Press Release – New Zealand Government Budget 2021 shows the Governments commitment to tackling the long-term challenge of Mori reoffending while putting the focus on the wellbeing of whnau, with the launch of Whine Mori Pathways at Christchurch Womens Prison, Corrections Minister …
Budget 2021 shows the Government’s commitment to tackling the long-term challenge of Māori reoffending while putting the focus on the wellbeing of whānau, with the launch of Wāhine
Māori Pathways at Christchurch Women’s Prison, Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis said today.
The Wāhine Māori Pathways are a series of initiatives designed in partnership with Māori to build better outcomes for women in Christchurch Women’s Prison.
Māori Pathways at
Christchurch Women’s Prison, Corrections Minister Kelvin
Davis said today.
The Wāhine Māori Pathways are a
series of initiatives designed in partnership with Māori to
build better outcomes for women in Christchurch Women’s
Prison.
“The Wāhine Māori Pathways recognise and
respond to the specific needs of women in the criminal
justice system, and will also improve wellbeing outcomes for
tamariki and whānau alongside the women,” Kelvin Davis
said.
“Our corrections system has largely been
designed and developed to provide for men, however women
have specific needs that require a unique approach and
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The Southern Pacific Archaeological Research (SPAR) unit form The University of Otago has uncovered a Māori Village in Gisborne that is believed to have been from the 14th century. (report from 2018)
Radiocarbon dating shows kūmara were being stored in pits on the Otago coast in the 15th century, seemingly overturning assumptions the area was too cold to store live Polynesian crops. Confirmation the pits were used for kūmara storage also ties in with local Māori oral history and tradition. While some of those traditions refer to southern kūmara loss or failure, some reference kūmara memories, atua (deities), stores and cultivation.
Press Release – University of Canterbury From European studies and Russian language to a Whakapapa Studentship at Te Rnanga o Ngi Tahu, Ereni Ptere has had an interesting journey of discovery at the University of Canterbury (UC), leading to her graduation with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) with …
From European studies and Russian language to a Whakapapa Studentship at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Ereni Pūtere has had an interesting journey of discovery at the University of Canterbury (UC), leading to her graduation with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) with First Class Honours in History today (Friday 16 April).
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Te Aika 2021 will be installed on the Avon riverbank in front of Te Pae convention centre in Christchurch. (Artist s impression)
Te Aika was designed by two Ngāi Tahu artists: Rachael Rakena from Christchurch and Simon Kaan of Dunedin. “We hope people are going to love it, and be able to completely take ownership of it,” Kaan said. The sculpture was being produced by the Scape public art organisation with input from Ngāi Tahu cultural adviser Matapopore trust. The artwork cost $440,000, and was funded as part of the Crown s $475 million Te Pae budget.
STACY SQUIRES/Stuff Scape’s Carolyne Grant said with its “very large” dimensions and riverside location,