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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 9 Feb 2008
Falun Gong should be able to Celebrate the 2008 Chinese New Year

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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Fire 6 Feb 2008
Crisis Asbestos Scare in Patea must be given urgent priority

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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Politics 5 Feb 2008
'Foreshore deal a sham charade' says Turia

Today marks another path down the Crown’s confiscation journey says Tariana Turia, Co-leader of the Maori Party.

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Crime 4 Feb 2008
Punishment is not the only answer

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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Health 1 Feb 2008
Reduced Accident and Medical Clinic Services at Kenepuru suddenly dumped on community

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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Marine 1 Feb 2008
Fisheries issues a 'Waitangi Warning' for Government

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 31 Jan 2008
State of the Environment Must be Assessed Annually says Maori Party

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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TV 31 Jan 2008
South Seas Success Excites Turia

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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Politics 30 Jan 2008
'The Change will Come from Us'

Tariana Turia has today reflected on the various ‘state of the nation’ addresses.

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Politics 28 Jan 2008
Rudd's commitment to indigenous Australia commendable says Maori Party

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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Politics 23 Jan 2008
Our greatest journey to build common-unity

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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Disability 11 Jan 2008
Intellectual Disability Sector workers must be supported

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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Health 11 Jan 2008
Death of baby in Tokoroa a tragic call to Improve Emergency Responses

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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Politics 21 Dec 2007
'Government starving Maori and iwi primary healthcare workforce' Tariana Turia

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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Community 14 Dec 2007
A vision for a future which is violence-free

This whakapotaetanga comes at the end of a week of the most disturbing and senseless violence around Aotearoa.

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Politics 13 Dec 2007
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Bill (no 2)

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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Agriculture 12 Dec 2007
Dairy Industry Restructuring

Tena koe Mr Speaker.

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Maori 8 Dec 2007
‘Operating Maori Values within the System’

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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Art 7 Dec 2007
Speech: Te Pihi Mata - the Sacred Eye

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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Community 7 Dec 2007
Te Whetu Kahurangi Ten Year Celebration

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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Community 6 Dec 2007
Lives Cut Short an issue of Moral Urgency, says Tariana Turia

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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Health 5 Dec 2007
Wellington Hospital Horror Story Gets Worse

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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Education 27 Nov 2007
Whanganui School of Design Graduation Ceremony

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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Health 27 Nov 2007
Maori, Pasifika and Low Income Children Blighted by Poor Health status

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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Community 26 Nov 2007
Maori Party Congratulates Tangata Whenua Initiative in working to reduce child abuse from Waikato North

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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Media 15 Nov 2007
Questions asked about Covert Guerilla Operation' at Rangitoto

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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Politics 15 Nov 2007
The 'collateral damage' of Operation Eight

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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Books 11 Nov 2007
Tuahine Sisters of Porangahau

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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Politics 1 Nov 2007
Turia supports proposal for Constitutional Reform

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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Politics 1 Nov 2007
Column: South Taranaki Star for 1 November 2007

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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Politics 26 Oct 2007
Time for all political parties to sign up to a Code of Conduct

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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Politics 25 Oct 2007
Speech: To Protest against Monocultural Strangulation

Tena koe, tena tatou katoa.

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Community 24 Oct 2007
'The Abusers have to be Outed' says Turia

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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Politics 24 Oct 2007
Human Tissue Bill - informed consent or one world view?

Tena koe, Madam Assistant Speaker.

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Politics 19 Oct 2007
Speech: Summit of leaders

Ngati Whatua, tena koutou.

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Maori 18 Oct 2007
Well-being divided on ethnic grounds says Turia

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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Politics 17 Oct 2007
NZ Guardian Trust Company Amendment Bill

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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News 17 Oct 2007
Pauatahanui Burial Ground

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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Traffic 17 Oct 2007
Motor vehicle crashes and Maori

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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Energy 17 Oct 2007
Biofuel - is it fuel vs food?

Tena koe Mr Speaker, tena tatou katoa.

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Politics 15 Oct 2007
Playing tough with the goal keep

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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Health 13 Oct 2007
We ignore increases in HIV diagnoses amongst Maori at our peril says Turia

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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Environment 12 Oct 2007
Ecoshow 2007: Making Sustainability a Real Option

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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Politics 11 Oct 2007
Broken faith, broken trust and shattered justice

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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Community 11 Oct 2007
The Community and voluntary sector - weaving the people together

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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Diplomacy 10 Oct 2007
Celebrating the 96th National Day of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

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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Maori 2 Oct 2007
Maori Nursing - A Greater Knowledge of the Native Mind

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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Politics 1 Oct 2007
Inspiring Influential Leadership

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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Politics 28 Sep 2007
Maori Party Calls for Urgent Inquiry into Porirua Housing

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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Forestry 20 Sep 2007
Maori Party welcomes back-down on forestry confiscation

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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Education 18 Sep 2007
Eyes that see do not grow old

As I made my way to the Polytech this morning

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Education 18 Sep 2007
Eyes that see do not grow old

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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Maori 14 Sep 2007
NZ Joins the Coalition of the Willing against indigenous rights

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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Aviation 5 Sep 2007
Aviation Security Legislation

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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Health 31 Aug 2007
Whanganui DHB Needs to live up to its name: Good Health says Turia

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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News 23 Aug 2007
Turia adresses Wills Bill

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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Building 22 Aug 2007
When will the Sub-standard Homes Resolution Services Bill come before Parliament

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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Defence 22 Aug 2007
Viet Nam Rally Highlights Government's failure to consult

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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