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3 days ago
- General
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Positive Treaty Talk Sparks Interest
Press Release – Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa The speakers were Paul Prestige, retired community leader – Nelson City Councillor for Nelson Mori Ward Kahu Paki Paki, Penny Molar QSM, award-winning educator and Founder of Whenua-iti Outdoor Education Centre, Hazel Nash and retired Methodist … An evening of positive conversations in Whakatū Nelson about the Treaty of Waitangi generated significant interest and around 80 local people attended the event. 'Te Tiriti seen through local eyes' was the topic for the five speakers, says organisers Chris Hickson and Katie O'Donnell of Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa. The speakers were Paul Prestige, retired community leader – Nelson City Councillor for Nelson Māori Ward Kahu Paki Paki, Penny Molar QSM, award-winning educator and Founder of Whenua-iti Outdoor Education Centre, Hazel Nash and retired Methodist church leader Reverend Gary Clover. The free evening was held at the Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre, Main Rd Stoke, on Thursday May 22. It started with cuppa and cake at 6.30pm and the speakers began at 7pm finishing around 9.30 after a Q&A session the organisers report. MC for the night was Ceara McAuliffe Bickerton who did a wonderful job of bringing the audience along the journey and helping to weave the speakers stories together. Themes from some of the stories including pearls of wisdom from life experiences, experiences of attending protests and being awhi by the Māori community, how soldiers were treated differently upon returning to New Zealand from WW2 and how land issues sadly unfolded over generations for both Māori and Pākeha, with ongoing consequences today and dating back as far as the New Zealand Company days. Builder, businessman and artist Kahu Paki Paki (Te Ātiawa) is the first Māori ward councillor for Nelson, elected in the 2022 local government elections. He put the audience at ease sharing his wisdom and encouragement for a positive future in Whakatū, and Aotearoa. The evening was for everyone but particularly those keen to hear how the Treaty is key to New Zealand's harmonious future with a clear place to stand for everyone,' Chris said adding, 'The next thing is that people will need more information to make an informed decision around the local body referendums'.
Scoop
3 days ago
- Politics
- Scoop
Positive Treaty Talk Sparks Interest
An evening of positive conversations in Whakatū Nelson about the Treaty of Waitangi generated significant interest and around 80 local people attended the event. 'Te Tiriti seen through local eyes' was the topic for the five speakers, says organisers Chris Hickson and Katie O'Donnell of Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa. The speakers were Paul Prestige, retired community leader - Nelson City Councillor for Nelson Māori Ward Kahu Paki Paki, Penny Molar QSM, award-winning educator and Founder of Whenua-iti Outdoor Education Centre, Hazel Nash and retired Methodist church leader Reverend Gary Clover. The free evening was held at the Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre, Main Rd Stoke, on Thursday May 22. It started with cuppa and cake at 6.30pm and the speakers began at 7pm finishing around 9.30 after a Q&A session the organisers report. MC for the night was Ceara McAuliffe Bickerton who did a wonderful job of bringing the audience along the journey and helping to weave the speakers stories together. Themes from some of the stories including pearls of wisdom from life experiences, experiences of attending protests and being awhi by the Māori community, how soldiers were treated differently upon returning to New Zealand from WW2 and how land issues sadly unfolded over generations for both Māori and Pākeha, with ongoing consequences today and dating back as far as the New Zealand Company days. Builder, businessman and artist Kahu Paki Paki (Te Ātiawa) is the first Māori ward councillor for Nelson, elected in the 2022 local government elections. He put the audience at ease sharing his wisdom and encouragement for a positive future in Whakatū, and Aotearoa. The evening was for everyone but particularly those keen to hear how the Treaty is key to New Zealand's harmonious future with a clear place to stand for everyone,' Chris said adding, "The next thing is that people will need more information to make an informed decision around the local body referendums".
Scoop
3 days ago
- Politics
- Scoop
Positive Treaty Talk Sparks Interest
An evening of positive conversations in Whakatū Nelson about the Treaty of Waitangi generated significant interest and around 80 local people attended the event. 'Te Tiriti seen through local eyes' was the topic for the five speakers, says organisers Chris Hickson and Katie O'Donnell of Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa. The speakers were Paul Prestige, retired community leader - Nelson City Councillor for Nelson Māori Ward Kahu Paki Paki, Penny Molar QSM, award-winning educator and Founder of Whenua-iti Outdoor Education Centre, Hazel Nash and retired Methodist church leader Reverend Gary Clover. The free evening was held at the Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre, Main Rd Stoke, on Thursday May 22. It started with cuppa and cake at 6.30pm and the speakers began at 7pm finishing around 9.30 after a Q&A session the organisers report. MC for the night was Ceara McAuliffe Bickerton who did a wonderful job of bringing the audience along the journey and helping to weave the speakers stories together. Themes from some of the stories including pearls of wisdom from life experiences, experiences of attending protests and being awhi by the Māori community, how soldiers were treated differently upon returning to New Zealand from WW2 and how land issues sadly unfolded over generations for both Māori and Pākeha, with ongoing consequences today and dating back as far as the New Zealand Company days. Builder, businessman and artist Kahu Paki Paki (Te Ātiawa) is the first Māori ward councillor for Nelson, elected in the 2022 local government elections. He put the audience at ease sharing his wisdom and encouragement for a positive future in Whakatū, and Aotearoa. The evening was for everyone but particularly those keen to hear how the Treaty is key to New Zealand's harmonious future with a clear place to stand for everyone,' Chris said adding, "The next thing is that people will need more information to make an informed decision around the local body referendums".
NZ Herald
5 days ago
- Politics
- NZ Herald
Letters: We need cross-party agreement to create the health system that is the best for our people
Health should not be a political football. Like what is trying to be achieved with infrastructure, there should be cross-party agreement to create the health system that is the best for our people. Bruce Owen, Drury. Waring a woman of wisdom Thank goodness for Dame Marilyn Waring, a woman who has the integrity, wisdom and commonsense to state publicly what many of us are thinking; that you should not rush through Parliament without consultation a pay equity bill that affects all the low-paid women in New Zealand. And she is doing something about it. I wonder what the well-paid women MPs in the National, Act and NZ First parties are thinking now, being shown up for their lack of solidarity. Of course, they have to toe the party line... and all three party leaders are men. M Minson, Highland Park. A reminder for drivers With speed limits in the headlines, it could be an opportune time to remind drivers that when using state highways or other roads with a 100km/h limit, that unless a right turn provision is marked on the road, it is illegal to slow down and turn right. The rule is to pull to the left of the road and wait for clear passage. I recently nearly ran up the back of a driver sitting stationary in the middle of the single lane with a right indicator going while I rapidly approached him at 100km/h. A road safety campaign seems prudent to draw this rule to the attention of some ignorant drivers putting others at risk. Margaret Anderson, Whitianga. Beware of the bill The Regulatory Standards Bill sounds boring and harmless, especially compared to the recent Budget, but it is, in fact, even more dangerous than the defeated Treaty Principles Bill. The Waitangi Tribunal has already identified the lack of consultation with Māori as 'a breach of the Te Tiriti/Treaty principle of partnership'. Worse, the bill surrounds future legislation with a large set of bureaucratic constraints clearly intended to lock in Act's neoliberal principles everywhere. It even creates a powerful Regulatory Standards Board. If this wasn't such a serious matter, I'd be tempted to compare the bill's impact with that of the fictional Department of Administrative Affairs in the BBC's Yes, Minister. But this is the real world, and the bill must be stopped. Submissions are open on the site and close at 1 pm on June 23. Brian Carpenter, Auckland. Some advice for the Speaker I thoroughly enjoyed reading Bruce Cotterill's Opinion piece in Saturday's Herald (May 24) and thought it was a superb take on just how low our parliamentarians have stooped in their demeanour and lack of respect for each other and, ultimately, New Zealand. They are not setting good examples of behaviour to our young people and I would hesitate to take a class to watch a parliamentary session as they would be left totally bewildered by the stupidity and rudeness they were witnessing. I suggest that our Speaker of the House contacts Sir Kerry Burke, a former Speaker of the House, and get some wise advice from him on how to sort out this current mess. Andrea Dorn, St Heliers. True nature of protests Israel's actions, in basically destroying Gaza, have been the subject of global horror and condemnation. That has led to the protests at various American universities for which the Trump administration has labelled the same as 'anti-Semitic' and then set about to punish those universities and the protesting students. The level of punishment has been extreme, including the withholding of federal grants to certain universities and the incarceration/exclusion of certain students, and in particular those from outside the United States. Trump's actions (labelling the protests as anti-Semitic) is contrived and is false. What is occurring in Gaza is not and never has been the fault of the Jewish community. The singular responsibility for the destruction of Gaza and the merciless harm being inflicted on the Palestinian people lies with the state of Israel and its far-right Government. The protests taking place in America and elsewhere are anti-Israel; they are not anti-Semitic (meaning anti-Jewish). Raymond S. Walker, Auckland. Children paying the price Israel attempts to deflect attention from the atrocities it is committing in Gaza each day by accusing Hamas of staging deaths and turning children into weapons of propaganda. Meanwhile, what is Israel turning children into? Bodies. Michael Rovers, Laingholm.
Scoop
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Regulatory Standards Bill Inflicts ACT's Far-Right Principles On Aotearoa
Press Release – Greenpeace 'The Regulatory Standards Bill tries to make all future lawmakers in government follow a rigid set of the ACT Partys far-right principles – prioritising corporate interests over people, nature, and Te Tiriti,' says Greenpeace spokesperson Gen Toop. The Government is facing backlash over David Seymour's controversial Regulatory Standards Bill which passed its first reading today, under the shadow of the Budget. 'After the uproar over the Treaty Principles Bill, the Luxon Government looks to be trying to keep Seymour's latest unpopular Bill quiet. They've clearly chosen to introduce it in Budget week to minimise scrutiny,' said Greenpeace spokesperson Gen Toop. 'The Regulatory Standards Bill tries to make all future lawmakers in government follow a rigid set of the ACT Party's far-right principles – prioritising corporate interests over people, nature, and Te Tiriti,' says Toop. This is the fourth time ACT has tried to pass the bill. It's failed not once, not twice, but three times already. This time, more than 20,000 people submitted on the Bill during its first consultation, with only 0.33% of submitters in support, while 88% opposed it outright. The Bill was also the subject of a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry, brought by over 13,000 claimants. The Tribunal found the Crown had breached its Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and called on the Crown to halt further work on the controversial bill until it consults with Māori. One of the principles in the Regulatory Standards Bill would create a new and unprecedented expectation that the Crown compensate corporations if environmental or public interest laws affect their property. 'It's a simple principle: polluters should pay – not be paid by the public. But Seymour's bill turns that on its head,' says Toop. 'If this bill becomes law, corporations like ExxonMobil, Fonterra and Monsanto would expect taxpayer handouts when the government introduces basic environmental or public protections.' 'These extreme neoliberal ideas have no place in our legal system here in Aotearoa, where we have long valued fairness and collective responsibility rather than individual entitlements to harm nature or others under the guise of freedom,' says Toop. Greenpeace, along with Forest & Bird, WWF-New Zealand and the Environmental Defence Society, issued an open letter to the Prime Minister on Monday calling on him to reject the Regulatory Standards Bill, warning that it is an 'unprecedented threat' to environmental protection, climate action, and the country's democratic and constitutional foundations.
