Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 1, 2024 5:40:35 GMT 12
MĀORI PARLIAMENT WORKINGS DISCUSSED AT HUI Ā MOTU SECOND PHASE
Hundreds of Māori gathered at Ōmāhu Marae near Hastings for the second national hui this year following one at Ngāruawāhia.
Among those in attendance are Kiingi Tuuheitia, Rātana Church tumuaki Manuao Te Kohamutunga Tamou and Sir Robert 'Bom' Gillies, the last surviving soldier of the 28th Māori Battalion.
Strategies for how to put the kaupapa of kotahitanga (unity) into action are being discussed at the hui.
Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris spoke at the pōwhiri and presented the party's declaration of Māori independence to establish a Māori parliament.
Ngāti Kahungunu chair Bayden Barber said Māori held their own future.
The parliament would include an upper and lower house with traditional leaders - like Kiingi Tuuheitia sitting above acting as spiritual guidance, Barber said.
The government still had an important part to play in Māori affairs, as seen with the Budget, he said....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/518351/maori-parliament-workings-discussed-at-hui-a-motu-second-phase
Hundreds of Māori gathered at Ōmāhu Marae near Hastings for the second national hui this year following one at Ngāruawāhia.
Among those in attendance are Kiingi Tuuheitia, Rātana Church tumuaki Manuao Te Kohamutunga Tamou and Sir Robert 'Bom' Gillies, the last surviving soldier of the 28th Māori Battalion.
Strategies for how to put the kaupapa of kotahitanga (unity) into action are being discussed at the hui.
Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris spoke at the pōwhiri and presented the party's declaration of Māori independence to establish a Māori parliament.
Ngāti Kahungunu chair Bayden Barber said Māori held their own future.
The parliament would include an upper and lower house with traditional leaders - like Kiingi Tuuheitia sitting above acting as spiritual guidance, Barber said.
The government still had an important part to play in Māori affairs, as seen with the Budget, he said....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/518351/maori-parliament-workings-discussed-at-hui-a-motu-second-phase