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Member for Te tai Hauauru, Maori Party Current parliamentary roles Co-Leader Member, Health Committee
WELLINGTON CITY — Tariana Turia, Co-leader for the Maori Party and Ethnic Affairs spokesperson, has spoken in support of the rights of the Chinese spiritual movement, Falun Gong, to be able to participate in the 2008 Chinese New Year Festival.
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TARANAKI — MP for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, has expressed grave concern for the public safety of the community of Patea, following a large fire at the site of the town’s former freezing works.
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Today marks another path down the Crown’s confiscation journey says Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party.
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Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party, has today raised her concerns about the levels of anger being exhibited by some Local Government representatives about the ‘art crime’ of tagging.
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WELLINGTON — Local Member of Parliament for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, is outraged at the shock announcement this afternoon, that the accident and medical services at Kenepuru Hospital will be closed between 11pm and 8am from Monday.
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Fisheries Spokesperson for the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has today described the outcomes of the annual hui of Te Ohu Kaimoana as an apt ‘Waitangi warning’ for the government.
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Environment Spokesperson for the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has today welcomed the Ministry of Environment’s Report on the state of the environment.
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AUCKLAND — The opening of the 2008 Year for South Seas Film and Television School in Glenfield Auckland, was an opportunity to celebrate the incredible potential of young New Zealanders participating in the broadcasting industry, says Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party.
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Tariana Turia has today reflected on the various ‘state of the nation’ addresses.
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Maori Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, has today recognised Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s promise to ‘build a bridge …to restore respect with indigenous Australia’ as demonstrating the political leadership that tangata whenua will admire.
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A year before Mount Everest relented to the ascent of the New Zealander and the Sherpa, telegrams from all parts of the world had come in to Turangawaewae, mourning the loss of a woman hailed as 'the greatest Maori woman of our time'.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Disability Issues spokesperson for the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has spoken out in support of around 140 caregivers and nurses who have walked off the job in Christchurch in response to a funding freeze from the Ministry of Health.
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TOKOROA — The tragic loss of life which occured following a single-crewed ambulance being dispatched to an emergency call out in Tokoroa, has enraged local MP for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia.
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Maori Party health spokesperson, Tariana Turia, has spoken out in support of the pay parity petition launched by Maori and iwi primary health care workers.
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This whakapotaetanga comes at the end of a week of the most disturbing and senseless violence around Aotearoa.
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It is always a good thing, to be able to come to this House and know that we are debating legislation which will make a difference in the quality of people’s lives.
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If I was to think of one day where I believe the Maori Party made a difference to the 48th Parliament, it would be the first day.
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WHANGANUI — We have been drawn here tonight, as the river flows from the mountain to the sea, captivated by the image of a window into the world of Whanganui.
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Some of you may know – well perhaps your nannies and koros may know- of a funky soul group from the seventies, called Earth, Wind and Fire.
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The Maori Party recognises the particular vulnerability of tamariki Maori identified in the report, Lives Cut Short, as an issue of moral urgency that all New Zealanders should care about.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Health spokesperson for the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has today spoken of her horror at the latest revelations of hospital failures afflicting the Capital Health and Coast District Health Board.
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WHANGANUI — As I was looking over the School of Design materials this morning, one phrase immediately jumped out at me: “The School of Design is an alternative voice in design education”.
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The delicate, exquisite beauty of the native orchid flower, Winika, is an appropriate image to demonstrate the complexity of environmental impacts upon children, says Maori Party co-leader, Tariana Turia.
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Tariana Turia has said today that she is delighted to learn of the Maori summit taking place in Auckland, working to reduce child abuse in their region from Waikato North.
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AUCKLAND — Questions have been asked about a “covert operation” involving explosives, targeting Te Rangi-i-totongia-ai-te-ihu-o-Tamatekapua, the largest and most recent volcano in the Auckland Volcanic field.
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Last Thursday, Dr David Collins, the Solicitor-General, brought to an end the most bizarre act of political theatre this nation has seen since July 1984, when Rob Muldoon famously called a snap election after a late night drinking session.
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If I was a singer, I would start today with one of the waiata from Tangihaku, the work created by sisters Rangitunoa and Whirimako Black, along with their mother, Anituatua.
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Tariana Turia is today delighted that the Labour Party is this weekend set to debate a remit at their annual conference to enshrine the Treaty of Waitangi into the constitution of New Zealand.
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TARANAKI — As we concluded our fourth Hui A Tau (AGM) for the Maori Party, we sung the hymn, Ma te Marie, marie meaning peace.
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Tariana Turia, Co-Leader of the Maori Party, has today commented on the physical assault made by a Government Minister against a Member of Parliament.
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Research released today by University of Auckland’s Dr Janet Fanslow which reported an overall prevalence rate for child sexual abuse as one in four New Zealand women, must provoke our utmost outrage and effective action says Tariana Turia, Co-Leader of the Maori Party.
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Tena koe, Madam Assistant Speaker.
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The Government’s latest ‘Social Report 2007’ records more bad news for Maori says Tariana Turia, Co-Leader of the Maori Party “The report lists page by page, the ways in which outcomes for Maori are poorer than those for Europeans” said Mrs Turia.
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Three weeks ago on the summit of Tangi-te-keo, four thousand native shrubs and grasses were planted from the legacies of gifts administered by the Guardian Trust.
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PORIRUA — I am proud to speak to this Bill, in honouring my whakapapa relationship to Ngati Toa Rangatira, through the connections as Ngati Apa, and Ngati Rangiwhakaturia we have.
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Tena koe Mr Speaker, Tena tatou katoa This Bill is more than a matter of a technical amendment to the Land Transport Act 1998.
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The news this morning from Soccer New Zealand that it could be twelve months before the All Whites and Fiji play their postponed World Cup qualifying match is the third bout of bad news for New Zealand following the losses of the All Blacks and Kiwi squads in subsequent weekends, said the Maori Party.
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The Maori Party today has reacted to the most recent information from the AIDS Epidemiology Group, which identifies huge increases in HIV diagnoses among Maori in the first six months of 2007.
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I am proud to be here today, as uri of Tuwharetoa, Ngati Apa, Nga Wairiki, Whanganui and Nga Rauru – to share with you some thoughts that we in the Maori Party have around the challenges facing the planet as we focus on the common interest and welfare of all plant and animal species.
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Tena tatou katoa In November 2005, a group described as “concerned Pakeha” claimed responsibility for an attack on the Prime Minister’s Sandringham Road electorate office.
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Yesterday I received a panui from Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa; advising me of their national hui coming up this Labour Weekend.
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I am indeed proud to have been invited by John Liang and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office to acknowledge the significance of this day for all people of Taiwan.
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PORIRUA — Next year in 2008, we will celebrate one hundred years since Akenehi Hei became the first Maori nurse to qualify.
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Over fifty years ago, Jean Parker, an employee of the Inland Revenue Department appealed a decision to promote a young male cadet ahead of her.
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The Maori Party has today called for an urgent inquiry to investigate conditions in Housing New Zealand (HNZ) rentals in Porirua.
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The Maori Party congratulated the New Zealand Forestry Industry and the Federation of Maori Authorities in their success in helping the Government to see the light of day.
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TARANAKI — As I made my way to the Polytech this morning, I have been thinking of three Taranaki leaders who have recently passed away.
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The Government’s decision to continue its collusion with Australia, Canada and America in defiance of the United Nations, and vote against the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, will be viewed with dismay by tangata whenua said the Maori Party.
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When this Bill last came before the House on the 20th March, there was a torrent of abuse that followed the speech of my esteemed colleague, Te Ururoa Flavell from the Member for Wairarapa. Tena tatou katoa.
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WHANGANUI — Local MP and Maori Party health spokesperson, Tariana Turia, today endorsed the views of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology that the two reports released yesterday on the state of health at Whanganui DHB and hospital are nothing more than superficial overviews that don't go deep enough.
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Once again the jagged juxtaposition of Maori customary traditions alongside Western practices has been played out in full drama in the media.
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Over the last three months as the debate over this Bill has progressed through the House, the Maori Party has consistently raised the question: how can anyone ignore the realities of lower-grade housing for Maori when debating the enhancement of leaky homes claims for other New Zealanders? We have speculated – when will be the day when the Sub-standard Homes Resolution Services (Remedies) Bill will come before this House? We have talked about the range of housing related bills before Parliament this term - data matching for housing corporation clients, weather-tight homes number one, weather-tight homes number two; and yet none of these Bills have even come close to addressing the kinds of issues we have raised throughout the debate.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The representation from a group of Veterans who have spoken out about the Government’s “consistent and despicable rejection of Viet Nam Veterans health and welfare concerns” was sad to see, said Tariana Turia today.
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