Wait for vote count says PM
The Prime Minister is warning Maori not to be fooled by suggestions National might abandon its plans to scrap the Maori seats in exchange for Maori Party support.
Political columnist Jane Clifton has also suggested National could bow to the Maori Party's demand for a review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act.
Helen Clark says National is not a natural partner for the Maori Party and lacks sincerity on Maori issues.
She says coalitions can't be negotiated before the votes are counted.
“What you have to do is get out there with your policies and campaign for the best possible support you can get. That’s what we’re doing. We’ve got very strong campaigns round the Maori electorates right now. We’re out there campaigning for as much strength as we can get. After the election, we sit down and look at what the possibilities are,” Ms Clark says.
ADVOCATES WANT CARE OF CHILDREN AT CABINET LEVEL
Children's advocacy group Te Kahui Mana Ririki has joined a chorus of welfare agencies calling for a minister for children.
Chairperson Hone Kaa says the call came out of this week's Every Child Counts conference in Wellington, which has brought together groups like Barnardos, Plunket, and CCS Disability Action.
The Children's Commissioner is currently attached to the Ministry of Social Development.
Dr Kaa says Maori know it takes senior ministerial muscle to get results.
“You compare it with what happened to Treaty of Waitangi Settlements. It didn’t take off until Dr Cullen took over, a senior Cabinet minister, because that’s where the power is, it’s in the senior cabinet ministries ad if children are to be given the kind of opportunities we need in this country, that’s the only way to do it,” Dr Kaa says.
Te Kahui Mana Ririki was set up last year to tackle child abuse in Maori families.
CARD SHOWS ATTRACTIONS OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM
Visitors to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup will be encouraged to get a pocket guide to the best of Maori.
Developers of the Manaaki card have been at the Maori Tourism Conference in Rotorua, trying to encourage vendors to offer discounts or incentives for the next season of the card.
Dawn Muir says by the time the 2011 event rolls round, she hopes the $30 card will be in wide use - and in the visitors’ packs for the expected 60,000 overseas rugby fans.
They will be traveling through parts of New Zealand, but the challenge for these big events is to try and get them out of the rugby stadiums and in communities and to leave money. The Manaaki Card offers an opportunity to include a whole lot of te ao Maori so people really get that opportunity,” Ms Muir says.
SELECT COMMITTEE NIXES MAORI BANK PLAN
The Maori Affairs Select Committee has ruled out a plan to use the Maori Trustee's accumulated profits to create a new Maori development bank.
Green MP Metiria Turei says Green, Maori Party and National MPs on the committee united against the proposal put up by Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia.
She says the final blow was a submission by the Maori Trustee, John Paki, that he'd prefer to see a much larger, better funded organisation with a clearer vision of helping Maori get better value from their resources.
“It was persuasive from the person who has to administer the find and who knows most about it. If they say it isn’t sufficiently certain how the money’s going to be used, then that’s advice you really have to take seriously If the government wants to do something like this, if they bring back a better plan that’s clearer about how they are going to use that money and where the other money is going to come from, the MPs will look at it again,” Ms Turei says.
The select committee split the Maori trustee Amendment Bill because it wants the Government to push ahead with a plan to give the Maori Trust Office, which looks after more than 100,000 hectares of Maori land, independence from Te Puni Kokiri.
RUNANGA ACCUSED OF SPLITTING IWI
An East Coast Maori group is accusing Te Runanga o Ngati Porou of gagging the iwi rather than addressing long-standing issues.
Darrell Naden from Ruawaipu and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti says ratification hui for the Foreshore and Seabed deal negotiated by the runanga have become heated, with one hui at Whangara shut down because of a dispute within the hapu.
He says the runanga has given too much away, but the people are feeling helpless.
“We're wondering if the hui has satisfied the puku riri of our people because they’ve gone quiet since then, but the issues remain. The raupatu is still upon us. The oil and mineral wealth in the seabed off for example the east coast of the North Island is incalculable,” Mr Naden says.
Ruawaipu and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti want the Waitangi Tribunal to step in and recommend the process be halted.
RACE RELATIONS SHOWING WAY AHEAD
The race relations commissioner says New Zealand is streets ahead in diversity compared with other nations.
A national statement on race relations was launched last month as a checklist of issues for groups and business to monitor their progress.
Joris de Bres says the Treaty of Waitangi has been a foundation for racial equality and multiculturalism.
“New Zealand is a more tolerant society than some, perhaps many. We actually have quite a long history of significant groups living together. For many nations it’s a much newer phenomenon to have even a bicultural or a multicultural situation. That’s something we’ve learnt to live with over a long period and we’ve learnt the hard way,” Mr de Bres says.
He says New Zealand can't afford to be complacent, as there are still underlying race issues to address.
Political columnist Jane Clifton has also suggested National could bow to the Maori Party's demand for a review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act.
Helen Clark says National is not a natural partner for the Maori Party and lacks sincerity on Maori issues.
She says coalitions can't be negotiated before the votes are counted.
“What you have to do is get out there with your policies and campaign for the best possible support you can get. That’s what we’re doing. We’ve got very strong campaigns round the Maori electorates right now. We’re out there campaigning for as much strength as we can get. After the election, we sit down and look at what the possibilities are,” Ms Clark says.
ADVOCATES WANT CARE OF CHILDREN AT CABINET LEVEL
Children's advocacy group Te Kahui Mana Ririki has joined a chorus of welfare agencies calling for a minister for children.
Chairperson Hone Kaa says the call came out of this week's Every Child Counts conference in Wellington, which has brought together groups like Barnardos, Plunket, and CCS Disability Action.
The Children's Commissioner is currently attached to the Ministry of Social Development.
Dr Kaa says Maori know it takes senior ministerial muscle to get results.
“You compare it with what happened to Treaty of Waitangi Settlements. It didn’t take off until Dr Cullen took over, a senior Cabinet minister, because that’s where the power is, it’s in the senior cabinet ministries ad if children are to be given the kind of opportunities we need in this country, that’s the only way to do it,” Dr Kaa says.
Te Kahui Mana Ririki was set up last year to tackle child abuse in Maori families.
CARD SHOWS ATTRACTIONS OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM
Visitors to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup will be encouraged to get a pocket guide to the best of Maori.
Developers of the Manaaki card have been at the Maori Tourism Conference in Rotorua, trying to encourage vendors to offer discounts or incentives for the next season of the card.
Dawn Muir says by the time the 2011 event rolls round, she hopes the $30 card will be in wide use - and in the visitors’ packs for the expected 60,000 overseas rugby fans.
They will be traveling through parts of New Zealand, but the challenge for these big events is to try and get them out of the rugby stadiums and in communities and to leave money. The Manaaki Card offers an opportunity to include a whole lot of te ao Maori so people really get that opportunity,” Ms Muir says.
SELECT COMMITTEE NIXES MAORI BANK PLAN
The Maori Affairs Select Committee has ruled out a plan to use the Maori Trustee's accumulated profits to create a new Maori development bank.
Green MP Metiria Turei says Green, Maori Party and National MPs on the committee united against the proposal put up by Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia.
She says the final blow was a submission by the Maori Trustee, John Paki, that he'd prefer to see a much larger, better funded organisation with a clearer vision of helping Maori get better value from their resources.
“It was persuasive from the person who has to administer the find and who knows most about it. If they say it isn’t sufficiently certain how the money’s going to be used, then that’s advice you really have to take seriously If the government wants to do something like this, if they bring back a better plan that’s clearer about how they are going to use that money and where the other money is going to come from, the MPs will look at it again,” Ms Turei says.
The select committee split the Maori trustee Amendment Bill because it wants the Government to push ahead with a plan to give the Maori Trust Office, which looks after more than 100,000 hectares of Maori land, independence from Te Puni Kokiri.
RUNANGA ACCUSED OF SPLITTING IWI
An East Coast Maori group is accusing Te Runanga o Ngati Porou of gagging the iwi rather than addressing long-standing issues.
Darrell Naden from Ruawaipu and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti says ratification hui for the Foreshore and Seabed deal negotiated by the runanga have become heated, with one hui at Whangara shut down because of a dispute within the hapu.
He says the runanga has given too much away, but the people are feeling helpless.
“We're wondering if the hui has satisfied the puku riri of our people because they’ve gone quiet since then, but the issues remain. The raupatu is still upon us. The oil and mineral wealth in the seabed off for example the east coast of the North Island is incalculable,” Mr Naden says.
Ruawaipu and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti want the Waitangi Tribunal to step in and recommend the process be halted.
RACE RELATIONS SHOWING WAY AHEAD
The race relations commissioner says New Zealand is streets ahead in diversity compared with other nations.
A national statement on race relations was launched last month as a checklist of issues for groups and business to monitor their progress.
Joris de Bres says the Treaty of Waitangi has been a foundation for racial equality and multiculturalism.
“New Zealand is a more tolerant society than some, perhaps many. We actually have quite a long history of significant groups living together. For many nations it’s a much newer phenomenon to have even a bicultural or a multicultural situation. That’s something we’ve learnt to live with over a long period and we’ve learnt the hard way,” Mr de Bres says.
He says New Zealand can't afford to be complacent, as there are still underlying race issues to address.
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