Ngapuhi joins fish fight
Ngapuhi has joined a Supreme Court appeal by recreational fishing groups on kahawai quota.
The Court of Appeal knocked back a High Court decision which would have given more weight to the needs of recreational and Maori anglers before the total allowable commercial catch was set.
Sonny Tau, Ngapuhi's chairperson, says the law as it now stands makes no distinction between the rights of commercial, customary and recreational fishers to the inshore species.
"The quota is a creature of statute and statute in no way supercedes our tikanga or our basic right to feed our whanau. The tikanga must come first, our right to fish and feed our babies and feed our mokopuna and our right to manaaki our manuhiri," Mr Tau says.
He says while Ngapuhi has kahawai quota, it puts sustainability before commerical exploitation.
BOOK EXPLORES MAORI-PAKEHA IDENTITY
The author of a new book on Maori-Pakeha identity says people shouldn't rush to judgment because of the way Maori may look or talk.
Melinda Webber from Auckland University's education faculty says people with dual heritage often feel forced to justify their ethnicity.
For her book Walking the Space Between, Ms Webber interviewed semi-professional and professional people about their identity, and about how they were treated during their tertiary study.
"Often te ao Maori and te ao Pakeha were polarise, like they're on completely different ends of the spectrum, which I think misrepresents the reality of our lived experiences. They're not on opposite ends of the spectrum for everybody. So i just wanted to talk about some of the things from that experience that shaped their response to 'who are you?'" Ms Webber says.
None of her respondents felt able to say what their Pakeha side brought to their identity.
KING TUHEITIA INVESTED IN ORDER OF ST JOHN
The links between the Kingitanga and the Order of St John have been strengthened.
King Tuheitia was admitted to the order at Turangawaewae Marae on Saturday, following in the footsteps of the late Maori Queen, who was invested in 1996.
A spokesperson, Rahui Papa, says the kaupapa of the Order is much broader than its ambulance and paramedic service.
"It's to relieve poverty, it's to aid the bereaved, much like the original essence of the poukai, the tribal gathering within the Kingitanga," Mr Papa says.
The king was one of 38 people invested or promoted at the ceremony, which was presided over by the Governor-General, Anand Satyanand.
ATIHAU-WHANGANUI WINS FIGHT FOR LEASE COMPENSATION
An Incorporation which farms 41,000 hectares between Ruapehu and the Whanganui River has settled its century-old land claim.
The Government paid $23.5 million to the Atihau-Whanganui Incorporation in compensation for past policies which denied owners use of their land for most of the last century.
Dana Blackburn, the incorporation's chairperson, says over the past three decades it has racked up millions of dollars in debt buying back leases.
He says the problem stemmed from changes made by the Crown soon after the land was put under the Aotea Maori Land Council for development in 1902.
"They were getting pressurised by the lessees to change the terms of the leases so they introduced legislations which, putting it in a nutshell, moved the goalposts. When the incorporation was formed in 1970, through an order in the Maori Land Court, it inherited the same conditions. This has placed quite a burden on the original owners achieving their wish to farm their own land," Mr Blackburn says.
The settlement means Atihau-Whanganui can invest in improving the quality of its land and stock, rather than seeing profits eaten up in interest payments.
FOX PUTS NGATA BEHIND HIM
The Maori Party's Ikaroa Rawhiti candidate wants the electorate to step out from under the shadow of its longest serving MP.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Apirana Ngata, who held the Eastern Maori seat from 1905 to 1943.
He used his position to advance Maori economic and social development, as well as spearhead a revival in traditional culture.
Derek Fox says it's a huge legacy, but people need to look at the challenges of the 21st century.
"It's almost getting to be an unhealthy influence now in that people continue to invoke his memory, not as much as they used to in days gone by, but I always felt he needed to rest now and maybe it was time for other people to step forward but he was a huge influence," Mr Fox says.
AIRLINE EASING PASSENGERS INTO NORMAL REO USE
Be prepared to brush up on your reo next time you take an Air New Zealand flight.
The airline has signed up a the main sponsor for Maori Language Week.
Erima Henare, the Maori language commissioner, says it's a major investment in time, effort and money, which will include travellers being given brochures and packs of simple phrases.
He's already noticed the difference on a recent flight to Auckland.
"The Pakeha air hostess in very measured and god Maori said 'naumai, haere mai ki Tamaki Makaurau and went on to give a brief description of what was available at the airport and then turned into English. Ten years ago I think you would have heard people grumble about the fact that this was a major difference in the way they were receiving their services but there was none of that, and to the listener it appeared that most people were happy with the fact that there were now two languages being used," Mr Henare says.
The Maori Language Commission will have a long term relationship with Air New Zealand training staff in te reo Maori.
The Court of Appeal knocked back a High Court decision which would have given more weight to the needs of recreational and Maori anglers before the total allowable commercial catch was set.
Sonny Tau, Ngapuhi's chairperson, says the law as it now stands makes no distinction between the rights of commercial, customary and recreational fishers to the inshore species.
"The quota is a creature of statute and statute in no way supercedes our tikanga or our basic right to feed our whanau. The tikanga must come first, our right to fish and feed our babies and feed our mokopuna and our right to manaaki our manuhiri," Mr Tau says.
He says while Ngapuhi has kahawai quota, it puts sustainability before commerical exploitation.
BOOK EXPLORES MAORI-PAKEHA IDENTITY
The author of a new book on Maori-Pakeha identity says people shouldn't rush to judgment because of the way Maori may look or talk.
Melinda Webber from Auckland University's education faculty says people with dual heritage often feel forced to justify their ethnicity.
For her book Walking the Space Between, Ms Webber interviewed semi-professional and professional people about their identity, and about how they were treated during their tertiary study.
"Often te ao Maori and te ao Pakeha were polarise, like they're on completely different ends of the spectrum, which I think misrepresents the reality of our lived experiences. They're not on opposite ends of the spectrum for everybody. So i just wanted to talk about some of the things from that experience that shaped their response to 'who are you?'" Ms Webber says.
None of her respondents felt able to say what their Pakeha side brought to their identity.
KING TUHEITIA INVESTED IN ORDER OF ST JOHN
The links between the Kingitanga and the Order of St John have been strengthened.
King Tuheitia was admitted to the order at Turangawaewae Marae on Saturday, following in the footsteps of the late Maori Queen, who was invested in 1996.
A spokesperson, Rahui Papa, says the kaupapa of the Order is much broader than its ambulance and paramedic service.
"It's to relieve poverty, it's to aid the bereaved, much like the original essence of the poukai, the tribal gathering within the Kingitanga," Mr Papa says.
The king was one of 38 people invested or promoted at the ceremony, which was presided over by the Governor-General, Anand Satyanand.
ATIHAU-WHANGANUI WINS FIGHT FOR LEASE COMPENSATION
An Incorporation which farms 41,000 hectares between Ruapehu and the Whanganui River has settled its century-old land claim.
The Government paid $23.5 million to the Atihau-Whanganui Incorporation in compensation for past policies which denied owners use of their land for most of the last century.
Dana Blackburn, the incorporation's chairperson, says over the past three decades it has racked up millions of dollars in debt buying back leases.
He says the problem stemmed from changes made by the Crown soon after the land was put under the Aotea Maori Land Council for development in 1902.
"They were getting pressurised by the lessees to change the terms of the leases so they introduced legislations which, putting it in a nutshell, moved the goalposts. When the incorporation was formed in 1970, through an order in the Maori Land Court, it inherited the same conditions. This has placed quite a burden on the original owners achieving their wish to farm their own land," Mr Blackburn says.
The settlement means Atihau-Whanganui can invest in improving the quality of its land and stock, rather than seeing profits eaten up in interest payments.
FOX PUTS NGATA BEHIND HIM
The Maori Party's Ikaroa Rawhiti candidate wants the electorate to step out from under the shadow of its longest serving MP.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Apirana Ngata, who held the Eastern Maori seat from 1905 to 1943.
He used his position to advance Maori economic and social development, as well as spearhead a revival in traditional culture.
Derek Fox says it's a huge legacy, but people need to look at the challenges of the 21st century.
"It's almost getting to be an unhealthy influence now in that people continue to invoke his memory, not as much as they used to in days gone by, but I always felt he needed to rest now and maybe it was time for other people to step forward but he was a huge influence," Mr Fox says.
AIRLINE EASING PASSENGERS INTO NORMAL REO USE
Be prepared to brush up on your reo next time you take an Air New Zealand flight.
The airline has signed up a the main sponsor for Maori Language Week.
Erima Henare, the Maori language commissioner, says it's a major investment in time, effort and money, which will include travellers being given brochures and packs of simple phrases.
He's already noticed the difference on a recent flight to Auckland.
"The Pakeha air hostess in very measured and god Maori said 'naumai, haere mai ki Tamaki Makaurau and went on to give a brief description of what was available at the airport and then turned into English. Ten years ago I think you would have heard people grumble about the fact that this was a major difference in the way they were receiving their services but there was none of that, and to the listener it appeared that most people were happy with the fact that there were now two languages being used," Mr Henare says.
The Maori Language Commission will have a long term relationship with Air New Zealand training staff in te reo Maori.
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