Maori managers flex their wings
The managers of Maori collectively-owned assets are starting to show a more entrepreneurial bent.
Shaan Stevens from the Hui Taumata Taskforce told a Maori Business Symposium in Dunedin that views of what makes an entrepreneur are changing - and Maori are increasingly demonstrating a flair for making money for themselves or their wider group.
At an individual level that can mean turning hobbies or interests into businesses.
At a collective level it means exposing themselves to a bit more risk.
"We're seeing a number of iwi groups start to looking at how they can use their resources, whether that be their people or their land, in different ways to create value, and they're starting to realise they need to find partners and they need to take a stocktake of where they are so we see a lot of the iwi groups now working with CRIs and others to see and identify what are the opportunities on creating businesses from their resources. where otherwise there may not have been any opportunities there," Mr Stevens says.
He says the way to tell a Maori entrepreneur is often to look for the person with the arrows in their back.
MAORI PARTY URGES CLAIM FILING BEFORE MONDAY DEADLINE
The Maori Party is urging whanau and iwi to move fast if they want to retain the right to reclaim land taken by the Crown.
There's just five days to go for the cut-off for lodging historic treaty claims.
Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says there's no way get around the September 1 deadline.
"Get something in on paper and worry about the details later, and if it is in the wrong place, in other words if it's not historical and it's contemporary, at least you've got something on the table anyway," Mr Flavell says.
There's debate about whether some claims for natural resources such as water or geothermal energy are historic or contemporary, but it will be left to the Waitangi tribunal to sort out.
POLICE PRESENCE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND SCHOOLS GROWING
South Auckland police are taking up a presence in the city's schools to tackle problems before they spill out onto the streets.
Dexter Trail, the manager of the cops in schools programme, says 10 secondary schools are now involved, serviced by five officers, with more schools looking to join the scheme.
He says there have been teething problems about what should be done with information picked up in schools, but they are being dealt with sensitively.
"There's a lot of things that happened in our day that teachers and parents dealt with in the school and it didn't come to note with the police and so we're working round those issues to make sure we're not taking the autonomy from the schools to deal with children the way that children and young people are supposed to be dealt with. All we are is to assist with the process and to assist with some of the experiences our people have," says Mr Trail, who's from Kahungunu and Rangitane.
He says police hope that dealing with an emerging criminal element at an early stage will lead to long term benefits for society.
TAINUI DEAL A DANGEROUS TANIWHA
A Bay of Plenty claimant says the co-management set out in Tainui's historic Waikato River settlement is a setback for Maori.
Maanu Paul says the Waitangi Tribunal's 1996 report on the Ikawhenua rivers report found his iwi had rights over the Rangitaiki and Wheao rivers akin to ownership.
He says the Waikato river settlement appears to give tino rangatiratanga to Waikato-Tainui, but the Crown retains ownership.
"For the Maori it's an evil. it's a taniwha that ought to be struck down and destroyed. It seduces Maori into believing they can have a say in the operation of their taonga but in actual fact it's a bit of a Clayton's ownership. I'm very disappointed Tainui have done this," Mr Paul says.
He says the Waikato River deal will be used as a template to be imposed on other natural resource claimants.
DEADLINE WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON TRIBUNAL PACE
Now the deadline for lodging historic treaty claims is almost upon us, a leading treaty historian says it's unlikely to have much an effect on the settlement process.
Maori have until the first of September ... next Monday ... to lodge claims about Crown actions or breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi between 1840 and 1992.
Michael Belgrave, who teaches history and Maori studies at Massey University, says the government's commitment to settlements this year has given claimants some hope.
He says there are so many claims in the system, it's unlikely the deadline will affect the timetable.
"This is really just a political sideshow. The critical issue is the tribunal continuing with its managed programme and a really strong commitment from government, whoever the government happens to be, to deal with Maori in a reasonable and flexible kind of way and do so from the top down," he says.
Professor Belgrave will be giving a public lecture at noon today at Massey's Albany campus on recent developments in the claim process.
TE WANANGA O AOTEAROA TOURS INDIGENOUS FILMS
Te Wananga o Aotearoa has gone into the film business.
It's hosting the first Aotearoa Film Festival of screenings and workshops at campuses in Gisborne, Waiariki and Manukau over the next two weeks.
Chief executive Bentham Ohia says it has brought together 10 indigenous filmmakers from Aotearoa, Australia, Hawaii and North America, with help from Hawaii's Pacific Islanders in Communications programme, the Sundance institute and National Geographic's All Roads Film Project.
That's creating a sense of excitement in the post-screening question and answer sessions and the workshops.
"The students were having three hour workshops with these directors. It was awesome actually. That's the difference in terms of what we're trying to do with this festival, is to really bring it down to a community grassroots level, break down access for our whanau to view these flash films which are usually shown at festivals around the world," Mr Ohia says.
The filmmakers are today attending a wananga at a Waitomo marae to share experiences and discuss future collaboration or training opportunities.
Shaan Stevens from the Hui Taumata Taskforce told a Maori Business Symposium in Dunedin that views of what makes an entrepreneur are changing - and Maori are increasingly demonstrating a flair for making money for themselves or their wider group.
At an individual level that can mean turning hobbies or interests into businesses.
At a collective level it means exposing themselves to a bit more risk.
"We're seeing a number of iwi groups start to looking at how they can use their resources, whether that be their people or their land, in different ways to create value, and they're starting to realise they need to find partners and they need to take a stocktake of where they are so we see a lot of the iwi groups now working with CRIs and others to see and identify what are the opportunities on creating businesses from their resources. where otherwise there may not have been any opportunities there," Mr Stevens says.
He says the way to tell a Maori entrepreneur is often to look for the person with the arrows in their back.
MAORI PARTY URGES CLAIM FILING BEFORE MONDAY DEADLINE
The Maori Party is urging whanau and iwi to move fast if they want to retain the right to reclaim land taken by the Crown.
There's just five days to go for the cut-off for lodging historic treaty claims.
Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says there's no way get around the September 1 deadline.
"Get something in on paper and worry about the details later, and if it is in the wrong place, in other words if it's not historical and it's contemporary, at least you've got something on the table anyway," Mr Flavell says.
There's debate about whether some claims for natural resources such as water or geothermal energy are historic or contemporary, but it will be left to the Waitangi tribunal to sort out.
POLICE PRESENCE IN SOUTH AUCKLAND SCHOOLS GROWING
South Auckland police are taking up a presence in the city's schools to tackle problems before they spill out onto the streets.
Dexter Trail, the manager of the cops in schools programme, says 10 secondary schools are now involved, serviced by five officers, with more schools looking to join the scheme.
He says there have been teething problems about what should be done with information picked up in schools, but they are being dealt with sensitively.
"There's a lot of things that happened in our day that teachers and parents dealt with in the school and it didn't come to note with the police and so we're working round those issues to make sure we're not taking the autonomy from the schools to deal with children the way that children and young people are supposed to be dealt with. All we are is to assist with the process and to assist with some of the experiences our people have," says Mr Trail, who's from Kahungunu and Rangitane.
He says police hope that dealing with an emerging criminal element at an early stage will lead to long term benefits for society.
TAINUI DEAL A DANGEROUS TANIWHA
A Bay of Plenty claimant says the co-management set out in Tainui's historic Waikato River settlement is a setback for Maori.
Maanu Paul says the Waitangi Tribunal's 1996 report on the Ikawhenua rivers report found his iwi had rights over the Rangitaiki and Wheao rivers akin to ownership.
He says the Waikato river settlement appears to give tino rangatiratanga to Waikato-Tainui, but the Crown retains ownership.
"For the Maori it's an evil. it's a taniwha that ought to be struck down and destroyed. It seduces Maori into believing they can have a say in the operation of their taonga but in actual fact it's a bit of a Clayton's ownership. I'm very disappointed Tainui have done this," Mr Paul says.
He says the Waikato River deal will be used as a template to be imposed on other natural resource claimants.
DEADLINE WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON TRIBUNAL PACE
Now the deadline for lodging historic treaty claims is almost upon us, a leading treaty historian says it's unlikely to have much an effect on the settlement process.
Maori have until the first of September ... next Monday ... to lodge claims about Crown actions or breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi between 1840 and 1992.
Michael Belgrave, who teaches history and Maori studies at Massey University, says the government's commitment to settlements this year has given claimants some hope.
He says there are so many claims in the system, it's unlikely the deadline will affect the timetable.
"This is really just a political sideshow. The critical issue is the tribunal continuing with its managed programme and a really strong commitment from government, whoever the government happens to be, to deal with Maori in a reasonable and flexible kind of way and do so from the top down," he says.
Professor Belgrave will be giving a public lecture at noon today at Massey's Albany campus on recent developments in the claim process.
TE WANANGA O AOTEAROA TOURS INDIGENOUS FILMS
Te Wananga o Aotearoa has gone into the film business.
It's hosting the first Aotearoa Film Festival of screenings and workshops at campuses in Gisborne, Waiariki and Manukau over the next two weeks.
Chief executive Bentham Ohia says it has brought together 10 indigenous filmmakers from Aotearoa, Australia, Hawaii and North America, with help from Hawaii's Pacific Islanders in Communications programme, the Sundance institute and National Geographic's All Roads Film Project.
That's creating a sense of excitement in the post-screening question and answer sessions and the workshops.
"The students were having three hour workshops with these directors. It was awesome actually. That's the difference in terms of what we're trying to do with this festival, is to really bring it down to a community grassroots level, break down access for our whanau to view these flash films which are usually shown at festivals around the world," Mr Ohia says.
The filmmakers are today attending a wananga at a Waitomo marae to share experiences and discuss future collaboration or training opportunities.
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