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Current Maori News

to commentary and articles from Te Karere Ipurangi & Te Putatara [more]


Extra charges were laid against those arrested in police anti-terror raids in the Bay of Plenty because their lawyers demanded police identify the arms they are accused of illegally possessing, a court has been told. 05 Sep 08 [more]

East coast Maori are seeking an urgent hearing to stop Te Runanga o Ngati Porou's proposed Foreshore and Seabed deal with the Crown. 05 Sep 08 [more]

TangataWhenua.com - To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Maori 2008, a group of dedicated volunteers has worked together to translate the Google homepage and search interface into the Maori language. Therefore, it is our honour to launch this valuable online language resource to the Maori community, and to the world. 04 Sep 08 [more]

A judge yesterday banned journalists from reporting any details of the month-long depositions hearing of 18 people charged after last year's anti-terrorist raids. 04 Sep 08 [more]

Ngāti Apa (North Island) and the Crown have initialled a Deed of Settlement that covers all of Ngāti Apa’s (North Island) historical Treaty of Waitangi claims. 04 Sep 08 [more]

“Ngati Maniapoto and the Crown today initialled an agreement that provides for co-management arrangements for the Waipa River.” Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia, said today. 04 Sep 08 [more]

Maori seers who claim to communicate with the dead say they have discovered human skeletons in an area due to become part of a Hawke's Bay motorway extension. 03 Sep 08 [more]

Poor lifestyle choices and the genetic vulnerability Maori and Pacific men have to gout are major factors in the epidemic, says Counties Manukau District Health Board rheumatologist Dr Peter Gow. 03 Sep 08 [more]

More Treaty claims have been laid in the last month than since the Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 but that doesn't mean it will take decades to sort them out, its director says. 03 Sep 08 [more]

Concerns the Government's flagship emissions trading scheme could wipe tens of millions off the value of Ngai Tahu's Treaty settlement have prompted an independent review. 03 Sep 08 [more]

New Labour MP Louisa Wall could pay the price of her party's use of the list to ensure different ethnicities are well represented in Parliament. 03 Sep 08 [more]

More than 700 trees and shrubs have been planted on the shores of Lake Rototuna in an exercise involving Pouto School, the Pouto community, Kaipara District Council, the Department of Conservation and local Iwi – Te Uri O Hau. 03 Sep 08 [more]

Iwi Te Uri o Hau is questioning Crest Energy’s decision to place power turbines in the Kaipara Harbour. 03 Sep 08 [more]

Ngai Tahu filed a late Waitangi Tribunal claim last night in response to what it called a "significant threat" to its 1998 settlement. 02 Sep 08 [more]

Ancient Maori eating habits are coming under the spotlight in a bid to improve modern diets and wellbeing. 02 Sep 08 [more]

The presentation of the police case against 18 people arrested in last year's anti-terror raids began so slowly yesterday that many of the defendants took naps in court. 02 Sep 08 [more]

The reading of more than 300 charges against those arrested after police anti-terror raids is expected to run into a third day, with seven more defendants demanding they be translated into Maori. 02 Sep 08 [more]

The Waitangi Tribunal received about 1000 new historic claims yesterday as applicants rushed to beat a midnight deadline. 02 Sep 08 [more]

Ngai Tahu is seeking compensation for what it says will be a loss in value of forests it received as part of its historic Treaty claim. 02 Sep 08 [more]

An ownership dispute has broken out over plans to subdivide a site at Northland's scenic Matapouri Bay, which local Maori believe is sacred. 02 Sep 08 [more]

Lawyers for those arrested in controversial anti-terrorism raids last October are expected to request a complete media ban at today's depositions hearing. 01 Sep 08 [more]

Midnight tonight is the deadline for Maori to lodge historical claims over Treaty breaches with the Waitangi Tribunal. 01 Sep 08 [more]

Last minute bids to lodge historic claims were pouring into the Waitangi Tribunal tonight as applicants rushed to beat the midnight deadline. 01 Sep 08 [more]

It’s the book that has caused a storm of controversy but AUT historian Dr Paul Moon says he owes no apology for historical fact. 29 August 08 [more]

A spiritual leader and respected kaumatua has been laid to rest where he was raised, overlooking the Waitemata Harbour at the Orakei urupa. 29 August 08 [more]

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Nazis' book-burning, a crude pogrom against any knowledge or ideas that the German Government considered ideologically unacceptable in 1933. 29 August 08 [more]

Green MP Metiria Turei says smaller claimant groups are the ones who will be most diadvantaged by next week's deadline on historic treaty claims. 28 Aug 08 [more]

The appointment of Robert Kaiwai as New Zealand’s High Commissioner to Kiribati is great news for him, for his iwi, and for the nation, says the Maori Party. 28 August 08 [more]

A mataitai reserve over waters surrounding Mt Maunganui and part of Tauranga Harbour in Bay of Plenty is to be established, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said today. 28 August 08 [more]

A study of Maori cannibalism by historian Paul Moon has prompted a racism complaint to the Human Rights Commission. 27 August 08 [more]

A national statement on race relations was launched by the Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday at the Diversity Forum in Auckland, after a flight delay prevented her from doing so on Monday. 27 August 08 [more]

A Wellington academic has decided to examine why obesity and poor health are more prevalent among Maori than non-Maori. 27 Aug 08 [more]

The author of a book on cannibalism in Maori history is disappointed a racism complaint has been made about it to the Human Rights Commission. 27 August 08 [more]

Australians are considering how Maori electorate seats work here as their Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission builds a case for greater representation for indigenous people there. 26 August 08 [more]

Hutt City Council is to get $139,000 compensation as part of the Treaty of Waitangi settlement with Taranaki Maori signed last week. 26 August 08 [more]

The Maori Party has attracted two new big names to its party list, Naida Glavish and Iritana Tawhiwhirangi. 26 August 08 [more]

Treaty claims have been flooding into the Waitangi Tribunal in unprecedented numbers as the deadline for claims looms. 25 August 08 [more]

A DVD on the Treaty of Waitangi aimed at secondary school students will be released in Wellington today. 25 August 08 [more]

The Education Ministry has immortalised its "infantile" Maori badge blunder, with a little help from teachers and the wonders of Photoshop. 24 August 08 [more]

Waikato-Tainui leaders say they have "future-proofed" their river settlement by securing potentially lucrative rights of first refusal. 23 August 08 [more]

Waikato-Tainui's parliament signed off on its multimillion-dollar river settlement last weekend without knowing its full value. 22 Aug 08 [more]

The Maori Party has released its candidate list for the upcoming election. 22 August 08 [more]

A Maori cemetery near Auckland airport is so waterlogged water rushes into graves as they’re being dug. 21 August 08 [more]

King Tuheitia's coronation commemorations capped a triple crown for John Key yesterday. 21 August 08 [more]

Disputes between a Wellington- based iwi and Ngati Toa continued right up till the former's deed of settlement signing with the Crown at Wellington's Pipitea Marae. 20 August 08 [more]

A Northland kaumatua's refusal to have smoke alarms installed in his home where he lived alone could have ultimately led to his death, an inquest has revealed. 20 Agust 08 [more]

Taranaki Maori own $768 million of assets, a report has found. 19 August 08 [more]

A Wellington-based iwi is expected to be given the opportunity of buying prime real estate, before leasing it back, when it signs a deed of settlement with the Crown today. 19 August 08 [more]

A lake at the Hawke's Bay showgrounds has been listed as a site sacred to Maori, despite historical documents showing it was a manmade gravel pit later filled with water. 19 August 08 [more]

The Maori Party MPs and candidates are hitting the road this week, in their ongoing commitment to return to the people, kanohi ki te kanohi. 19 August 08 [more]

The signing of the Deed of Settlement of the Port Nicholson Block Treaty Claims is a critical point in the journey toward cultural, social and economic rejuvenation for Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika. 19 August 08 [more]

For the first time in our country, Maori will have a real chance of deciding who forms the next government, says the Maori Party candidate for the Ikaroa-Rawhiti electorate, Derek Fox. 19 August [more]

A Maori organisation is threatening legal action against Hamilton City Council, claiming it has not represented iwi interests well enough. 19 August 08 [more]

The Serious Fraud Office has confirmed it is investigating the chairman of a Taranaki iwi over a "substantial amount of money". 18 August 08 [more]

The National Party could have more Maori and Asian MPs in its ranks after the coming election. Its candidate list published yesterday is a clear attempt to boost the party's ethnic diversity. 18 August 08 [more]

The minor parties are facing a devastating election, with only the Maori Party set to survive in significant numbers on the results of the latest Fairfax Media-Nielsen poll. 18 August 08 [more]

Tuhoe activist Tame Iti says it would be the greatest honour of his life to meet controversial war reporter and Middle East expert Dr Robert Fisk at an Auckland marae during the author's upcoming book tour. 17 Aug 08 [more]

The Maori Party campaign to secure the remaining three Maori electorate seats gathers momentum this week with the party’s seven candidates travelling the Hauraki-Waikato electorate together, after a very successful week touring the Ikaroa Rawhiti electorate to secure the support of Maori voters. 17 August 08 [more]

Tainui's Endowed College, which in 10 years has produced few results, looks to be a major beneficiary of the pending Waikato River Treaty settlement. 15 Aug 08 [more]

Tapuika and Ngati Rangiwewehi have signed Joint Terms of Negotiation with the Crown which set out the scope and the nature of their upcoming negotiations to settle their historic Treaty of Waitangi claims, Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen said today. 14 August 08 [more]

A settlement could be in sight for a dispute that has been festering for decades, involving the ownership of the Matahi Forest in the Bay of Plenty and land on which pine trees are planted. 14 August 08 [more]

The haka, Whale Rider, and even Mike Tyson's moko have all failed to put Maori culture in the minds of international tourists. 14 August 08 [more]


Articles and Papers

Pakeha, its origins and meaning, by Jodi Ranford

A selection of writings, by and about Maori

Neo-imperialism and the (mis)appropriation of indigenousness. Makere Harawira speaks out against the new colonisers October 1999 [more]

Links to Maori Sites

maori.gen.nz links to important Maori websites
maori.net.nz links to the tribes
NZ Maori Internet Society links page
Ko Te Rarangi Kaupapa Maori. National Library Maori Subject List.
maori.org.nz links to Maori sites and information
Te Tomokanga portal

Maori Research

He Kete Matauranga. A very good starting point for the serious researcher.
Whakapapa Maori - Maori Genealogy
Maori Biographies Index
Tirohanga Maori - Maori Views. Auckland Uni Library. This bibliography has been compiled to provide a list of references for the library user who is looking for information on Mäori attitudes, beliefs, views and concepts
Waitangi Tribunal Reports.
Office of Treaty Settlements claims status
Indigenous Peoples and the Law.
Use of the
macron in written Maori
The Knowledge Basket
taonga series


General Research

Te Puna Web Directory at the National Library
Lincoln University library web information sources
Internet Gateway from Auckland University Library
NZHistory.net.nz


Community and Maori Development

from Hawaiki to Hawaiki, Community & Maori Development section

Consultus Pacifique Ltd


A joint initiative by community groups with Department of Internal Affairs


Te Kete Hauora
Maori Health Directorate

NZ Maori Internet Society
Te Whanau Ipurangi


A community web site for kaitiaki mäori

 


International Association for Community Development


Maori Websites of Note

from Hawaiki to Hawaiki the Maori people of Aotearoa / Nerw Zealand.
Maori Organisations of New Zealand. Information and links to most Maori sites.
Tino Rangatiratanga - Maori Independence Site. Operates in conjunction with the tino-rangatiratanga email list.
Aotearoa Cafe - Maori discussion forums at aocafe.com
Te Hiringa i Te Mahara. Maori teachers project.
Ngai Tahu websites. The Ngai Tahu people of Te Wai Pounamu (South Island).
Ngati Awa. A Mataatua people of the Bay of Plenty.
Ngati Porou of the East Coast of the North Island
Tuhoe Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board
Maori Theology. By the late Father Michael Shirres
Aotea Harbour, New Zealand.
Maori Arts.com

Hauora Maori
Hokomaha Maori shopping site.
Wakahuia - online Maori treasure chest

ClassySisters - clean, crisp and simple style
Kaitiaki.org.nz - a community web site for kaitiaki mäori.

This column aims to list websites that are by Maori, authentically Maori, well designed, original high quality content, and which make a significant contribution to the presentation of Maori and Maori issues.

Lives of Note

Sir James Henare
Professor Bruce Biggs
Sir Robert Mahuta
Dr Henry Bennett
Freda Kawharu
NZ Dictionary of Biography


Other Indigenous Sites

Pacific Nations websites
Pacific Action
Pacific Islands Internet Resources
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Net Warriors. International Political Observers on the Rights of Indigenous People
Indigenous Peoples of the World
NativeWeb
Fiji Native Land Trust Board


Activism

8 maxims of strategy
Tino Rangatiratanga with its associated email list.
Aotearoa Cafe - Discussion Forums Portal on Maori issues

UN Indigenous People page
Electronic activism - a case study & manual
Fiji Coup Supplement. An example of a web & email campaign.
s-11 Mass Action Melbourne - 11 September 2000
International Forum on Globalization
Peace Movement Aotearoa
The Internet Peace Gateway
The People's Embassy
Context Analysis
Caritas Aotearoa
NZ Intelligence & Security
NZ Activism Email list
SustainableWellington Net
Activists' Guide to Exploiting the Media
Contemporary Maori Protest
Self Determination in the Information Age
I
ndigenous Rights in the Pacific
The Virtual Activist
Online Strategy
The Non-Violence Web. How to use the internet for organising
Liszt, mailing list directory
The Net Effect
Foreign Correspondent
Federation of American Scientists
Sovereignty International
Free Range Activism
Electrohippies electronic activism
Cult of the Dead Cow
Hacker News Network
SecurityFocus.com
Survival International
FAS Cyberstrategy
Using anonymous remailers
Free anonymous email

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