Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 12, 2023 5:19:52 GMT 12
INDIGENOUS COMMENT RILES TANGATA KAKARIKI
We may not be indigenous, but we’re certainly tangata whenua.
That’s the response from Greens’ Northland candidate Huhana Lyndon to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters’ claim at a Nelson meeting that Māori are not indigenous because they came from Hawaiiki 900 or so years ago.
“And the indigenous term itself is difficult. He kupu pakeha tera, but te iwi Maori is tangata whenua. Te iwi Maori have a tiriti with the crown that needs to be honoured” Ms Lyndon says.....
waateanews.com/2023/09/11/indigenous-comment-riles-tangata-kakariki/
MĀORI STREET NAME IDEAS SHOULDN'T BE POCKETED AND 'PLUCKED' FROM LATER, SAYS IWI
An idea to “word bank” rejected Māori street names for developers to “pluck” from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō, or macrons, promised two years ago.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/132895869/mori-street-name-ideas-shouldnt-be-pocketed-and-plucked-from-later-says-iwi
We may not be indigenous, but we’re certainly tangata whenua.
That’s the response from Greens’ Northland candidate Huhana Lyndon to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters’ claim at a Nelson meeting that Māori are not indigenous because they came from Hawaiiki 900 or so years ago.
“And the indigenous term itself is difficult. He kupu pakeha tera, but te iwi Maori is tangata whenua. Te iwi Maori have a tiriti with the crown that needs to be honoured” Ms Lyndon says.....
waateanews.com/2023/09/11/indigenous-comment-riles-tangata-kakariki/
MĀORI STREET NAME IDEAS SHOULDN'T BE POCKETED AND 'PLUCKED' FROM LATER, SAYS IWI
An idea to “word bank” rejected Māori street names for developers to “pluck” from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō, or macrons, promised two years ago.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/132895869/mori-street-name-ideas-shouldnt-be-pocketed-and-plucked-from-later-says-iwi