Journey with No End – 3rd Reading | Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Tena tatou katoa e te whare Te tino rangatiratanga – ka ngaro i te ture nei Te mana o nga tangata whenua – ka ngaro i te ture nei Our sovereignty is lost under this law Our authority as people of the land is lost under this law Those words were spoken by a strong [...]
Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Bill: 3rd Reading
Watching my whanaunga Tihi Puanaki trying to explain the terror of the earthquake on Te Kaea, showed me how serious has been the impact on everyone in and around Christchurch, because I know Tihi well, and she is no shrinking violet – she is a formidable and renowned kapahaka leader; a passionate teacher of the [...]
Appropriation (2010/11 Estimates) Bill, Hon Bill English, 3R taken with Imprest Supply (Second for 2010), Hon Bill English, 2R (3 hour debate)
Speaker – exactly 150 years ago to this very day, on the third of August 1860, on behalf of a gathering of chiefs at Kohimarama, Tamihana Te Rauparaha presented a petition to the Native Secretary asking that the Conference of the Maori Chiefs of New Zealand be established and made permanent, while at the other [...]
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill: Third reading
The Maori Party supports legislation that encourages a stable market for people renting houses, that will helplandlords to manage their properties more effectively and that will help balance tenant and landlord rights and obligations”. But I would like to raise a few points here, like the difference in rental tenancy levels for Maori at 67 [...]
