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Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis and Craig Shepard of Kaitūmata Māori of the Ngāti Koata Trust hongi during the Community launch of Te Hurihanganui at the Victory Community Centre, in Nelson.
A Nelson community has become the fourth in New Zealand to take part a $42 million project addressing racism and bias in the education system. The Associate Minister for Education, Kelvin Davis, on Thursday unveiled Nelson’s Victory community as the latest of the six communities nationwide, participating in the kaupapa, Te Hurihanganui, which started in Porirua last year. Welcomed at Victory Community Centre by representatives of the community, including the region’s eight iwi, and the kapa haka group Ngā Āho Rau – from Nelson College and Nelson College for Girls – Davis said that racism existed in Aotearoa.
Press Release – Nelson Media Photo: John Paul Pochin Nelsons annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet is scheduled for Saturday 15 May at noon on Wakefield Quay. This is the 20th year the blessing has been held, and organiser and Seafarers Memorial Trust spokesman Mike Smith …
Photo: John Paul Pochin
Nelson’s annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet is scheduled for Saturday 15 May at noon on Wakefield Quay.
This is the 20th year the blessing has been held, and organiser and Seafarers’ Memorial Trust spokesman Mike Smith says it’s an event that has won a place on the Nelson calendar and in people’s hearts.
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 5:07 pm
Photo:
John Paul Pochin
Nelson’s annual
Blessing of the Fishing Fleet is scheduled for Saturday 15
May at noon on Wakefield Quay.
This is the 20th year
the blessing has been held, and organiser and Seafarers’
Memorial Trust spokesman Mike Smith says it’s an event
that has won a place on the Nelson calendar and in
people’s hearts.
“Blessings like this have been
held in ports around the world for centuries, but this event
is unique in New Zealand – the sea and fishing are such an
integral part of our Nelson community,” he said. “It’s