Maori Party cries foul on Fox cover
A Maori Party co-leader wants Maori Television to lay off its former boss.
Tariana Turia says the channel has been consistently negative about Derek Fox, its founding chairperson, since he was picked to contest Ikaroa Rawhiti in a selection battle that included one of his former partners, lawyer Atareta Poananga.
She says it got even worse with last week's coverage of newspaper reports that Mr Fox had been violent towards some former partners.
Mrs Turia says it's a relationship that needs changing.
“Both need to sit down and talk that through, because that’s not helpful either. Maori TV have run a campaign for quite some time, since Atareta was on air. We expect something a bit different from Maori media. We expect to be accountable, but we don’t expect a running campaign and that’s what I believe he reacted to,” Mrs Turia says.
A Maori Television spokesperson, Sonya Haggie, denied there was a campaign against Mr Fox.
She says reporters have covered the story as it developed.
Ms Haggie says the channel's chief executive, Jim Mather, met with Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples today to discuss and clarify the issue.
BUCKLANDS BEACHCOMBER FINDS WWI MEDAL
A beachcomber is looking forward to finding the descendants of Private Kepa.
Phil Disberry found a First World War service medal awarded to the soldier while running his metal detector over Bucklands Beach in east Auckland.
Publicity about his find drew calls from people who believe they know Private Kepa's whanau, and he's keen to return the taonga.
WIKI AN INSPIRATION FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS
A former Kiwi says Ruben Wiki is an inspiration for an emerging generation of Maori and Pacific Island players.
The Warriors hardman played his 301st NRL game on the weekend, joining an elite group of players.
Duane Mann, a former coach of the Tongan national squad, says Wiki's Samoan and Maori whakapapa makes it easy for him to relate to the young Polynesian talent surfacing through the Auckland based club.
The end of game presentation by Dean Bell and Stacy Jones showed the club's respect for the prop on and off the field.
The Warriors didn't disappoint either, downing the North Queensland Cowboys 24-14.
ASB TRUST PLANNING BIG MAORI EDUCATION PUSH
The ASB Community Trust wants to spend what it calls a significant sum lifting Maori educational achievement.
Jenny Gill, the trust’s chief executive, says Education Ministry figures showing half of Maori children were leaving school without NCEA level one qualifications, compared to just 21 percent of Pakeha children, shows the extent of the problem.
She says the call has gone out for innovative projects to lift literacy levels, and the trust is prepared to fund multiple initiatives.
“What's happening either in schools or in community or in kura or on marae that’s attempting to address issues of underachievement or Maori children not staying in school, those kind of issues,” Ms Gill says.
About 300 proposals have come in so far, and a shortlist will be prepared later in the month for projects which will be funded for five years.
WAIT TO NAME TE TAI TONGA CANDIDATE
Maori Party members have finished voting for a replacement candidate in Te Tai Tonga.
Turnout at the 10 hui around the southern electorate was lower than at the original selection hui in February, when the late Monte Ohia was chosen.
About 100 members voted in the largest of the hui in Christchurch on Saturday, and half that number were at Lower Hutt on Sunday, the only hui attended by all three candidates.
Only one of those candidates, Wellington lawyer Rahui Katene, is trying again.
Party Co-leader Tariana Turia says she's disappointed the other survivor from the February round, Otago farmer Edward Ellison, didn't put his name forward again despite encouragement from the party.
“The decision to not stand was absolutely his own and we were very disappointed because we know what a significant contribution he could have made,” Mrs Turia says.
The candidate should be known by Wednesday
MAORI LOCKS MAY HAVE CHANGED TEST FORTUNES
A Maori sports commentator says Graeme Henry blew Saturday night's test by ignoring experienced Maori talent.
Te Kauhoe Wano says locks Jason Eaton and Ross Filipo are in form, having just come off a win in the Pacific Nations Cup.
Instead the All Black coach turned to relative newcomers when Ali Williams went off injured, and the Springboks went on the win 30-28
“What's the point of having these guys playing international rugby and not putting them in the All Blacks when they’re needed, because if there was a time they needed experience in that department, but across the board, because we’re lacking it all over, was in the locking department and I can't believe it,” Mr Wano says.
He says Eaton and Filipo had earned a spot in the Dunedin lineup.
Tariana Turia says the channel has been consistently negative about Derek Fox, its founding chairperson, since he was picked to contest Ikaroa Rawhiti in a selection battle that included one of his former partners, lawyer Atareta Poananga.
She says it got even worse with last week's coverage of newspaper reports that Mr Fox had been violent towards some former partners.
Mrs Turia says it's a relationship that needs changing.
“Both need to sit down and talk that through, because that’s not helpful either. Maori TV have run a campaign for quite some time, since Atareta was on air. We expect something a bit different from Maori media. We expect to be accountable, but we don’t expect a running campaign and that’s what I believe he reacted to,” Mrs Turia says.
A Maori Television spokesperson, Sonya Haggie, denied there was a campaign against Mr Fox.
She says reporters have covered the story as it developed.
Ms Haggie says the channel's chief executive, Jim Mather, met with Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples today to discuss and clarify the issue.
BUCKLANDS BEACHCOMBER FINDS WWI MEDAL
A beachcomber is looking forward to finding the descendants of Private Kepa.
Phil Disberry found a First World War service medal awarded to the soldier while running his metal detector over Bucklands Beach in east Auckland.
Publicity about his find drew calls from people who believe they know Private Kepa's whanau, and he's keen to return the taonga.
WIKI AN INSPIRATION FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS
A former Kiwi says Ruben Wiki is an inspiration for an emerging generation of Maori and Pacific Island players.
The Warriors hardman played his 301st NRL game on the weekend, joining an elite group of players.
Duane Mann, a former coach of the Tongan national squad, says Wiki's Samoan and Maori whakapapa makes it easy for him to relate to the young Polynesian talent surfacing through the Auckland based club.
The end of game presentation by Dean Bell and Stacy Jones showed the club's respect for the prop on and off the field.
The Warriors didn't disappoint either, downing the North Queensland Cowboys 24-14.
ASB TRUST PLANNING BIG MAORI EDUCATION PUSH
The ASB Community Trust wants to spend what it calls a significant sum lifting Maori educational achievement.
Jenny Gill, the trust’s chief executive, says Education Ministry figures showing half of Maori children were leaving school without NCEA level one qualifications, compared to just 21 percent of Pakeha children, shows the extent of the problem.
She says the call has gone out for innovative projects to lift literacy levels, and the trust is prepared to fund multiple initiatives.
“What's happening either in schools or in community or in kura or on marae that’s attempting to address issues of underachievement or Maori children not staying in school, those kind of issues,” Ms Gill says.
About 300 proposals have come in so far, and a shortlist will be prepared later in the month for projects which will be funded for five years.
WAIT TO NAME TE TAI TONGA CANDIDATE
Maori Party members have finished voting for a replacement candidate in Te Tai Tonga.
Turnout at the 10 hui around the southern electorate was lower than at the original selection hui in February, when the late Monte Ohia was chosen.
About 100 members voted in the largest of the hui in Christchurch on Saturday, and half that number were at Lower Hutt on Sunday, the only hui attended by all three candidates.
Only one of those candidates, Wellington lawyer Rahui Katene, is trying again.
Party Co-leader Tariana Turia says she's disappointed the other survivor from the February round, Otago farmer Edward Ellison, didn't put his name forward again despite encouragement from the party.
“The decision to not stand was absolutely his own and we were very disappointed because we know what a significant contribution he could have made,” Mrs Turia says.
The candidate should be known by Wednesday
MAORI LOCKS MAY HAVE CHANGED TEST FORTUNES
A Maori sports commentator says Graeme Henry blew Saturday night's test by ignoring experienced Maori talent.
Te Kauhoe Wano says locks Jason Eaton and Ross Filipo are in form, having just come off a win in the Pacific Nations Cup.
Instead the All Black coach turned to relative newcomers when Ali Williams went off injured, and the Springboks went on the win 30-28
“What's the point of having these guys playing international rugby and not putting them in the All Blacks when they’re needed, because if there was a time they needed experience in that department, but across the board, because we’re lacking it all over, was in the locking department and I can't believe it,” Mr Wano says.
He says Eaton and Filipo had earned a spot in the Dunedin lineup.
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