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Te Pāti Māori is the assertion of our mana motuhake and our liberation. As a Māori political movement we are guided by our tikanga and will always fiercely advocate for the interests of our whānau, Hapū and Iwi in Parliament and Government.

We envision an Aotearoa Hou where Tangata Whenua, Tangata Moana and Tangata Tiriti together will realise the true intent of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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Te Pāti Māori Announces Award-Winning Broadcaster Oriini Kaipara to Contest Tāmaki Makaurau By-Election preview image

Te Pāti Māori Announces Award-Winning Broadcaster Oriini Kaipara to Contest Tāmaki Makaurau By-Election

Te Pāti Māori have confirmed the selection of celebrated broadcaster and longtime West Auckland advocate Oriini Kaipara (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangitihi) as its candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election. Oriini’s deep whakapapa to Tāmaki Makaurau is grounded in her upbringing at Hoani Waititi Marae, where she was raised by her mother in a strong Māori environment. She has dedicated decades amplifying the stories of Māori communities, holding prime ministers to account and chairing nationally televised Māori electorate debates. “Oriini brings a lifetime of leadership and advocacy, both in media and in the community. Her voice is exactly what Tāmaki needs to honour the memory of Takutai Moana and to ensure Māori voices are heard loud and clear in Parliament” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Government Sabotages Settlement: Te Pāti Māori Backs Te Whānau-Ā-Apanui preview image

Government Sabotages Settlement: Te Pāti Māori Backs Te Whānau-Ā-Apanui

Te Pāti Māori stands in solidarity with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui after revelations the Government is looking to derail their almost completed Treaty settlement. Minister Goldsmith has stated that the Government will not budge on its position that the Crown is sovereign. They are seeking to remove the ‘sovereignty clause’ agreed to under the previous Labour government. This is not just a broken promise it is a betrayal of whakapapa, a direct assault on mana, and a deliberate act of sabotage by Minister Paul Goldsmith and the Crown. “The government sees tino rangatiratanga as a threat, not a Treaty obligation” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Rawiri Waititi.

Luxon’s Complicity Puts Aotearoa at Risk: Te Pāti Māori Stands Against Global Military Aggression preview image

Luxon’s Complicity Puts Aotearoa at Risk: Te Pāti Māori Stands Against Global Military Aggression

Te Pāti Māori stands firmly against the rising tide of global military aggression. While the Luxon scrambles to appease Trump and Israel, we choose peace, sovereignty, and an independent foreign policy grounded in justice and truth. More than 56,000 Palestinians have been murdered by Israel over the past 20 months. In that time, Israel have launched attacks on Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. These countries have for a long time been barriers to US imperialism in the Middle East. It is why our government remains silent on Israel, and why Judith Collins signed off on $12bn in military spending right before the US bombs Iran.

Sick Leave is a Right, Not a Reward- Ngarewa-Packer preview image

Sick Leave is a Right, Not a Reward- Ngarewa-Packer

Te Pāti Māori is calling out the Government’s proposed changes to sick leave entitlements as a cruel step backwards that punishes low-income, part-time, single parents and essential workers. We staunchly support the concerns raised by PSA National Secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons, that this move will disproportionately harm wāhine, who are most likely to take time off to care for sick children and whānau. “This Government’s obsession with attacking women, predominantly Māori and Pacific women, ignores equity and endangers public health” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Out of Sight, Out of Mana- Rotorua Lakes Council’s Callous Attack on Homeless Whānau preview image

Out of Sight, Out of Mana- Rotorua Lakes Council’s Callous Attack on Homeless Whānau

Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi, has slammed the Rotorua Lakes Council’s treatment of homeless whānau as “inhumane and disgraceful,” following the forced police removal of people sleeping outside the Salvation Army on Amohia Street yesterday. “Our most vulnerable whānau were woken by police, trespassed like criminals, and had their belongings tipped out, broken, or hauled away like trash. Some were arrested, not for committing a crime, but for being distressed at the violent way they were being treated under cold, heartless council by-laws” said Rawiri Waititi. “This is not a solution, it’s state-sanctioned cruelty. These whānau are being pushed from footpath to footpath, not into homes. In the harsh winter weather, this kind of treatment is not just unacceptable, it is dangerous.”

Te Pāti Māori Demands Safe Passage of Madleen to Gaza preview image

Te Pāti Māori Demands Safe Passage of Madleen to Gaza

Te Pāti Māori condemns the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel carrying food, medical supplies, and international activists to Gaza, including Greta Thunberg. Communications of the Madleen have been cut, and there is no knowing if the crew are safe and unharmed. This is the latest act in a horrific string of violence against civilians trying to access meagre aid. Since May 27, more than 130 civilians have murdered been while lining up for food at aid sites.

Democracy Denied: Te Pāti Māori Slam Govt for Silencing Māori and Tangata Tiriti on the Regulatory Standards Bill preview image

Democracy Denied: Te Pāti Māori Slam Govt for Silencing Māori and Tangata Tiriti on the Regulatory Standards Bill

Today, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi slammed the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee’s refusal to extend the public submission period for the Regulatory Standards Bill, calling it a deliberate act to silence whānau, hapū, iwi, and community voices. Waititi had urged the Committee to extend the submission period by four weeks, citing both procedural fairness and technical failures- after the submissions portal repeatedly crashed on day one, echoing the same systemic failures experienced during last year’s Treaty Principles Bill. “The system is broken-again. It couldn’t handle the tidal wave of Māori opposition last year, and it’s collapsing under the same pressure now” said Waititi.

Te Pāti Māori Call on Te Whatu Ora to immediately Publish Gender Affirming Care Guidelines preview image

Te Pāti Māori Call on Te Whatu Ora to immediately Publish Gender Affirming Care Guidelines

Te Pāti Māori join health professionals, medical bodies, and community organisations across Aotearoa in calling on Te Whatu Ora to immediately release the updated Guidelines for Gender Affirming Healthcare. The guidelines were developed by medical professionals with expertise in this form of care and approved by Te Whatu Ora’s National Clinical Governance Group. They were due for release in March 2025 but have been indefinitely delayed due to political interference from the new Health Minister. “Guidelines for safe medical practice should be left to experts and practitioners, not politicians” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Government Sacrificing Hapū, Iwi Tiriti rights for Offshore Profits preview image

Government Sacrificing Hapū, Iwi Tiriti rights for Offshore Profits

Te Pāti Māori is demanding to know how the government can justify fast tracking a replica of a seabed mining application that was already rejected by the supreme court in 2021. “Trans-Tasman Resources, a company with no operational experience, is back to the table with the same outdated and incomplete data the Supreme Court ruled against, but this time they’re being waved through a political back door” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “The Fast-track panel is being asked to assess their application based on environmental assumptions that are nearly a decade old. There’s no new seabed monitoring, no updated marine mammal data, and no clear understanding of cumulative risks to the moana.”

Te Pāti Māori Condemns Fast-Track Approval of Seabed Mining preview image

Te Pāti Māori Condemns Fast-Track Approval of Seabed Mining

Te Pāti Māori is gravely concerned by the Government’s approval of the Trans-Tasman Resources (Taranaki VTM) seabed mining project under its fast-track regime. This marks the first time a commercial shallow seabed mining operation has been approved anywhere in the world- pushed through with no transparency, no public input, and no consent from tangata whenua. “This project will extract 50 million tonnes of seabed every year, dumping millions of tonnes of sludge into the moana for 35 consecutive years,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

210,000 Māori Silenced: Committee Delivers Harshest Punishment in Parliament History preview image

210,000 Māori Silenced: Committee Delivers Harshest Punishment in Parliament History

Today the Privileges Committee handed down a severe punishment. Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have been suspended for 21 days, and MP for Hauraki-Waikato Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been suspended for 7 days.

No Justice for State Abuse Survivors- Kapa-Kingi preview image

No Justice for State Abuse Survivors- Kapa-Kingi

Te Pāti Māori MP for Te Tai Tokerau calls out the government’s decision to keep funding state abuse, turning their backs on justice and real change for abuse in care survivors. “The government has committed to throwing $744 million down the drain, reinforcing a violent regime of disrespect against the expertise and experience of survivors” said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Oranga Tamariki Mariameno Kapa-Kingi.

Govt’s War on Te Tiriti Continues as Review of Treaty Act Announced preview image

Govt’s War on Te Tiriti Continues as Review of Treaty Act Announced

Te Pāti Māori is absolutely disgusted by the Government’s announcement to review the Waitangi Tribunal- a deliberate and dangerous escalation in its ongoing campaign to undermine Te Tiriti o Waitangi and silence tangata whenua. “The Government’s onslaught against Te Tiriti continues with this latest move to review the Treaty of Waitangi Act and the role of the Waitangi Tribunal,” said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Te Tiriti o Waitangi and MP for Te Tai Tonga, Tākuta Ferris. “This is nothing short of a continuation of colonial violence- enabled by a weak, Luxon-led Government that gutlessly gambles with Te Tiriti and the lives of tangata whenua.”

‘Govt’s Pay Bill Entrenches Discrimination Against Women’ - Kemp preview image

‘Govt’s Pay Bill Entrenches Discrimination Against Women’ - Kemp

Te Pāti Māori stands in staunch and emotional opposition to the Government’s so-called Equal Pay Amendment Bill, calling it a calculated attack on working women and a cruel betrayal of the generations who have fought for pay equity in Aotearoa. “This bill doesn’t just undermine equal pay — it completely erases it,” said MP for Tāmaki-Makaurau and Workers Rights Spokesperson, Takutai Tarsh Kemp.

RSE Draft Erases Rainbow and Takatāpui Youth preview image

RSE Draft Erases Rainbow and Takatāpui Youth

Te Pāti Māori is demanding urgent changes to the draft Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) framework, calling it a dangerous step backwards for Takatāpui, trans, and rainbow rangatahi. “This draft erases Takatāpui voices, ignores whānau diversity, and delays consent education. It’s not just inadequate, it’s unbelievably unsafe” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Iwi Rights Under Attack in Government Treaty Clause Purge preview image

Iwi Rights Under Attack in Government Treaty Clause Purge

Te Pāti Māori warns that the Government’s Treaty Clause Review represents the most severe erosion of iwi rights in modern legal history. “Luxon's Government is doing what the Treaty Principles Bill failed to do. They are removing every legal reference to Te Tiriti across health, housing, conservation, and child wellbeing laws, clause by clause” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. The Treaty clause review impacts 28 laws, including the Conservation Act, RMA, Oranga Tamariki Act, Climate Change Response Act, and the Pae Ora Act. Key protections for Māori health equity, kaitiakitanga, and tino rangatiratanga are being systematically erased.

Te Pāti Māori: Keep the Window Open- UCOL Must Stay preview image

Te Pāti Māori: Keep the Window Open- UCOL Must Stay

Te Pāti Māori stands firmly against any moves to downsize or close UCOL Whanganui. With over 30% of students identifying as Māori, the campus is a vital lifeline for education, upskilling, and community transformation in Te Tai Hauāuru. “Matapihi ki te Ao is more than a name, it’s a promise. A window to the world for our rangatahi and whānau,” says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. "We won’t sit back while this Government shuts the door on Māori futures. Our commitment is clear—we would invest more in regional tertiary education, not less.”

Twice the Impact, Half the Budget: Budget 25 Must Invest in Whakaata Māori preview image

Twice the Impact, Half the Budget: Budget 25 Must Invest in Whakaata Māori

Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Broadcasting, Tākuta Ferris, and MP for Tāmaki Makaurau, Takutai Tarsh Kemp, are demanding the Government significantly increase its investment in Whakaata Māori in Budget 2025. The call comes following the release of the network’s 2025 Social Value Report at an event today, attended by MP Kemp, highlighting more than $114 million in measured impact across Aotearoa.

Te Pāti Māori: Denying the Right to Vote is a Breach of Te Tiriti and Human Rights preview image

Te Pāti Māori: Denying the Right to Vote is a Breach of Te Tiriti and Human Rights

The National Party’s announcement to reinstate a total ban on prisoner voting is a shameful step backwards. Denying the right to vote does not strengthen society — it weakens our democracy and breaches Te Tiriti o Waitangi. “Voting is not a privilege to be taken away — it is a fundamental human right. Stripping whānau of their right to participate in democracy only deepens the cycles of marginalisation and injustice that our people have been subjected to for generations,” says Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Justice, Tākuta Ferris.

Right-Wing Government Strips Māori Health Safeguards and Pretends Colonisation Never Happened preview image

Right-Wing Government Strips Māori Health Safeguards and Pretends Colonisation Never Happened

Right‑wing ministers are waging a campaign to erase Māori health equity by tearing out its very foundations. ACT’s Todd Stephenson dismisses Treaty‑based nursing standards as “off‑track distractions” and insists nurses only need “skill and a kind heart,” despite clear evidence that cultural competence saves lives. Health Minister Simeon Brown’s funding cuts, hiring freeze and “rightsizing” of hospitals have gutted kaiāwhina and other vital support roles that communities rely on. It’s indefensible to scrap proven Whānau Ora initiatives, like the Winter Preparedness vaccination programme while underperforming mainstream services such as Plunket continue.

Education Should be Led by Experts-Not Economists preview image

Education Should be Led by Experts-Not Economists

Te Pāti Māori are appalled by Cabinet's decision to agree to 15 recommendations to the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector following the regulatory review by the Ministry of Regulation. We emphasise the need to prioritise tamariki Māori in Early Childhood Education, conducted by education experts- not economists. “Our mokopuna deserve an education system shaped by their needs - and that must be led by the total immersion Māori education sector,” said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for education, Tākuta Ferris. “Research shows that a strong sense of identity is central to the success of tamariki Māori. Instead of defunding key programmes and continuing to allocate just 1% of total education funding to Māori education, the government should be investing in the Māori educational systems that are already delivering for our tamariki.

Ka mate te Pire- Ka ora te mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te iwi Māori preview image

Ka mate te Pire- Ka ora te mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te iwi Māori

Today, Te Pāti Māori join the motu in celebration as the Treaty Principles Bill is voted down at its second reading. “From the beginning, this Bill was never welcome in this House,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Rawiri Waititi. “Our response to the first reading was one of protest: protesting the very institution that tried to rewrite our founding covenant. “But today, we celebrate. Today belongs to Aotearoa. “This movement was not led by politicians. It was led by the people.

Te Pāti Māori Urges Governor-General to Block Repeal of 7AA preview image

Te Pāti Māori Urges Governor-General to Block Repeal of 7AA

Today, the Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill has passed its third and final reading, but there is one more stage before it becomes law. The Governor-General must give their ‘Royal assent’ for any bill to become legally enforceable. This means that, even if a bill gets voted through all stages in Parliament, the Governor-General has the power to block it. Te Pāti Māori Co-Leaders, Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, have sent a letter to the Governor-General urging her to block the repeal of Section 7AA because it is a serious threat to the lives of our mokopuna.

Te Pāti Māori MPs Denied Fundamental Rights in Privileges Committee Hearing preview image

Te Pāti Māori MPs Denied Fundamental Rights in Privileges Committee Hearing

The Privileges Committee has denied fundamental rights to Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, breaching their own standing orders, breaching principles of natural justice, and highlighting systemic prejudice and discrimination within our parliamentary processes. The three MPs were summoned to the privileges committee following their performance of a haka during the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. Their haka, rooted in cultural expression, has been unjustly branded as "disruptive and disorderly." This characterisation undermines the significance of tikanga and highlights the ongoing marginalisation of te iwi Māori within the parliamentary system. Despite requests for a fair hearing, the Committee has denied key legal rights, including: Joint Hearing Denied: The MPs' request for a joint session was rejected, despite the collective nature of the incident. Legal Representation Restricted: The Committee has prevented counsel from making essential submissions on tikanga, pivotal to understanding the MPs' actions. Expert Testimony Excluded: The Committee refused to hear from Tā Pou Temara, an expert on tikanga Māori, undermining the MPs' defence. Scheduling Conflicts Ignored: The hearing date was set without accommodating the MPs' schedules or their choice of senior counsel, Christopher Finlayson KC. Double Jeopardy Concerns: Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, already sanctioned in the House for her involvement, faces repeated proceedings.

Te Pāti Māori Call for Mandatory Police Body Cameras preview image

Te Pāti Māori Call for Mandatory Police Body Cameras

In recent weeks, disturbing instances of state-sanctioned violence against Māori have shed light on the systemic racism permeating our institutions. An 11-year-old autistic Māori child was forcibly medicated at the Henry Bennett Centre, a 15-year-old had his jaw broken by police in Napier, kaumātua Dean Wickliffe went on a hunger strike after being beaten by prison guards, and Sam Matue who was tasered and pepper-sprayed before becoming unresponsive and being pronounced dead at the scene. This is what Crown violence looks like in 2025. This violence could have been prevented with mandatory police body cameras. "Māori are being subjected to abuse, and pushed into silence,” said Te Pāti Māori Spokesperson for Mental Health, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke.

Stand Up for Palestine: A Call to Action Against Israels Treacherous Attack preview image

Stand Up for Palestine: A Call to Action Against Israels Treacherous Attack

At 2.30am local time, Israel launched a treacherous attack on Gaza killing more than 300 defenceless civilians while they slept. Many of them were children. This followed a more than 2 week-long blockade by Israel on the entry of all goods and aid into Gaza. Israel deliberately targeted densely populated areas, schools, homes, and shelters for displaced people in the middle of a ceasefire. Donald Trump, who claims credit for the ceasefire, was consulted ahead of this attack. Neither Israel nor the United States have provided any justification for their actions. “This was a clearly premeditated act of terrorism on people who are trying to piece their shattered lives back together during ceasefire,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and Human Rights spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

20 Years of Success Down the Drain: Govt Gut Whānau Ora preview image

20 Years of Success Down the Drain: Govt Gut Whānau Ora

Te Pāti Māori extends our deepest aroha to the 500 plus Whānau Ora workers who have been advised today that the govt will be dismantling their contracts. For twenty years , Whānau Ora has been helping families, delivering life-changing support through a kaupapa Māori approach. It has built trust where the government has failed, reached into homes where the system has ignored, and provided solutions that work for our people.

Good Riddance: Prebble Resigns from Waitangi Tribunal preview image

Good Riddance: Prebble Resigns from Waitangi Tribunal

Te Pāti Māori welcomes the resignation of Richard Prebble from the Waitangi Tribunal. His appointment in October 2024 was a disgrace- another example of this government undermining Te Tiriti o Waitangi by appointing a former ACT leader who has spent his career attacking Māori rights. “Regardless of the reason for his exit, Prebble was never fit to sit on the Waitangi Tribunal. His record speaks for itself- decades of bigotry and opposition to Māori self-determination,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi. “Prebble thinks that Hobson’s pledge has more mana than the Māori text of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, he apparently did not read any tribunal reports until after he was appointed, and he was surprised to find out that Māori did not cede sovereignty.

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi Enters Members Bill to Establish Mokopuna Māori Authority preview image

Mariameno Kapa-Kingi Enters Members Bill to Establish Mokopuna Māori Authority

Today Te Pāti Māori MP for Te Tai Tokerau, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, released her members bill that will see the return of tamariki and mokopuna Māori from state care back to te iwi Māori. This bill will establish an independent authority that asserts and protects the rights promised in He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. "This authority will be the primary national agency that ensures the care and protection for mokopuna and tamariki Māori, prioritising whakapapa because whānau know what is best for their own mokopuna, not the state," said Te Pāti Māori Spokesperson for Children, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi.

Our Tamariki Deserve Better than Seymour’s Slop preview image

Our Tamariki Deserve Better than Seymour’s Slop

Te Pāti Māori is appalled by the government's blatant mishandling of the school lunch programme. David Seymour’s ‘cost-saving’ measures have left tamariki across Aotearoa with unidentifiable meals, causing distress and outrage among parents and communities alike. “What’s the difference between providing inedible food, and providing no food at all?” Said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Education Tākuta Ferris. “Many tamariki rely on these meals as their only nourishment of the day, it is disgraceful that the government has put the wellbeing of their books over the wellbeing of our mokopuna. “David Seymour may as well have cut the program entirely instead of insulting our tamariki with this slop.

Taranaki Maunga Granted Legal Personhood preview image

Taranaki Maunga Granted Legal Personhood

Today marks a historic moment for Taranaki iwi with the passing of the Te Pire Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Bill in Parliament. "Today, we stand together as descendants of Taranaki, and our tūpuna, Taranaki Maunga, is now formally acknowledged by the law as a living tūpuna. Its mana and mauri will forever be protected”, said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. "For over 150 years, the grief of the Maunga’s confiscation in 1865 has carried through our whānau and iwi. “This harm was not only an injustice but a deliberate act by the Crown to strip us of our connection, our taonga, and our mana. The impact of this muru raupatu has been felt across generations, and its mamae remain with us today.

Warning to Fast-Track Applicants – ‘Exploit the Whenua, Face the Consequences’ preview image

Warning to Fast-Track Applicants – ‘Exploit the Whenua, Face the Consequences’

Te Pāti Māori has this morning issued a stern warning to Fast-Track applicants with interests in mining, pledging to hold them accountable through retrospective liability and to immediately revoke Fast-Track consents under a future Te Pāti Māori government. This warning comes ahead of today’s third reading of the Fast-Track Approvals Bill. “We have placed sixteen Fast-Track applicants on notice that Te Pāti Māori will hold them retrospectively liable and immediately revoke their consents when we form the next Government," said co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi.

Luxon Folds on ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill preview image

Luxon Folds on ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill

Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, is calling Luxon’s leadership a joke after it was revealed this morning on Q+A that ACT’s Treaty Principles Bill was not a bottom line. "New Zealand officially has a laughing-stock Prime Minister whose leadership folded as he trades away the rights of tangata whenua for a taste of power," says Ngarewa-Packer.

Waititi Orders Police Withdraw from Matapihi preview image

Waititi Orders Police Withdraw from Matapihi

Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki is demanding that the Police Minister immediately remove the heavy Police presence in the Matapihi community, as hundreds of officers saturate the Western Bay of Plenty area. “Minister Mitchell must intervene immediately and order the removal of the armed Police presence in Matapihi, in my electorate,” said Rawiri Waititi, MP for Waiariki. “The New Zealand Police are causing public disorder in the Matapihi community, harassing and distressing residents, including kaumātua and kuia. “We have armed officers obstructing access to private property and even urupā where loved ones are buried. This is a disgusting overreach and must be withdrawn immediately.

Government’s First Year a ‘Catastrophe for Māori’ preview image

Government’s First Year a ‘Catastrophe for Māori’

Te Pāti Māori is calling the Government’s first year a catastrophe for Māori, following a year of policies that have done nothing but marginalise tangata-whenua. Today marks one year since the coalition was sworn into power. “This year has been an absolute catastrophe for Māori. This Government has fast-tracked us back towards the colonised and assimilated,” said co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “This Government is so focussed on taking tangata whenua backwards that it has become horribly clear that they are willing to finish off the colonisation process.

Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principles Bill preview image

Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori call on the Prime Minister to block the Treaty Principles Bill

The opposition parties stand united for an Aotearoa that honours Te Tiriti, rather than seeking to rewrite it. Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori are working together against the Government’s divisive Treaty Principles Bill. The three opposition parties are listening to the clear and unified voice of Te Iwi Māori. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister is sidelining these voices and ignoring a scathing Waitangi Tribunal report, while pandering to a dangerous, reactionary fringe. It’s time for Christopher Luxon to stand by his word to Māori at Waitangi this year that he will “Honour the Treaty”.

Ngarewa-Packer Demands Support for Palestine Ceasefire from New Plymouth Mayor preview image

Ngarewa-Packer Demands Support for Palestine Ceasefire from New Plymouth Mayor

Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on the Mayor for New Plymouth, Neil Holdom, to do the right thing. “I am shocked at his decision to disregard the petition presented by Palestine Solidarity Taranaki calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire”, said Ngarewa-Packer. “The group made up of his constituents have shown up week after week at Puke Ariki Landing for over a year to stand against the genocide taking place in Gaza, and the killing now extending to Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

Govt Must Clean Up ‘Its Shit’ From Sunken HMNZS Manawanui preview image

Govt Must Clean Up ‘Its Shit’ From Sunken HMNZS Manawanui

Te Pāti Māori is calling out the Government and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) for their inaction and disgraceful downplaying of the impact caused by the sunken HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa. “We demand the Government move without further delay to clean up its shit from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui in Samoa,” said co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “Three weeks have passed since the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui, and our Government continues to carelessly let it spill diesel into the moana of Samoa. It is time this inaction is called out, and the Government is taken to task.

Sanctions Soar, Jobs Vanish – National’s Cruelty Exposed preview image

Sanctions Soar, Jobs Vanish – National’s Cruelty Exposed

Te Pāti Māori is enraged at the National government’s ruthless punishment of beneficiaries, all while jobs are disappearing. MSD data shows a 133% increase in sanctions over the past year, with over 14,000 sanctions in just three months. The kicker? The jobs this government insists people should find are nowhere to be seen. “The traffic light system is a dead end, a road to nowhere, a tool designed to punish whānau for not finding jobs the government itself has destroyed,” says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Police Perpetuate Siege on Ōpōtiki preview image

Police Perpetuate Siege on Ōpōtiki

Te Pāti Māori MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi, says today’s police-sponsored terrorism in Ōpōtiki is a continuation of the State’s predatory behaviour towards the iwi of Te Whakatōhea. "Ōpōtiki is once again being intentionally targeted and is the direct byproduct of this Government’s 'tough on crime' legislative changes,” said MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi. "This predatory action only exacerbates the broken relationship between Te Whakatōhea and authorities, which has been strained for centuries, ever since the death of Rev. Carl Sylvius Völkner in 1865.

ASA Declares Hobson’s Pledge Advertising Misleading and Socially Irresponsible preview image

ASA Declares Hobson’s Pledge Advertising Misleading and Socially Irresponsible

Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer welcome today’s ruling from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which found that a Hobson's Pledge advertisement regarding customary marine titles was misleading and socially irresponsible. The two-page wraparound ad, published in The New Zealand Herald, suggested that nearly the entire coastline of Aotearoa is under threat of being awarded to Māori through customary marine titles, implying that this would lead to widespread restrictions on public beach access. The ASA upheld more than 650 complaints, stating that Hobson's Pledge’s claims were materially misleading and failed to substantiate their arguments. The Board also recognised that the advertisement unnecessarily perpetuated fear, further marginalising Māori.

Govt Gambling Safety of our Moana preview image

Govt Gambling Safety of our Moana

Yesterday the government announced the list of 149 projects selected for fast-tracking across Aotearoa. Trans-Tasman Resources’ plan to mine the seabed off the coast of Taranaki was one of these projects. “We are disgusted but not surprised with the government’s decision to fast-track the decimation of our seabed,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru, Debbie Ngarewa- Packer. “Seabed mining will wipe out habitats and lead to the extinction of entire species – compromising the livelihoods of our coastal communities.

Te Pāti Māori Statement on Israel & Iran preview image

Te Pāti Māori Statement on Israel & Iran

Over 41,000 Palestinian’s have been murdered by Israel in the last 12 months. At the same time, Israel have launched attacks against at least four other countries in the Middle East including Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Iran. “You cannot play the aggressor and the victim at the same time,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “What we are seeing today is the culmination of decades of US imperialism in the Middle East. Iran has for a long time been a barrier to Western control in the region. This is what the West’s uncritical support of Israel has been leading up to” Ngarewa-Packer said.

TPM issues warning to Govt: Back down or prepare for the wrath of the million Māori preview image

TPM issues warning to Govt: Back down or prepare for the wrath of the million Māori

Today the government announced a $30m cut to Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori- a programme that develops te reo Māori among our kaiako. “This announcement is just the latest in an onslaught of attacks on te iwi Māori,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi.

Crown Minerals Bill Advances Colonisation preview image

Crown Minerals Bill Advances Colonisation

Today, the Crown Mineral Amendment Bill was read for the first time, reversing the ban on oil exploration off the coast of Taranaki. It was no accident that this proposed law change was read directly after the Government started to unravel the ability of iwi and hapū Māori to have their rights in the Foreshore and Seabed recognised with the Takutai Moana Amendment Bill. “The insidious timing of the Crown Minerals Bill demonstrates this government’s true priorities: Short-term profit has been chosen over the rights and well-being of Māori communities, our moana, and our whenua.” Said MP for Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

Crown should prove their rights to Foreshore & Seabed – Te Pāti Māori preview image

Crown should prove their rights to Foreshore & Seabed – Te Pāti Māori

Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Justice, Tākuta Ferris, has hit out at the Government, demanding the Crown prove its rights to the foreshore, following the Marine and Coastal Area Amendment Bill, passing its first reading. "Māori rights to the foreshore pre-exist the Declaration of Independence, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and any law that this House has ever made. That right still exists today,” said Tākuta Ferris. “It should always have been the Crown coming to Māori to prove the rights they believe they have to the foreshore, not the other way around.

Tāmaki-Makaurau MP Urges Immediate Support for Families Impacted by Mill Closure preview image

Tāmaki-Makaurau MP Urges Immediate Support for Families Impacted by Mill Closure

Te Pāti Māori Member of Parliament for Tāmaki Makaurau is urging a full wraparound of services to intervene quickly with families affected by today's announced closure of the Penrose Mill. Seventy-five people are set to lose their jobs right on the eve of Christmas. "I want to extend my thoughts and aroha to those families who will be affected by today’s announced closure of the Penrose Mill. I am gutted," said Takutai Tarsh Kemp. "The mill, operated by OjiFS, employs a high number of Māori and Pacific people. The impact of the loss of jobs will be felt widely.

Govt Warned - Increasing Snapper Quota Breaches Fisheries Settlement preview image

Govt Warned - Increasing Snapper Quota Breaches Fisheries Settlement

An imminent decision to increase the total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for snapper would be a direct violation of the first-ever Treaty Settlement and inevitably breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi, says Te Pāti Māori. Te Ohu Kaimoana has sought a High Court declaration to prevent the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries from increasing the TACC without Māori receiving a proportional increase, as guaranteed in the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement 1992. "This coalition is reckless, undermining the principles of Te Tiriti, and now threatening, in the darkness of the moana at night, to place the Māori Fisheries Settlement into dispute,” said Tākuta Ferris, spokesperson for fisheries and MP for Te Tai Tonga.

Minister of Injustice seeks to Entrench largest land confiscation in History preview image

Minister of Injustice seeks to Entrench largest land confiscation in History

The Waitangi Tribunal has released an Urgent Report on the Government’s proposed amendments to the Takutai Moana Act 2011. The report calls out Paul Goldsmith’s proposal for what it is: a “gross breach of the Treaty” and an “illegitimate exercise of kāwanatanga”. The Tribunal is recommending the Crown step down in its efforts to amend the Takutai Moana Act and make a genuine effort to engage with Māori before it causes irreparable damage. “The largest confiscation of Māori land in history happened in 2004 with the Foreshore and Seabed Act. This was the genesis of our Party,” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. “This Government is hellbent on taking us back 20 years and entrenching the theft of our moana and coastlines. They better be prepared for what comes next because te iwi Māori will not stand for a repeat of the Foreshore and Seabed Act,” Waititi said.

Youngest MP to travel to Canada to accept Politician of the Year Award preview image

Youngest MP to travel to Canada to accept Politician of the Year Award

Aotearoa’s Youngest Member of Parliament, and Te Pāti Māori MP, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, will travel to Montreal to accept the One Young World Politician of the Year Award next week. The One Young World Politician of the Year Award was created in 2018 to recognise the most promising young politicians between the ages of 18 and 35 from around the world. The winners are selected by a panel of expert judges, including First Woman President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, based on their impact in their home countries and how they have used their position to benefit young people specifically.

Te Tai Tokerau MP Slams Govt Overreach in Scrapping Māori Wards preview image

Te Tai Tokerau MP Slams Govt Overreach in Scrapping Māori Wards

Mema Paremata for Te Tai Tokerau, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, has reflected on the decisions made by the councils of the North amidst the government’s push to remove Māori Wards and weaken mana whenua representation. “Actions taken by the Kaipara District Council to remove Māori Wards are the embodiment of the eradication of Māori. It is emboldened by this government’s overreach and interference in the work of democratically elected local councillors to achieve racial injustice,” said Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. "The government has been cunning in its purposeful misuse of the term 'democracy' to manipulate local councils and their communities into eradicating Māori rights, voice, and opportunity.

Ngarewa-Packer devastated for Ruapehu following WPI closure preview image

Ngarewa-Packer devastated for Ruapehu following WPI closure

Te Pāti Māori Co-Leader and MP for Te Tai Hauāuru is devastated for the Ruapehu community following today’s decision to close two Winstone Pulp mills. “My heart goes out to all the workers, their whānau, and the wider Ruapehu community affected by the closure of Winstone Pulp International,” said Ngarewa-Packer. “WPI is Ruapehu District’s largest permanent employer, and this closure leaves 230 whānau without jobs during a cost-of-living crisis.”

Te Pāti Māori Pay Tribute to Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII preview image

Te Pāti Māori Pay Tribute to Kiingi Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII

Papā te whatitiri, hikohiko te uira, i kanapu ki te rangi, i whētuki i raro rā, rū ana te whenua e. Uea te pou o tōku whare kia tū tangata he kapua whakairi nāku nā runga o Taupiri. Ko taku kiri ka tōkia ki te anu mātao. E te iwi whītiki, whītiki, whakarewa. Kua whati a roto, kua pohara te iwi Māori i tō wehenga atu. E te Ariki, e te Kiingi Māori Tuheitia, moe mai rā i roto i ngā ringaringa o te atua. Kaikini te aroha, kaikini te manawa, kaikini te wairua. Hei aha rā, hei aha rā, tū tonu te mahara.

Potaka Brings Whakaata Māori to its Knees preview image

Potaka Brings Whakaata Māori to its Knees

Today’s Whakaata Māori announcement is yet another colossal failure from Minister Potaka, who has turned his back on te reo Māori, forcing a channel offline, putting whānau out of jobs, and cutting Māori content, says Te Pāti Māori. “A Senior Māori Minister has turned his back on Te Reo Māori. Any move that reduces the prominence, visibility and auditability of Te Reo Māori is an attack on future generations. This is his failure, for our people and for our kids,” said Broadcast Spokesperson, Tākuta Ferris. “This restructure will have huge implications for whānau, Māori content, and the revitalisation of te reo Māori. “For Potaka to sit by and allow a 25% reduction in operational budget is weak and gutless, and it has forced Whakaata Māori to its knees.

Waititi urges Rotorua Lakes Council to immediately stop works at Lake Rotokākahi preview image

Waititi urges Rotorua Lakes Council to immediately stop works at Lake Rotokākahi

Te Pāti Māori co-leader and Member of Parliament for Waiariki, which includes Rotorua, has written to Rotorua Lakes Councillors requesting they immediately stop sewerage piping works at Lake Rotokākahi in Rotorua. “Mana whenua have been urging Rotorua Lakes Council to stop works and look at alternative plans to protect the taiao, as well as the wāhi tapu at Lake Rotokākahi. The council needs to listen,” said Rawiri Waititi. “Lake Rotokākahi is a wāhi tapu (sacred site) for mana whenua and is the resting place of many of their tīpuna killed in the Mount Tarawera eruption of 1886. “Mana whenua are not only concerned about the desecration of their wāhi tapu by the current sewage scheme, but also the future environmental damage that will put their roto and its surrounding ecosystems at risk.

Govt Incarcerating our Mokopuna into a Failed System preview image

Govt Incarcerating our Mokopuna into a Failed System

Information released by the Minister for Children has revealed that almost 800 mokopuna Māori have been taken by the state this year, putting it on track for the largest displacement of tamariki Māori since the introduction of Section 7AA in 2019. “Oranga Tamariki is running a crusade against whakapapa Māori under the dictatorship of this Government,” said co-leader, Rawiri Waititi. "The incarceration of 790 children into a system that has proven itself to be an abysmal failure is dangerous. “The whakapapa protections in the current law is the final hurdle before the Govts kidnapping spree is unleashed. “Section 7AA lifts the curtains so the nation can see exactly what the Crown is doing to our mokopuna. It gives tamariki an extra layer of protection from being unjustly taken from their whānau and put in harm’s way.

Tribunal Scathes Government’s Anti-Tiriti Agenda preview image

Tribunal Scathes Government’s Anti-Tiriti Agenda

Today the Waitangi Tribunal issued a scathing report of the Government’s Treaty Principles Bill and Treaty Clause Review polices. The report described the government’s policy to whitewash Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a distortion of the language of the Treaty based on a false historical narrative. The Tribunal found no justifications for these policies which are designed to take away indigenous rights, assert Parliamentary dominance over Māori, and erase any duty of the Crown to act with honour and integrity. “We have the Prime Minister on record saying he is committed to upholding Article 2 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Tino Rangatiratanga of Te Iwi Māori. He needs to prove this by immediately abandoning the Treaty Principles Bill and implementing all the recommendations of the Tribunal” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. “The government have so far ignored all evidence and advice that contradicts their short-sighted anti-Māori, anti-poor, and anti-taiao policy platform. “Te Pāti Māori will not allow this weaponised ignorance to continue unchecked” Waititi said.

Kaipara Council Feast Off Anti-Māori Govt Agenda preview image

Kaipara Council Feast Off Anti-Māori Govt Agenda

Member of Parliament for Te Tai Tokerau, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, and Te Pāti Māori have come out in full support for the action against the racially fuelled decision to get rid of the Te Moananui o Kaipara Māori ward in the Kaipara. “What we have witnessed in Kaipara is a group of councillors so emboldened by this government's agenda that their premeditated fragility has now flourished,” said Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “The Kaipara Council has feasted off the very rhetoric being paraded by this anti-Māori government and has taken the option to disestablish the Māori ward ahead of the required referendum.

Tākuta Ferris enters Member’s Bill to empower Waitangi Tribunal preview image

Tākuta Ferris enters Member’s Bill to empower Waitangi Tribunal

Today MP for Te Tai Tonga and Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tākuta Ferris has submitted his Member’s Bill into the ballot. The Treaty of Waitangi (Empowerment of Waitangi Tribunal) Amendment Bill will make Waitangi Tribunal recommendations binding on the Crown. This bill will also allow the Tribunal to consider all proposed legislation to ensure consistency with Te Tiriti o Waitangi. These changes will allow the Tribunal to properly fulfil its role as the kaitiaki of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. “The three-headed taniwha government has made it very clear that the Waitangi Tribunal needs to be empowered. In only 8 months, Māori have been sent back 70 years.” “This bill reflects the reality that Te Tiriti o Waitangi underpins, and allows for, democracy in Aotearoa.”

Te Pāti Māori will establish a Kura Kaupapa Māori Education Authority preview image

Te Pāti Māori will establish a Kura Kaupapa Māori Education Authority

I tērā Paraire, i whakatairangahia e te Te Roopu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi tō rātou pūrongo, ko Kei Ahotea Te Aho Matua – Pre-publication Version, mō te kerēme ohotata i kawea e Te Rūnanga Nui o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori (Te Rūnanga Nui). Ko tā te pūrongo i takahi te Karauna i ngā mātāpono o te patuitanga, te whakamarumaru, te mana taurite, me ngā kōwhiringa ake i tā rātou arotake mātauranga/kura. Me te aha, kāore te Karauna i kōrero, i whai whakaaro rānei ki Te Rūnanga Nui me ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori. “He mea waiwai te mahi a te Karauna mō ēnei takahitanga i raro i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Me tukuna te pūtea kia āhei ai ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori te mana motuhake ki te whakatū i tētahi mana mātauranga Kura Kaupapa Māori”. I kī te māngai mō te mātauranga nō Te Pāti Māori, a Tākuta Ferris. “E pūrangiaho ana te kite i roto i ngā tau ka whai hua nui te marautanga o Te Aho Matua mō ngā tauira Māori. Heoi, i whakatau te kāwanatanga ki te tāmau i ēnei kaiwhakarato mai i te huarahi whakatau ka whakatauhia te oranga o te mātauranga mō ā tātou mokopuna.” “Ki te hiahia te Karauna ki te whakawhāiti te angotanga i waenga i te iwi Māori me te Pākehā, me noho ki mua te whakamanatanga o ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori i roto i ngā whakarerekētanga o te mātauranga.” “Mai i te kuhu o te tamaiti ki te Kōhanga Reo tae noa ki tana ekenga ki te Wharekura ka haere kōtui ia me te mōhio ki te uaratanga o te noho Māori. I te wā hoki ka eke ia ki te ao whānui ka kore rawa ia e ngaro i tana pupuri o tōna ahurea, whakapapa, me tōna tuakiri rānei.” “Hei āpiti atu hoki ki ngā mahi pūhohe, i puta te kōrero a Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga i te rā kotahi, ka paunu rātou i te pūtea mai i ngā kaupapa rawa tekau mā rima mō ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori.” “Āhea te Karauna e pono ai ki te whakamana i tōna herenga i Te Tiriti o Waitangi? Āhea rātou whakaae ai he nui ake te kaha o te iwi Māori ki te whakaora, ki te manaaki, ki te whakaako i tō mātou ake iwi mēnā kia tika te tohatoha o ngā rauemi ki a tātou?” “Mā te Māori, mō te Māori, ki te Māori anake te huarahi whakamua. Mā Te Pāti Māori e whakatūturu kia tika ngā rauemi me te wāriu o te mātauranga o ngā kaupapa Māori, o te Aho Matua.” Hei tā Ferris.

Te iwi Māori will not stand for another Foreshore and Seabed preview image

Te iwi Māori will not stand for another Foreshore and Seabed

In 2004 te iwi Māori rallied against the Crown’s attempt to confiscate our coastlines and moana with the Foreshore and Seabed Act. This led to the largest hīkoi of a generation and the birth of Te Pāti Māori. 20 years later, history is repeating itself. Today the government has announced they will be amending the Marine and Coastal Area Act to make it almost impossible for iwi to claim ownership of their foreshore and seabed. In order to claim customary title, the Marine and Coastal Area Act required iwi to prove continuous, undisturbed use of their land since 1840.

Te Pāti Māori Acknowledge the Need for Fundamental Change in State Care preview image

Te Pāti Māori Acknowledge the Need for Fundamental Change in State Care

It has been five and a half years since the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care was established to investigate the abuse of children, young people, and vulnerable adults within state and faith-based institutions. Yesterday, the final report - Whanaketia through pain and trauma, from darkness to light - was presented to Parliament.   “First and foremost, today is about acknowledging the nearly 3000 survivors who were brave enough to share their stories in the hope of making Aotearoa a safer place for our mokopuna.” Said Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Oranga Tamariki, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi.  “My hope is that we see the full whakapapa of this report, as opposed to just the letters and numbers on the paper. That we see the sickening irony of the phrase “abuse, in care”.

NZ Government Must Enforce ICJ Ruling preview image

NZ Government Must Enforce ICJ Ruling

On Friday the International Court of Justice reaffirmed what Palestinian’s have been telling us for decades: that the occupation and colonisation of Palestinian lands by Israel is illegal and must end immediately. They also called for reparations for Palestinian’s who have lived under Israeli occupation since it began in 1967. The ICJ has categorically condemned Israel’s crimes against humanity and apartheid policies. They are calling on nations like Aotearoa to enforce this ruling and hold Israel accountable for breaching international law.

David Seymour is Unfit to Serve as Minister preview image

David Seymour is Unfit to Serve as Minister

Te Pāti Māori are calling for David Seymour to resign as Associate Health Minister in response to his call for Pharmac to ignore the Treaty of Waitangi. “This announcement is just another example of the government’s anti-Tiriti, anti-Māori agenda.” Said Co-leader and spokesperson for health, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “Seymour thinks it is inappropriate for Pharmac to consider the Treaty, I say it is inappropriate for a racist to decide the Treaty’s place in the health sector.” “He has admitted that there was no proof that considering the Treaty was leading to bad health outcomes.”

Te Pāti Māori Opposes Three Strikes Amendment Bill preview image

Te Pāti Māori Opposes Three Strikes Amendment Bill

Te Pāti Māori have submitted to the Justice Select Committee against the Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill. The bill will further entrench racism in our justice system and fails to focus on rehabilitation. “Reinstating Three Strikes will empower a systematically racist system and exacerbate the overrepresentation of Māori in prisons. There is no denying that our criminal justice system is institutionally racist and unfit for purpose in Aotearoa,” said spokesperson for justice, Tākuta Ferris. “Māori suffer unequal outcomes at every level of the criminal justice system. Despite being only 20% of the total population, we are half of the prison population. Three Strikes perpetuates punishment, not justice.”

Govt Determined to Make Aotearoa a Country of Disposable Renters preview image

Govt Determined to Make Aotearoa a Country of Disposable Renters

The Transport and Infrastructure Committee is set to make a determination on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (RTA) Bill in the coming weeks. “This legislation will give landlords the power to kick our whānau out onto the street for no reason” said Housing spokesperson, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “Their solution to the housing crisis is threatening renters with a homelessness crisis.” “The RTA Bill is just another example of the government prioritising the haves over the have nots.” “This government has committed to giving $3 billion worth of tax cuts to already wealthy landlords – this is more than the value of all Treaty settlements combined.”

Govt Continues to Destructively Withhold Information preview image

Govt Continues to Destructively Withhold Information

“This government is choosing to deliberately mislead and withhold information, keeping our people in the dark about this government’s agenda and the future of our mokopuna,” said co-leader and spokesperson for Health, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. The call comes after the demand from the Chief Ombudsman that Associate Minister of Health, Casey Costello, apologise for her choice to deliberately withhold information under the Official Information Act. “What we continue to witness is a government that is so deliberate in its destruction that it simply doesn’t care. They don’t give a flying toss about process, about judicial rulings, about the advice they’re given, and about being transparent.

Govt Persists with Anti-Māori Agenda in Whānau Ora Contract Retender preview image

Govt Persists with Anti-Māori Agenda in Whānau Ora Contract Retender

Without warning or discussion, the Whānau Ora commissioning agencies were recently told they must retender for their contracts. “The Minister for Whānau Ora, Tama Potaka needs to provide evidence and a copy of their policy changes and rationale, then sit down to consult with the board of Whānau Ora.” Says co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “It is a costly and intensive process for both the government and those submitting. There is nothing to be achieved from this.” “How can the Minister rationalise this decision without any consultation?” “This government believes they have the democratic mandate to do whatever they like - with no warning - especially when it comes to Māori rights and well-being.”

Te Tai Rāwhiti needs material support – not ‘thoughts and prayers’ preview image

Te Tai Rāwhiti needs material support – not ‘thoughts and prayers’

The government’s failure to invest in flood protection and emergency relief will be felt for generations to come says Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Te Tai Rāwhiti, Tākuta Ferris. “It was only three months ago that councils were calling for the government to help invest in flood protection. Cyclone Gabrielle should have been a wakeup call, but this government has continued to drag its feet, and is now leaving the people of Te Tai Rāwhiti to fend for themselves. “Te Tai Rāwhiti is still suffering from Cyclone Gabrielle. People are still homeless, whānau are still mourning. This has only made last week’s floods more devasting” said Ferris. “Central and local government need to accept responsibility for failing to invest in infrastructure and flood protection, and for failing to listen to the community who understand their river and their environment.

Govt commits Rotorua to a Fast Track to Greater Homelessness preview image

Govt commits Rotorua to a Fast Track to Greater Homelessness

Mema Paremata mō te Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi, says the government is subscribing the Rotorua Housing Crisis to a privatisation fast-track. The comments come after 100-homes have been placed on hold whilst Kāinga Ora conduct a review. “With a quick text message to one of their rich mates, this government has ensured that safe and affordable housing will remain out of reach for our most vulnerable whānau in Rotorua,” said MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi. “The Minister for Housing should be ashamed of himself for ordering his former National colleague to write a damning report on Kāinga Ora based on dodgy evidence. This is a fast track to privatisation, houselessness and homelessness.

The Minister of Māori Development Must Prevent Whakaata Māori Restructure preview image

The Minister of Māori Development Must Prevent Whakaata Māori Restructure

Te Pāti Māori are demanding that the Māori Development Minister move quickly to prevent a financial restructure announced by Whakaata Māori yesterday. "Minister Potaka must immediately intervene and recommit funding to Whakaata Māori. A 25% reduction is cutting Whakaata Māori at their knees; we cannot accept that," said broadcast spokesperson, Tākuta Ferris. "For too long, Māori media has been inequitably funded. The last government set aside a temporary fix; we are demanding that this government make an enduring commitment.

Free Kanaky, Free Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa preview image

Free Kanaky, Free Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa

Te Pāti Māori stand with the people of Kanaky who are fighting for their independence and their lives against oppressive French occupation. The colonisation of the Pacific relies on the manufactured disconnection of Aotearoa from our Pasifika whanaunga. The moana does not separate us, it connects us.

Select Committee Hearings Prove Racist Motives Behind Govt Removal of Māori Wards. preview image

Select Committee Hearings Prove Racist Motives Behind Govt Removal of Māori Wards.

This week the Justice Select Committee has heard numerous submissions on the removal of Māori Wards. “I am feeling invigorated by the powerful oral submissions that I have heard throughout the week.” Said Local Government spokesperson, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “People from all facets of life: whānau Māori, whānau Pākehā, rangatahi, kaumātua, marae, academics, they all came together to object to this Bill from their own realities, from their own perspectives.” "We have had local government for nearly 140 years, yet Māori Wards have not been able to reach beyond a three-year mark without threat of removal. When will government learn that Māori always remember when the Crown Acts in bad faith."

Te Pāti Māori President responds to baseless allegations preview image

Te Pāti Māori President responds to baseless allegations

The recent attacks on Te Pāti Māori and its MP’s are part of a continuing narrative of attack on all matters Māori. If we could respond to baseless inuendo we would. If there is any evidence then show us so we have a reason to engage in a conversation. The fact of the matter is, as usual Māori are being used as a scapegoat to cover up and deflect from what is really going on in this country. This Coalition Government has been brought hook, line and sinker by cigarette and tobacco barons; by pharmaceutical barons; by landlords and by mining barons through fast tracked legislation and more importantly, it continues its constant attack on all matters Māori all of the time. The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister has advised France that when dealing with New Caledonia issues they must be aware of the indigenous Kanak rights of self-determination. Yet he has the audacity to deny his own whakapapa and his own people the same discussion in Aotearoa. The only activist party in our political landscape is Te Pāti Māori. We are the only Pāti that will unapologetically speak our truth. We make absolutely no apology for ensuring that we will overturn every piece of legislation when we form part of a new Government. So the message to rich landlords (me being one of them) is you will pay your fair dues when we take power.

Petition launched to save Māori babies and their right to be with whakapapa preview image

Petition launched to save Māori babies and their right to be with whakapapa

Te Pāti Māori have launched a petition to stop the repeal of Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act. This announcement comes prior to the first reading of the Section 7AA repeal bill in Parliament today. “Section 7AA forces the Government to adhere to Te Tiriti o Waitangi with respect to the care and protection of our babies; our taonga,” said Spokesperson for Children and Te Tai Tokerau MP, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “It asserts that our babies should be placed with and reconnected to their whakapapa. “This repeal, this system, this Government and the Minister is trying to make us believe that we are better off handing our flesh and blood to Pākehā; that we are not good enough to raise our own.

‘Lucky dip’ process too casual for hearing critical submissions on Fast Track approvals bill preview image

‘Lucky dip’ process too casual for hearing critical submissions on Fast Track approvals bill

Te Pāti Māori is showing extreme concern over the Environment Select Committees adoption of a lucky dip draw to determine hearings for the Fast Track Approvals bill. Of the 27,000 submissions, 2,900 requested to present. All organisations will be heard; however, the remaining 2,350 submitters will be subject to a random draw for one of 550 presenting slots. “Te Pāti Māori is disappointed that submissions on the governments Fast Track Approvals bill will be subject to a lucky-dip,” said co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “It is way too casual for such a critical moment in the legislative process when it comes to a bill that could have devastating effects on our communities for nothing but profit. “Our whānau have put so much time and effort into their submissions. More than 1,400 used our templates socialised across our platforms. People have an expectation that they will turn-up and speak to their submission.

Gaza: Aotearoa Must Support Independent Investigation into Mass Graves preview image

Gaza: Aotearoa Must Support Independent Investigation into Mass Graves

Te Pāti Māori are demanding the New Zealand Government support an international independent investigation into mass graves that have been uncovered at two hospitals on the Gaza strip, following weeks of assault by Israeli troops. Among the 392 bodies that have been recovered, are children and elderly civilians. Many of the bodies show evidence of torture, mutilation, and mass execution. Some have been found stripped naked with bound hands, while others still had medical tubes attached to them indicating that they were likely buried alive. In the same week the United States pledged a further $17bn to the Israeli war machine. The US is now calling for an investigation into the mass graves to be led by Israel with no independent international oversight. “This is a new level of horror that we haven’t seen before” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader and human rights spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “We won’t accept the findings of any investigation that is not independent of Israel and the United States. To do so is to be complicit in covering up one of the worst atrocities to ever be witnessed.

Another ‘Stolen Generation’ enabled by court ruling on Waitangi Tribunal summons preview image

Another ‘Stolen Generation’ enabled by court ruling on Waitangi Tribunal summons

Tonight’s court decision to overturn the summons of the Children’s Minister has enabled the Crown to continue making decisions about Māori without evidence, says Te Pāti Māori spokesperson for Children, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “The judicial system has this evening told the nation that this government can do whatever they want when it comes to decisions for Māori, without evidence and without including us in the conversation. It’s enabling another stolen generation” said Te Tai Tokerau MP, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “To do away with Section 7AA is to continue the Crown’s rotten agenda that harms our vulnerable Māori babies. It disgusts me that a Seymour-proclaimed mana wahine is proud of her actions to oppress our children. “This decision socks it to the nation and Māori babies, with the governments idiopathic agenda to steal the right tamariki Māori have to be with whakapapa and the organisations duty to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi. “This government is hellbent on overriding, creating laws and overturning evidence based and informed policy. The Minister has no evidence to back up the repeal of 7AA.

Ferris - Three Strikes targets those ‘too brown to be white’ preview image

Ferris - Three Strikes targets those ‘too brown to be white’

The government's decision to reintroduce Three Strikes is a destructive and ineffective piece of law-making that will only exacerbate an inherently biased and racist criminal justice system, said Te Pāti Māori Justice Spokesperson, Tākuta Ferris, today. During the time Three Strikes was in place in Aotearoa, Māori and Pasifika received over 50% of the strikes, and 63% of those with a second strike were Māori. Ministry of Justice briefs established that there was no evidence of this policy reducing crime, or having any obvious effect on crime rates at all. “We know unequivocally that being harder on crime equates to being harder on Māori and those too brown to be white. These numbers demonstrate it,” said Ferris. "Modelled on US law that disproportionately targeted African Americans, Three Strikes has unjustly perpetuated racism and ensnared Māori with no evidence of reducing crime. "We only have to look at 2022 research out of California1 showing that Three Strikes has no measurable deterrent effect, that it locks up African Americans, and that it does not address crime.

Oranga Tamariki cuts commit tamariki to state abuse preview image

Oranga Tamariki cuts commit tamariki to state abuse

Te Pāti Māori is disgusted at the confirmation that hundreds are set to lose their jobs at Oranga Tamariki, and the disestablishment of the Treaty Response Unit. “This act of absolute carelessness and out of touch decision making is committing tamariki to state abuse.” Said Te Pāti Māori Oranga Tamariki spokesperson, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. “Removing the organisations Treaty Response Unit and capability in a workforce that is established to support our most vulnerable is short-sighted racism. “Today’s announcement confirms what we knew back in February, that there were 600 jobs on the line. When questioned in the house, the Minister failed to acknowledge that almost a quarter of the total capacity within Oranga Tamariki would be slashed.

Te Pāti Māori to visit Queensland to strengthen ties with Māori in Australia preview image

Te Pāti Māori to visit Queensland to strengthen ties with Māori in Australia

Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, and Mema Paremata mō Tāmaki-Makaurau, Takutai Tarsh Kemp, will travel to the Gold Coast to strengthen ties with Māori in Australia next week (15-21 April). The visit, in the lead-up to the 9th Australian National Kapa haka Festival, will be an opportunity for both MPs and the Party to build on connections with whānau Māori in Australia as well as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The programme includes engagements with performing kapa haka, their whānau and communities. MP's will also be the masters of ceremony at the kapa haka event which determines which groups from Australia qualify for Te Matatini 2025. The programme will also include a meeting with independent indigenous Senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe, on Thursday, April 18.

Waititi writes to parties asking them to support removal of GST from food preview image

Waititi writes to parties asking them to support removal of GST from food

Te Pāti Māori co-leader and MP for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi has penned a letter asking MPs to support his members bill to remove GST from all food. The bill is expected to go through its first reading in parliament this Wednesday. “I’m calling on all political parties to support my bill to remove GST from kai,” said bill sponsor and Te Pāti Māori co-leader, Rawiri Waititi. “It shouldn’t matter where you sit on the political spectrum. Removing GST from kai should be a no brainer for any party who is serious about supporting whānau during a cost of living crisis. “Food is a right and a necessity that shouldn’t be taxed. We know that GST hits lower income whānau the hardest. “We should not be relying on people who are struggling to feed their tamariki to prop up our tax system.

We Will Never Back Down on Seabed Mining preview image

We Will Never Back Down on Seabed Mining

After 12 years of fighting to protect our moana we are finding ourselves back at square one and back at court. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is sitting in Hawera to reconsider an application from Trans-Tasman Resources to dig up 50 million tonnes of the seabed in South Taranaki. This is despite failing every environmental threshold and having their consent revoked by three separate courts. “It’s clear these corporations are feeling emboldened by this government and their fast-tracking legislation” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “TTR have already invested $50 million into their bid to pillage our seabed of minerals, and now they have the government backing them. We are gravely concerned for what this means for our rural communities who cannot afford endless court cases. “Iwi have won every court case against TTR, and have proven beyond doubt that this company cannot meet the environmental threshold. But here we are, back at this point.

Govt commits Māori to a premature death with axing of health authority, smokefree laws preview image

Govt commits Māori to a premature death with axing of health authority, smokefree laws

The government’s attack on Māori health this week is committing tangata-whenua to a premature death, says Te Pāti Māori. “The government have begun their onslaught on Māori health with the abolishment of the Māori Health Authority and smokefree laws in the same day” said health spokesperson and co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “Our health system sees Māori die seven years earlier than non-Māori. We are two-to-three times more likely to be engulfed with cancer and sixty percent more likely to die after diagnosed. “The writing is on the wall, it’s in the wards and oncology units across the country.

Te Pāti Māori request urgent debate to stop dictatorship government preview image

Te Pāti Māori request urgent debate to stop dictatorship government

Te Pāti Māori has this morning written to the speaker of the house requesting an urgent debate around the use and abuse of urgency to expedite the progression of its agenda, including the disestablishment of the Māori health authority. “The governments use and abuse of urgency has created a dictatorship in what should be a Tiriti-led democratic state,” said co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “The Executive has destroyed public, judicial and legislative oversight and participation. Urgency has been used in every sitting week of the 2024 sitting year - it is an abuse of government’s power. “We have seen urgency used to abolish three waters legislation, workers’ rights including fair-pay agreements, 90-day trials, and section 27 cultural reports.

Members bill to remove GST from kai, pulled from ballot preview image

Members bill to remove GST from kai, pulled from ballot

Te Pāti Māori co-leader and Member for Waiariki, Rawiri Waititi is ecstatic his members bill to remove GST from kai has been drawn from the ballot. “For the last three-years Te Pāti Māori have been calling on the previous and current governments to implement real change and address the cost-of-living crisis,” said co-leader Rawiri Waititi. “I am excited that my bill to remove GST from kai has been drawn from the ballot. It is the start of the radical shake-up our taxation system in this country needs. “I am calling on all parties in the house to support my bill. “We have had overwhelming support on the Te Pāti Māori petition to remove GST off kai. In a Newshub poll, over 70% of people supported the move prior to the election. “It is clear the people want GST to be removed from their grocery bills.

Over-promising government under delivering for Aotearoa preview image

Over-promising government under delivering for Aotearoa

Te Pāti Māori is labelling this government as one that has over promised and under delivered as it announces its mini budget of cut backs. “The government have done the public dirty, over-promising and under delivering for those suffering hardship in a cost of living crisis,” said co-leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “This budget again fails to acknowledge how tough people are finding it. It is simply a budget of cut backs to ensure they can look after their rich mates.

Te Pāti Māori Stands with Workers preview image

Te Pāti Māori Stands with Workers

Te Pāti Māori will be strongly opposing the Fair Pay Agreements Legislation Repeal Bill this Government is trying to pass before Christmas. 30 years ago, the Employment Contracts Act 1991 removed sector-wide bargaining from our industrial relations system. According to unionist and workers’ rights advocate Annie Newman, this implemented “one of the most radical individualised employment relations systems in the world. The Fair Pay Agreements Act 2022 would have significantly lifted wages and employment conditions for workers, particularly those on low incomes.

Māori will die to fund tax cuts preview image

Māori will die to fund tax cuts

By scrapping Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree laws, this government is sacrificing Māori lives to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. Not only is this plan revolting, but it doesn’t add up. Treasury has estimated that the reversal of smokefree laws to pay for tax cuts will cost our health system $5.25bn, and cut productivity growth by $5.88bn. Smoking is the leading cause of premature deaths in Aotearoa, particularly for Māori who have the highest rates of smoking in the country. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill would have seen Aotearoa smokefree within a generation, saving up to 5,000 lives each year. “This Government is putting tobacco industry profits before Māori lives” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. “They are relying on addiction to fuel tax cuts for their rich mates. It’s vile.

Luxon’s Government will whitewash Aotearoa preview image

Luxon’s Government will whitewash Aotearoa

NZ First has gotten their wish to ‘take our country back’ to the 1800s with a policy program that will white-wash Aotearoa and erase tangata whenua rights. By disestablishing the Māori Health Authority this Government has condemned Māori to die seven years earlier than Pākehā. By removing Treaty obligations from Oranga Tamariki this Government will displace a generation of tamariki from their whakapapa and continue the cycle of trauma.

Te Pāti Māori call for Foreign Affairs CEO to be sacked preview image

Te Pāti Māori call for Foreign Affairs CEO to be sacked

Te Pāti Māori have called for the resignation of the Ministry of Foreign and Trade chief executive Chris Seed following his decision to erase te reo Māori from government communications. While the country still waits for a new government to be formed, Mr Seed took it upon himself to undermine his office’s obligations to Māori without any prior consultation. Mr Seed is either bowing to the anti-Māori rhetoric that was prevalent throughout the election campaign, or he has only been paying lip service to te reo Māori until we had a change of government. “The Ministry is happy to sell our culture and language overseas while showing no respect for it at home” said Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. “If this is how you are going to treat te iwi Māori behind closed doors then you are unfit for office and need to step down” said Waititi.

Aotearoa Must cut Ties with War Criminals preview image

Aotearoa Must cut Ties with War Criminals

Aotearoa Must cut Ties with War Criminals Israel have agreed to 4 hour pause of violence each day, essentially saying they will still kill Palestinians for 20 hours a day. If President Joe Biden is going to rule out a ceasefire but take credit for negotiating a pause, then he must also take responsibility for what happens when the violence resumes each day. “Every child killed today would still be alive if there was a ceasefire yesterday.”

Te Pāti Māori celebrate most successful election result in history preview image

Te Pāti Māori celebrate most successful election result in history

Te Pāti Māori celebrate most successful election result in history Te Pāti Māori are celebrating the most successful election result in the Party’s history, following the announcement of the final vote count today. Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Takutai Moana Kemp will be joining Te Pāti Māori’s caucus, alongside fellow new MPs Tākuta Ferris and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke. “We have tripled the size of our caucus and are now set to grow our movement even more. We mihi to the courage of te iwi Maori for believing in themselves. Our Aotearoa Hou is rising,” said Te Pāti Māori Co-leader Rawiri Waititi.

Te Pāti Māori Statement on Gaza preview image

Te Pāti Māori Statement on Gaza

Te Pāti Māori Statement on Gaza Prime Minister Hipkins has been vocal in condemning HAMAS but silent on the war crimes of Israel as though Palestinian lives matter less. The bombing of hospitals, homes and churches is not self-defence. The use of white phosphorous in densely populated areas is not self-defence. Collective punishment of civilians by cutting of food, water, and medical supplies is not self-defence.

Te Pāti Māori are demanding that the NZ Government expel the Israeli ambassador if there is no immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid preview image

Te Pāti Māori are demanding that the NZ Government expel the Israeli ambassador if there is no immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid

Te Pāti Māori Co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are demanding that the New Zealand Government expel the Israeli ambassador if Israel does not immediately implement a ceasefire and open safe humanitarian aid corridors for Gaza. “We condemn Hamas for murdering civilians and taking civilian hostages. We also condemn the retaliatory actions of the Israeli government. The indiscriminate bombing of Gaza by, destroying hospitals and civilian apartment buildings, is unconscionable,” said Rawiri Waititi. “Targeting civilians is a breach of international law, as is collective punishment – there can be no justification for blocking civilian access to water, power and humanitarian aid.

Rawiri Waititi in Cambridge Union Debate on the Commonwealth preview image

Rawiri Waititi in Cambridge Union Debate on the Commonwealth

Rawiri Waititi will be taking part in the Cambridge Union Presidential Debate in the UK this Friday, at 7am NZ Time. Founded in 1815, the Cambridge Union is the oldest continuously running debating society in the world. Rawiri will be one of a small handful of Aotearoa MPs, including Georgina Beyer and Helen Clark, to have addressed the Cambridge Union. The topic of Friday’s debate is “the Commonwealth Still Serves a Purpose, which Rawiri will be opposing alongside Jonty Yin, and a student speaker.

Change to Therapeutic Products Bill a huge win for Māori preview image

Change to Therapeutic Products Bill a huge win for Māori

After much pressure from rongoā Māori practitioners, health advocates, Māori health providers, patients, and Te Pāti Māori, the Government has today announced significant changes to the Therapeutic Products Bill. The legislation will now exempt rongoā Māori practitioners and small-scale Natural Health Product (NHP) manufacturers. An advisory committee of rongoā experts and Māori health leaders will be established to ensure the regulation of our rongoā and mātauranga remains in Māori hands.

Tākuta Ferris to stand in Te Tai Tonga preview image

Tākuta Ferris to stand in Te Tai Tonga

Today, Te Pāti Māori announce Takuta Ferris will contest the Te Tai Tonga seat at this year’s General Election. “Takura ran for the Te Tai Tonga seat for Te Pāti Māori in 2020. It takes tremendous courage and commitment to put your hand up for another round in the ring and we are honoured as a consequence we now have a battle-hardened candidate raring to go” said Te Pāti Māori President, John Tamihere.

Expressions of Interest for Candidates for the 2023 General Election preview image

Expressions of Interest for Candidates for the 2023 General Election

KEI TE KIMI KAITONO A TE PĀTI MĀORI Tēnā Koutou Katoa, Kei te kimi Te Pāti Māori i ētahi kaitono mō te rohe pōti o Tāmaki Makaurau, o Hauraki-Waikato me Te Tai Tonga kia tū mō ngā kōwhiringa pōti-a-motu e heke mai ana a te tau 2023. He āheinga tēnei mō tētahi Māori ki te whakawaha i ngā hiahia o te iwi Māori e noho ana ki Tāmaki Makaurau, ki Hauraki-Waikato, ki Te Tai Tonga anō hoki. Anei ngā paearu mō ngā kaitono: Me whakapapa Māori Me noho kainga ki roto o Tāmaki Makaurau, ki roto o Hauraki-Waikato, ki roto o Te Tai Tonga. Me mema koe mō Te Pāti Māori Me kaha tautoko i ngā Kaupapa here me ngā whakataunga o Te Pāti Māori Mehemea he aronga nui tēnei mōhou, tēnā, tukuna mai kia rua ngā rewherī me tōu tātai pūmanawa ki: Te Hekeretari o Te Pāti Māori [email protected] Ka kati ngā tono a te 30 Noema 2022 TE PĀTI MĀORI SEEKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Tēnā Koutou Katoa, Te Pāti Māori is seeking expressions of interest for a candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato and Te Tai Tonga electorates and candidates for Te Pāti Māori list MP’s. The successful applicant will stand in Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato and Te Tai Tonga for the 2023 General Election. This is an opportunity for a talented Māori leader to represent Te Pāti Māori at a national level. Key requirements for applicants: Applicants must demonstrate Māori Whakapapa. Applicants must live in the Tāmaki Makaurau, Hauraki-Waikato or Tai Tonga electorate. Applicants must be paid members of Te Pāti Māori. Applicants must proactively support all Te Pāti Māori policies and positional statements. Please submit your profile / CV including 2 referees to: Party Secretary, Te Pāti Māori [email protected] Applications close 30th November 2022

Make Maori Health Authority & Health NZ CEO's Co Director-Generals of Health preview image

Make Maori Health Authority & Health NZ CEO's Co Director-Generals of Health

GOVT Has Unique Opportunity to Appoint New MOH Boss Te Pāti Māori Co-leader and Health spokesperson Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is calling on the Government to use the unique opportunity of Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s resignation to recognise the new chief executives of the Māori Health Authority and Health NZ as Co Director-Generals of Health. “The truth is that the health system fails Māori. The absolute failure of the Crown over decades in ensuring Māori equality of access and outcome is best evidenced in the health portfolio,“ said Ngarewa-Packer. “With the establishment of the Māori Health Authority a new era in Māori health is arriving. It’s crucial that this is done right, and there is no other way of guaranteeing that then letting Māori lead. We must not have a situation where the Māori Health Authority can be vetoed or underfunded by Pākehā bureaucrats. “Riana Manuel and Fepulea'i Margie Apa have been appointed as chief executives of the Māori Health Authority and Health NZ. We are calling for the legislation to be restructured so that they are recognised as Co Director-Generals of Health. “Government has already been through a process and appointed these two fabulous leaders. With Dr Bloomfield resigning, what better opportunity to elevate them into the top job. “COVID-19 and the mental health crisis have highlighted just how important it is that we have Māori leadership at the most senior levels of our health system. We need a system that understand us and is responsive to our needs, not a system that refuses to share power and resources,” said Ngarewa-Packer.