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Tērā ia ngā kōrero whakahirahira mō te māia o ngā hōia o te Rua Tekau mā Waru, ka wātea ki ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa i tētahi pae tukutuku hou.

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

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

Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson and Minister of Maori Affairs Dr Pita Sharples today honoured the veterans of New Zealand’s 28th Maori Battalion for their service dur

  • Christopher Finlayson
  • Pita Sharples
  • Attorney-General
  • Maori Affairs

Minister of Education Anne Tolley and Associate Minister of Education Dr Pita Sharples today announced $8.9 million in grants from the Discretionary Grants Scheme, set up to increase the number of

  • Anne Tolley
  • Pita Sharples
  • Education

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

A set of research reports, which shows the health of the Maori language is improving, has been completed by Te Puni Kokiri.

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

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

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

Introduction

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

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

A new initiative that will see more Māori gain skills and qualifications across a wide range of industries cannot come soon enough, according to the Minister of Māori Affairs Hon Dr.

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

The 4th of July is an appropriate day to be thinking about icons.

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

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

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

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, is warning the public to beware of fraudsters offering cheap passports in the name of the Maori Party.

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

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

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

A ministerial meeting on the drivers of crime next month will be co-hosted by Justice Minister Simon Power and Associate Corrections Minister Dr Pita Sharples.

  • Simon Power
  • Pita Sharples
  • Corrections
  • Justice

Prime Minister John Key and Maori Party co-leaders Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia welcome the review of the Foreshore and Seabed announced today which delivers on a central commitment in the Confi

  • John Key
  • Pita Sharples
  • Tariana Turia
  • Prime Minister

 

Te Puni Kokiri House, Wellington

28 January 2009; 10am

 

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

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

The Minister of Māori Affairs, Hon Dr Pita Sharples, today released the Briefings to the Incoming Minister of Māori Affairs from Te Puni Kōkiri and the Crown entities within the Māori Affairs p

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs

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

Minister of Maori Affairs and Associate Minister of Education Dr Pita Sharples has welcomed the decision by the Minister of Education Anne Tolley to defer implementation of regulations for early ch

  • Pita Sharples
  • Maori Affairs