Housing Minister Phil Twyford is supporting the United Nations' call for the government to create a national housing strategy to increase the availability of quality affordable housing to low income, Māori and Pasifika families.
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Human Rights Commission backs UN report for Treaty rights
The Human Rights Commission is backing a report by the United Nations committee and their concerns that recommendations by the Waitangi Tribunal are not legally binding.
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Waikato mega-prison proposal to face United Nations Indigenous Forum
The mega prison set to be built in Waikato has spurred 10 young Māori from Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institute to present at the United Nations Indigenous Forum in April saying the proposed building will be built on Māori land that was confiscated under the Public Works Act.
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Moko Foundation youth to look at indigenous practices to benefit Māori
Twelve youth have been chosen to accompany Dr. Lance O'Sullivan to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York next month. Hundreds of entries were received. Te Kāea caught up with two of the lucky recipients.
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Win a trip to New York with Dr Lance O'Sullivan
Dr Lance O'Sullivan is looking for two people under 25 to join him on a trip to New York to attend a United Nations indigenous forum.
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Deputy Head Boy to attend UN Global Development Tour
Te Ruki Pierce-Dunn is one of two future Māori leaders to be selected as a UN Youth International Delegate. He says the key to Māori success is having strong support systems at home and at school.
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Pierce-Dunn selected to represent NZ in Global Development Tour
Te Ruki Pierce-Dunn is one of 22 students selected to represent New Zealand in the Global Development Tour as a United Nations Youth International Delegate.
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Dame Nganeko Minhinnick's kaitiaki legacy lives on
Hundreds gathered at Waiuku's Tahuna Marae, south of Auckland, for the burial service of environmental champion Dame Nganeko Minhinnick. The trail blazer in environmental legislation reform was laid to rest in her ancestral marae cemetery, beside the waters she advocated for, the Manukau Harbour.
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Ngāti Te Ata champion lays at beloved Tahuna marae
Dame Nganeko Minhinnick, who led environmental stewardship and kaitiakitanga in the Auckland and Waikato region, has finally returned to Tahuna Marae to be mourned by her people of Ngāti Te Ata and Waikato.
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Te Ikaroa represent 80 hapū and iwi at UN Ocean Conference
Anti-oil, anti-seismic testing campaign group Te Ikaroa are at the United Nations Ocean Conference raising awareness around the issue of seismic testing along the eastern seaboard. The focus of the conference is to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14.
