Sharples' Electorate Rejects GST Rise
Friday, 12 March 2010
Pita Sharples's Tamaki Makaurau electorate committee has come out against a rise in GST.... Read more»»
Prison Conditions Show Need For Review Of System
Former governor general Sir Paul Reeves says Maori need to be concerned not just by moves to increase imprisonment rates but by current prison conditi... Read more»»
Grow Your Own Subsitute For Tobacco Ban
A Far North Maori health group is proposing people be allowed to grow tobacco for their own use, if there are to be restrictions on commercial sales o... Read more»»
Attack On Waahi Tapu Despicable Abuse Of Power
Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia says blowing up of a two storey rock to make way for a power project was cultural vandalism.... Read more»»
Science Subjects Needed For Start In Health Career
A national programme to bolster the ranks of Maori in the health sector was launched today at Auckland Airport's Te Manukanuka O Hoturoa marae.... Read more»»
Former Military Church Becomes Cathedral 150 Years
Former governor general and Anglican Archbishop Sir Paul Reeves says last weekend's dedication of a cathedral in New Plymouth is making people think a... Read more»»
Imprisonment Rate Internationally Indefensible
Thursday, 11 March 2010
As the Government looks at measures to lock up more people for longer sentences, the Race Relations Commissioner is warning the current imprisonment r... Read more»»
University Doors Shut To Maori Under Changes
Greens co-leader Meteria Turei says Government changes to tertiary education will shut the university doors to Maori.... Read more»»
Waahi Tapu Fight In King Country Escalating
Marakopa Maori who were forced to stand by and watch power company contractors blow up a two-storey sacred stone are vowing to fight for other waahi t... Read more»»
Local Government Cause For Race Tension Concern
The Race Relations Commissioner says this year's local government elections will be a big test of how far the nation has come in finding a place for M... Read more»»