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The caucus has today given me and Nanaia Mahuta leave not to support the legislation. I appreciate the respect the Prime Minister has shown us, and the sincere efforts she and senior Ministers have made to accommodate the diverse opinions within the caucus. Contrary to some early media reports, which alarmed many of my relatives, supporters and well-wishers, the meeting was amicable, and I left feeling fine.

This morning we witnessed the full glory of our tikanga, expressed in karakia, haka and waiata, as we celebrate the opening of this new site and ensure the safety and security of the staff and students who will occupy this new campus.

Thank you to the Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust [Teresea Olsen - Chairperson] for inviting me here today to open the National Mäori Asthma Hui 2004.

I am here today, with each of you and all those who have supported you, to celebrate the liberation of your minds.

Children are the future of any community, and their wellness, their ability to achieve all of their huge potential, is a matter of the utmost importance.

Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia applauds the New Plymouth District
Council on the just way they have dealt with the return of part of
the
Pekapeka block to Te Atiawa.

Maori Television is a rallying point for efforts to revitalise the language and culture of tangata whenua and their contribution to national life, says Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia

Speech to open AGM of Te Kaiawhina Ahumahi ITO, Te Wananga o Raukawa, Otaki

Tariana Turia says she remains committed to representing her constituents as best she can, and that is what they have asked her to do.

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia celebrated a big step forward for public health in the Auckland region

Notes prepared for speech to opening of 'Awakening - Conversations with our Ancestors' - Exhibition at Te Tuhi-The Mark Gallery, Pakuranga.

Tariana Turia spoke at the opening of the Maori Indigenous Health Institute -MIHI

Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia says New Zealand already has a Commission of Inquiry into the Treaty of Waitangi - it is called the Waitangi Tribunal.

Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia says tangata whenua will always regard Georgina Te Heuheu as the National Party's Maori Affairs expert, and today's decision to sideline her will hinder the party's ability to represent Maori interests.

You know, it is a special privilege to be here today, among a collective of like minds, because you are a group of women who have dedicated so much of your lives to eliminating violence among our whanau.

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