Waikato iwi look to block Auckland water grab
Waikato iwi want to block Auckland Council's bid to more than double the city's daily water grab from the Waikato River.Auckland's mayor has asked the Environment Select Committee to add the consent to the list of 11 fast-tracked projects on the Covid-19 Recovery Bill.But those responsible for protecting the river say Auckland's drought crisis is nothing to do with Covid-19.The existing consent request was made in 2013 and remains at 106th in the queue.Waikato-Tainui says the fast-trac...
June 23, 2020'I've been involved since the beginning':
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is rejecting "inaccurate" claims that a deal is imminent over the disputed Ihumātao land and that she only recently became involved.Multiple reports have alleged a decision about the future of the south Auckland land is near with a resolution deadline of June 30, and that the Government is planning to acquire it under the Housing Act at a cost of $30 million.But the Prime Minister on Tuesday morning would not confirm the claims, and said some of the reporting she h...
June 23, 2020Schools want to revitalise te reo Māori through education - report
A new report by the Education Review Office (ERO), called Te Tamata Huaroa, has found there is a strong desire in schools to revitalise te reo Māori through education.The agency spoke with teachers and school leaders in 102 primary and secondary schools.The majority of schools it spoke to have a positive view of teaching te reo in classrooms and felt an ethical responsibility to the language, some going as far as to include it in their strategic goals.A focus on complex learning such as grammat...
June 21, 2020Publication: Aroha Knows
Aroha knows that nature is there for you and for me. Spending time out in nature makes her feel all kinds of wonderful emotions. Throughout Aroha Knows, Aroha and her friends experience our amazing world and this picture book explores how it can benefit our wellbeing.From the creators of bestselling Aroha’s Way and Let It Go, Aroha Knows encourages children to feel connected to and find meaning in nature.With every copy of Aroha Knows sold, Wildling Book...
June 19, 2020'We cannot wipe away our colonial past':
Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy is calling for a wider understanding of history in New Zealand as the debate continues over whether to remove colonial statues.The Black Lives Matter movement has sparked calls to take down colonial and slave trader statues around the world. The movement reemerged after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a US police officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes.In the wake of Floyd's death, demonstrators have toppled statues with controv...
June 19, 2020Mihi Forbes: This will silence Māori media voices
and will further marginalise the Māori voice, writes journalist Mihingarangi Forbes.Those of us who live and work in te ao Māori have clocked up more than a few hours on wooden bench seats on windswept marae, pulling our coats close and hanging on every word, every thrust and parry of argument, as speakers duel in the realm of Tūmatauenga.When it’s done well, whaikōrero on the marae takes an issue and examines it from all sides. Each speaker builds on the speech before. Watching a great ka...
June 19, 2020Iwi walks away from Taranaki Crossing project
after being forced to use the Official Information Act to find out where millions of taxpayers money is being spent.Kaiarataki of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, said the iwi waited several months and had to appeal directly at ministerial level before 122 pages of heavily-redacted documents were released to it - and she said it was still none the wiser about how the money is being used.The Taranaki Crossing - formerly known as the Pouakai Crossing - has been promoted as an al...
June 18, 2020Autonomy the solution to Māori health - Janice Kuka
Not ambitious or empowering enough - that's a Māori health advisor's diagnosis of a new government report into revamping the health system.The report recommends setting up a new independent Māori health authority that would advise the Health Minister on eradicating inequality in the system, identifying problems, developing and testing solutions.But as it stands, the authority would then work with another new agency - Health NZ and DHBs - when it came to commissioning kaupapa Māori services.Ja...
June 18, 2020Netsafe: Keep It Real Online
As tangata whenua and as an Association we are aware that during Lockdown and even post Lockdown, the internet, social media and gaming may have gained even more importance and therefore we are urging practitioners to work with schools, tamariki and whanau to keep everyone safe.Check this website out for really useful information, to report any concerns and to access resources:https://www.netsafe.org.nz/...
June 18, 2020Oranga Tamariki social workers' te ao Māori knowledge questioned
There are concerns that universities are churning out social workers who have not been taught the skills to work well with Māori.Last week, Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft released a report revealing harrowing stories of Māori mothers experiences with social workers in the state care system.The report was looking at how to keep Māori babies in the care of their whānau, as data showed Māori newborns were five times more likely to be taken in care than non-Māori.Judge ...
June 17, 2020Kidnapped, ripped from the arms of their loved ones and forced into back-breaking labour:
Tens of thousands of Pacific Islander slaves were ripped from their families and forced into back-breaking labour on sugar farms across Australia, in direct opposition to controversial remarks made by Scott Morrison.The prime minister sparked outrage on last Thursday by claiming there was no slavery in Australia, despite historians widely documenting the fate of the slaves - called Kanakas. Edmund Barton, Australia's first prime minister, even admitted in a speech in 1901 that Kanaka people...
June 17, 2020Parent wants Marist College to meet with families over racism
A parent at Marist College in Auckland say the school needs to meet with families and address accusations of racism at the school.About 30 students and some of their parents protested outside Marist College in Auckland after Black Lives Matter posters were taken down at the school. Photo: RNZ / Gill Bonnett Students say there has been no apology for how the school dealt with Black Lives Matters protests there.About 30 students and some of their parents protested outside the Auckland sc...
June 17, 2020Fears the future of Te Karere Māori news is on the line
The future of the flagship Māori news show Te Karere is on the line as the government proposes to create a single Māori news service run by Māori Television.The Government this week released its much-anticipated proposals for a major Māori media shake-up, Te Ao Pāpāho Māori, but some of the plans have come as a shock to the industry.The project covers Māori broadcasting funding agency Te Māngai Pāho, Māori Television and Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori, which represents 20 ...
June 14, 2020Armed response to Māori children 'absolutely appalling'
for attending call outs to deal with children as young as 12 while they were in action.The controversial teams were officially scrapped this week, but data shows the armed units were called out to several incidents involving children during the six-month trial.The Police Armed Response Team dealt with eight, mostly MÄori, 12-year-olds.Armed officers dealt with six incidents involving a total of eight 12-year-olds - seven of whom were Māori. The other 12-year-old's ethnicity was reported "unk...
June 14, 2020Publication: 'Aroha'
Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, ki te kapuia, e kore e whati When we stand alone we are vulnerable but together we are unbreakable See the world differently, through some of the wisest of human eyes. Discover traditional Maori philosophy through 52 whakatauki - simple, powerful life lessons, one for every week. Each one is retold by respected Maori psychiatrist Dr Hinemoa Elder to show how we can live a less stressful daily life, with more contentment and kindness for each other and the planet....
June 13, 2020Waitemata Hospital: No babies to be removed by Oranga Tamariki
A Māori trust and a senior health board member claim they have stopped Oranga Tamariki taking children into state care at Waitākere Hospital this morning.Dozens of people gathered at the hospital in anticipation of two children being taken into state care.Waitematā District Health Board chief adviser tikanga Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish said the board decided last year it would not support the state's removal of babies from any of its properties.She said there was "no way" the babies would b...
June 12, 2020Te Kuku O Te Manawa - Ka puta te riri, ka momori te ngākau, ka heke ngā roimata mo tōku pēpi
Tamariki do best when they are cared for and nurtured by their whānau. For pēpi Māori, their connections to whakapapa and the importance of whanaungatanga affirm the importance of them remaining in the care of their whānau. This review recognises that ‘whānau’ extends further than immediate family and includes extended family members. Those we interviewed self-defined who was in their whānau. The Children’s Commissioner has statutory responsibilities under the Children’s Commission...
June 12, 2020Concerns social work students don't get enough cultural training
There are concerns that universities are still churning out social workers who don't have the skills to work well with Māori. It comes as report by the Children's Commissioner reveals harrowing stories of Māori mothers experiences with social workers in the state care system. Oranga Tamariki says their social workers work hard and are trained to understand colonisation and their Treaty of Waitangi responsibilities. But a lecturer in social work at Massey University Dr Paule' Ruw...
June 12, 2020‘Every time an elder dies, a library is burnt’: Amazon COVID-19 toll grows
COVID-19 kills the elderly, those with underlying health conditions, the poor and vulnerable. It is now doing so in the Brazilian Amazon where the virus killed nine Munduruku indigenous elders in just a few days. Forest people elders are typically leaders and keepers of culture, so their loss is especially destabilizing.Officially, 218 indigenous people had died of COVID-19 and 2,642 were infected as of 7 June. But experts say that the numbers are at least three times higher, with poor governmen...
June 10, 2020Eighteen ex-social workers recruited from temporary register through national campaign
Lack of employer demand and knowledge and skills gaps among reasons cited for less than 2% of those expressing an interest in rejoining workforce returning through campaign.The national campaign to bring up to 8,000 former social workers back into the profession to bolster the workforce during Covid-19 has resulted in the recruitment of 18 practitioners during its first two months.Over 1,000 people expressed an interest in returning to work as temporarily registered social workers through the&nb...
June 10, 2020Severely beaten 4yo Flaxmere boy discharged from hospital with permanent brain damage
The four-year-old boy found severely beaten at a Hastings property in January has been discharged from hospital. He was found on January 29 in a Ramsey Crescent, Flaxmere house, and Detective Inspector Mike Foster said at the time the child sustained some of the most severe injuries he'd seen in his 30-year career. The boy was later taken to Auckland's Starship Hospital in a serious condition. "He's received extensive injuries across the whole of his body," he said at the time. "He has a severe ...
June 10, 2020COVID-19 Highlights Indigenous Inequities in Canada
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians have shown their support for front-line workers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political leaders have told Canadians “we are all in this together” and “no expense will be spared” to ensure the health and safety of Canadians.Yet, when it comes to the persistent and glaring inequities facing Indigenous communities in Canada, many of these same leaders, as well as Canadians, have fallen drastically short. The stubborn tendency of non-Ind...
June 9, 2020Māori mothers describe child welfare system as dangerous and brutal in new report
Māori mothers of newborns involved with Oranga Tamariki say the child welfare system is dangerous, brutal and racist.Their experiences have been detailed in a report from the Children's Commissioner, which was released today.Judge Andrew Becroft is calling for fundamental change at the Children's Ministry, saying the system is racist and is being let down by some poor social work.'I didn't even get to see him...' The report Te Kuku o te Manawa is focused on how to keep Māori babies a...
June 8, 2020COVID-19 and police violence fuel a push to declare anti-Black racism a public health crisis
For some, the protests erupting in reaction to the deaths of George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet have been a distraction from the COVID-19 pandemic. But Black health leaders say these two crises are connected by the same deep-rooted ill: anti-Black racism.Researchers, advocates and racialized communities have long recognized racism as being harmful to human health. But there are now calls from multiple groups to declare anti-Black racism a public health crisis — an effo...
June 8, 2020Māori speech therapist walks the talk
The first 1000 days of life are a key part of a child's development. No one understands this more than Māori speech therapist Hana Tuwhare - who helps to develop communication with pēpi.She's part of a whānau-led approach encouraging pēpi not only to korero but to develop early learning skills.As the granddaughter of renowned Ngāpuhi poet Hone Tuwhare, Hana knows the legacy language can create.She is following in his footsteps, using oral language to inspire a new generation. She's a speech...
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