Māori Party Co-leader, Tariana Turia, has described last night's New Zealander of the Year Ceremony as a very proud moment for Aotearoa.
"Dame Anne Salmond is a most appropriate champion of our national spirit.
Her distinguished academic career has been the vehicle by which she has expressed so passionately, the shape of our nationhood. She has immersed herself in ...
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Co-Leader of the Maori Party, Dr Pita Sharples is over the moon that Gail Parata (Ngā Ruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui) has been appointed as the new National Coach for Netball Scotland and congratulates her for achieving this milestone in her career.
"I am so pleased for Gail and her whānau, that she has been given this new position," said Dr Sharples. "She is a world-class coach and ...
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The Māori Party welcomes today's announcement of a facilitator to engage government agencies and the Kōhanga Reo National Trust in a joint work programme, to help resolve the Kōhanga Reo claim against the Crown.
"The Crown has taken a step forward by adopting the Waitangi Tribunal's recommendation for an independent facilitator and announcing terms of reference," said Māori Party ...
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Māori will never have a meaningful role in managing natural resources if the proposed changes to the RMA are passed says the Māori Party.
"The Resource Management Act is the matua piece of legislation that impacts on natural resource management and many local government issues. These are key areas of interest for tangata whenua and yet the discussion document in its current form provides ...
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