Pita Sharples
Speech

Tēnā koutou ngā mōrehu o te Rōpū Rua Tekau mā Waru, koutou kua takihoki mai i te mura o te ahi, a, koutou ko ō koutou hoa i hinga i tāwāhi, e maumahara tonutia ana.

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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The Minister of Maori Affairs strongly endorses the Government's focus on reducing unemployment among young people. "My own priority is young Maori, who are disproportionately affected.

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
Speech

E nga mana, e nga reo, nau mai, haere mai ki roto i te Whare Paremata o Aotearoa.

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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Introduction

Ko wai koe? Na wai koe? No hea koe?

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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The 4th of July is an appropriate day to be thinking about icons.

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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Yesterday was my wife’s birthday.

I thought long and hard about what to get Arapera this year, as a sign of my utter devotion.  I finally came up with the perfect gift.

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson today released the report of the Ministerial Review Panel which he commissioned on the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004.

The report includes the panel’s advice and sets out a range of options on how to best recognise both customary and public interests in the coastal marine area.

“The panel has completed the vital first stage of the review process and reported on time” said Mr Finlayson. “The next step is for the Government to consider the recommendations in the report and make decisions on the future of the Act.”

Christopher Finlayson Pita Sharples Attorney-General Maori Affairs
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Support for families who are most vulnerable and building long-term resilience into the Maori economy are the dual thrusts of the Maori Affairs budget this year, Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharple

Pita Sharples Budget 2009 Maori Affairs
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I pay my respects first to Barani, in the words of the Eora, the original peoples of this land, “yesterday”. 

Pita Sharples Education

Simon Power Pita Sharples Justice
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Te Puni Kokiri House, Wellington

28 January 2009; 10am

 

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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The Minister of Maori Affairs called for Maori leaders to consider bold initiatives to address the impact of the economic crisis on Maori and New Zealanders, as he opened his economic workshop in W

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs
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The Maori Party stands to congratulate Hon Dr Lockwood Smith in the prestigious role of Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Pita Sharples Maori Affairs