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Archive '07

 

Episode 30 – November 25 2007

 

FULL AND FINAL

The year 2020 is flagged as the final year for Waitangi Tribunal claims. Politicians, kaumātua and legal professionals debate the logic of this concept. 

 

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PARAWERA

Digging up your ancestors is not an everyday occurrence but it is in Taupō. Land occupation and arrests are a reality for Ngāti Rauhoto of Otuparae.

 

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PUBLIC WORKS ACT

Māori MP Te Ururoa Flavell has an Amendment Bill to the Public Works Act before Parliament.

 

 

 

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FOMA

Māori in business is growing and the economic development of this sector is a going concern for all.


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SUSTAINABILITY

Our relationship with Papatūānuku could be better if we took the time to arrange our home disposal systems. An actor devotes his life to the simple systems of life.

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Episode 29 – November 18 2007

 

ARAMOANA

A witness to the Aramoana massacre in November 1990 talks about the rampage by David Gray in which 13 people were shot dead. 

 

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PANEL

Whitireia journalism head Jim Tucker and lawyer Kahungunu Barron-Afeaki debate the use of police evidence of suspected terrorism in New Zealand. 

 

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SENSING

Deb Webber takes time out to talk about her psychic abilities which have made her a sought-after woman.

 

 

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KAUMĀTUA REO

Like most regions, Taranaki has few reo Māori-speaking kaumātua and have instigated wānanga to address this issue.

 

 

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POWER

The power is owned by corporates but the land is owned by Māori. What is the relationship here?

 

 

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Episode 28 – November 11 2007

 

PANEL

Lawyer Jane Kelsey and MP Hone Harawira give their legal and political views on the Solicitor-General’s decision not to enforce the Terrorism Suppression Act

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MOANA JACKSON

Māori lawyer Moana Jackson discusses Solicitor-General David Collins’ recommendations under the 2002 Terrorism Suppression Act.

 

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PANEL

Peter Williams QC provides an update on the complaints against the police by members of Bay of Plenty tribe Tūhoe.

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ANNETTE KING

Minister of Police. Annette King, gives her view on the Solicitor-General's decision.

 

 

 

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THE LAKE OF OUR TIPUNA - WAIKAREMOANA

A camping ground near Lake Waikaremoana in the Bay of Plenty has been polluted for years and a solution to the problem has been slow in coming.

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THE MAJESTY OF THE SEA

The whales, and tourist industry are under threat by Japan returning to hunting humpbacks whales.

 

 

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HEART TO HEART

Dr Alan Kerr saved more 100 children's lives this year by offering his paediatric skills to the Palestinian nation.

 

 

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Episode 27 – November 4 2007

 

CABINET RESHUFFLE

Labour MP Shane Jones and Nanaia Mahuta discuss PM Helen Clark’s Cabinet re-shuffle with Julian Wilcox.

 

 

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HAKA

Did the All Blacks’ performance at last month’s World Cup have anything to do with the haka?

 

 

 

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WHENUA

Darcy Nicholas is one of Māoridom’s well-known artists.

 

 

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RAUKATAURI

Music therapy for the disabled is not new but a clinic in Auckland is host to the founder of this therapy.

 

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Episode 26 – October 28 2007

 

TERROR OR ERROR

Were the raids on ‘unconfirmed terrorists’ of two weeks ago justified?

 

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PANEL

Peter Williams QC and Moana Jackson comment on the police action in the Ruatoki Valley over the past fortnight and the use of the Terrorism Suppression Act.  

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TIDES OF CHANGE

The Pacific Island Forum held recently in Tonga saw political leaders of the Pacific meeting to discuss Fiji’s future amongst other things.  

 

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PANEL

MP Winston Peters – what is his scope on the political climate on our front doorstep?  

 

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ATAAMIRA

A first-hand look at a dancer’s journey as Māori dance theatre struggles to survive.

 

 

 

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Episode 25 – October 21 2007

 

RAIDS IN RUATOKI

Dawn raids of the last century became a reality in Ruatoki when armed police stormed homes and arrested several people suspected of involvement in a guerrilla camp in the valley beyond the township. 

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GUERILLAS IN THE MIST

How does Bay of Plenty iwi Tūhoe regard allegations that there are terrorist training camps in their midst?

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PANEL

Jon White from the NZ Police and security analyst Paul Buchanan discuss the terrorist risk in the Tūhoe valley of Ruatoki with Julian Wilcox.

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COOK'S FIRST LANDING

On October 7 1769, Captain James Cook and rangatira of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa met on a rock in the middle of the Tūranganui River where they exchanged greetings and trinkets. What is the significance today?

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TAPUTAPUATEA: OUR HAWAIIKI

The origin of our beginnings as Māori, Maohi, people of the Polynesia nations, is explored in Tahiti.

 

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Episode 24 – October 14 2007

 

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Wena Harawira reports from the dawn ceremony at Passchendaele, Belgium - the 90th commemoration of a First World War battle that gave New Zealand the bloodiest day in its history. 

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IN BELGIUM

October 12 1917 - the worst disaster in our nation's history when some 2,800 New Zealanders were either killed, wounded or listed as missing in a single day on the Western Front.

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PANEL

Julian Wilcox talks to leading Zimbabwe political figure Sekai Holland who was brutally beaten by Zimbabwean police in March of this year - and lived to tell the story.

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THE POMARE LEGACY

A profile of Prince Hinoi Pomare from Tahiti - is he royalty and does he have the loyalty of his people?

 

 

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Episode 23 – October 07 2007

 

NO VOTE NO SAY

Māori representation in this year's local body elections is lacking.

 

 

 

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ARIKI IN THE PACIFIC

Polynesian Pacific Ariki met in Tahiti recently to discuss their mana and role in the Pacific.

 

 

 

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TE ARAWA TO THE STAGE

Te Arawa returns to the national kapa haka stage after boycotting Te Matatini twice in four years.

 

 

 

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INTERNET WHANAU

Maori are revolutionising traditional customs and practices on the internet, reports Wena Harawira.

 

 

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OSCAR

The newly elected president of Tahiti's government, independence party leader Oscar Temaru, gives his first New Zealand interview to Julian Wilcox.

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Episode 21 – September 23 2007

 

 

TUNA

Eels are struggling to survive due to environmental changes. Aquaculture is couched by some as an answer to depleting numbers but others beg to differ.

 

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PANEL

The New Zealand Government voted against the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Julian Wilcox talks to Aroha Mead and Labour MP Shane Jones.

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BOBBY

Wonder boy Bobby Brooks has a Bachelor of Science by the age of 18 and his sights are set on a PHD by the age of 22.

 

 

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TIKI

Salmonella Dub front man Tiki Taane goes solo with a new album: Past, Present, Future.

 

 

 

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