Ko
Te Puru - I will remember the Easter Weekend 2005 for
two things – the two tornados that ripped through the
Bay of Plenty (making our journey between Murupara and Ruatoki
a very dangerous one); and the Tühoe Ahurei. The Tühoe
Ahurei is a festival that brings together the people of
Tuhoe from throughout the Tuhoe Homelands, and from all
across the World, and is held once every two years. It is
a celebration of life, of death, of music, of debate, of
sport, of dance – but most of all, it is a chance for
all of us to come together and remember our past whilst
at the same time, imagining great things for the future.
With over 14 teams gathered to appear at this Ahurei, the
crowds were welcomed by the whanau from Ruatoki and were
looked after by the large Tuhoe community. My younger brother
estimated that over 2,500 people had gathered to watch the
Kapa Haka performances, while that many again could be seen
buying a hot dog or purchasing a raffle ticket from the
stalls. The artistic work of many of our talented whanaunga
could be seen all throughout (like the large backdrop that
showed the footprint of Tuhoe), while the t-shirts allowed
people to ‘wear their heart on their sleeves’.
It was awesome to catch up with family who we hadn’t
seen in years, and at the same time, sad to hear about those
who had passed on.
This year, I was interested to see the large number of
international film teams walking through the crowd, filming
kids buying candy floss, eavesdropping on kuia who had stopped
for a korero. It was also good to see the increasing array
of stores in operation – kia kaha to all the groups
out there providing food and drink for the hungry masses,
raising money for the many worthy community projects. But
most of the attention (at least on Saturday) was up on stage
– group after group performed to the crowd, bringing
the experiences from their respective homes to this open
platform. Some spoke of the recent Urewera Land Claims,
others spoke about the burden of taking a Benefit. The artistry
was superb, the ferocity wild. I have some wonderful memories
from this years’ Tuhoe Ahurei, and look forward to
attending the next in 2007. A massive thank you to all who
helped organise and a special mention to the people of Ruatoki
who were awesome hosts.
Happy
Birthday Maori Television Service - One year ago this
week, Maori TV went to air – and I can honestly say,
our watching habits have never been the same since, Whereas
once it was a struggle to find Maori content or Maori language
programming on mainstream TV, the establishment of the Maori
Television Service has since changed all that – now,
with a number of successful regular programmes and an outstanding
news service, Maori TV has grown from strength to strength,
building a faithful audience and showing New Zealander viewers
that Maori programmes can attract attention and invite viewers
into the Maori World – the language show ‘Korero
Mai’ is one such example.
With many great highlights (the opening ceremony is still
considered great foundational television), Maori TV has
encouraged greater local content by encouraging new programmes,
opening up the archives and showing historical footage and
broadcasting Maori events. Showing Maori people Maori images.
It has also allowed for the telling of other stories from
across the World – from the Aboriginal people in Australia
to the indigenous people of Canada, we are learning more
about the World that surrounds us.
Maori TV is still young, and is yet to broadcast fulltime,
but offers huge potential for Maori in the media and the
entertainment industry. Actually, it offers opportunities
in scriptwriting, set design, acting, producing, editing,
camera shooting – there are also potential spin-offs
from merchandising, guest appearances, product placements.
Is there a Maori bookclub on the horizon? More cooking shows?
Will we be following the journey of a group of young Maori
leaders to far off lands? Well, to find out more, tune into
Maori Television. And one more time, Happy Birthday Maori
TV. Hope you have a good one.
Competition - Here’s your chance to win one
of two ‘Nuku the Rangatira’ stickers courtesy
of Rangatiratanga
Canvases and TangataWhenua.com.
All you have to do is send the name of your favourite Maori
TV show to potaua@tangatawhenua.com
by Thursday 5pm. The winner will be selected Thursday, and
the winner announced to all those who entered Friday morning.
Rapua
Te Mana Wahine is a national project, funded by
the Ministry of Health, to provide a national platform
for promoting issues of importance to Maori Women.
This project is for all Maori women, but particularly
for women that contemporary health promotion is not
proving effective. It is about giving Maori women choices
in a way that is encouraging, empowering and safe. For
many Maori women life is about surviving in a society
that emphasises all the negative statistics that exist
for Maori. Rapua Te Mana Wahine is about assisting Maori
women to identify their strengths and how these strengths
can be developed to the benefit of themselves and their
Whanau.
Mana Wahine Week (or Maori Women's Wellness Week (MWWK)
is held in April of each year. One week, usually the
third week, is set aside specifically to promote and
celebrate Maori Women's Wellness. The next Mana Wahine
Week will be Mid April 2005.
Practioners, supervisors, managers, boards and policy
makers from many different disciplines will explore
and apply the strengths perspective in their work. "From
Strength to Strength" will provide an opportunity
to reflect on these explorations, to acknowledge the
successes and challenges of working from the strengths
perspective, celebrate and share stories of the journey.
Paraire Huata and Tania Thomas will be keynote speakers
along with speakers from the US and Australia.
The
Maori Party
is making a bold bid for one of the largest shares of
broadcasting funds for the election campaign. Candidate
Angeline Greensill has made the plea to the Electoral
Commission which is now deciding how to allocate
$3.2 million. She says the Maori Party's membership
is 13,500 and growing and will bring value to Parliament.
She says in addition, her party is the only one representing
Maori, it will bring the Treaty of Waitangi into Parliament
and has a sitting MP. Ms Greensill says that in her
mind, that puts the party in the running for either
band one funding level - which is traditionally reserved
for the two major parties - or two. The Maori Party
also argues funding should be allocated in proportion
to the Maori population.
Community
groups have only two weeks left to nominate candidates
or register to vote in the Community
Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) Local
Distribution Committee (LDC) Election 2005. All
nominations and registrations must be received by your
nearest Department of Internal Affairs Local Government
and Community office by 1 April 2005. There are 37 LDCs
in New Zealand, and each requires seven elected members
(except the Chatham Islands and Great Barrier Island
LDCs, which each have five members). Serving on a local
distribution committee is a great opportunity for people
to make a difference in the communities they live in.
The LDC members, who are all volunteers, consider and
make decisions on COGS applications from groups within
their communities. More than $12 million is distributed
to over 3000 community and voluntary groups every year
through these committees.
.
A
Seminar on Indigenous Economic Development: The Experiences
of the Maori Business Group ‘Nga Pukenga Hou’
will be held on Wednesday 28th March from 10am –
12pm in Te Ahurutanga (parallel to the Library &
A Block) at Waikato University, Hamilton. “Come
and listen to four perspectives on Maori entrepreneurship,
global networking, marketing, promotion and indigenous
economic development.” Email potaua@waikato.ac.nz
for more information.
The second of three regional winners in the Maori Farmer
of the Year competition has been announced. The Wairarapa
Moana Incorporation’s Te Pouakani Sheep and Beef
Unit from Mangakino, is the Central North Island regional
winner for 2005. A field day will be held on the Te
Pouakani property in May which will give other farmers
from around the area an opportunity to see the systems
management and governance of the farm, and what areas
contributed to the farm winning the regional title.
The national winner will be announced at the competition’s
awards dinner in Rotorua on June 10th. Tickets for the
awards dinner can be purchased from Meat & Wool
New Zealand. Waihi Pukawa Trust farming near Turangi
was the Southern regional winner.
A
Maori Land Court decision to hear claims by a small
Opotiki iwi for control of 50km of Eastern Bay of Plenty
coastline was announced recently. The claim by Whakatohea
seeks a customary rights order over a large tract of
coastline from Te Horo, near Whakatane, to Te Rangi,
near Torere. Chief Judge Joe Williams has decided to
hear Whakatohea's claims of rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga
(authority and guardianship) over the coastal stretch.
Adriana Edwards, one of a number of Whakatohea members
to lodge the claim, said the action was seen as a means
of ensuring Treaty of Waitangi rights were met, and
that a "true partnership" was enacted. The
iwi had no desire to restrict public access to beaches,
she said. Chief Judge Williams' written minute this
month says there is nothing in the new law to prevent
Whakatohea applying for rangatiratanga and kaitiakitanga
over the entire coastline. Williams' dismissed Crown
arguments that Whakatohea should have to specify exactly
where they exercised their authority. A hearing date
has yet to be set. To read more on this story click
here.
Napier's new urban marae is to be called Pukemokimoki
and construction should start soon. Project manager
Mike Taane said that he hoped the foundations would
be in place by the end of next month. It will be Napier
city's first marae, and be open to all tribes as well
as visitors from other ethnic groups. The name Pukemokimoki
referred to a hill, later cleared, in Carlyle St in
the early days of development, Mr Taane said. "In
that name, `puke' means `hill' and `mokimoki' was a
scented fern that grew there. It was used like an after-shave,
as a perfume, and also for medicinal purposes at childbirth."
(Dominion Post, 23 March 2005)
There
will be a Mau Taiaha wananga held on Mokoia Island from
Sunday 17th April to Friday 22nd April 2005. Participants
should be nine years of age and upwards. Participants
must also have, and display a keen interest in Maoritanga.
The cost is $110 per camp. For further details contact
RANGIKAINGA
and we will send you out a registration form.
The
Stuff has reported that a television game show,
a radio drama and an interactive website are among several
new broadcasting initiatives being launched by Te
Taurawhiri, The Maori Language Commission this year.
The programmes are part of Korero Maori, a four-year
information programme being funded by the Government
through Te Puni Kokiri. The public campaign will concentrate
on seven projects in its first six months:
Kupuhuna, a game show
for Maori Television;
Makorea, a radio drama
serial for native speakers based on the novel written
in Maori by Katarina Mataira;
Brown Street, a series
of 30-second bilingual short radio episodes produced
by Mai FM in association with Te Taura Whiri in which
four central characters teach a new word in each episode;
an interactive website
featuring information about the Maori language;
an information kit about
the Maori language aimed at new parents; and
a language event to
promote Matariki, or Maori New Year, in June.
It's
on again! The
Boost Mobile Hook Up Tour 2, Boost Mobile,in association
with Dawn Raid Entertainment is bringing you the biggest
names in NZ Hip Hop - see the likes of Savage,
Fast
Crew, King
Kapesi, Dei
Hamo, Adeaze,
Mareko,
Deceptikonz,
DJ
Sir-Vere, Misfits
of Science and Alphrisk,
Aaradhna and the Caramels - perform in 15 towns
around Aotearoa! The tour kicks off on April 15th in
Christchurch before travelling the country, finishing
in Auckland on April 30th! Click here to check out the
tour
schedule. All shows all ages. General admission.
Tickets $25.00 Pre-sales. Booking fee may apply. Available
from Ticketek, Real Groovy, the venue or usual outlets.
Learning science in Maori is now a lot easier for Year
11 students. After three years eight people have translated
New House's Year 11 Pathfinder science revision text
book into Maori. The website where the translation can
be found was launched at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Mana
Tamariki in Palmerston North on Thursday in front of
associate education minister David Benson-Pope, and
Palmerston North MP Steve Maharey. Six other Maori immersion
schools, in Invercargill, Ruatoria, Mangere, Napier,
Dannevirke and Coromandel, tuned into the launch via
a video conference. Mr Benson-Pope said a huge amount
of time and effort had gone into the translation. New
Zealand had come a long way since the late 1800s when
the Maori language was banned in schools. Mana Tamariki
principal Toni Waho said it was the first time a full
translation had been done of a text book and he hoped
more would be done (Manawatu Standard, 27 Mar 2005).
The
Tauranga
Harbour Challenge Outrigger Canoe Race, New Zealands
largest attended long distance waka ama race, will be
celebrating it's 9th annual event on the 2nd of April
2005. Races run from 9.15 to 1.35 with prizegiving at
6.30. This year will see a new ERG
PADDLING RACE at the after function. To view courses
click here
and to view last year's results click here.
The Nelson Mail (24 March 2005) reported that the Te
Waipounamu Maori Rugby Shield is in good company. It's
now on display at Nelson Bays rugby headquarters alongside
notable stable mates - the Air New Zealand second division
NPC Trophy and Seddon Shield. The trophy's been in Blenheim
since the Seddon Shield Districts Maori team took it
off Otago with a 27-7 win at last month's Te Waipounamu
(South Island) tournament in Timaru. But at Nelson co-selector
Wayne McCoy's insistence, the shield arrived in Nelson
on Wednesday to take up its new residence. McCoy and
former Marlborough representative hooker Wayne Abbott
co-selected the side, with Heiford, Wycliff, Wootton
and Robinson also selected in the Te Waipounamu team
that beat Te Tini-a-Maui (North Island) 39-17 in their
annual inter-island clash. The Seddon Shield colts team,
including Nelson's Shane Christie, beat Aoraki 20-3
before losing 26-8 to Otago in Timaru. The Te Waipounamu
colts then beat the Merivale-Lincoln colts 34-7 as a
warm up to their 19-17 win over Te Tini-a-Maui colts.
A Seddon Shield women's team also competed at Timaru
and the Te Waipounamu women lost to Te Tini-a-Maui in
their corresponding inter-island clash.
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Ko
Te Puru - I will remember the Easter Weekend 2005 for
two things – the two tornados that ripped through the
Bay of Plenty (making our journey between Murupara and Ruatoki
a very dangerous one); and the Tühoe Ahurei. The Tühoe
Ahurei is a festival that brings together the people of
Tuhoe from throughout the Tuhoe Homelands, and from all
across the World, and is held once every two years. It is
a celebration of life, of death, of music, of debate, of
sport, of dance – but most of all, it is a chance for
all of us to come together and remember our past whilst
at the same time, imagining great things for the future.
Happy
Birthday Maori Television Service - One year ago this
week, Maori TV went to air – and I can honestly say,
our watching habits have never been the same since, Whereas
once it was a struggle to find Maori content or Maori language
programming on mainstream TV, the establishment of the Maori
Television Service has since changed all that – now,
with a number of successful regular programmes and an outstanding
news service, Maori TV has grown from strength to strength,
building a faithful audience and showing New Zealander viewers
that Maori programmes can attract attention and invite viewers
into the Maori World – the language show ‘Korero
Mai’ is one such example.
The
There
will be a Mau Taiaha wananga held on Mokoia Island from
Sunday 17th April to Friday 22nd April 2005. Participants
should be nine years of age and upwards. Participants
must also have, and display a keen interest in Maoritanga.
The cost is $110 per camp. For further details contact
