Bishops installed with Maori first among equals
Thursday May 11
The Minister of Maori Affairs says oppostion to the Ngati Porou fisheries settlements was expected, but it is time to move on.
A group of hapu representatives were on hand this week to protest the fact Te Runanga o Ngati Porou was receiving the $36 million in fisheries settlement assets on behalf of the East Coast iwi.
Parekura Horomia, who is from Ngati Porou, says most iwi who settle with the Crown the face in-house division over how settlement money is spent.
“It really is a test on the leadeship, helping people strenghthen their governance, helping our people understand the opportunities that come from it,” Mr Horomia said.
Parekura Horomia says the Crown only signs off on settlements when it is convinced the group it is dealing with has the mandate to represent all claimants - and it is then up to tribal leaders to make sure entitlements are distributed fairly.
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Former Women's Refuge chief executive Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says Maori leaders need to get more involved in stopping domestic violence.
Mrs Raukawa -Tait says the number of Maori women who use refuges is a sign it should be top of the Maori agenda.
“As Maori make up over 60 percent of refuge clients we should be doing something. Maori leadership are absolutely silent, they sit on their bums doing nothing, and the siutuatioin for maori women and children gets worse,” she said.
Merepeka Raukawa -Tait says says the $9 million the government is spending on family violence prevention over the next four years spread will be spread too thin to make much of a difference.
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The whanau of convicted fraudster Donna Awatere-Huata is now preparing for October's appeal.
The former MP has been granted home detention eight months into her two year nine month prison sentence for taking $80,000 from her Pipi Education Foundation.
Her niece, Huia Huata, says the whanu is looking forward to Awatere-Huata being back in Bridge Pa next week.
She says there is a lot of work to do.
“I was saying to Auntie Donna we must quickly move to the next stage, the appeal, focus on that, and do things differently from what we did at the trial last year, saying this time, we got to be there,” Huata said.
Donna Awatere- Huata and her husband Wi Huata are both appealing conviction and sentence.
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The Bishop of Aotearoa, Brown Turei, will this be installed as the primate of the Anglican Church in New Zealand in a ceremony at Christchurch Cathedral this evening.
Kito Pikaahu, the Bishop of Tai Tokerau, says the ceremony marks the start of a new model of shared leadership that honors the church's three-Tikanga structure.
He says the ceremony will also install two other archbishops, Bishop David Moxon from the church's Pakeha wing and Pasifika Bishop Jabez Bryce.
“The other two bishops are co-presiding bishiops but the notion is they all share the responsibilty. But the legislation to bring that into effect won’t be for another two years, when all three will be equal co-equal, as we have been using that phrase,” Bishop Pikaahu said.
Bishop Pikaahu says the current primate, Archbishop Wakahuihui Vercoe, ends
his term tomorrow at the last day on the church's biannual general synod.
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workman prisons
Prison reform comes under the spotlight at a hui in Wellington tomorrow.
Beyond Retribution, Advancing the Law and Order Debate, has been organised by
Prison Fellowship New Zealnd.
Fellowship head Kim Workman, a former head of the Corrections Service, says
the focus will be on sentencing, rehabilitation, imprisonment and
reintegration of prisoners and ex-prisoners, and the impact of offending on
victims.
Guest speakers include the ministers of corrections and justice, criminologist John Pratt, social commentator Celia Lashlie, and senior figures from the youth court and parole board.
Mr Workman says many groups are concerned at the high rate of imprisonment in this country.
“You know we need to do something different. Someone said the definition of insanity is doing more of the same and believing you will get a better resuilt. All we are doing is increasng exponentially the number of people in prison. We are not preventing crime, we are creating it,” Workman said.
Kim Workman says calls to get tough on crime are a distraction from informed debate, which is what is needed to lower imprisonment rates.
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Maori in the South Island town of Picton are searching for answers to the wreckless behaviour of some of the town's youth.
Karaitiana Poki, chairman of the Waikawa Marae, says recent incidents including arson and drunken rampages have alarmed the Maori community.
Mr Pohi says problems with young people are nothing new, but the escalating violence is of real concern to local Te Atiawa.
The Minister of Maori Affairs says oppostion to the Ngati Porou fisheries settlements was expected, but it is time to move on.
A group of hapu representatives were on hand this week to protest the fact Te Runanga o Ngati Porou was receiving the $36 million in fisheries settlement assets on behalf of the East Coast iwi.
Parekura Horomia, who is from Ngati Porou, says most iwi who settle with the Crown the face in-house division over how settlement money is spent.
“It really is a test on the leadeship, helping people strenghthen their governance, helping our people understand the opportunities that come from it,” Mr Horomia said.
Parekura Horomia says the Crown only signs off on settlements when it is convinced the group it is dealing with has the mandate to represent all claimants - and it is then up to tribal leaders to make sure entitlements are distributed fairly.
---
Former Women's Refuge chief executive Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says Maori leaders need to get more involved in stopping domestic violence.
Mrs Raukawa -Tait says the number of Maori women who use refuges is a sign it should be top of the Maori agenda.
“As Maori make up over 60 percent of refuge clients we should be doing something. Maori leadership are absolutely silent, they sit on their bums doing nothing, and the siutuatioin for maori women and children gets worse,” she said.
Merepeka Raukawa -Tait says says the $9 million the government is spending on family violence prevention over the next four years spread will be spread too thin to make much of a difference.
---
The whanau of convicted fraudster Donna Awatere-Huata is now preparing for October's appeal.
The former MP has been granted home detention eight months into her two year nine month prison sentence for taking $80,000 from her Pipi Education Foundation.
Her niece, Huia Huata, says the whanu is looking forward to Awatere-Huata being back in Bridge Pa next week.
She says there is a lot of work to do.
“I was saying to Auntie Donna we must quickly move to the next stage, the appeal, focus on that, and do things differently from what we did at the trial last year, saying this time, we got to be there,” Huata said.
Donna Awatere- Huata and her husband Wi Huata are both appealing conviction and sentence.
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The Bishop of Aotearoa, Brown Turei, will this be installed as the primate of the Anglican Church in New Zealand in a ceremony at Christchurch Cathedral this evening.
Kito Pikaahu, the Bishop of Tai Tokerau, says the ceremony marks the start of a new model of shared leadership that honors the church's three-Tikanga structure.
He says the ceremony will also install two other archbishops, Bishop David Moxon from the church's Pakeha wing and Pasifika Bishop Jabez Bryce.
“The other two bishops are co-presiding bishiops but the notion is they all share the responsibilty. But the legislation to bring that into effect won’t be for another two years, when all three will be equal co-equal, as we have been using that phrase,” Bishop Pikaahu said.
Bishop Pikaahu says the current primate, Archbishop Wakahuihui Vercoe, ends
his term tomorrow at the last day on the church's biannual general synod.
--
workman prisons
Prison reform comes under the spotlight at a hui in Wellington tomorrow.
Beyond Retribution, Advancing the Law and Order Debate, has been organised by
Prison Fellowship New Zealnd.
Fellowship head Kim Workman, a former head of the Corrections Service, says
the focus will be on sentencing, rehabilitation, imprisonment and
reintegration of prisoners and ex-prisoners, and the impact of offending on
victims.
Guest speakers include the ministers of corrections and justice, criminologist John Pratt, social commentator Celia Lashlie, and senior figures from the youth court and parole board.
Mr Workman says many groups are concerned at the high rate of imprisonment in this country.
“You know we need to do something different. Someone said the definition of insanity is doing more of the same and believing you will get a better resuilt. All we are doing is increasng exponentially the number of people in prison. We are not preventing crime, we are creating it,” Workman said.
Kim Workman says calls to get tough on crime are a distraction from informed debate, which is what is needed to lower imprisonment rates.
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Maori in the South Island town of Picton are searching for answers to the wreckless behaviour of some of the town's youth.
Karaitiana Poki, chairman of the Waikawa Marae, says recent incidents including arson and drunken rampages have alarmed the Maori community.
Mr Pohi says problems with young people are nothing new, but the escalating violence is of real concern to local Te Atiawa.
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Could someone help me in researching WAIKAWA right from the early days. I am researching the family ODONNELL who were and some still are, shareholders at WAIKAWA 3B. JOHN ODONNELL was my GREAT grandfather. He had brothers Hugh Augustus and Walter Arthur ODonnell and sisters Elizabeth Emma TAYLOR and Martha Ann GREIG.
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