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Putanga 15 Pipiri - Hōngongoi 2009

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Kōkiri 15 2009

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Building our Future

There is no doubt that Māori are feeling the effects of the current economic downturn. Jobs are being lost, whānau have lost their incomes and communities are feeling the strain. Read more »

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Laying the Foundations

In 1959 the Department of Māori Affairs (Te Puni Kōkiri’s predecessor) launched the first of a number of special training schemes, the Māori Trade Training Scheme, in a new drive to encourage more young Māori into skilled trades. From a modest start when 10 teenage Māori boys were recruited for carpentry training in Tāmaki Makaurau, the scheme grew rapidly and by 1966 had increased its intake to 144 boys each year. By 1970 the scheme had taken on 1,100 boys at training centres in Tāmaki Makaurau, Lower Hutt and Ōtautahi. Read more »

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Extra Funding for Iwi Radio

The importance of Māori language and culture as an integral part of Māori identity and New Zealand’s national identity was recognised in Budget 2009. Read more »

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The Māori Economic Taskforce

The Government is investing $10 million over 2009/10 and 2010/11 in the Māori Economic Taskforce. Read more »

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Our People, Our Mission

Head of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Bentham Ohia is leading the development of an education and training strategy to support Māori and New Zealand through the economic recession. Read more »

Ellis Bryers

Oranga Coaching Services

In April 2008 Ellis Bryers (Ngāpuhi) gave up his 25-year career as a commercial fisherman to start his own life coaching business. Read more »

 

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