End of road for Treaty 2 U
The Treaty 2 U show is coming to an end after covering thousands of miles around the country.
Project manager Kit O'Connor says the Treaty Truck will be dismantled after a stop this week at Onehunga High School.
The exhibits will then go on a museum tour, starting in Wellington.
She says the truck has had a mostly positive response over the three year tour of schools, festivals and public spaces.
“In some schools the treaty is not taught because New Zealand history has been optional. For some schools, this has been the only dedicated treaty programme that they have had within their senior school, which is quite astounding in some ways but as much as anything it’s for us to give an opportunity to role model teaching the treaty within a school environment,” Ms O'Connor says.
The museum tour should allow communities to complement the Treaty 2 U material with local case studies.
NGATAI AIMING TO BE MAORI FACE OF SOUTH AUCKLAND POLITICS
One of the candidates in the Manukau City Council by-election says the city needs more Maori representatives.
George Ngatai, a Family Party member, is one of 10 candidates lining up in the Otara ward to replace William Sio, who is now a Labour list MP.
He says sitting on the council's Treaty of Waitangi committee has given him a sense of what needs to be done.
“Even though there's around 10 of us on this Treaty of Waitangi committee, we only deal with Maori issues. I’m wanting to get out there and say it’s about representing Maori issues across council rather than just in one particular committee,” Mr Ngatai says.
More Maori live in South Auckland than in Wellington, but too few are prepared to represent their views at local or national level.
BUDGET FOR MORE MAORI NURSES ACROSS HEALTH WORKFORCE
There's a big push on to get more Maori nurses.
The government has allocated $12.2 million to increase the number of Maori in the health workforce.
Mark Jones, the chief nurse for the Ministry of Health, says it will be spent on upskilling people already practising and recruiting new nurses.
He says there is a big demand from iwi providers, but Maori nurses are needed across the health service.
“We need to be encouraging mainstream providers to see the value of Maori nurses in their systems and I think kaupapa Maori principles are equally applicable throughout the mainstream health system as they are in iwi providers, and I’m just looking forward to the day when I can walk into one of our hospitals and see Maori nurses represented in the workforce there to the same extent they are in the general population,” Mr Jones says.
TUREI ENCOURAGES SKINK PROTEST
The Greens' Maori affairs spokesperson says Maori should fight to protect a colony of endangered lizards.
Meteria Turei says the discovery of moko skinks on the site of a proposed carpark for a marina should be enough to halt the development.
The Whangamata Marina Society has been trying to capture and remove the animals, but the site is now being occupied by Hauraki iwi and environmentalists.
Ms Turei says it's one of the few places on the mainland where moko skinks can be seen.
Maori and environmental groups have opposed the marina since it was first mooted.
TARANAKI WEBSITE FOR TRICKY DIALECT
Taranaki whanau far from home can now get online help to drop their Hs.
Te Reo Taranaki charitable trust has updated its website to include a new resources, including recordings of the pronunciation peculiar to the west.
Ruakere Hond from Taranaki, who is also a Maori language commissioner, says the majority of Taranaki descendants live outside the region, so it's good to give an authoritative point of reference.
“Quite often it's not the words written on the page but it’s how they’re pronounced and the flow of the language and intonation of voice, all those sorts of things have an impact on the way the language is perceived, so further on down the track as we develop a digital archive, the web site will be able to give access to the language archive that will include audio, video,” Mr Hond says.
INDIGENOUS WOMEN SHARE BUSINESS STRUGGLES
A leading Maori businesswoman says indigenous women are taking a lead in business development.
Mavis Mullins has just got back from an Apec conference in Peru, where she presented a paper on Maori women exporters.
She says many of the South American women had similar stories to share.
“There is a keen desire to support women in these economies because one of the neat things that is coming through everywhere is it is women who are driving a lot of the economies, especially the developing economies, and it is in fact the indigenous women who are who are driving a lot of it,” says Mrs Mullins, from farm contractors Paewai Mullins.
DESIGNER PICKING UP TEXTILE PRESERVATION TIPS
A Ngati Kuri textile designer is taking a bite of the big apple.
Bethany Matai Edmunds is off to New York University to do a Masters degree in Arts, Visual Culture and Costume Studies.
The weaver and fibre sculptor is keen to learn textile conservation, to complement her background in whatu and raranga.
Edmunds says she's not part of the Maori exodus overseas... she'll definitely be back in two years.
Project manager Kit O'Connor says the Treaty Truck will be dismantled after a stop this week at Onehunga High School.
The exhibits will then go on a museum tour, starting in Wellington.
She says the truck has had a mostly positive response over the three year tour of schools, festivals and public spaces.
“In some schools the treaty is not taught because New Zealand history has been optional. For some schools, this has been the only dedicated treaty programme that they have had within their senior school, which is quite astounding in some ways but as much as anything it’s for us to give an opportunity to role model teaching the treaty within a school environment,” Ms O'Connor says.
The museum tour should allow communities to complement the Treaty 2 U material with local case studies.
NGATAI AIMING TO BE MAORI FACE OF SOUTH AUCKLAND POLITICS
One of the candidates in the Manukau City Council by-election says the city needs more Maori representatives.
George Ngatai, a Family Party member, is one of 10 candidates lining up in the Otara ward to replace William Sio, who is now a Labour list MP.
He says sitting on the council's Treaty of Waitangi committee has given him a sense of what needs to be done.
“Even though there's around 10 of us on this Treaty of Waitangi committee, we only deal with Maori issues. I’m wanting to get out there and say it’s about representing Maori issues across council rather than just in one particular committee,” Mr Ngatai says.
More Maori live in South Auckland than in Wellington, but too few are prepared to represent their views at local or national level.
BUDGET FOR MORE MAORI NURSES ACROSS HEALTH WORKFORCE
There's a big push on to get more Maori nurses.
The government has allocated $12.2 million to increase the number of Maori in the health workforce.
Mark Jones, the chief nurse for the Ministry of Health, says it will be spent on upskilling people already practising and recruiting new nurses.
He says there is a big demand from iwi providers, but Maori nurses are needed across the health service.
“We need to be encouraging mainstream providers to see the value of Maori nurses in their systems and I think kaupapa Maori principles are equally applicable throughout the mainstream health system as they are in iwi providers, and I’m just looking forward to the day when I can walk into one of our hospitals and see Maori nurses represented in the workforce there to the same extent they are in the general population,” Mr Jones says.
TUREI ENCOURAGES SKINK PROTEST
The Greens' Maori affairs spokesperson says Maori should fight to protect a colony of endangered lizards.
Meteria Turei says the discovery of moko skinks on the site of a proposed carpark for a marina should be enough to halt the development.
The Whangamata Marina Society has been trying to capture and remove the animals, but the site is now being occupied by Hauraki iwi and environmentalists.
Ms Turei says it's one of the few places on the mainland where moko skinks can be seen.
Maori and environmental groups have opposed the marina since it was first mooted.
TARANAKI WEBSITE FOR TRICKY DIALECT
Taranaki whanau far from home can now get online help to drop their Hs.
Te Reo Taranaki charitable trust has updated its website to include a new resources, including recordings of the pronunciation peculiar to the west.
Ruakere Hond from Taranaki, who is also a Maori language commissioner, says the majority of Taranaki descendants live outside the region, so it's good to give an authoritative point of reference.
“Quite often it's not the words written on the page but it’s how they’re pronounced and the flow of the language and intonation of voice, all those sorts of things have an impact on the way the language is perceived, so further on down the track as we develop a digital archive, the web site will be able to give access to the language archive that will include audio, video,” Mr Hond says.
INDIGENOUS WOMEN SHARE BUSINESS STRUGGLES
A leading Maori businesswoman says indigenous women are taking a lead in business development.
Mavis Mullins has just got back from an Apec conference in Peru, where she presented a paper on Maori women exporters.
She says many of the South American women had similar stories to share.
“There is a keen desire to support women in these economies because one of the neat things that is coming through everywhere is it is women who are driving a lot of the economies, especially the developing economies, and it is in fact the indigenous women who are who are driving a lot of it,” says Mrs Mullins, from farm contractors Paewai Mullins.
DESIGNER PICKING UP TEXTILE PRESERVATION TIPS
A Ngati Kuri textile designer is taking a bite of the big apple.
Bethany Matai Edmunds is off to New York University to do a Masters degree in Arts, Visual Culture and Costume Studies.
The weaver and fibre sculptor is keen to learn textile conservation, to complement her background in whatu and raranga.
Edmunds says she's not part of the Maori exodus overseas... she'll definitely be back in two years.
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