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 Hui
Taumata 2005 - In 1984 Maori leaders and thinkers came
together at the first Hui Taumata to share their dreams
and ideas for the 20 years ahead. Last week, we witnessed
the hosting of the Hui Taumata 2005, a follow-up opportunity
to again discuss and debate Maori economic, social and cultural
development. Focused around ‘People, Enterprises and
Assets’, this Hui had been called to review what had
been achieved over the last 20 years, and signaled intentions
for the next 20. With an impressive steering committee (Te
Atairangikaahu, Kitty Bennett, Shane Jones, Ngatata Love,
Rob McLeod, Paul Reeves, Linda Smith, Mark Solomon, Taria
Tahana, Tumu Te Heuheu Tukino, Rawiri Te Whare, Allison
Thom and Koro Wetere), this Hui was billed as the Summit
to launch the Maori Millennium. But was it?
Twenty years ago, I remember the pain and tension created
when the New Zealand Government deregulated the economy,
selling off vital state-owned assets and creating mass unemployment.
My neighbourhood of Fordblock, Rotorua, suffered unnecessary
hardships, with many forced into unemployment due to redundancies
in the forest, the public sector and manufacturing industries.
Few were prepared for the devastating impact of the turbulent
80’s, and as the old adage went “Maori are usually
the last hired and the first fired”. For over a decade,
the spectre of New Zealand poverty plagued our community
and what had been successfully discussed at the first Hui
Taumata, fell on deaf ears. Today, the adage still holds
true in many places, community poverty is still being experienced
throughout the country, yet we are told that there are more
Maori millionaires than ever before.
The Maori economy is estimated to be worth over $2b, and
is projected to double (even quadruple) over the next 5
years. During the Hui Taumata, over 400 attendees were told
that during the next 20 years some of the dominant commercial
players in the economy will be very prominent Maori men
and women. But which prominent Maori? Some critics have
pointed out that those who work alongside the Labour Party
will undoubtedly benefit, while others remain apprehensive
to the fact that the wave of 1990’s ‘corporate
warriors’ will gain. Meanwhile, many communities continue
to ask the same questions - Why have we come to expect Maori
unemployment to be twice the national average? Why is the
average Maori income proportionately less than Pakeha? Why
is Maori poverty unrecognised? How can settlement money
be sustainable but at the same time, assist the whanau,
hapu, marae and iwi who agreed to such deals?
The Hui Taumata 2005 had the advantage of drawing together
Maori leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs, bureaucrats and
business people – a great deal of interpersonal networking
would have been had, along with moments of insight, reflection
and projection. However, where were the voices of rangatahi?
While many speakers referred to ‘generational sustainability’,
why weren’t youth delegates invited and supported?
Also, what role does the community play in these ‘high-level
discussions’, and why was this significant Hui held
in Te Papa, and not back in the community where much of
this money is sourced? More fundamentally, how can we be
sure that the Maori economy is not once again used as the
buffer for the greater New Zealand economy? We are told
that this Hui Taumata will be followed by six months of
research, so whanau, I urge you to go out and do your own
research about the Hui Taumata of 1984, the Hui Taumata
of 2005 and the wider issue of ‘Maori and the Economy’.
Here are some links associated
with the Hui Taumata:
Message from the Managing Director:
Kia Ora Whanau. We’d like to take this time to thank
all of you for reading, writing, debating and discussing
our mahi, the panui and the website. It has been an absolute
pleasure bringing a weekly panui and regularly updating
the website. We have received hundreds of email messages
and promise to reply to every one. If you have anything
to add, to dispute, to support, please, we invite you to
send in your comments. After all, RANGIKAINGA
and TangataWhenua.com
have been created to provide a safe space for Maori
opinion on issues affecting us. We hope to bring you more
stories, more pictures and more links over the next few
issues, and soon, we will be asking you to make regular
contributions – we will be looking for stories from
your marae, your papakainga, your community, your workplace,
your home. So whanau, please keep checking into our homepage,
keep reading the panui and keep sending in your comments,
events and information. Have a choice week.
Na Potaua
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 For
those interested in another Kaupapa Maori Health Organisation
have a look at Te
Hotu Manawa Maori. This roopu is a national health
promotion organisation with the specific aim of reducing
the likelihood of heart related illness and death amongst
Maori. The organisation is a totally by Maori
for Maori health service. Ka pai!
For those in Hamilton, the Parents' Place Charitable
Trust will host an information evening to present both
sides of the Meningococcal B debate. It will be held
at the Celebrating Age Centre, Victoria St on March
9 at 7pm. Invited guests represent the Ministry
of Health, Immunisation
Awareness Society, independent researchers, scientists
and ethics experts. For more info email the Parents'
Place.
A special mention must be made to the recipients of
the National Maori Health Scholarships. Following four
days of discussion and debate at the third Te Matarau
(Association of Maori Development Organisations) Conference
on Maori health issues in New Plymouth, Bev Gibson,
Jo Bertrand, Lara Puketapu-Collins and Grace Taiaroa
were awarded Maori Health Scholarships to continue their
respective tertiary education programmes. Good luck
with your important studies and congratulations on the
Awards.
 Another
organisation committed to the kaupapa is Te
Rapuora o Waiharakeke a health service provider
promoting whanau well-being from the Marlborough region.
With a very professional homepage, Te Rapuora o Waiharakeke
has information relevant to alcohol, drug, disability,
mental health and whanauora, stimulating korero on rongoa
Maori, details the core values of the service and is
highlighting an upcoming Hui (Omaka Marae 15 - 17 March
2005). Kia Kaha with your mahi whanau.
Ministry
of Health Hauora Maori Scholarships 2005 close 21
March 2005. Download the Guidelines
Form to see if you are eligable and if you are,
download the Application
Form (both are large files so it may take time to
download them if you are using a dialup connection).
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 Tickets
are now on sale for WOMAD,
the festival will be held between the 11th - 13th of
March in Taranaki. Mahinarangi
Tocker, Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa,
Ngati Maniapoto, will be representing Aotearoa
at this international festival of music and dance. There
will be more than 250 performers from 15 countries,
covering a range of styles from folk to reggae, gospel
to ska.
 Don't
forget e hoa ma that the Pasifika
Festival will be held in Auckland on March 12 (with
an opening concert on March 11 at 7.30pm). Admission
is FREE and the Festival features everything
from contemporary arts and music to traditional food,
handicraft and cultural performances. The concert
on Saturday features Dei Hamo, Nesian Mystik and
Ardijah. Download the site
map if you're going and we'll see you there. Auckland
Museum is part of the programme
of events in support of the Pasifika Festival. Programme
highlights include music workshops, film screenings
and weaving.
And RANGIKAINGA would like to pass on condolences
to our brother, Philip
Fuemana – a visionary, a pioneer and a man
who lived his dreams. 1 in the Muzik, Phil. Haere, Haere,
Haere….
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 We'd
like to welcome a new member to the whanau, Rangatiratanga
Canvases. Created from the arts, words and politics
of Maori, Rangatiratanga Canvases acknowledges decades
of protest, struggle and survival and is a celebration
of indigenous thought and imagery.
"Its time to take our images from the streets
into our homes, offices and whare, says director Robyn
Kamira, Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa. Rangatiratanga
Canvases is the first online service of its kind, she
says, and while we love our tino rangatiratanga flags
and t-shirts—a painted canvas gives people quality
taonga that will last and can be passed down to the
next generation."
Rangatiratanga Canvases postal address is PO Box 106
Piha, Waitakere City, Auckland, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
or email
them to find out more.
Entrepreneur Sarah Reo has a powerful yet simple message
for Maori wishing to start a business. "If you've
got a good idea and you believe in yourself and you
believe in what you are doing, give it a go." Ms
Reo, 30, and her partner Jason Fox, 34, are the poster
couple for this week's hui taumata. Together they have
built and developed a cutting-edge language business
from nothing in less than five years (the following
excerpt was featured in the Dominion Post, and was written
by Nick Venter, 1 March 2005).
 Cultureflow
sells Maori language courses to government agencies,
schools and private clients. Its sister company, Cultureflow
China, sells English language programmes in China
using the methodology pioneered in New Zealand.
Clients learn via an interactive CD-rom, face-to-face
tuition, on-line chats, a mobile coaching service, an
Internet discussion board and written work. Ms Reo will
unveil their latest innovation learning via mobile
phone at the Hui Taumata.
"Irrespective of what anybody says to you, at
the end of the day, what we've learned in the past 41/2
years is that you have to have faith in yourself. That's
basically what the key to business is. You have to have
enough drive and enough passion and enough faith in
yourself to believe that you can make it happen, irrespective
of tax, irrespective of government policy, irrespective
of the fact that you are Maori, irrespective of the
fact that you are a woman."
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 For
those interested in reading Tariana Turia's most recent
"Beehive Chat" article on the Hui Taumata
2005 click here.
Over
the weekend the Waiariki electorate cast their vote
selecting Te
Ururoa Flavell as their candidate to contest the
upcoming General Election. Congratulations to the Waiariki
whanau whanui. We will update you as to the list candidates
as soon as we can confirm the results. The Te
Tai Tonga electorate is the final electorate to complete
its candidate selection and we will keep you posted
of all relevant details.
The Dominion Post reported recently that, Amokura Panoho
announced she had settled the defamation action against
Education Minister Trevor Mallard and former associate
Maori Affairs Minister John Tamihere for comments they
made about her leaving her Labour Department job in
July last year. Both Mr Mallard and Mr Tamihere have
agreed to pay Ms Panoho's legal costs, totalling $7500
and publicly withdraw their claims. A spokeswoman for
Attorney-General Michael Cullen confirmed that the Government
(i.e. taxpayers) would cover the legal bills. Ms Panoho
said yesterday she was "looking forward to moving
on". Kia kaha e hoa.
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Statistics New Zealand has named winners of its scholarships
for Maori and Pacific students. Waikato University student
Aotea Gurden won the Te
Tari Tatau Maori scholarship and Otago University
student Margaret Leo won the Pacific
Peoples scholarship. The scholarships are worth
$3500 a year for three years. For more information on
other available scholarships click here.
For an interesting perspective on Maori Scholarships
check out the article, "The
Truth about Maori Scholarships".
Here are some links to various Tertiary Scholarship
websites:
For those interested in finding links to various iwi
and runanga check out Pipers
NZ Pages. The site has a comprehensive page which
provides links to over 50 sites.
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 The
Hinepau
Tour begins the 17th of March, and will tour Auckland,
Manukau City, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Wellington,
Christchurch, Dunedin. The adapted tale of Hinepau is
told by four professional performers. It is an interesting
tale about a girl who is sent away from her village for
being different. Check out the tour
dates. Age suitability: Family: age 7 - 14+, Schools:
Year 3+.
 HE
PUATA WHAKAIRO is broadcast every Friday at 8.00pm
and features rangatahi Maori making their own videos
for nationwide broadcast. The 13-part half hour series
is a film making competition screening in te reo Maori
that is giving young Maori an opportunity to showcase
their video-making skills and talents. Sometimes hilarious,
sometimes risqué, and always interesting. Check
it out!
 Be
sure not to miss the 2005
Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural
Festival held from 17 - 19 March 2005 at Manukau
Sports Bowl, South Auckland. This year is the 30th anniversary
of the largest secondary school's dance performance festival
of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Sponsored by ASB
Bank and hosted by James Cook High School, the 2005 theme
is 'through unity harmony will grow'. For more information
contact: Craig Seuseu, SMC Limited on 09 578 3012 or fax
021 329 777.
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Be
sure not to miss the