Donation row won't affect core Peters support
A former Labour MP says Winston Peters will bounce back from the revelation he did benefit from a donation from expatriate trucking magnate Owen Glenn.
The $100,000 was not paid to New Zealand First, but was solicited by lawyer Brian Henry for the costs of a challenge to Bob Clarkson's 2005 win in Tauranga.
Mr Henry says because of media revelations last week he broke his longstanding policy of keeping the source of such donations secret, and informed the New Zealand First leader last Friday.
Mr Tamihere says the incident won't hurt Mr Peters' core support.
“He's a bit like the Greens and the Maori Party. They don’t need 80 percent of New Zealanders to love them and respect them and vote for them. They only need 5 percent so they don’t even need one out of 10, a half a person out of 10, that’s the way the numbers work. I’ve every belief that he will come up in this election and come back from this, no problem,” Mr Tamihere says.
He says the New Zealand First leader handled the matter badly, and should have admitted he's only as good as his advice.
BLACKSTICKS TAKING CULTURE TO THE GAMES
This year's Olympic team has a distinct Maori flavour, but one code is taking things even further.
The Black Sticks have a core group of Maori players, who are hoping to improve on the team's sixth placing at Athens in 2004.
Caryn Paewai of Ngati Kahungunu says Maori hockey players benefit from the tough competition they get at the national Maori competition each Labour Weekend.
She says the use of Maori culture within the Olympic camp is a great way to pull the team together.
“In our Blacksticks team we have songs we all sing together, waiata we sing to people to say thank you, and now that’s part of our culture to do that that kind of stuff,” Paewai says.
New Zealand has a tough start in Beijing, with Argentina, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and the United States in the same pool.
DVD TO PROMOTE POSITIVE PARENTING
Maori Language Week's theme of speaking in the home is reaffirmed by the release of Tatai Korere, a DVD celebrating positive Maori parenting.
Ko nga kohikohinga korero enei o etahi maatua Maori me o ratou whakaaro e pa ana ki te whakapapa, whanau, waiata hoki hei ahuatanga whangai i nga hinengaro o a ratou tamariki.
The project was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Social Development, Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora and the Ministry of education, Te Tahuhu o te Matauranga.
SHORT STORY COLLECTION A TOHU FOR TE REO
The judge for the first Maori language prize at the Montana New Zealand book awards says the winner is a landmark for Te Reo Maori.
Hei ta Hone Apanui, ahakoa kua whakarewahia tenei tohu i te wiki o te reo Maori me whakanuia to tatou reo rangatira i nga wiki katoa o te tau.
Hone Apanui describes the authors of the short story collection Piripi Walker and Huriana Raven as skilled and articulate, both contemporary and historic.
LANGUAGE REVIVAL WON, WHERE TO FROM HERE
Former MP John Tamihere says the battle to recognise and fund the revival of the language has largely been won.
John Tamihere who helped drive through the legislation setting up Maori Television says there are kohanga and kura graduates now entering the workforce with Maori language now being used in a number of settings.
He cites the choir from Hato Petera collage singing a hymn in Maori in Sydney during the Pope's visit as a prime example of the public profile of Maori.
“We are the voice, the face and the sound, the definition of what it is to be a New Zealander. In large part that battle’s been won. It’s where we take it. It’s how we add value to that,” Mr Tamihere says.
The Te Whanau o Waipaeira Trust chief executive says Maori could take some cues on using language in new medium from their Pacific Island cousins who are leading the way in music and humour.
WATCH OUT FOR THE HAKA IN THE SMOG
The haka will definitely be on display in Beijing.
Amster Reedy, who will be in China as a cultural advisor with the Kiwi Olympic team says the feedback they've had from athletes who were in Athens and Melbourne is that they want the focus on tikanga Maori to continue.
The Ngati Porou expert on tikanga rejects accusations that the haka was overdone.
Mr Reedy says he'll be guided by what the athletes need... not by criticism from Australians who hosted the Commonwealth Games
“So who are the Aussies to talk about the haka, and by that time in the games we were all so sick of hearing ‘Aussie Aussie oi oi oi,’” Mr Reedy says.
The $100,000 was not paid to New Zealand First, but was solicited by lawyer Brian Henry for the costs of a challenge to Bob Clarkson's 2005 win in Tauranga.
Mr Henry says because of media revelations last week he broke his longstanding policy of keeping the source of such donations secret, and informed the New Zealand First leader last Friday.
Mr Tamihere says the incident won't hurt Mr Peters' core support.
“He's a bit like the Greens and the Maori Party. They don’t need 80 percent of New Zealanders to love them and respect them and vote for them. They only need 5 percent so they don’t even need one out of 10, a half a person out of 10, that’s the way the numbers work. I’ve every belief that he will come up in this election and come back from this, no problem,” Mr Tamihere says.
He says the New Zealand First leader handled the matter badly, and should have admitted he's only as good as his advice.
BLACKSTICKS TAKING CULTURE TO THE GAMES
This year's Olympic team has a distinct Maori flavour, but one code is taking things even further.
The Black Sticks have a core group of Maori players, who are hoping to improve on the team's sixth placing at Athens in 2004.
Caryn Paewai of Ngati Kahungunu says Maori hockey players benefit from the tough competition they get at the national Maori competition each Labour Weekend.
She says the use of Maori culture within the Olympic camp is a great way to pull the team together.
“In our Blacksticks team we have songs we all sing together, waiata we sing to people to say thank you, and now that’s part of our culture to do that that kind of stuff,” Paewai says.
New Zealand has a tough start in Beijing, with Argentina, Germany, Japan, Great Britain and the United States in the same pool.
DVD TO PROMOTE POSITIVE PARENTING
Maori Language Week's theme of speaking in the home is reaffirmed by the release of Tatai Korere, a DVD celebrating positive Maori parenting.
Ko nga kohikohinga korero enei o etahi maatua Maori me o ratou whakaaro e pa ana ki te whakapapa, whanau, waiata hoki hei ahuatanga whangai i nga hinengaro o a ratou tamariki.
The project was a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Social Development, Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora and the Ministry of education, Te Tahuhu o te Matauranga.
SHORT STORY COLLECTION A TOHU FOR TE REO
The judge for the first Maori language prize at the Montana New Zealand book awards says the winner is a landmark for Te Reo Maori.
Hei ta Hone Apanui, ahakoa kua whakarewahia tenei tohu i te wiki o te reo Maori me whakanuia to tatou reo rangatira i nga wiki katoa o te tau.
Hone Apanui describes the authors of the short story collection Piripi Walker and Huriana Raven as skilled and articulate, both contemporary and historic.
LANGUAGE REVIVAL WON, WHERE TO FROM HERE
Former MP John Tamihere says the battle to recognise and fund the revival of the language has largely been won.
John Tamihere who helped drive through the legislation setting up Maori Television says there are kohanga and kura graduates now entering the workforce with Maori language now being used in a number of settings.
He cites the choir from Hato Petera collage singing a hymn in Maori in Sydney during the Pope's visit as a prime example of the public profile of Maori.
“We are the voice, the face and the sound, the definition of what it is to be a New Zealander. In large part that battle’s been won. It’s where we take it. It’s how we add value to that,” Mr Tamihere says.
The Te Whanau o Waipaeira Trust chief executive says Maori could take some cues on using language in new medium from their Pacific Island cousins who are leading the way in music and humour.
WATCH OUT FOR THE HAKA IN THE SMOG
The haka will definitely be on display in Beijing.
Amster Reedy, who will be in China as a cultural advisor with the Kiwi Olympic team says the feedback they've had from athletes who were in Athens and Melbourne is that they want the focus on tikanga Maori to continue.
The Ngati Porou expert on tikanga rejects accusations that the haka was overdone.
Mr Reedy says he'll be guided by what the athletes need... not by criticism from Australians who hosted the Commonwealth Games
“So who are the Aussies to talk about the haka, and by that time in the games we were all so sick of hearing ‘Aussie Aussie oi oi oi,’” Mr Reedy says.
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