Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne o Wairau • Reporter for The Hui [email protected]
Wellington City, New Zealand
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When Britain's Parliament passed the New Zealand Constitution Act in 1852, their assumption was that most Māori would not be subject to the authority of the NZ Parliament to be established under it but would instead continue to govern their own affairs under section 71.
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Blowback: How Israel Helped Create Hamas youtu.be/o7grSsuFSS0?si=qOv6… via @YouTube
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Israel-Gaza conflict: Protest group Tāmaki for Palestine claim responsibility for red paint splashed on MFAT and the US Consulate buildings in Auckland.
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First story for @TheHuiNZ airs today - and a condensed version is also airing on Newshub tonight.
Mōkai Pātea have 17,000+ hectares of land they can only reach via helicopter because the Crown never put in roading access over a century ago.
Today on #TheHui
Locked out of their land, central north island iwi collective, Mokai Pātea are fighting to gain access to their whenua.
#TheHui Monday 4.30pm on newshub.co.nz and Facebook. Also, screening Tuesday after Newshub Late on Three.
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Super excited about Te Paepae Rangatahi at Verb fest soon! Register now for your free ticket. Feat the amazing @MerianaJ from @TheSpinoffTV and curated by Te Hā o Ngā Pou verbwellington.nz/festival-2…
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Inquiry into charities funding John Tamihere’s political campaigning sees issuing of formal warning notice to Waipareira for “serious wrongdoing”. nzherald.co.nz/business/regu…
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He's "coming back" - a Winston Peters exclusive like never before. Tomorrow @NewsroomNZ Pro
"Are you angry at me for having a hobby"😆
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Dr Matire Harwood, Senior Lecturer in Māori Health at the University of Auckland, has been awarded a Community Service Medal at GP22: The Conference for General Practice.
Read more about Matire's range of contributions to Māori health here: bit.ly/3veWTtF
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Honestly man wāhine Māori and tākata Takatāpui be doing the emotional labour for our whanau, hapū, and iwi all day erry day for free. So if we are doing you a favour do NOT waste our time, because you are taking it from whānau in need.
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Food-share bags that Starbucks supposedly donates found in a dumpster in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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Thinking about how two cops in Christchurch rammed the mosque terrorist's car off the road and arrested him even while they thought he and the car might be rigged to explode.
But 19 Texas cops wait an hour to breach a classroom while the gunman keeps shooting kids.
The #Uvalde timeline offered by Texas officials right now is gutting. There were 19 police officers in the hallway who made the decision not to break into the room, at the same time children inside were alive and calling 911. One begged “please send police now.”
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Tihei mauri ora! 60,000 more Māori e Pasifika will have access to Bowel Screening, by reducing screening age for Māori e Pasifika from 60>50y. Kia Ora Minister @PeeniHenare, tū meke. An evidence based, legit strategy to achieve health equity for bowel cancer in Aotearoa.
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“The horror,” said James Baldwin, over four decades ago, “is that America… changes all the time, without ever changing at all.”
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Pediatrician here. I want people to know that death by firearm is not rare in kids. In fact, it has been the #1 cause death in this age group since 2020. In 2020 alone, 4300 children died from firearms. That’s equivalent to one Boeing 747 plane crash every month for 9 months.
Over the weekend, I had the pouri experience of triggering someone's language trauma. Of assuming because they were Māori, they spoke te reo Māori, and seeing them shrink away with whakamā when I asked them if they wanted to choose a waiata. When just moments earlier they 1/6
Engari, nā te kōrero o @formerlydaniels i te hōtaka o Indigenous 100, "Ko te aro ki te whakamahu i a tātou anō." In learning our language, we heal.
The whakamā of making a mistake is temporary. The impact of reclaiming our reo is intergenerational. 5/6