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Occupants of a car and a bus deliberately parked to obstruct traffic on SH1 only moved out of the way this afternoon after "lengthy engagement with police".
Occupants of a car and a bus deliberately parked to obstruct traffic on SH1 only moved out of the way this afternoon after "lengthy engagement with police".
Kei nga Manahautu, Rau rangatira ma
koutou kua tatū mai i runga i te kaupapa
Tēnā koutou Tēnā koutou Tēnā tātou katoa
Nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Kawana
To all Chief Executives who have gathered on this very significant occasion; I bid you greetings
I am delighted that so many Chief Executives are present this evening, allowing me to recognise and thank you for the extraordinary work you do, as heads of our public service, to protect and strengthen public trust in our system of government.
In Aotearoa, we are blessed to have a history of stable institutions of government.
How did you come to be an expert on He Whakaputanga?
Prof Manuka Henare: How I came to do a PhD on it is really quite by accident. I had taken Sir James Henare to a cup of coffee in Kawakawa, and I was urging him, in a polite way that a young person tries to urge a rangatira of his status, that maybe he should put all his things down in writing, so that we could all remember it.
And so he said, “I’ve got a better idea.” He said, “You go and do a PhD on He Whakaputanga, and do the scholarly side of the oral tradition.” So he saw himself as an oral tradition person. And he said, “We need some scholarship, because,” he said, “there will be a day when He Whakaputanga becomes a political issue again.”