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The Associate Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon Tariana Turia, says the retiring Chief Executive of the Kohanga Reo National Trust, Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, is a battler who has never sold her people short.

Speech to Graduation of Ngati Awa Service Academy students, Puawairua marae, Whakatane

“We should all be concerned with what has happened. The government has been working with tangata whenua on rural housing and community development programmes throughout the far north. We will not tolerate criminal action which endangers life and safety, frustrates progress and threatens community relations.

Associate Housing Minister Tariana Turia is encouraging the tangata whenua of Whatuwhiwhi, in the Far North, to continue with a private housing scheme.

The MP for Te Tai Hauauru and Associate Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon. Tariana Turia, welcomed today’s release of a report from Te Puni Kokiri on the health of te reo Maori in Te Tai Hauauru.

The intention of the policy is to provide a basis for relationships between the government and volunteers. It sets out the government’s view of what volunteering is, the contribution it makes to our society, and the government’s commitment to recognise and support volunteers and their organisations.

The government has adopted a formal policy on volunteering.

The report draws a clear link between the oppression of tangata whenua following confiscation and alienation of lands, and the loss of te reo amongst our people in following generations.

Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia says the Memorandum of Understanding, signed at Putiki at 1.00pm today by the iwi of Whanganui and Ministers of the Crown, will help iwi to take the initiative in addressing education issues.

The last week has been a big one for Whanganui iwi. Negotiations between the iwi and the Crown found a way for the position of river claimants to be protected, while Genesis Power proceeds with its application for a 35-year resource consent to take water from the headwaters – something which the iwi objects to.

... Tariana Turia acknowledged concern among voluntary organisations about the possible impact of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill, which is presently before Parliament.

The Minister for the Community and Voluntry Sector, Tariana Turia, has told the NZ Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux that the government is still in consultation over the details of the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill.

Te Tai Hauauru MP and Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia says she is pleased with the process that has been followed between Whanganui iwi negotiators and Crown representatives.

Speech to National Coalition for Law Centres, Te Rau Oriwa marae, Whanganui

The government will continue to develop a more effective relationship with volunteers, and the communities they support, over the next three years, Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia said today.

MP for Te Tai Hauauru, Tariana Turia, congratulates Te Puni Kokiri for leading a whole-of-government approach to supporting the community in Highbury.

Four new Primary Health Organisations will give thousands more New Zealanders access to affordable, family-based primary health care, says Associate Health Minister, Tariana Turia.

I te 14 o Mahuru kua pahure ake nei, ko te toru tekau tau mai i te Ra o te Reo Maori tuatahi, na reira kua huri tenei tuhinga ki to tatau reo hei mihi kia ratau ma i pakanga te pakanga nui mo te mouri pupuri e kii nei ko te reo.

Hon Tariana Turia, MP for Te Tai Hauauru, is thrilled that her electorate will gain significant benefits from the 10-year plan for early childhood education.

Associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia, hopes Maori mental health workers will participate in a survey of training needs.