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Te Reo Waiātarere o Tautoro - Promoting reo in Tautoro homes and whānau
Tautoro, a settlement just out of Kaikohe, Te Taitokerau proudly launched ‘Te Reo Waiātarere o Tautoro’ at Mahuhukiterangi marae.
Pikihuia Awards Shortlist Announced
The 2015 Pikihuia Awards shortlist has been announced by the Māori Literature Trust.
How we see Māori Art
Dr Rangihiroa Panoho has over two decades of experience as a curator and art historian specialising in Māori, Pacific, New Zealand and international indigenous art.
Te Reo Māori - when whānau use it we won't lose it
Whānau have a key role in revitalising te reo Māori in our homes and communities.
Whānau Ora Achievements Report
In July 2014 the then Minister of Whānau Ora, Minister Turia presented this Whānau Ora Achievements Report in the House.
Tracking Whānau Ora Outcomes July – December 2013
The Tracking Whānau Ora Outcomes July – December 2013 report reviews results from action research and Whānau Ora Provider Collective reports from June – December 2013.
Tangata Whenua wins RSNZ award
Te Puni Kōkiri congratulates authors of Tangata Whenua: an Illustrated History Atholl Anderson FRSNZ, the late Dame Judith Binney FRSNZ and Aroha Harris, whose book won the 2015 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize.
Can you help identify these Officers of Second Māori Contingent 1915?
Dr Monty Soutar’s research into Māori in the First World War has unearthed some great finds.
Subscribe to Kōkiri for your free reo resource
The next edition of Kōkiri magazine will be distributed in ahead of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori in July. Subscribe now and you will also receive a copy of Kei Roto i te Whare.
Ahuwhenua: long tradition of Māori excellence in farming
The Ahuwhenua Trophy continues its long tradition of upholding Māori excellence in farming, and for many incorporations, trusts, and whānau – it remains the pre-eminent accolade to win in farming.
Matariki – Huarahi ki te oranga tangata
This edition of Kōkiritia comes to you under the auspice of Matariki - the whānau marama that signals the start of a New Year.
Matariki signals time to reflect and plan
Tēnā tātou katoa,
Matariki is a time to reflect on those who have passed over in the last year and a time to consider how we can best honour their legacy. There have been many key figures in our whānau and tribe, indeed across the motu, who are no longer with us, we owe it to them to continue on with their mahi to strengthen ourselves as a people.
Tāmaki Makaurau Māori Homelessness Wananga
Te Puni Kōkiri invites people to come along and support this exciting and vibrant event during the Māori New Year – Matariki. The Tāmaki-makau-rau Homeless wānanga is a first time event to be held in Auckland to address the social and cultural needs but more importantly the day-to-day needs of our homeless Māori whānau in New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland. This will be held between July 2 – 3.
$49.8m boost for Whānau Ora navigators
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Te Minita Whānau Ora
Minister for Whānau Ora
$12.8m for new Te Ture Whenua Māori Network
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Te Minita Whanaketanga Māori
Minister for Māori Development
$2.1m for rangatahi Māori suicide prevention
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Te Minita Whanaketanga Māori
Minister for Māori Development
$35.3m invested to improve Māori housing
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Te Minita Whanaketanga Māori
Minister for Māori Development
Out of the realm of Tū and into the realm of Rongo
Recent Anzac Day commemorations rang home a few home truths for me this year. I spent the day in Uawa-Tolaga Bay. The East Coast community hosted a programme which valued acts of peace on a day felt by veterans and their families, long after the wars.
Ahuwhenua Trophy winner announced end of this month
The three finalist farms competition for the 2015 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award for sheep and beef farming have each hosted their field days.
Tē tōia, tē haumatia
Tēnā koutou
As many of you are aware Whānau Ora is high profile mahi of Te Puni Kōkiri, and two reports in the space of a week has put this innovative approach to providing social services to whānau and families in the spotlight.
Is tax taking too much of your time?
At a time when you can use your cell phone to order a movie or buy a plane ticket the Government thinks that Inland Revenue can do much more to make your tax simpler.
Share your views about the content of the next census
For the first time, New Zealanders are being encouraged to go online to say what they think should be asked in the next census, with a new online discussion forum on www.stats.govt.nz
Get ready for the big NZ ShakeOut
The recent earthquake in Nepal, and a few shakes here at home, remind us we must be mindful to the reality that we live astride a fault-line.
New website The Hub for information
The Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu), formerly the Families Commission, recently launched The Hub.
Committing to more te reo Māori on waves
It’s been a long journey for the Sea92 radio station to transition from a community radio station – going for eight years – into a fully-fledged regional iwi radio station that will transmit airwaves across the Bay of Plenty region.