What is Matariki, the Māori new year?
Before the turn of this century, few people knew of Matariki or understood its significance. Now, people across the country celebrate Matariki as if we always have. As Stuff begins a campaign to mark Matariki with a public holiday, National Correspondent Carmen Parahi explains its meaning and significance to Aotearoa New Zealand.WHAT IS MATARIKI? Matariki is the Māori name used to describe the entire star cluster also known as Pleiades.Before sunrise during New Zealand’s winter...
July 20, 2020IFSW: Indigenous Commission
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July 17, 2020All Black Israel Dagg to host
All Black Israel Dagg is teaming up with New Zealand astronomers for a live event celebrating a highlight of the Māori New YearCanterbury local Israel Dagg will be up early to celebrate Matariki on Tuesday, and he wants all Kiwis to join him.Matariki signifies the end of the year in the Māori lunar calendar, marked by the appearance of the Matariki star cluster in the skies over New Zealand. Falling on July 21 this year, Tourism New Zealand has enlisted the star power of Dagg, as well as astro...
July 17, 20202020 International Indigenous Research Conference
NPM's biennial 2020 International Indigenous Research Conference (#IIRC20) is going online! From 18 - 20 November, we will host a virtual "Gathering of Indigenous Minds" from our base here at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Join us online for three days of live discussions. Be inspired by Indigenous researched solutions. We are excited to announce that our currently confirmed keynote speakers include world renowned Indigenous scholars Professor Rangi Matamua (Tūh...
July 15, 2020Publication:
This book examines the struggle against racial and cultural inequity in educational systems, presenting the case study of a New Zealand school and its community s determination to resist alienating environments.If we look at an untouched colouring book, for instance, we think of the pages as blank. But they’re not actually blank, each page is uniformly white, with lines established to dictate where colour is allowed to go. Children by this are taught about the place of colour and the importanc...
July 13, 2020'Māori protocols against COVID protocols':
Matariki is a time for Māori to remember loved ones who have passed since the appearance of the last star cluster, marking the end of one lunar year and the beginning of another. This year, the rise of Matariki is particularly poignant. Due to the restrictions put in place by the Ministry of Health throughout the COVID-19 response, many whānau were unable to hold tangihanga - Māori traditional funeral service - to farewell their loved ones. Tangihanga, typically held on a marae...
July 12, 2020Government appointment 'best way'
Māori health representatives in Marlborough say government appointed health boards may be the “best way” to get Māori on health boards.The Health and Disability Systems Review, released last month, proposed district health boards be entirely government appointed, rather than having some members locally elected by the public.Iwi Health Board chair Dawn McConnell, who resides in Picton, is in her third term as a ministerial appointment to the Nelson Marlborough District Health Boar...
July 12, 2020Te reo Māori names reinstated around
Pukeatua and Dyers Pass, Ōrongomai and Cass Peak, Tapuwaeharuru and Evans Pass – te reo Māori names have been reinstated for 13 places on Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula.The te reo names have been officially restored and have the same legal status as their European equivalents.The changes were proposed by Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke (Rāpaki Rūnanga) to the New Zealand Geographic Board, with Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage formally announcing the changes at Rāpaki Marae on Wed...
July 10, 2020Māori, Pacific and Chinese NZers less comfortable
Māori, Pacific and Chinese New Zealanders are less likely than others to feel their values are in alignment with criminal justice system, according to a survey out today.The Ministry of Justice has released its Social Wellbeing and Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System report, which draws on feedback from 8000 people about their experiences and perceptions of crime.Sector deputy secretary Tim Hampton said the views differed depending on people's background."Māori, Chinese and Pacific...
July 9, 2020Te reo Māori news more than
OPINION: Did you know that in Aotearoa we have three daily national news services in te reo Māori? Āe, e toru ngā ratonga pūrongo.They’re all funded by the state under various Treaty of Waitangi obligations.On television, there’s Te Karere, the koroua or granddaddy that started on TVNZ in 1983 and Te Ao, produced by Māori Television, itself now 16 years old; both shows are subtitled in English. The third is the reo-only Waatea News, produced since 2004 by Auckland-based urban Māori rad...
July 8, 2020Opinion: Explore Tikanga Māori but remember,
By Precious ClarkOPINION: In the 1800s, my seven-times great grandfather Apihai Te Kawau was a bridge between our people and the newly arrived Pākehā. He was one of the forefathers of Auckland City, yet you've probably never heard of him. I invite you to ask yourself, why that is so?He cultivated a relationship with William Hobson, making large areas of Tāmaki Makaurau available for settlement on the understanding that the Government would be established in Auckland, thereby assuring the...
July 8, 2020Child protection’s culture of silence
Oranga Tamariki's refusal to acknowledge systemic issues within the organisation is intolerable, writes social worker and social work researcher John DarrochRecently Newsroom published an article based on interviews with practising social workers who described systemic issues within Oranga Tamariki.As a social worker, and post-graduate student conducting research into statutory social work, what Newsroom has reported resonates with my experience and what I have learnt through my o...
July 6, 2020‘The tip of the iceberg’
Since publication of Newsroom’s extensive investigation into serious issues at Oranga Tamariki, our inbox has been flooded with stories from more current and former employees. In less than 48 hours after Newsroom’s in-depth inquiry into the children's ministry was published we received a high volume of correspondence from current and former Oranga Tamariki employees and others who interact with the agency. Every one confirms the issues brought to light in our ar...
July 5, 202017-year-old launches book about maramataka Māori
Today Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga student Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke launches her new book at her school in Huntly.The book, Maahina, encourages rangatahi to take an interest in the stars and the moon to heal themselves.“I wanted rangatahi Māori to become more aware of the environment and how it can help us physically mentally and emotionally and help us with the everyday things we do in life like studying and NCEA.”The 17-year-old created Maahina about seven months ag...
July 4, 2020Waitematā DHB Māori Nurse of the Year announced
Waitematā District Health Board Māori Nurse of the Year Chloe Maeva didn't let a worldwide pandemic, motherhood, study or being pregnant get in the way of her work and commitment to Māori mental health.Maeva was presented with a korowai for the award by the board today during a special ceremony where she was named the latest winner of the Te Kauae Raro Māori nursing and midwifery award.The korowai is passed from winner to winner each year and is highly symbolic of the board's organisational ...
July 4, 2020Minister and CEO of Oranga Tamariki told to step down
Prominent Māori wahine have again called for the chief executive and minister of Oranga Tamariki to step down.This comes despite the decrease in the number of Māori children going into state care over the past nine months.Link to video: https://www.teaomaori.news/minister-and-ceo-oranga-tamariki-told-step-down...
July 4, 2020SWRB: Scope of Practice
Photo (left to right) Diane Garrett RSW, Principal Policy Advisor SWRB, Paul’e Ruwhiu RSW, Lecturer Massey University Auckland; Kieran O’Donoghue RSW, Associate Professor Massey University; Graham Warren Kaumatua SWRB; Shannon Pakura RSW, SWRB Chair & Māori Service Development Manager Barnardos; Sally Dalhousie RSW, COO The Fono and ANZASW Vice President; Rose Henderson RSW, SWRB Board member, Director of Allied Health Canterbury DHB; Lucy Sandford-Reed CEO ANZASW; Sharyn Roberts RSW, ANZAS...
July 3, 2020The brave new world of Oranga Tamariki
Last week Newsroom revealed details around Oranga Tamariki CEO Grainne Moss’ sudden exit from her previous role at Bupa and asked how, within months of receiving a payout, she had managed to secure a top job in the public service.Influential Māori leaders have been calling for her resignation for more than a year, with the heat turned up again this month after the release of the Children’s Commissioner report into the agency’s uplift practices.In the second part of this inv...
July 2, 2020Māori astronomer Professor Rangi Matamua wins top science award
Professor Rangi Matamua was awarded the top communication prize at the Prime Minister's Science Awards on Tuesday.Matamua said his interest in celestial knowledge begun when he first went to university and was gifted a 400-page manuscript written by his ancestors, which included hundreds of Māori names for the stars, from his grandfather."Before he died he said, 'look that manuscript and what you've been doing - don't let the manuscript go, it's an heirloom - but the knowledge within, you need ...
July 2, 2020Advocates say Oranga Tamariki isn't doing enough to support Māori children
Oranga Tamariki says there has been a major drop in the number of Māori children entering state care in the past year.Wednesday marks one year since the Ministry for Children introduced new laws to improve outcomes for Māori.But lawyers and whānau advocates say from where they're standing not a lot has changed. Manukau barrister Kingi Snelgar comes face-to-face with Oranga Tamariki regularly, as he defends rangatahi who get into trouble with the law.It's a role he's been carrying out for...
July 2, 2020Opinion: Why I don't want compulsory te reo Māori in schools
OPINION: I attended Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata, a school that embraced te reo Māori and celebrated being Māori. When I moved to an English medium school, Māori was an option, and I continued with Māori as a subject until I left in year 13. Reo Māori featured in my University study, alongside Kura Reo and Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (The Institute of Excellence in Te Reo Māori) which consumed significant chunks of holidays and weekends. I currently work in the te reo Māori space. I hav...
June 30, 2020'Nothing's changed':
Four years on since the March for Moko and protestors say there's been no improvement in our child abuse figures in New Zealand.Moko Rangitoheriri died in 2015 from injuries caused by abuse.Now, there are fresh calls for change and for Oranga Tamariki to meet families half-way.On Sunday activists marched through the streets of Lower Hutt with children in tow, calling for an end to child abuse and paying tribute to kids who have lost their lives. One of them was Moko Rangitoheriri, the three...
June 28, 2020Colonial feel to Māori media plan
Crown options for Māori media have a colonial “feel and smell” to them, writes the University of Auckland's Dr Claire Charters Are the Government’s Options for Māori Media unconstitutional, contrary to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, international Indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights? Does the Government even know?Hon Nanaia Mahuta’s recent publication of shift options for Māori media, Te Ao Pāpāho Māori: He Ara Hou, has attracted strong criticism from, well, much of Māori med...
June 26, 2020Ire over lack of Māori academics in Māori research projects
Māori academics are questioning how a government-funded research body selected five projects that met with its goal of promoting Māori knowledge, yet none of them are led by tangata whenua.Science for Technological Innovation has given $200,000 to 15 researchers in this year's seed funding round, which allows them to develop their own high-risk and technically complex projects.Five of those funded come under the Vision Mātauranga criteria, a government research funding strategy to bring Māor...
June 26, 2020Beauty industry racism criticisms prompt changes
A consultant whose firm educates companies on diversity and culture is calling on brands and consumers to re-consider selling and buying products with racist overtones.Conversations about racism are shaking up the fashion and beauty industry in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, with companies vowing to make changes to branding and products after the death of US man George Floyd.Food companies are also reconsidering their branding in response to criticism over racism.Ludo Consulti...
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