Te Oranga
Te Oranga is a half hour programme brought to you by the Alcohol Advisory Council and Radio Waatea and broadcast on a selection of iwi radio stations.
Hosted by high profile Maori broadcaster Aroha Hathaway, the programme takes an holistic view on how Maori look at our alcohol consumption.
Are Maori binge or social drinkers? Do we need to challenge our accepted view on how we drink alcohol?
Hear the facts, listen to the arguments and make your own opinion.
Two Maori leaders part of an high-profile delegation of New Zealanders who have presented a submission to the Government calling for a review of liquor legislation, Sir Paul Reeves and Dame Te Muranga June Batley-Jackson.
"We're wanting to somehow harness the potential within our people, and unfortunately undue consumption of alcohol has let us down." - Sir Paul Reeves, Te Oranga - Friday 09 July 2010.
Alcohol reform needed to harness Maori potential
Friday 09 July 2010
A Maori leader is at the head of a high-profile delegation of New Zealanders who have presented a submission to the Government calling for a review of liquor legislation.
"It is a law and order issue and we think you [the Government] must now tighten the laws surrounding the whole phenomenon of alcohol and its availability," says Sir Paul Reeves who lead the group to Parliament.
He says 1989 and 1999 were years in which there was major liberalisation of alcohol - liquor became available 24 hours a day, the legal age of purchase dropped from 20 to 18 years and beer and wine became available in supermarkets.
"Now we haven't done well in the new environment that's been created."
"The Law Commission review that has just been published expresses a growing concern about the level of alcohol-related harm. Domestic violence, road accidents .... The Law Commission review gives us a once in a generation opportunity to make a real change for the better of New Zealand."
He says Maori leadership at its topmost level needs to take control and try and effect change to help raise the price of alcohol, reduce marketing and advertising and increase drink driving counter-measures.
"We're wanting to somehow harness the potential within our people, and unfortunately the undue consumption of alcohol has let us down."
"I'm not saying we must be prohibitionists .... but I think it's a sense of responsibility that we must all capture, which is a real thing that we've all got to seize on."
Click here to view the latest ALAC Maori Action Plan (as at November 2009)
ALAC: Maori Action Plan 2009
Te Oranga is a long term partnership with The Alcohol Liquor Advisory Council and Radio Waatea. An educative and informative programme which promotes a collective approach, empowering Te Ao Maori to effect our own changes and provide our own solutions in changing our attitudes about alcohol consumption.
Ma wai tenei waka e to
Mau, Maku, e kii ma tatou
Mauri Ora!!
...Who will drive this waka? You, me, indeed all of us...
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www.alac.org.nz