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Call for Maori voice on cannabis -  Maori make up 51% of the prison population and 44% of those have been jailed for drug offences. Studies have found Maori cannabis usage rates are double that of non- Maori . Given those statistics, the Government should consider sounding out Maori opinion on cannabis law reform by making the ...

Plea for Maori seats to be entrenched : A Victoria University senior lecturer in Maori studies says the Maori electoral seats should be entrenched, meaning they're protected from ever being dropped. There are seven Maori electoral seats. Dr Maria Bargh from the School of Maori Studies is the ...

'One-third' of Maori children in poverty : Maori children are being denied their basic human rights, Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres said. The Maori Affairs Select Committee is holding an inquiry into the wellbeing of Maori children. Mr de Bres this morning told the committee Maori ... Stuff.co.nz

Maori of the Year 2012 winners announced : Co-leader of the Maori Party Tariana Turia, took time to congratulate Dr Lance O'Sullivan for being named 'supreme Maori of the Year' by current affairs programme, Marae Investigates ( Maori of the Year Awards-Nga Toa Whakaihuwaka). On Waitangi Day, it ... TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views

Maori views on education sought -  Maori views on education sought. Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis wants to hear from Maori about the future of education. Just 13 percent of the 5000 people who have filled out the online Korero Matauranga - Education Conversation survey are Maori . Mr Davis says he wants Maori to share ..

Maori continue to face racism, ignorance - Maori however, never saw themselves as insignificant to settlers. Believing in the superiority of Pakeha culture, governments set about implementing it. The process that Ansell refers to as ' civilisation ' was actually assimilation. Our education system was the vehicle for the systematic eradication of Maori values, mores, beliefs and language. Its purpose was to change Maori into Pakeha. Maori would live in a society governed by Pakeha social, cultural and political norms rather than their own.

Sri Lanka offers an Elephant; Harawira open to Maori Party  - Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira says Maori people want the Maori Party to ... “ Maori people are saying they want Mana and Maori to get together,” he said on  ...

New focus on Maori filmmakers - The New Zealand Film Commission Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga says it intends to work with the Maori film industry to champion Maori film and filmmakers. Launching its Te Rautaki Maori strategy at parliament last night, commission chair Kerry Prendergast said it came from a series of hui with Maori  ...

Maori health figures improve but still behind non- Maori  - A new programme to track the health of Taranaki residents is being used to tackle the inequality of well being that exists between Maori and non- Maori  ...

Maori prison idea already in the works - Ngati Kahungunu are already in discussions with Corrections about running a prison entirely on Maori values, the Maori Party says. Maori currently ...

Thriving Maori key to boosting economy - A new report states that more equality for Maori will lead to a $2.6 billion boost for New Zealand's economy. The Change Agenda: Income Equity for Maori report, was written by Tokona Te Raki: Maori Futures Collective, Ngai Tahu and Business and Economic Research Ltd. Minister of Employment Willie ...

Nurturing future Maori leaders - Situated in Kaiti and with a 99 percent Maori population , the school has a large focus on Maori education and achievement. Hana McFarland was the foundation teacher of Te Whanau Reo Maori and was joined a year later by Karin Mahuika. Koka Karin recalls the establishment of Te Whanau Reo ...

Maori king cuts ties with Labour Party -  Maori , who make up 15 percent of the population , can register for either the general roll or the Maori roll at elections. Maori MPs can also represent ...

38000 unknown beneficiaries of Maori land worth millions : The body managing millions of dollars of multiple-owned Maori land says there are 38,000 beneficiaries it is actively trying to track down. The Office of the Maori Trustee appeared before a Maori Affairs Committee in Parliament on Wednesday. The ...

NZ Maori win first indigenous football internationals - Approximately 600,000 people living in New Zealand identify as Maori , around one-sixth of the total population . However, football is not an activity that is generally associated with indigenous culture. But Maori women's team coach Phillip Pickering-Parker, who is also chairman of Maori Football NZ, said ...

Unlocking potential of Maori farmland : "It is important to note that Maori land owners are not homogenous, and for the most part, the majority of Maori are very reluctant to sell land and therefore deem land to be a perpetual or intergenerational asset," says Maori Trustee Jamie Tuuta ...

Maori Television decries double standard  -  Maori Television is defending the approach it took to a story on alleged ... Julian Wilcox, Maori Television's head of news and current affairs for Maori Television,  ...

Poll on Maori seats looks likely to challenge Western Bay of Plenty council decision - Even if Maori lobbied, they would be outnumbered and would need to rely on the wider pakeha population to get Maori wards across the line. ''That is why we want a Maori ward.'' Mikaere was not surprised or disheartened the 1708 signatures would be reached, but he was slightly disappointed. ''It might ...

Maori criminal offending is a Maori problem - Lately Uncle Tom Cobley and all have opined about the causes of the high rate of Maori criminal recidivism. The Waitangi Tribunal says it's the ...

New Zealand's Maori labor market outcomes improve - New Zealand's Maori people account for more than 28 percent of total unemployment in 2017, and nearly a third of Maori youth "not in employment, education and training," according to a government report released on Monday. Between 2012 and 2017, Maori labor ...