakia comes with the support of police and Transit New Zealand.
TE HEUHEU, HENARE NAMED JOINT SPOKESNATS
List MP Georgina te Heuheu says she's happy to share the role of National's Maori Affairs spokesperson with Tau Henare.
The shared shadow porfolio was one of the surprises in new leader John Key's reshuffle today.
Mrs te Heuheu worked with Mr Henare between 1996 and 1999 when he was minister of Maori affairs in the National-New Zealand first coalition, and says they know each other's strengths.
Mrs te Heuheu says even when she was removed from the spokesperson's role by former leader Don Brash, whe remained involved with the portfolio.
“I've been the Maori face in National now for the last 10 years, and from the point of view of Maori people, that will never change. Whether I have the role or I don’t have it, they still see I have certain responsibilities in that role,” Mrs te Heuheu says.
She and Tau Henare will be zeroing in on the performance of the ministry of Maori development, Te Puni Kokiri.
HAURAKI KEEN TO PREPARE AUCKLAND CASE
Hauraki iwi Marutuahu is welcoming a chance to put its claims for the Auckland isthmus before the Waitangi tribunal.
Tribunal acting chairperson Carrie Wainwright says she will hold a hearing next March into whether Marutuahu, Ngati Te Ata and Ngai Tai were prejudiced by the Crown's negotiations with Ngati Whatua o Orakei.
Marutuahu lawyer Paul Majurey says after four years the iwi may finally get a chance to stop their taonga being given exclusively to someone else.
“No one is denying that there needs to be a settlement with Ngati WHatua people for their interests in Auckland. That’s a fundamental. But neither should that process be exclusive, in secret, and prejudicial to thye interests and rights of other iwi. And clearly there are other iwi here, that’s what the historical record shows, and they need to be given a voice and a place in Auckland,” Mr Majurey says.
He says Judge Wainwright was wrong to exclude Te Taou iwi from the hearing, because Native Land Court records show its presence in Auckland.
COLONIALS STILL IN CHARGE IN UN DECLARATION FIGHT
A Maori academic says the Government is opposed to the Declaration of Indigenous Rights because it doesn't want to lose its control over Maori.
New Zealand this week voted in the United Nations to delay ratification of the declaration, increasing the likelihood it will be substan of indigenous rights.
Aroha Mead from Victoria University, who has taking part in the development of the draft declaration, says New Zealand's stance shows colonialism is alive and well.
“Government like to have policy with Maori when it’s voluntary, when they set thye terms and parameters, but they don’t want to have any laws or regulations that say that doing things for Maori is not just a voluntary action,” Ms Mead says.
She says if Maori have rights recognised in law, the control of governments will be diminished.
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