Northern Hawke s Bay iwi fight for lost rights
22 Feb, 2021 03:41 AM
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Lady Tureiti Moxon (nee Hawkins, of Mohaka) at the High Court hearing in Napier on Friday. Photo / Supplied
Lady Tureiti Moxon (nee Hawkins, of Mohaka) at the High Court hearing in Napier on Friday. Photo / Supplied
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A Northern Hawke s Bay iwi s 30 years of modern-day battles to protect the coastal and marine resources of its areas has unfolded in an air of disbelief in a High Court hearing now in its third week in Napier.
The hearing is based on an application by Mohaka and Raupunga-based Ngati Pahauwera for recognition of customary right under the Marine and Coastal Area Act, and is before Justice Peter Churchman and is being held in the Napier War Memorial Conference Centre. It relates to the area off the coast between Poututu Stream and the Esk River.
Waitangi Tribunal lawyer teaches Kiwi kids about Te Tiriti
22 Feb, 2021 01:07 AM
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Waitangi Tribunal lawyer Roimata Smail has developed an online Te Tiriti of Waitangi education programme to help teachers share the basics with five to 12-year-olds. Photo / Supplied
Waitangi Tribunal lawyer Roimata Smail has developed an online Te Tiriti of Waitangi education programme to help teachers share the basics with five to 12-year-olds. Photo / Supplied
A lawyer at the Waitangi Tribunal by day, by night a Napier-based woman is helping teach schools about the Te Tiriti of Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) through an online workshop. Roimata Smail, a Waitangi
Tracy O’Connell says 11 of the staff members at the child care center she directs went back to school this year to earn additional certificates and qualify
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A lawyer representing whanau who have had dealings with Oranga Tamariki has said the government department should be replaced with a Maori authority focussing on prevention.
There is no other way to stop tamariki Māori being disproportionately taken into state care than to disestablish Oranga Tamariki, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told during closing submissions for the urgent inquiry into the child protection agency. The inquiry started in July last year after Oranga Tamariki came under fire for the systemic removal of tamariki and pēpi Māori. The purpose of the hearing has been to find out why there has been such a consistent disparity of tamariki Māori being removed from their families, whether legislative and practice changes had made any difference, and what further changes to legislation might be required to secure outcomes that uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
There is no other way to stop tamariki Māori being disproportionately taken into state care than to disestablish Oranga Tamariki, the Waitangi Tribunal has been told during closing submissions for the urgent inquiry into the child protection agency.
The inquiry started in July last year after Oranga Tamariki came under fire for the systemic removal of tamariki and pēpi Māori.
The purpose of the hearing has been to find out why there has been such a consistent disparity of tamariki Māori being removed from their families, whether legislative and practice changes had made any difference, and what further changes to legislation might be required to secure outcomes that uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi.