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Ae Marika! 14 May 2013
Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaLast Thursday 12 rangatahi met in Whangarei along with my staff (and with my daughter Ngahuia acting as facilitator), to choose someone to represent Tai Tokerau at the 2013 Youth Parliament. Most MPs just pick somebody but I wanted to...
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Ae Marika! 7 May 2013
Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaFunerals are solemn occasions because they represent the passing away of loved ones, and here in the far north we’ve had a few lately of some very well-respected kaumatua and kuia, a couple of them in their mid 90’s. The...
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Ae Marika! 16 April 2013
Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaI get requests for assistance from as far away as Hong Kong and California, and not just from Maori either. They come from Pakeha, Pacifica and every other ethnic group you can think of … including Tarara! It’s almost impossible for...
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Ae Marika! 9 April 2013
Posted on April 9, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika, NewsOn Saturday night I was privileged to host my first ever citizenship ceremony as a Member of Parliament. The ceremony was for a good friend of mine, Mike Kyriazopoulos and his wife Joanne. Mike is a mix of Greek and...
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IWI TAKETAKE – Ae Marika!
Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin in Ae Marika, NewsIn 2012 the United Nations General Assembly agreed to hold a World Conference of Indigenous People’s Conference. The conference will be held 22-23 September 2014, in New York (WCIP14). Because it is a UN meeting, WCIP14 will be hosted by...
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Ae Marika – 19 March 2013 “You gotta laugh…”
Posted on March 19, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaYou gotta laugh … We’ve been suffering through the worst drought we’ve seen in decades over the last couple of months, with water resources stretched, all the paddocks going brown and farmers going to the wall, and then the very first...
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“A bit of Counsel for the Council” Ae Marika! 12 March 2013 – MP Hone Harawira
Posted on March 12, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaA BIT OF COUNSEL FOR THE COUNCIL You’d think that after 100 years, and having attended the Treaty Settlement signings for Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto and Te Aupouri, and having been directly involved in negotiations for months to establish a Statutory...
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Ae Marika! 5 March 2013 – Tame Iti & Ralph Hotere – by Hone Harawira
Posted on March 5, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaTame Iti got outta jail last week so I popped up to Waikato to catch up with him. Tame’s name is linked in everyone’s mind with Tuhoe, but his mum is from Ngati Wairere and his “coming out” breakfast was...
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Ae Marika! 26 Feb 2013 – Te Matatini 2013
Posted on February 26, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaGoing to the Matatini last week was a real thrill - all the best kapahaka groups in the country gathered together at the Rotorua International Stadium for a four day extravaganza of Maori performing arts. The stadium was well set out,...
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Maori education – Ae Marika! 19 Feb 2013
Posted on February 19, 2013 by admin in Ae MarikaMaori education doesn’t always get a good review so here’s a couple of positive stories. Firstly a good home story to start with. Yesterday I attended the opening of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Pukemiro in Kaitaia. It gave me...
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