Claims on tipping point
The chief Judge of the Waitangi Tribunal Joe Williams says treaty claims have reached a tipping point were Maori are getting right behind the process for settling past grievances.
His comments come with the Tribunal having received more than 2000 historical claims when the deadline for such claims closed at midnight.
“It’s not just about how good government does this stuff. It’s just as much about how well Maori do their side of the deal and Maoris have come up to brief with great power in the past 12 months and I can’t see that changing,” Chief Judge Williams says.
He is also sensing an increasingly positive attitude among non- Maori towards treaty settlements.
NEW MOOD TO GET CLAIMS SETTLED
Prime Minister Helen Clark says she agrees with Waitangi Tribunal Chief judge Joe Williams that there is a new mood among Maori to get Treaty issues settled.
She says Judge Williams’ comments make a lot of common sense and support what she is picking up.
“Around the country iwi can see what‘s the outcome for those who have already settled and people want to be part of the action, they want to get on with it. These things happened in our history, they have to be acknowledged, they have to be dealt with, they can never be forgotten, but we can resolution, through reconciliation, move on to a new space, and I think that’s what we are doing,” Ms Clark says.
CONICIDENCE IN RELEASE OF TERROR BOOK
The release of a book on last October's so-called 'Terror Raids' coincidentally falls at the same time as a related court case.
Yesterday a deposition hearing started in the Auckland District Court for 18 people including Tuhoe rights campaigner Tame Iti who are facing a range of charges including for fire arms offences.
Terror in Our Midst editor Danny Keenan from Victoria University says much of the dialogue in the book was edited following legal advice.
Mr Keenan says the release was held up and subsequently fell at the same time as the Court case.
The 16 contributors, 14 of them Maori, all had a strict timeframe of two months to submit their writings.
HONE HARAWIRA MAKES GRAVE STATEMENTS
Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has launched a stinging attack on the Labour Coalition Government describing it as stale, arrogant and looking like a corpse.
He says big business is rubbing its hands at what the emisions trading scheme is likely to look like while the carry on with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is dragging the government into the mud.
“I've actually spoken to Labour’s Maori MPs on a number of occasions lately and I’ve said to them ‘Guys, I know that you think we should be talking coalition, but you’ve really got to get your numbers up. You’ve really got to do a hell of a lot better than you are at the moment. Because at the moment you’re actually looking like a coalition corpse, not a coalition partner,’” Mr Harawira says.
He says the polls are showing that its likely National will be forming the next government but he wants Labour to be a coalition option after the election.
Maori party co-leader Tariana Turia says the party has expressed no preference for Labour or National as a coalition partner and will not do so until it has consulted widely after the election.
JONES SAYS HARAWIRA CULTURALLY OUT OF ORDER
However Labour MP Shane Jones is rejecting claims by Hone Harawira that the Labour Coalition Government is stale, arrogant and looks like a corpse.
He says such language is grossly unhelpful to Maori parliamentary political dialogue.
“That expression tupapaku or corpse in the Maori world is a no no. It’s what the kaumatua call a karanga mate which is almost you’re inviting misfortune. So I’ll put the term down to Hone’s rhetorical style. The election date is yet to be set. We’ve no doubt in our minds that once the date is set an the campaign begins with gusto, then Maori voters are going to have a clear choice,” Mr Jones says.
The choice for voters will be between the Maori Party... which has yet to reject overtures from National... and Labour which he describes as a party of genuine equity... which has made major advances in Treaty settlements.
BOOK CHARTS MAORI CROAT MIX
The quick tongue of the Croats who immigrated to the Far North earned them their name 'Tarara'.
Senka Bozic, the author of Tarara: The cultural politics of Croat and Maori identity in New Zealand, says the name Tarara has a humorous origin.
“The word Tarara is a Maori word and just because the Croatian language, what Maori heard was tararara so they decided to call them Tarara.
Ms Bozic says generally Maori-Croatian relationships which started in the late 19th century have been very positive for the community.
His comments come with the Tribunal having received more than 2000 historical claims when the deadline for such claims closed at midnight.
“It’s not just about how good government does this stuff. It’s just as much about how well Maori do their side of the deal and Maoris have come up to brief with great power in the past 12 months and I can’t see that changing,” Chief Judge Williams says.
He is also sensing an increasingly positive attitude among non- Maori towards treaty settlements.
NEW MOOD TO GET CLAIMS SETTLED
Prime Minister Helen Clark says she agrees with Waitangi Tribunal Chief judge Joe Williams that there is a new mood among Maori to get Treaty issues settled.
She says Judge Williams’ comments make a lot of common sense and support what she is picking up.
“Around the country iwi can see what‘s the outcome for those who have already settled and people want to be part of the action, they want to get on with it. These things happened in our history, they have to be acknowledged, they have to be dealt with, they can never be forgotten, but we can resolution, through reconciliation, move on to a new space, and I think that’s what we are doing,” Ms Clark says.
CONICIDENCE IN RELEASE OF TERROR BOOK
The release of a book on last October's so-called 'Terror Raids' coincidentally falls at the same time as a related court case.
Yesterday a deposition hearing started in the Auckland District Court for 18 people including Tuhoe rights campaigner Tame Iti who are facing a range of charges including for fire arms offences.
Terror in Our Midst editor Danny Keenan from Victoria University says much of the dialogue in the book was edited following legal advice.
Mr Keenan says the release was held up and subsequently fell at the same time as the Court case.
The 16 contributors, 14 of them Maori, all had a strict timeframe of two months to submit their writings.
HONE HARAWIRA MAKES GRAVE STATEMENTS
Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has launched a stinging attack on the Labour Coalition Government describing it as stale, arrogant and looking like a corpse.
He says big business is rubbing its hands at what the emisions trading scheme is likely to look like while the carry on with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is dragging the government into the mud.
“I've actually spoken to Labour’s Maori MPs on a number of occasions lately and I’ve said to them ‘Guys, I know that you think we should be talking coalition, but you’ve really got to get your numbers up. You’ve really got to do a hell of a lot better than you are at the moment. Because at the moment you’re actually looking like a coalition corpse, not a coalition partner,’” Mr Harawira says.
He says the polls are showing that its likely National will be forming the next government but he wants Labour to be a coalition option after the election.
Maori party co-leader Tariana Turia says the party has expressed no preference for Labour or National as a coalition partner and will not do so until it has consulted widely after the election.
JONES SAYS HARAWIRA CULTURALLY OUT OF ORDER
However Labour MP Shane Jones is rejecting claims by Hone Harawira that the Labour Coalition Government is stale, arrogant and looks like a corpse.
He says such language is grossly unhelpful to Maori parliamentary political dialogue.
“That expression tupapaku or corpse in the Maori world is a no no. It’s what the kaumatua call a karanga mate which is almost you’re inviting misfortune. So I’ll put the term down to Hone’s rhetorical style. The election date is yet to be set. We’ve no doubt in our minds that once the date is set an the campaign begins with gusto, then Maori voters are going to have a clear choice,” Mr Jones says.
The choice for voters will be between the Maori Party... which has yet to reject overtures from National... and Labour which he describes as a party of genuine equity... which has made major advances in Treaty settlements.
BOOK CHARTS MAORI CROAT MIX
The quick tongue of the Croats who immigrated to the Far North earned them their name 'Tarara'.
Senka Bozic, the author of Tarara: The cultural politics of Croat and Maori identity in New Zealand, says the name Tarara has a humorous origin.
“The word Tarara is a Maori word and just because the Croatian language, what Maori heard was tararara so they decided to call them Tarara.
Ms Bozic says generally Maori-Croatian relationships which started in the late 19th century have been very positive for the community.
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