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Tariana Turia

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Member for Te tai Hauauru, Maori Party Current parliamentary roles Co-Leader Member, Health Committee 

Joined August 2007
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Politics 4 Sep 2008
Speech:Te Roroa Claims Settlement Bill

When we come to Te Roroa claim, we recognize the wider framework in which all Treaty settlements take place.

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Politics 4 Sep 2008
Speech: Disabilities (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Bill

First of all I want to acknowledge the members of the Disabled Persons Assembly and I want to acknowledge the Minister, Hon Ruth Dyson for bringing this bill forward at this time.

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Politics 4 Sep 2008
Speech: Commerce Amendment Bill

Tena koe Madam Speaker, tena tatou katoa.

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Politics 3 Sep 2008
Cardiac care causing crisis of confidence  Maori Party

Shocking new statistics indicating the number of state funded bypass operations in Auckland, including Northland, have fallen from 641 in 2002/03 to 462 the following year is the latest in an ongoing crisis around cardiac care, says Maori Party Health spokesperson, Tariana Turia.

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Deaths 1 Sep 2008
Poroporoaki: Sister Paula Brettkelly

The loss of social activist and Catholic nun, Sister Paula Brettkelly, will be felt deeply across Aotearoa said Maori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia.

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Health 29 Aug 2008
Speech: Te Wakahuia Manawatu Hauora Trust Board: Tariana Turia

MANAWATU-WHANGANUI — I am thrilled to be here today to celebrate the latest in a long line of successes for Te Wakahuia Manawatu Hauora Trust Board.

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Politics 28 Aug 2008
Speech: Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preferences) Bill

Tena koe Madam Speaker, tena tatou.

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Politics 28 Aug 2008
Maori Party on ETS

The Maori Party looks forward to seeing the final version of the government’s Emissions Trading Scheme when the Bill is reintroduced to the House – but says it is unlikely to support it.

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Politics 28 Aug 2008
Speech: Christchurch City Council (Lancaster Park) - The generosity of Ngai Tahu

It is a very rare thing to be able to come to this House, and to congratulate the sponsor of the Bill, for the diligent way in which consultation has taken place with affected parties, tena koe Tim.

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Politics 27 Aug 2008
'Entrenching Te Tiriti o Waitangi'

Madam Speaker, tena koe.

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Police 27 Aug 2008
Ministerial Statement on Deployment of the Taser Guns

There were four elements to our issue.

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Maori 21 Aug 2008
Maori Party Thrilled at Labours Treaty Commitment

Tariana Turia says the Maori Party is absolutely thrilled at reports that a Labour Minister is going to introduce a Bill to Parliament to entrench the Treaty of Waitangi in the constitution of New Zealand.

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Education 18 Aug 2008
Academic honour rewards lifetime of leadership  Maori Party.

OTAGO — The Maori Party congratulates Professor Mason Durie on the recent award of an honorary LlD from his alma mater, Otago University.

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Politics 17 Aug 2008
'Please, Sir, can I have some more?'

The tragic story of half-starved Oliver Twist begging for gruel is not too far removed from some homes in downtown New Zealand said Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Mori Party.

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Health 8 Aug 2008
Speech:Te Pae Mahutonga  A Framework for Wellness

There’s something about the place of Rongomai and stars.

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Politics 7 Aug 2008
Speech: 2008/09 Estimates - Tariana Turia

I’m going to focus on areas where the Maori Party believes the Government hasn’t done so well.

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Health 6 Aug 2008
'What about Whanau Ora, Associate Health Minister Anderton?'

he Associate Minister of Health seems unable to understand the value of collective approaches to health, which is the fundamental underlying principle of his government’s Maori health policy, according to the Maori Party.

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Environment 5 Aug 2008
Environment Minister in denial over environmental report  Maori Party

Maori Party MP for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, described the Environment Minister’s answers to her questions in Parliament today as ‘another load of the same old rubbish’.

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Employment 2 Aug 2008
Farewell to Feltex Factory Whanau in Foxton

FOXTON — Maori Party MP Tariana Turia today paid tribute to the workforce at the Feltex factory in Foxton, which closed its doors today for the last time.

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Health 31 Jul 2008
Racism perpetuates health disparities - Maori Party

A doubling of health spending over the past nine years has not addressed huge disparities between health outcomes for Maori and the general population, which result from racism in the health system, according to Maori Party health spokesperson Tariana Turia.

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Education 31 Jul 2008
'What happened to you? I became educated'. Tariana Turia

I recall thinking as a young woman that education was the key to our future success.

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Politics 30 Jul 2008
General Debate

Tena tatou katoa.

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Politics 30 Jul 2008
Speech: Fisheries Act 1996 Amendment Bill

Tena koe Madam Speaker.

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Community 29 Jul 2008
Speech: 'Circles of Courage'

I want to commend the courage of the organisations in the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector, for inviting Members of Parliament to an event which promotes models of positive youth development.

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Politics 28 Jul 2008
Politics, Perceptions and Principles

I was delighted to accept Carwyn’s invitation to spend some time with the people who will write the law, interpret the law, implement the law and then defend the law for our up and coming generations.

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Health 26 Jul 2008
Problems with meningitis vaccine not surprising  Maori Party

Maori Party Health spokesperson Tariana Turia says she can understand the outrage and confusion among Maori health workers over the failure of the meningitis vaccine to provide lasting protection to children – but she is not surprised.

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Health 24 Jul 2008
Speech: 'Be the Change' : Community health workers

My mokopuna has a favourite game.

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Health 23 Jul 2008
Me panaia te paetini tairoa nei te Endosulfan - Ropu Maori

Kua karanga te Ropu Maori kia kaua Nga Kaiwhakatupao Whakararu Taiao (ERMA) e whakaae ki te Endosulfan hei paetini whakamate ngärara, toke hoki i Aotearoa.

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Water 23 Jul 2008
Tiakina o tatou wai maori! - te Ropu Maori

Ka mate te wai maori, ka mate te whenua, ka mate te iwi, a, me tautoko te käwanatanga i te tu a te tangata whenua kia tiakina nga rerenga wai, nga roto, nga moana huri noa i te motu, te whakahau a te Mangai o te Ropu Maori mo nga Take Taiao, a Tariana Turia.

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Politics 7 Jul 2008
Foreshore and Seabed is a matter of principle

Labour’s desperation at their poor poll results is obvious from complaints by the Minister of Maori Affairs that, in his view, the Maori Party is a one-ticket party.

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Environment 5 Jul 2008
Indigenous people are the original environmentalists

Tangata whenua are ideally placed to lead local environmental projects because of the strength and integrity of traditional environmental values, says the Maori Party.

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News 4 Jul 2008
Tipu Ora Graduation: Te Muka

It is an honour to be here, in the home of Kati Huirapa o Arowhenua takata.

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Politics 3 Jul 2008
Government conceals harsh truths in poverty report  Maori Party

60 percent of the children of unemployed families still live in poverty, and incomes for the poorest families have not increased at all over the past ten years, according to the government‘s own MSD report on poverty which was released today.

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Conservation 3 Jul 2008
Conservation Department unable to conserve rare skink habitat

WHANGAMATA — The Minister of Conservation confirmed in Parliament yesterday that her department has had to remove a population of rare moko skinks from their natural habitat at Whangamata, in order to save them from the bulldozers.

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Community 3 Jul 2008
Speech: Communities stepping up, to make a difference

I am very proud to be invited to District 9440, to be able to meet with an organisation that is truly committed to your community.

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Crime 1 Jul 2008
'The first footprints...' Organised Crime - Tariana Turia

Tena koe Madam Speaker, tena tatou katoa.

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News 1 Jul 2008
Tangata whenua rally to protect Whangamata foreshore and seabed

WHANGAMATA — The occupation of Whangamata by tangata whenua is an indictment on the failure of the Crown to protect the natural values of the foreshore and seabed for future generations, says the Maori Party.

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Politics 28 Jun 2008
Speech: New Zealand Federation of Ethnic Council AGM

I am privileged to be with you today, and to celebrate your progress as an organisation.

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Politics 28 Jun 2008
Maori values a foundation for all New Zealanders

WELLINGTON CITY — Maori values and the Treaty of Waitangi are a sound foundation for an immigration policy which welcomes diverse cultures to Aotearoa, according to Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party.

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Politics 26 Jun 2008
Turia sets record straight

Tariana Turia is dismayed that Labour List MP Louisa Wall would ‘play politics’ regarding the achievement of a Treaty clause in the Public Health Bill.

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Politics 17 Jun 2008
ETS rips off taxpayers, with poor families hardest hit - Maori Party

The ETS is New Zealands game plan for the future of the planet  but the heavy hitters on our team are refusing to take the field, says the Maori Party.

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Maori 11 Jun 2008
Critical Mass - Mori Association of Social Scientists

It must be Matariki.

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News 10 Jun 2008
Maori Party welcomes enforcement of fish quota system

 

The Maori Party welcomes news of massive fines imposed on the skipper and officers of a large deep-sea trawler found guilty of dumping fish and mis-reporting their catch, says Fisheries spokesperson Tariana Turia.

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Health 4 Jun 2008
National health survey shows poor understanding of Maori health

The focus on individuals and their personal health status reveals only the tip of the iceberg of Maori health, says Maori Party health spokesperson Tariana Turia.

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Politics 30 May 2008
Report on Patea site needs thorough study  Tariana Turia.

TARANAKI — “It is good news that the environmental risk assessment of the Patea Freezing Works site shows there is no reason for panic, said Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia.

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Fishing 29 May 2008
Bans on West Coast netting a gross over-reaction  Maori Party

WEST COAST — A complete ban on set netting and strict regulation of commercial trawling in a vast area of the West Coast of the North Island seems an complete over-reaction to the threats to Maui’s Dolphins, says Maori Party fisheries spokesperson and Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia.

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Maori 29 May 2008
What do Maori want? Pay Parity is a pretty good start

Tariana Turia, health spokesperson for the Maori Party, today congratulated Maori, iwi and non-profit primary health care providers on their success in working in partnership with the New Zealand Nurses Organisation for a multi-employment collective agreement (MECA).

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Defence 28 May 2008
What does it do to the soul of a soldier?

Viet Nam apology.

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Defence 27 May 2008
Apology to Viet Nam veterans must not glorify war - Maori Party

A government apology to Viet Nam veterans must accept full responsibility for sending our soldiers into a war that our people did not support, says the Maori Party.

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Politics 26 May 2008
Comprehensive plan to eliminate poverty needed - Maori Party

Michael Cullens review of assistance for beneficiaries is just tinkering with the design of the poverty trap, it is not a strategy to eliminate poverty, says Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party.

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Health 23 May 2008
Commission must be the voice of mental health consumers  Maori Party

 

Mental health consumer groups will not accept the argument that the Mental Health Commission does not need consumer representatives on the Board because it consults with them, says Maori Party health spokesperson Tariana Turia.

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Deaths 23 May 2008
Poroporoaki: Mihipeka Edwards

E te kuia, haere ki to iwi, haere ki to whanau, haere ki o tatou tupuna.

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Health 22 May 2008
Tangata whaiora must be represented on Mental Health Commission

The Maori Party is calling on the Minister of Health to make a fourth appointment to the Mental Health Commission to overcome a ‘glaring oversight’ in the composition of the new board.

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Corrections 21 May 2008
Speech: No child should be raised in a prison

Tena koe Mr Speaker, tena tatou.

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News 20 May 2008
We should be proud of our Pasifika Connections says Maori Party

Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has today scorned a report which describes Pasifika peoples as ‘an under-class’, which “is of concern given the higher fertility rates of this group”.

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Business 17 May 2008
Te Puawaitanga Taranaki: Te Wananga o Aotearoa

TARANAKI — Presentations of tohu in business, small business management, social services, te ara reo Maori, toi paematua raranga.

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Education 15 May 2008
Porirua - where innovation and enterprise flourish: Tariana Turia

PORIRUA — It is a good week to be coming to Porirua, to a graduation of Business and Computing students.

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Health 9 May 2008
Turia Promoting need for Asthma Education

Health Spokesperson for the Mori Party, Hon Tariana Turia, is supporting Balloon Day 2008 (Saturday 10 May) as an excellent way of drawing the attention of the nation to the fact that one in four children in Aotearoa has asthma.

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Health 9 May 2008
Auckland Heart Surgery Delays Alarm Tariana Turia

Revelations that waiting times for heart surgery have more than doubled in Auckland have worried Maori Party health spokesperson, Tariana Turia. 

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Maori 7 May 2008
Maori Party applauds agreement between iwi and university

OTAGO — A formal Memorandum of Understanding between Ngati Toa, based in Porirua, and the University of Otago is a great way for academia to acknowledge tangata whenua in a relationship modelled on the Treaty of Waitangi, said local MP Tariana Turia.

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Politics 6 May 2008
Opposition to Manfeild Park Bill justified

The Maori Party is outraged by news that the Manfeild Park Board has sold part of the Kawakawa block in Feilding for private development – even though tangata whenua claim the land was unlawfully taken from them a century ago.

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Politics 6 May 2008
Racism and Rage, UCOL, Whanganui

Seven days ago, the Maori Party received an email which could have constituted the curriculum for this course.

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Alcohol 2 May 2008
Get real on alcopops, says Maori Party

The Maori Party agrees with Alcohol Healthwatch*, who warn that controls on alcohol simply have not worked and harm is increasing as a result.

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Fire 1 May 2008
Local MP outraged at uncertainties around Patea Clean Up

TARANAKI — Hon Tariana Turia, local MP for Te Tai Hauauru, is outraged that almost three months after the asbestos fire descended on Patea, ratepayers seem to be facing the prospect of over a quarter of million dollars damage for the cost of the fire.

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Marine 30 Apr 2008
New Prospecting Permit in Taranaki raises Concerns

TARANAKI — Today’s release from Forest and Bird revealing the issuing of a new permit allowing prospecting for minerals off the Whanganui Taranaki coast and off the Taranaki Waikato Coast has raised concern from local MP for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia.

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Health 30 Apr 2008
Maori Party Congratulates Dr Rees Tapsell on key Appointment

WAIKATO — The Maori Party is delighted to congratulate Waikato District Health Board and Tainui mental health service provider, Hauora Waikato, on their vision in appointing Dr Rees Tapsell as executive clinical director for forensic psychiatric services across the Midland region.

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Education 30 Apr 2008
Clear link between learning difficulties and poverty

Maori Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, has today highlighted the obvious association between poverty and educational under-achievement reported in CPAG’s latest report, ‘Left Behind’.

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Health 30 Apr 2008
Four Decades of Dioxin Deception Deserves an Apology

TARANAKI — Tariana Turia, MP for Te Tai Hauauru, has picked up on the disappointment expressed by the Chemically Exposed Paritutu Residents Association (CEPRA), that the offer of free GP visits was an 'insult', a hollow 'political gesture of little value'.

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Food 29 Apr 2008
"Drop the GST on Food" call supported by Maori Party

The Maori Party has welcomed the call for a wider debate about removing GST on food, sparked off by the latest grim report from the Child Poverty Action Group, 'Left Behind'.

GST on food? what are your thoughts?

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Police 25 Apr 2008
Police Engagement Survey - Whats the real story?

The Maori Party has today expressed frustration at the refusal of the New Zealand Police to release the full story about the employee engagement survey.

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Defence 25 Apr 2008
Willie Apiata's Remarkable ANZAC Day Gift to the Nation

The Maori Party has praised the incredible generosity of Corporal Willie Apiata in gifting the prestigious Victoria Cross Medal to the nation.

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Maori 24 Apr 2008
Treaty Warning must be heard

Tariana Turia is shocked by the advice from the Public Health Association that proposed Public Health Bill could result in a “clouded and confused approach to Maori involvement in health” and is being described as an “instance of institutional racism”.

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Health 24 Apr 2008
Speech: Kahungunu Health Innovation Hui

NAPIER — What is this output called Mauriora? I am very pleased to be here, to be part of this Kahungunu Health Innovation Conference.

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Crime 17 Apr 2008
Speech: Prohibition of gang insignia

Tena koe Mr Speaker.

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Art 17 Apr 2008
Bishop Suter Art Gallery Governance Restructuring Bill

In a day in which it appears the full fury of the House has been galvanised into a toxic war against graffiti and gangs, it is extremely refreshing to come to the Bishop Suter Art Gallery Governance Restructuring Bill and to be revitalised by the unique perspectives that artists can bring to the concept of cultural identity.

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Deaths 17 Apr 2008
Poroporoaki: Alexander Phillips CBE, QSM

WHANGANUI — Kei te köriporipo nga wai o Whanganui i te hinganga o Alexander Phillips, kaumätua rongonui o Mana Ariki, poropiti ki töna kainga, ki töna iwi, tangata hümärie, tangata manaaki.

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Deaths 16 Apr 2008
Poroporoaki: The tragedy of seven young lives lost

NATIONAL PARK — I move that this House note its deep sorrow at the tragic deaths of six young people and their teacher from Auckland's Elim Christian College, while participating in an outdoor education programme in the Tongariro National Park.

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Politics 11 Apr 2008
Speech: Maori and Positive Ageing

As a way of preparing myself for coming to this hui, I was reading up about your patron: Dame Augusta Wallace.

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Politics 11 Apr 2008
Speech: The Passion of Porirua

PORIRUA — Last December, TV3’s Campbell Live featured a Maori family from the Creek.

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Health 10 Apr 2008
Maori Party appalled at Minister's response to rampant poverty

The Maori Party is absolutely appalled that Parekura Horomia thinks 20,000 children go to school without breakfast because they might be dieting to slim down. 

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Maori 9 Apr 2008
Iwi should definitely get Paraparaumu airport land back  MP

PARAPARAUMU — Local Maori MP Tariana Turia has said she is very disappointed that the Kapiti District Council has pressed ahead with a decision in favour of developing Paraparaumu Airport.

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Politics 9 Apr 2008
Human Tissue Bill: Third Reading

Kei te rereke te wairua o tenei Pire.

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Politics 8 Apr 2008
When I'm 64

In 1966, a young sixteen year old Liverpool lad composed a song which could have one day been the anthem for Grey Power. 

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Health 3 Apr 2008
High Court decision on Herceptin welcome - Tariana Turia

The Maori Party is very pleased that Justice Gendall has ordered Pharmac to review its decision on funding 12-month treatment of Herceptin, said co-leader Hon Tariana Turia.

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Maori 31 Mar 2008
Maori Party welcomes new UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights

The Maori Party has welcomed the appointment of James Anaya as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of fundamental freedoms and human rights of indigenous people.

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Health 28 Mar 2008
Resignation of Memo Musa as CEO of Good Health Whanganui

WHANGANUI — “Memo Musa has done the right thing in resigning, and accepting that it is the responsibility of management to be accountable for the whole operation of the District Health Board,” said Tariana Turia, Maori Party MP for Te Tai Hauauru.

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Politics 20 Mar 2008
Bio-security and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Legislation Amendment Bill

There is a popular television commercial starring a young boy asking his Dad where he comes from.

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Health 18 Mar 2008
Urgent Debate: Report into Conflict of Interest at Hawkes Bay

HAWKE'S BAY — It is a matter of considerable concern to all of us in this House, that a report into the capacity of the Hawkes Bay District Health Board has revealed a culture of mistrust and dysfunction between the board and management.

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Maori 14 Mar 2008
The Treaty and Social Transformation

It is indeed significant to be attending your hui on The Treaty and Social Transformation in the lands of Taranaki, in this annual hui hosted this year by Hauora o Ngati Ruanui.

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Community 12 Mar 2008
National Maori Women’s Refuge Hui

CHRISTCHURCH — It has always disturbed me that in the horrific aftermath of our fatal crimes against children, our community invests considerable time in blaming, naming, shaming and inflaming the nation as we wag our fingers and say, ‘this must never happen again’.

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Maori 5 Mar 2008
‘Nationhood and what it means for Maori’

Dom Felice Vaggioli, one of the first Benedictine priests to be sent to New Zealand, arrived in 1879 and quickly became fascinated with the tangata whenua he encountered.

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Maori 29 Feb 2008
Poroporoaki: Edison Te Kanae Wineera

"Aue taukuri e.

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Health 20 Feb 2008
A Shocker for Health Outcomes in Aotearoa says Turia

The question who's going to do something about Maori respiratory health, must be a top priority for all political parties says Maori Party health spokesperson, Tariana Turia.

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Politics 19 Feb 2008
Bio-security and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Legislation Amendment Bill

Tena koe Mr Speaker, tena tatou katoa It is somewhat ironic, that the issue at the top of the order paper in the Beehive today, features what has become known as a New Zealand icon – the bee.

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Crime 15 Feb 2008
Harsher penalties no cure for tagging – Maori Party

The government’s crackdown on ‘the tagging sub-culture’ may offer temporary relief to frustrated property owners, but not solve the problem long-term, says the Maori Party.

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Maori 13 Feb 2008
Tariana Turia - Our journey is about our survival

RAGLAN — Twenty years ago on 13 February 1988, a thousand people gathered at Raglan for a day of thanksgiving.

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Deaths 12 Feb 2008
Notice of Motion - Hone Tuwhare

The following Notice of Motion was presented in the House this afternoon, by Hon Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party:

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Health 10 Feb 2008
Co-ordinated Agency Wide Strategy for Patea Required

TARANAKI — Te Tai Hauauru MP, Tariana Turia, has repeated her call for a co-ordinated agency-wide strategy to be immediately put in place in Patea to protect Patea residents from the health risks associated with asbestos exposure.

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