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Member for Tamaki Makaurau, Maori Party Honours/decorations CBE for services to New Zealand in education 1990 Current parliamentary roles Co-Leader Deputy-Chairperson, Maori Affairs Committee Member, Regulations Review Committee
The Minister of Mäori Affairs says the new Tauira Kaitiaki Taiao conservation cadetship will promote kaupapa Maori in conservation, build relationships between tangata whenua and conservation agencies, and train young people for good jobs.
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WAITANGI — I thank Bishop Kitohu Pikaahu for his invitation to speak to you today.
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Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples says this year’s Waitangi Day celebrations will demonstrate how Maori people are feeling about their importance to the incoming government.
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Resource Management laws have significant impacts on the ability of tangata whenua to maintain their cultural relationships with their natural heritage and environment, and any changes will be closely watched, says the Maori Party.
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The Minister of Maori Affairs called for Maori leaders to consider bold initiatives to address the impact of the economic crisis on Maori and New Zealanders, as he opened his economic workshop in Wellington this morning.
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AUCKLAND CITY — E te tamaiti, e te taonga kua moumou nei, takoto mai ra, takoto mai ra, takoto mai ra i te poho o to whanau.
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WELLINGTON — The Minister of Mori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, has called for a Mori economic workshop to be held on Wednesday 28 January in Wellington.
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Minister of Maori Affairs and Associate Minister of Education Dr Pita Sharples has welcomed the decision by the Minister of Education Anne Tolley to defer implementation of regulations for early childhood education centres.
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“Kua timata to takahi haere i te ara wairua, e Koro Ki Muriwhenua, ki te Rerenga Wairua.
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Dr Pita Sharples has today revealed that some voters casting an advance vote were told that they could not vote for the Maori Party unless they are on the Maori roll.
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Dr Pita Sharples is furious at statements by some media commentators that a vote for the Maori Party is a wasted vote.
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I was struck by a comment I read the other day by veteran Treaty activist, Robert Consedine.
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The message for Maori in the latest Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update is pretty clear – tidy up your spare bedroom and clear out the garage, because rellies are likely to want a place to stay.
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Well, you know there’s only 44 days left till an election when suddenly everyone wants to consult ‘the Maori’.
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The Maori Party is concerned at reports of new powers for the police to intercept communications, enter and search premises and detain suspects – as part of core policing.
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Every nation should examine its role in the so-called ‘War on Terror’, and the Minister of Defence should consult tangata whenua on overseas deployments to fight terrorism, says Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples.
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AUCKLAND — Maori Party MP for Tamaki Makaurau, Dr Pita Sharples, today vigorously defended South Auckland against negative stereotypes used by outsiders.
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The Maori Party offers both condolences and congratulations to the people and government of Cuba, for the unfortunate loss of life during the recent hurricanes, and also for their fortitude and the systematic mobilisation of people and resources which prevented a much greater disaster.
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WELLINGTON — Ten days ago a cloud descended over Wellington.
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AUCKLAND — In the Mori Party we have a highly sophisticated, extensive network of intelligence coming in to prepare us for events such as this.
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Ten years ago, the Hikoi of Hope called on Government and community to urgently improve housing for low-income New Zealanders.
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In the Maori Party we live by a belief that our people are our greatest wealth.
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This is a Bill with a primary purpose of implementing regulations for “non-bank deposit takers”.
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The Maori Party comes to this Bill, fuelled by our commitment towards developing options to support cheap, free regular, reliable and frequent public transport.
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Spring is here, and with it the revitalisation of life itself is celebrated with the launch of He Pataka Kupu te kai a te rangatira, the very first monolingual Maori language dictionary to be produced for highly proficient speakers said Dr Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party.
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“Spring is here, and with it the revitalisation of life itself is celebrated with the launch of He Ptaka Kupu – te kai a te rangatira, the very first monolingual Maori language dictionary to be produced for highly proficient speakers” said Dr Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party.
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The Maori Party has acknowledged the great loss to Aotearoa, of the Te Aitanga a Mahaki artist, Francis Rei Paul Hamon, CBE.
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The importance of Maori representation in Parliament was set out clearly and powerfully in the first-ever speech by a Maori MP, according to the Maori Party.
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In a poroporoaki last night to Dell Wihongi of Te Rarawa, there was an error.
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Kei te raruraru tonu au i te whakapakehatanga o tënei mea o te haua – ki te reo Pakeha, he dis-ability, he kaha-kore.
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Te Ika-nui-o-te-moana, or more commonly known as Te Hapuku, was a great Ngati Te Whatuiapiti leader of the late eighteenth century.
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It is an interesting irony that while we are debating this Bill tonight, the Public Health Association conference in Waitangi is also debating strategies to reduce alcohol marketing and promotion at the local level.
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When I was asked to speak at this conference on the focus of engaging communities in higher and tertiary education, there was one question I forgot to ask.
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As the debate on this Bill raged on last night, I found myself thinking about a time when I was Chief Executive of the Race Relations Office.
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There is an out-of-Parliament experience that a select group of MPs get to have on a regular basis as we return to our homes.
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Over night, the cloak of the mountain clan, he kahui maunga, has fallen.
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AUCKLAND — Te Puni Kokiri’s efforts to seize control of administration and funding for Maori Wardens threaten to sabotage the role and effectiveness of the wardens, according to the Maori Party.
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In my electorate of Tamaki Makaurau, the appropriations that relate to the expenses incurred and capital expenditure for 2007/08; are not what people are talking about.
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Rt Hon Helen Clark: I move that this House express outrage that violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe have led Morgan Tsvangirai, to withdraw from the second round of the election for the presidency scheduled to take place on 27 June.
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Madam Speaker, last night my colleague, Dr Pita Sharples, shared with the House his knowledge about the essential importance of whakapapa to tangata whenua.
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AUCKLAND — Like others, I would like to meander through the game of tennis, having been a small town champion myself in former days, in the Hawkes Bay.
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Mori Party Co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples, today congratulated the Child Poverty Action Group on their historic challenge that kicks off today in front of the Human Rights Review Tribunal in Wellington.
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“Maori Party criticism of the budget is down to Earth, because our members are mostly grass roots people, who get the least from Labour’s ruthless budget,” said Maori Party Co-leader Dr Pita Sharples, who is in Australia.
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Ron Mark’s fantabulous allegations about the police inquiry into the murder of the Kahui twins are a perfect example of why politicians should check their facts before they speak, says Dr Pita Sharples.
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Budget Day is the day when one side of the House rise to their feet in applause while the other side throws brickbats and dissects the dollars.
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A report hit the headlines yesterday which should be compulsory reading alongside this Bill.
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“In a time in which 185,000 New Zealand children are living in severe or significant hardship, a five percent increase in operational funding for schools isn’t the boost in investment that we were hoping for” said Maori Party Co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples.
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Mr Speaker, yesterday was a Down Day.
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The Maori Party comes to this debate with a range of feelings about the Government’s snap announcement to buy Toll's rail and ferry business for $665 million.
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Maori Party Co-leader Dr Pita Sharples has accused National’s leader John Key of grandstanding on ‘P’, with his call for a tougher line on gangs involved in drug dealing.
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“Unemployment figures in the March quarter Household Labour Force Survey are not only an ‘absolute shocker’,” says Maori Party employment spokesperson Dr Pita Sharples, “they are a national disgrace”.
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The contradictions in the government’s policies on climate change and strategic assets highlight the lack of broad principles guiding the nation, says the Maori Party.
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The Maori Party has dismissed as grossly irresponsible the behaviour of David Rankin from Northland in not reporting a serious crime.
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Everyone who has faced the scourge of P, and the havoc it has wreaked on families and communities, will be elated to hear of the Police crackdown in South Auckland today, said Dr Pita Sharples, MP for Tamaki Makaurau and Co-leader of the Maori Party.
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Kahurangi Taylor last night confirmed what her parents always knew, when she won Miss World New Zealand.
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The Maori Party honours the distinctive presence of the Kingitanga as an important force in the past and future design of a nation.
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The Maori Party’s approach to dealing with offending and punishment is to champion programmes that work, not to argue over failed policies and extremist views, said Dr Pita Sharples.
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Maori Party co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples, says the announcement that the Gambling Helpline will be forced to close in October, due to failed contract negotiations with the Ministry of Health, is a tragedy in light of recent reports describing the adverse impact of gambling upon communities as a social hazard.
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Every Christmas, there is a standard feature that grabs space in every local paper.
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I was excited about the invitation to join a hui entitled, strategising for success.
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The Maori Party is pleased to support the Notice of Motion with respect to Vote Audit, Vote Ombudsmen, Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment and Offices of Parliament.
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In our busy lives, driven by over-full schedules, a day can often be punctuated by the ringing phone, the rush of email traffic, the urgent meeting - unanticipated but taking priority over all.
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'User pays' education has mortgaged our future as a nation, says Dr Pita Sharples, Maori Party spokesperson on tertiary education.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Two years ago, on the eve of Waitangi Day, an ex-Navy diver, Robert Hohepa Hewitt, spent four days and three nights lost at sea.
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Many people in the history of our great nation are remembered for their exploits – Hone Heke for chopping down the flagpole, Sir Apirana Ngata for his determined efforts in parliament, Sir James Henare for leading the Maori Battalion and his statesmanship, Buck Shelford for his leadership in rugby, and so on.
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The definition of a generation gap is when one accidentally refers to a CD as a 45’ or asks if a particular track is available in LP form.
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The Maori Party strongly endorses the Childrens Commissioners views on the Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill, says co-leader Dr Pita Sharples.
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AUCKLAND — There’s a Maori tourist company in the electorate of Tamaki Makaurau that is picking awards up faster than the Maori Party is rising in the polls.
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The Sensible Sentencing Trust prefers the sound of its own rhetoric to a search for sensible solutions, says Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples.
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At the start of this month, the Marae Digipoll of over 1000 Maori voters, revealed that if the opportunity arose, over 40% of those surveyed, would transform into Mozzies – Maori living in Australia.
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Madam Speaker, three years ago, in July 2005, when the chairman of China’s National People’s Congress arrived here at Parliament, he did so by first snubbing the official powhiri that had been arranged in his honour.
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I have been wondering whether this Budget Policy Statement 2008 will be top of the pops in the six o’clock bulletin, or will the real pressing issue for New Zealand be on naming the MPs who are travelling on a so-called taxpayer junket to Eastern Europe? Meanwhile, across the world, all eyes are on a controversial list published in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper.
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There were a few events in the last few days which gave me room for great optimism.
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In 1921, the Government of the day, created a position ostensibly to protect and enhance the interests of Maori clients and their resources.
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“My darling Missy, you are always on my mind Wherever you may go, you take a part of me” .
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Last Friday’s Herald contained an interesting response from the Chief Executive of Corrections, in response to the Patten report inquiring into systematic corruption at Rimutaka Prison.
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Te Tiriti o Waitangi promised protection of Maori custom and cultural values.
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The concept of guardianship is well known in Maoridom.
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"How it can be that the Treaty partner is sitting on an unemployment rate almost 2.5 times higher than for other New Zealanders?” asked Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party.
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The tragic death of a Pasifika man in Mangere during a confrontation with police, has brought to the surface ongoing concerns about the nature of the police arsenal relied on in crisis incidents.
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Legislation on Ticket-Scalping Needed.
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AUCKLAND — Tamaki Makaurau local Member of Parliament, Dr Pita Sharples, has come out in support of the call for Auckland Regional Council to allocate part of its $34 million surplus to the upgrade of Eden Park.
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Maori Party co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples, has today demanded the Government take seriously research released by the Rotorua Peoples Advocacy Centre which highlights a disturbing level of discrimination being levelled at sole parent DPB recipients.
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The Maori Party has today been pleased to learn of the Government’s announcement to establish a Citizen’s Jury to review electoral administration and political party funding.
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As our memory casts back over this last year, we think of those who have passed beyond the veil.
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As has been noted before, this Bill is an omnibus Bill amending four Acts.
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The Maori Party comes to this Bill, aware that many of our whanau, hapu and iwi are taking up the company structure as laid out in the Companies Act 1993.
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It is timely, indeed to be thinking of tertiary reforms - the day after the University of Auckland has confirmed their decision to eliminate open entry into the University from 2009.
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The Maori Party has today endorsed the strong criticism conveyed by the Ombudsman, Mel Smith, regarding the government's failure to address the over-representation of Maori, and to a lesser extent Pacific peoples, in the criminal justice sector.
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The Maori Party believes that the proposal from the University of Auckland to abandon their open entry policy, and the suggestion from Victoria University that they also consider capping entry to some courses, represents a real threat to Maori tertiary education.
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Maori Party Finance Spokesperson, Dr Pita Sharples, has today expressed relief that Wellington’s Capital and Coast District Health Broad has scrapped its ill-thought out bribe to evict newborn babies from hospital within six hours of birth.
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Dr Pita Sharples has today reflected on the United Nations Parliamentary Assembly campaign meeting he attended this week in Geneva (‘Palais des Nations’).
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WELLINGTON — Dr Pita Sharples has today urged the media to consider disclosure of sources, describing it as a matter of national importance.
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Every year, on the 9th August, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous is celebrated.
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