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Tēnā koe Friend -
Kia ora tātau i te paenga mai o te anu mātaotao ki te whenua me te
ngau i te tangata ki te pō. Nō reira, kei te tau whanaunga Toni Waho
me te mātotorutanga kua riro atu i te wiki, e moe, e oki.
Kāti, e whakanui ana ngā pito o te motu i te tau hou te tū nei, te
tū tata rānei, heoi, ko te Kotahi o Hūrae hoki te tau hou o te Pāti
kia rēhita anō tātau hei mema mō tō tātau kaupapa.
We’ve got 78
days till election day and it’s the new financial year for the Party
and you should have already received an email from Rose, our National
Secretary, to make sure you renew your membership.
It’s $5 for your annual membership
and you could also add more pūtea
if you can to help chip into our fighting fund for the campaign.
We are also going to focus in on each of our Māori Seat candidates
over the next seven weeks starting from the top of the motu and
working our way around the country. See more about Mariameno
Kapa-Kingi below.
Takutai vs. Foreshore hmmmm… Sounds like a Tui Ad
And now the latest, it is ironic that Labour is trying to compare
the Takutai Moana Act to the Foreshore and Seabed. Yes, the Act is not
perfect, we all knew that and repealing the Foreshore and Seabed Act
would have been a cleaner process. But we only have the Takutai Moana
Act because of the Foreshore and Seabed Act.
If we had their numbers, we would be making sure that the takutai
moana throughout the country is returned to all coastal iwi and their
respective hapū. Now that’s a nice simple option that we would push if
we were in similar power position.
Meanwhile, we have a heap of work to focus in on so let’s keep
focused on our campaign and mahia te mahi.
Te reo Māori
Over the weekend, I was at my cousin Toni Waho’s tangi and was
immersed in a sea of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori. What was evident
was that there were so many sacrifices to get to where we’ve got to in
our te reo Māori revitalisation and we must continue to do more.
Having both Te Karere and Te Ao cover the tangi is a reminder of
the Tiriti rights that our te reo Māori advocates fought for and
secured. And with this current review of Māori Media taking place,
it’s obvious that this government wants to put te ao Māori in one
corner.
We must be focused on celebrating our culture everywhere and
promoting efficiencies shouldn’t be used to get rid of our treaty
rights that were hard fought for by champions like Dr Huirangi
Waikerepuru. With only 80 days till election day on Saturday 19
September, we must fight for the protection of te reo Māori again and
the micro aggressive moves by this government are trying to erode our
rights.
Mariameno is from the iwi of Te Hiku-o-Te-Ika in the far north and
has worked mainly in the Health and Social Sector and currently works
for Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa and is also the Chair of Te Kōhao Health
in Hamilton. Mariameno is married to Korotangi and they have four
tamariki: triplet sons, Heemi, Tipene, Eru which you will have seen on
our Māori Conversations on Facebook and their daughter, Torere.
Mariameno is passionate about the wellbeing of our people and has
learnt to navigate the health and social system well after working in
it for many years now. One hidden gem you may not know about Mariameno
is that she’s also a martial arts and has a Yon Dan 4th grade black
belt in Aikido.
Tautoko mai
If you or any whānau and friends want to help out and donate to the
party we’d love your tautoko
with $25 or $50 or $100 or more, click here to help us return back to
Parliament.
Arohanui, nā
Che Wilson
President
Māori Party
http://www.maoriparty.org/
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