Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 6, 2020 3:37:53 GMT 12
$40K MATARIKI HARVEST FROM CITY COFFERS INCURS COUNCILLOR'S CONCERN
A six-week festival celebrating a traditional time of cultivation and harvest in the Maori calendar has received a $40,000 boost from the Hamilton City Council.
However not everyone is happy with what was an unseasonal harvesting of funds from the council's coffers.
Councillor Mark Bunting was the main voice of dissent to the granting of the money to Te Ohu Whakaita charitable trust to help run the Matariki ki Waikato 2020 event......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/119282663/40k-matariki-harvest-from-city-coffers-incurs-councillors-concern
JACINDA ARDERN MARKS FREE DENTAL CARE AS POTENTIAL ELECTION ISSUE AT WAITANGI
Isiah Apiata - nephew of Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata - wants vulnerable Kiwis to receive free dental care.
"My people cannot afford dentistry. On the small benefit they get, they fail to provide the necessary support, so they avoid going to the dentist," he said.
"I ask you humbly to consider free dentistry for those of our iwi Māori who cannot afford it."
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/jacinda-ardern-marks-free-dental-care-as-potential-election-issue-at-waitangi.html
A six-week festival celebrating a traditional time of cultivation and harvest in the Maori calendar has received a $40,000 boost from the Hamilton City Council.
However not everyone is happy with what was an unseasonal harvesting of funds from the council's coffers.
Councillor Mark Bunting was the main voice of dissent to the granting of the money to Te Ohu Whakaita charitable trust to help run the Matariki ki Waikato 2020 event......
www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/119282663/40k-matariki-harvest-from-city-coffers-incurs-councillors-concern
JACINDA ARDERN MARKS FREE DENTAL CARE AS POTENTIAL ELECTION ISSUE AT WAITANGI
Isiah Apiata - nephew of Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata - wants vulnerable Kiwis to receive free dental care.
"My people cannot afford dentistry. On the small benefit they get, they fail to provide the necessary support, so they avoid going to the dentist," he said.
"I ask you humbly to consider free dentistry for those of our iwi Māori who cannot afford it."
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/jacinda-ardern-marks-free-dental-care-as-potential-election-issue-at-waitangi.html