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Our people are achieving great things in health, and in other fields. What is more, we are doing it against a background of enormous public ignorance and misunderstanding, that is starting to become actual hostility towards our people and our culture.

Tangata whenua everywhere will welcome research findings that strengthening the whanau and harnessing its potential for social and economic development should be a major focus of social policy

Speech to launch Te Wana Quality Standards for Community and Voluntary Groups, Wellington

Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia says iwi will clearly be disappointed at the government's response to the Waitangi Tribunal's report on petroleum claims.

I stand today to acknowledge the tragic history that has seen the Crown 'profoundly regret and unreservedly apologise to Ngati Tama for its actions.'

Speech to open regional whanau development hui, 10.00am, 3 November 2003,Heretaunga Park Community and Conference Centre, 821 Orchard Road, Hastings

Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Tariana Turia expressed her great regret at the resignation of Jackie Pivac, Chief Executive of the Department of Child Youth and Family, following the baseline review of the department.

Speech opening Regional Whanau Development hui, Murihiku marae, Invercargill, 13 October 2003, 10.00am

Speech to launch ‘He Kainga Oranga’ housing insulation and health study,
Pataka, Norrie Street, Porirua

Speech opening Regional Whanau Development hui, Auckland

I am particularly pleased to have been given the opportunity to share with you some thoughts on the nature of social cohesion and the constitutional status of tangatawhenua.

Speech for Local Government Community Development Conference, Napier War Memorial Centre

It is my honour to be here today, to recognise the hard work that each of you have put into your chosen careers and the community, especially to your whanau, and tangata whenua generally.

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia today called on three outstanding health professionals to continue to develop their careers for the benefit of their whanau and tangata whenua generally.

I want to warmly welcome all of you from the national bodies representing the many tangata whenua, community and voluntary organisations that exist in this country of ours.

The community and voluntary sector's huge contribution to New Zealand is being recognised by the Government today, with the launch of the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector, Te Tari o te Rangai a-Hapori, a-Tuao, said Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia.

I understand that more than 400 people offer their time as Chairpersons, Directors, Trustee Supervisers, Internal Auditors and other office bearers to run Credit Unions. Credit Unions are one of the larger volunteer groups in Aotearoa.

Speech to Conference of Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, Auckland, 9.30am

'Building the capacity to 'read' and shape Maori and other worlds' is proposed as a national definition of literacy in a report released today by Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia.

The Associate Minister in charge of Child Youth and Family, Tariana Turia, describes as ‘pathetic and childish’ the suggestion by Muriel Newman of ACT, that a child needing care and protection should be placed in her office.

Speech to regional whanau development hui, Far North Community Centre, Kaitaia, 9am

Speech to open ‘Earth, Sky and Number 8 Wire’: 29th International Conference,
Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses, Rotorua Convention Centre.

Building the capacity to 'read' and shape Maori and other worlds' is proposed as a national definition of literacy in a report released today by Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia.

Our kaupapa today is whanau development - which is closely linked to mana, tikanga, our identity and status as tangata whenua, and our place in the world.