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No quick fix for Otaki lakes weed invasion
PICTURES: Red duckweed covers the surface of Lake Waitawa – but the real problem lies beneath with infestations of other weeds (bottom picture). BOATIES using Otaki’s Lake Waitawa are having to clear...
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Maori partnership seen as ‘model’
NewsWire finds out how Maori are listened to under Wellington’s regional government. Wellington’s little-known Ara Tahi group is the only one of its type in New Zealand, but what does the group...
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Time to start ‘living’ Treaty of Waitangi
TREATY HISTORY: Tariana Turia and Gregory Fortuin with a display of Ngati Toa Treaty signatures. IT’S time to take the first few bold steps and fully embrace the Treaty of Waitangi, says former Race...
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Boat club wants to become its own landlord
PLIMMERTON Boating Club wants to be owner not tenant of its clubhouse (above) on Karehana Bay, Porirua. Ideally, the land it’s leasing there would be swapped with two unused sections of land the club...
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Waka will be Wellington city asset – when and if it turns up
WAITANGI Day will mark the opening of the new Wharewaka (house of canoes), Te Wharewaka O Poneke, on Wellington’s Taranaki Wharf – but the main star will be missing. Wellington’s Waka Te Raukura...
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Desire for culture prompts many Māori to reconnect
Many Māori feel disconnected from their culture and are keen to find ways to reconnect with it. KATIE MCALISTER finds out how it might be done: THE renaissance in Māori culture over recent decades has...
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Bikers face rain and danger to honour old friend
BAD weather has failed to dampen the spirits of cycling enthusiasts taking part in a race to honour an old friend and fellow cyclist. Heavy rain and strong wind greeted the cyclists when they arrived...
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The long journey from beached whale to bone carvings
ABOUT 300 people watched as members of Ngati Toa iwi, knee-deep in blood, cut out the jaw bone from a sperm whale washed up on Paraparaumu Beach in January. Among the onlookers, children cried and...
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Ngāti Koata treasure tuatara as kaitiaki of stream of knowledge
THE wild Tuatara population is a little bit bigger at Zealandia. Ngāti Koata iwi representative Mike Elkington lead a tuku taonga (gifting treasure) ceremony for five juvenile Tuatara before they were...
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Māori see future careers in performing arts
CURTAIN CALL: The seven Performing Arts graduates bow out on a high. IMAGE: Matthew Lau SEVEN feet-stomping, slit-drum banging, hip-shaking graduates of Whitireia Performing Arts have signed off for...
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