Call to ban gang patches in Levin

Levin is calling for gang patches to be outlawed after weeks of living with Nomads infighting. The bloodshed began when Nomads founder and leader Dennis “Mossie” Hines died in prison on June 7. In the lead-up to Hines’ tangi at Motuiti Marae near Foxton, a man was shot, another man was beaten and locked [...]

Education failing Maori

Rawiri Taonui argues that open university entry for Maori is one way of redressing imbalances that lead to systemic Maori failure in education. Open university entry for Maori is one solution for a school system that continues to under-deliver to young Maori. The Hunn Report first documented Maori under-performance in the 1960s. Understanding has come [...]

Iwi quits battle with Ngai Tahu

A lack of money has seen one top of the south iwi step back from defending itself against Ngai Tahu court action while another has decided it does not want to be dragged into the fight. Ngai Tahu has gone to the High Court in Wellington to question a 2008 Waitangi Tribunal finding that top [...]

Maori eye foreshore compo

Maori are set to negotiate compensation or rights over the foreshore and seabed as one of the most controversial laws passed by the last government faces the axe. A ministerial review yesterday urged the Government to overturn the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Act and negotiate a national or iwi-by-iwi settlement. Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia [...]

Maori and Crown may share foreshore

Maori tribes may be given legal title to parts of the foreshore and seabed separately or jointly with the Crown if the Government adopts the suggestions of its ministerial review panel. The panel’s report, issued yesterday, describes the Foreshore and Seabed Act as severely discriminatory to Maori and “the single biggest land nationalisation statute enacted [...]