2011
December
Occupy Aotea digging in
Friday, 23 December 2011
A leader of the Aotea Square occupation Joe Carolin says the world will be watching Auckland tomorrow afternoon as protestors refuse to accept a court ruling giving the city council the right to evict them.... More»»
SAS Kabul tour ends
Friday, 23 December 2011
Maori families throughout the country are rejoicing the news that New Zealand's elite SAS troops currently serving in Afghanistan will be home early in the New Year.... More»»
Novice picked for Globe role
Friday, 23 December 2011
A young maori who has not previously appeared on stage is looking to playing the lead role in a prodction of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida at London's Globe Theatre... More»»
Prisoner treatment shameful
Friday, 23 December 2011
Rethinking Crime and Punishment director Kim Workman says with its treatment of prisoners New Zealand is behaving like a West African dictatorship.... More»»
Takamore saga back in court
Friday, 23 December 2011
A Christchurch widow is seeking a High Court order to have her husband's body exhumed and returned to the south island after it was taken from a funeral parlour... More»»
Hospital A&E overused
Thursday, 22 December 2011
The head of Auckland's after hours medical task force Ian Scott says parents with sick kids during the Christmas period should speak with a nurse before rushing off to the hospital Accident and Emergency department.... More»»
Carmen Memorial capital idea
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Wellington Mayor Celia Wade- Brown wants to erect a memorial in the city of legendary Maori drag Queen Carmen.... More»»
Full throttle for Key regime
Thursday, 22 December 2011
At the official opening of parliament yesterday the National-lead government confirmed its commitment to follow through with a number of measures which will impact heavily on maori.... More»»
Jobless a ticking time bomb
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Maori political commentator Rawiri Taonui says unemployment of young Maori is a ticking time bomb which will take decades to get over.... More»»
Sealord nets $20m profit
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Fifty percent Maori owned fishing company Sealord is describing its latest financial result as reasonably solid.... More»»
Love theme for language week
Thursday, 22 December 2011
The chief executive of the Maori Language Commission says the theme for next year's Maori Language Week is something that can stir the hearts of all New Zealanders.... More»»
Make friends motherly advice
Thursday, 22 December 2011
A Maori rights activist is telling her politician son to work with whoever he needs to work with to help the people that voted him into parliament.... More»»
Titi tested for inner glow
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Niwa scientists are investigating whether mutton birds returning to New Zealand have been contaminated by radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in March.... More»»
Call out for UN tukutuku pattern
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Minister of Maori Affairs Pita Sharples is seeking designs for tukutuku panels that will enhance the New Zealand Wall in the United Nations Headquarters General Assembly building in New York.... More»»
Oath past use by date
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
A Maori political scientist says it's time to change the parliamentary oath of allegiance.... More»»
Parata slams school system
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
The Minister of Education Hekia Parata says the current education system is not working for Maori.... More»»
Greens link housing to health
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Green party co-leader Metiria Turei says the way to beat rheumatic fever is by building better quality homes.... More»»
Votes hard won over ditch
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Labour highest ranking Maori MP Shane Jones says more work is needed to get Maori across the Tasman to vote.... More»»
Taniwha crosses art boundaries
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
A Maori and Pasifika Art curator says it's surprising how easily foreigners can understand the concept of taniwha.... More»»
Piri’s on Tour
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Rugby cup taken to Rekohu All - Black world Cup hero Piri Weepu has taken the Webb Ellis cup to the Chatham Islands as the first stop on the Great Rugby Road trip around the country.... More»»
Lifting Rena rahui splits iwi
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Tauranga Moana iwi are divided on whether a rahui placed on the area around the grounded Rena should be lifted or not.... More»»
FOMA drives cooperation for growth
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Re-appointed Federation of Maori Authorities chair Traci Houpapa says it will be important for iwi businesses to work together in what promises to be a difficult year ahead.... More»»
Peters cautious on caucus jobs
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the party's MPs will spend three months getting to know each other before allocating spokesperson roles.... More»»
FOMA endorses Jones’ role
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
The Federation of Maori Authorities is welcoming Labour's setting up a dedicated maori economic development shadow cabinet position.... More»»
Waka found in Murihiku
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Southland historians and Maori are excited by the rare find of part of a waka that was dug from sand at Omaui near Invercargill earlier this week.... More»»