2012
May
Greens’ static view irks developer Jones
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Labour’s regional development spokesperson says the Green Party and its fellow travellers in the Mana Party are selling Maori people down the creek with their anti-development agenda.... More»»
Green cost asset sale loss
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Greens co-leader Russell Norman says the Government’s asset sales will leave the Government at least $100 million a year worse off.... More»»
Ngati Porou looking to double forests
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Ngati Porou Forests has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Green Promotion Agency which could lead to another 10,000 hectares of Maori land on the East Coast being planted in forest.... More»»
Sound base for Ririki to move ahead
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The new chair of Te Mana Ririki Trust says her predecessor left her with as solid foundation for the fight against Maori abuse and violence towards children.... More»»
Class sizes to increase
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Education sector unions say Budget changes in the education vote will have a negative effect on the bottom 20 percent of primary school students, which includes a disproportionate number of Maori.... More»»
Pressure growing on asset sales
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Hauraki-Waikato MP Nanaia Mahuta says iwi need to up the pressure on the Government over the sale of shares in the state-owned power generators.... More»»
Benefit baby ploy cynical politics
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Greens co-leader Russell Norman says National’s plan to have WINZ workers offering free contraception to beneficiaries is politics, not policy.... More»»
Raukawa signs Waikato clean-up deal
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Waikato tribe Ngati Raukawa has signed a joint management agreement with the Waikato Regional Council to co-manage that part of the Waikato River catchment in its rohe.... More»»
No mystery left in Urewera case
Monday, 14 May 2012
The lawyer for Tuhoe advocate Tame Iti says there is no big untold story about what was really going on in camps in Te Urewera in 2006 and 2007.... More»»
Kamo dig finds 800-year-old fires
Monday, 14 May 2012
Archaeologists working on the Kamo bypass north of Whangarei have identified a site that could have been occupied by some of the earliest Polynesian settlers.... More»»
AIDs Foundations failing Maori
Monday, 14 May 2012
A leading Maori public health specialist has slammed the AIDS Foundation for its criticism of a Whangarei Maori preschool which suspended a student with HIV.... More»»