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E te rangatira, Merata, kua kapohia koe e te ringa ohorere o aitua.

Kua pani o iwi, Ngati Pikiao, Ngai Te Rangi, ratou ko o karanga maha.

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Budget funding for two new Whare Oranga Ake - reintegration units for prisoners - will help to reduce re-offending and re-imprisonment rates, Associate Corrections Minister Pita Sharples says.

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A new school providing education in Te Reo Māori has been established in Nelson and will open in 2012, Education Minister Anne Tolley and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples announced today

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Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples is very pleased that the UN Special Rapportuer on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples has accepted the Government's

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E ōku rangatira, tēnā koutou. Tēnei rā tā koutou kaitono kua hari i tā koutou kaupapa ki mua i te Whakakotahitanga o te Ao, ā, kua hoki mai ki te whakamihi ki tō koutou whakaaro nui.

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Thank you for the opportunity to be here. To John Wills, Chief Executive of InfraTrain, and your staff, thank you for your efforts in making this initiative a success.

To the scholarship winners - congratulations, it is a pleasure to share in your success.   

Not quite a year ago, in July 2009, I was here at this very venue with the Prime Minister to launch Te Puni Kōkiri's "Māori in Industry and Trades Training" initiative.

This initiative was part of Te Puni Kōkiri's response to the Māori Economic Summit and the Prime Minister's Job Summit.

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The Minister of Māori Affairs, the Hon Dr Pita Sharples, and the Minister of Finance, Hon Bill English today announced two new directors and the reappointment of Mr Wayne Walden to the Board of th

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The Minister of Māori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, today announced the appointment of Professor Tamati Reedy and the reappointment of Dr Robyn Anderson to the Waitangi Tribunal, each for a term of t

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MMaori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples says he is shocked to hear allegations that a government Minister and an official attempted to influence the outcome of a rugby match between the Mao

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Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples is urging tangata whenua and all New Zealanders to have their say on what should replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act.

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This is a most significant point of our history, to be gathering at this fifth annual Maori fisheries conference.

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As I was getting ready for the day ahead, this morning I had a moment of utter genius as I thought about the possibility of picking up some whitebait for tea.   There's nothing quite as m

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Today is Race Relations day in New Zealand. So I thought that it would be good if we could gather together, share some food and contemplate issues of Race Relations within Godzone.

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