CNI iwi thank Sir Graham Latimer
Central North Island iwi this evening paying tribute to the person who more than anyone else made possible the half billion dollar Treelord settlement.
Sir Graham Latimer and his whanau are being welcomed onto Wahiao Marae in Whakarewarewa about now by Te Arawa.
Kaumatua Te Poroa Malcolm says the action taken in 1989 by the New Zealand Maori Council to stop the sale of Crown forest assets paved the way for the forestry settlement, which creates a new economic future for the region.
"You know we get back thousands and thousands of hectares of land and millions of dollars in rentals and all this was brought about by the New Zealand Maori Council which Sir Graham chaired. Sir Graham has been right of the forefront. Others of us were in the vanguard, giving moral support, but he's been right there in the front," Mr Malcolm says.
VOTERS PURGED FROM ELECTORAL ROLL
The loss of an entire electorate is how Hone Harawira sees the purging of 47,000 Maori voters from the electoral roll.
The Maori Party MP says the mobility and youth of the Maori population and the lure of life across the Tasman means many voting packs came back as not known at the address.
It's unlikely to mean less work for his campaign team as they canvas every Maori household from Waitakere to Cape Reinga, knocking on every door.
Hone Harawira says unlike last election this year the Maori Party won't be chasing voters across the Tasman.
SCOTTY MORRISON TAKES ONE MAN HAKA SHOW TO OXFORD
Professor, performer and TV presenter Scottie Morrison has used all his skills to make a splash at one of the world's oldest universities.
The Unitec adjunct professor took part in an Oxford Round Table conference, using the 1987 Maori Language Act to describe the relationship between Maori and Pakeha in Aotearoa.
He introduced himself to the 40-strong group of academics from round the world in the traditional way, reciting his ancestral maunga and moana.
"Straight away you've got their attention when you speak Maori at the top of the show, and at the end I did a one-man haka and after I'd done my presentation and we had a coffee break I was inundated by them so they were really enthusiastic and interest in Maori people, Maori culture," Mr Morrison says.
The Oxford appearance led to an invitation to speak at Georgia State University in Atlanta next year.
STORM WINDS DO DAMGE TO TAI TOKERAU
Kaeo was spared the feared flood, but other Northland communities have felt the brunt of the storm.
Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira flew into Kaitaia this morning and spent the day talking with locals about the damage in Kaeo, Pangaru, Mitimiti and other Far North communities.
"The rain's still there. It's nowhere near as heavy as it used to be, but the wind has done some real damage on the farms. A lot of homes have been knocked round because they're not always watertight homes people are living in. some pretty serious damage has been done to the Tai Tokerau," Mr Harawira says.
He says settlements along State Highway One need protecting, because slips or floods can cut off the entire North.
DECADE OF SERVICE FOR HEALTH PIONEER
A Taranaki Maori health provider is celebrating a decade of service to its community.
Hayden Wano, the chief executive of Tui Ora, says the organisation now acts as the umbrella for 13 Maori health roopu in the region.
He says the model of combining te ao Maori with health care has proved influential around the country.
One of the things that has worked particularly well for us is that the service providers typically come out of the communities they serve so very much about our own people providing responsibility and the people providing those services come from within the their own communities and I think that's made a huge difference in terms of the quality of the engagement that our people have with the services," Mr Wano says.
The celebrations at Manukorihi Marae in Waitara included marking the accreditation by Quality Health New Zealand of 10 Tui Ora providers.
SHORT FILMS IDEAL FOR MAORI STORYTELLING
A Maori short film maker says the medium is a natural way for Maori to express themselves.
Te Arepa Kahi and Quentin Hita of Kura Productions have funding from the New Zealand Film Commission to make three short films.
Mr Kahi says Kura Productions, which is a joint venture with South Pacific Pictures, puts a lot of emphasis on training and mentoring.
He says shorts are a good way to help young Maori tap into their natural story-telling ability.
"Being able to combine the word, our oral culture with the image that's conveyed is an easy stepping stone for us to make but the fact that it goes into film and all the technical expertise that's required for that is going to require a little more up-skilling. There's no better place for that than a short film," Mr Kahi says.
Kura Productions has a year to product the three shorts.
Sir Graham Latimer and his whanau are being welcomed onto Wahiao Marae in Whakarewarewa about now by Te Arawa.
Kaumatua Te Poroa Malcolm says the action taken in 1989 by the New Zealand Maori Council to stop the sale of Crown forest assets paved the way for the forestry settlement, which creates a new economic future for the region.
"You know we get back thousands and thousands of hectares of land and millions of dollars in rentals and all this was brought about by the New Zealand Maori Council which Sir Graham chaired. Sir Graham has been right of the forefront. Others of us were in the vanguard, giving moral support, but he's been right there in the front," Mr Malcolm says.
VOTERS PURGED FROM ELECTORAL ROLL
The loss of an entire electorate is how Hone Harawira sees the purging of 47,000 Maori voters from the electoral roll.
The Maori Party MP says the mobility and youth of the Maori population and the lure of life across the Tasman means many voting packs came back as not known at the address.
It's unlikely to mean less work for his campaign team as they canvas every Maori household from Waitakere to Cape Reinga, knocking on every door.
Hone Harawira says unlike last election this year the Maori Party won't be chasing voters across the Tasman.
SCOTTY MORRISON TAKES ONE MAN HAKA SHOW TO OXFORD
Professor, performer and TV presenter Scottie Morrison has used all his skills to make a splash at one of the world's oldest universities.
The Unitec adjunct professor took part in an Oxford Round Table conference, using the 1987 Maori Language Act to describe the relationship between Maori and Pakeha in Aotearoa.
He introduced himself to the 40-strong group of academics from round the world in the traditional way, reciting his ancestral maunga and moana.
"Straight away you've got their attention when you speak Maori at the top of the show, and at the end I did a one-man haka and after I'd done my presentation and we had a coffee break I was inundated by them so they were really enthusiastic and interest in Maori people, Maori culture," Mr Morrison says.
The Oxford appearance led to an invitation to speak at Georgia State University in Atlanta next year.
STORM WINDS DO DAMGE TO TAI TOKERAU
Kaeo was spared the feared flood, but other Northland communities have felt the brunt of the storm.
Tai Tokerau MP Hone Harawira flew into Kaitaia this morning and spent the day talking with locals about the damage in Kaeo, Pangaru, Mitimiti and other Far North communities.
"The rain's still there. It's nowhere near as heavy as it used to be, but the wind has done some real damage on the farms. A lot of homes have been knocked round because they're not always watertight homes people are living in. some pretty serious damage has been done to the Tai Tokerau," Mr Harawira says.
He says settlements along State Highway One need protecting, because slips or floods can cut off the entire North.
DECADE OF SERVICE FOR HEALTH PIONEER
A Taranaki Maori health provider is celebrating a decade of service to its community.
Hayden Wano, the chief executive of Tui Ora, says the organisation now acts as the umbrella for 13 Maori health roopu in the region.
He says the model of combining te ao Maori with health care has proved influential around the country.
One of the things that has worked particularly well for us is that the service providers typically come out of the communities they serve so very much about our own people providing responsibility and the people providing those services come from within the their own communities and I think that's made a huge difference in terms of the quality of the engagement that our people have with the services," Mr Wano says.
The celebrations at Manukorihi Marae in Waitara included marking the accreditation by Quality Health New Zealand of 10 Tui Ora providers.
SHORT FILMS IDEAL FOR MAORI STORYTELLING
A Maori short film maker says the medium is a natural way for Maori to express themselves.
Te Arepa Kahi and Quentin Hita of Kura Productions have funding from the New Zealand Film Commission to make three short films.
Mr Kahi says Kura Productions, which is a joint venture with South Pacific Pictures, puts a lot of emphasis on training and mentoring.
He says shorts are a good way to help young Maori tap into their natural story-telling ability.
"Being able to combine the word, our oral culture with the image that's conveyed is an easy stepping stone for us to make but the fact that it goes into film and all the technical expertise that's required for that is going to require a little more up-skilling. There's no better place for that than a short film," Mr Kahi says.
Kura Productions has a year to product the three shorts.
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