Labour MP Shane Jones will step down from politics and is expected to leave the Labour party at the end of May.
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Native Affairs- Political Special Part 5
Time to talk coalitions and campaigns now. So who's prepared to hongi who in the long hariru line to the treasury paepae.
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Native Affairs – Political Special Part 4
Last week we invited our whānau at home to send us through any patai you had for the politicians on our Native Affairs facebook page.
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Native Affairs – Political Special Part 3
On Friday it was reported that the Minister of Education Hekia Parata has written a letter to Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust threatening to cut their 2.5 million dollar contract.
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Native Affairs – Political Special Part 2
Whenua is fundamental to Māori cultural identity and as such its true value can't be calculated in economic terms. However according to The Ministry for Primary Industries 80% of Māori land is "unproductive".
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Native Affairs – Political Special Part 1
Strengthening the focus on whānau, hapū and iwi, and consolidating Māori leadership, are said to be the key principles underpinning the Māori Party's proposed new Māori Language Strategy being pushed through parliament before the election.
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Politicians weigh in on issues facing Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust
Politicians have now weighed in on the issues facing Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust including the figure of $400,000 which is said to be under negotiation between the trust board and Lynda Tāwhiwhirangi.
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Mixed opinions on Northland's forestry and agricultural developments
Yesterday the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee hearing took place. Finance Minister Bill English reported back to the committee about the development of the forestry and agricultural industries in the Northland region.
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Govt prefers to fund plastic waka over traditional?
It's pointless to fund the likes of Team NZ and the Waka Māori built for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. This from Shane Jones, Labour's Spokesperson for Economic Development, who says it would be better to put the funding towards the traditional boat building school in Northland.
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IPCA to investigate Roast Busters complaints
Incompetence or simply an oversight? That's the question many people are asking following revelations that four girls spoke with police in the last couple of years about the young male allegedly sexual offending group, the Roast Busters.
