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"Thirty-three years ago a Maori language petition (containing 30,000 signatures) was presented to Parliament. The request at the time was for Mâori language to be taught in schools.

The 2nd annual Maori Language Awards were again held on Maori Language Day

14 Mahuru 2005, 7.30 i te pö

E ngä mana, e ngä reo, e rau rangatira mä, tënei te mihi whänui atu.

Speech notes prepared for opening of Waiwhetu Cultural Centre,

Tïhei Mauriora, Ka mau te wehi Te Ätiawa, Puketapu me Ngäti Hämua! Te Rünanga o Taranaki, Kara Puketapu, ko au ano rätou tënei e whai hönore nei ki te whai wähi ano i roto i te whakatutukitanga o tëtahi ano o o moemoeä.

Gisborne Pirates Rugby Football Club Conference Centre Opens for Business

Two new Kura Kaupapa Maori announced for Northland

He ai ki ngä körero a Te Minita Tuarua mo Te Mätauranga a Parekura Horomia i te ra nei, e rua ngä Kura Kaupapa Mäori ka whakaüngia ki roto i Te Taitokerau.

Another drop in Maori unemployment – Government must be doing something right!

Kua heke ano te maha o ngä Mäori kaore i te whiwhi mahiTe ähua nei kei te tika ngä whakahaere a te Käwana

Associate Minister of Fisheries, Parekura Horomia, has announced the establishment of two new mätaitai reserves in Hawke Bay.

“The Moremore Mataitai Reserves cover traditional fishing grounds, important to the people of Ngäi Te Ruruku o Te Rangi – the area’s tangata whenua,” says Parekura Horomia.

Mâori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia today congratulated Prime Minister Helen Clark on Labour's pledge requiring all historical Treaty claims to be lodged by 1 September 2008, with the aim of settling all claims by 2020.

I te ra nei, i tuku mihi Te Minita mo Ngä Take Mäori a Parekura Horomia, ki te Pirimia ki a Helen Clark mo te öati a te röpu Reipa kia whakatakotoria te katoa o ngä kerëme körero tüturu mo te Tiriti i mua atu i te tuatahi o ngä ra o Hepetema o te tau 2008, ä, i runga i te tumanako ka whakatauria te katoa o ngä kerëme a te tau 2020.

"Encouraging the participation of Maori children and their whänau in high – quality early childhood education including Kohanga Reo continues to be a key priority" for this government", Associate Education Minister Parekura Horomia said today in releasing the Education Review Office's (ERO's) Evaluation Indicators and Review Package.

Speech notes prepared for the inaugurual NZ Maori Tourism Council Conference, Waipuna Conference Centre, Thursday 14th July, 2005

Books in Homes turns 10

Books in Homes 10 years old

Hukarere Girls College turns 130

Speech notes prepared for the 2005 Maori Business Awards, Turangwaewae, Saturday 25 June, 2005

Today the Minister of Mâori Affairs, Hon Parekura Horomia, announced the reappointment of Joanne Morris, Dr Monty Soutar, Gloria Herbert and Joseph Northover to the Waitangi Tribunal, each for a further term of three years.

Associate Minister of Education accepts petition from NZEI support staff

Speech notes prepared for Maori Farmer of the Year, 2005, Awards Dinner, Rotorua Convention Centre, Friday 10th June, 2005

Speech notes prepared for Opening of of "Te Aroha",
Maraenui Bilingual School,
Lister Crescent, Maraenui, Napier, Friday 10th June, 2005

Speech notes prepared for Matariki Ahunga Nui Hui, Brentwood Hotel, Wellington, Wednesday 8th June,