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Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book [pdf2.1mb]

The unequal health status of Maori as a group compared with non-Maori is clearly illustrated in this accessible statistical resource published by the Ministry of Health as part of its Public Health Intelligence Monitoring Report series. Key indicators relate to the socio-economic determinants of health, risk and protective factors for health, health status, and health service utilisation. By monitoring population health we can identify patterns and trends, develop appropriate programmes and polices and measure our results. High quality monitoring is a key part of Māori Health development and it is essential that initiatives to resolve Māori Health issues continue to be based on robust and accurate information. With the Māori population expected to grow by 20% between 2006 - 2021, Tatau Kahukura is an information tool for the health and disability sector, researchers, policymakers, funders - in fact anyone for whom reducing inequalities is a key goal. The chartbook responds to a need identified by Maori in consultation hui held in 2002. The chartbook will be updated every three years to monitor progress towards improving Māori health. (Ministry of Health, 6 April 2006)

http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/0/CE9CA594D388BE4FCC25714600729978/$File/maori-health-chart.pdf

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people: Mission to New Zealand

This report refers to the official visit paid to New Zealand by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people from 16 to 26 November 2005. During this visit he engaged with high Government officials, Maori leaders, indigenous and civil society organizations as well as with representatives of research centres and educational institutions. While acknowledging the progress made in race relations since 1975, the report finds that Maori are impatient with the pace of redress for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Of particular concern to them is the Foreshore and Seabed Act, which extinguishes customary Maori property rights to the coastal areas and provides a statutory process for the recognition of customary or aboriginal title. The Special Rapporteur concludes his report with a number of recommendations intended to help the parties concerned to bridge the existing gaps and consolidate the achievements obtained so far to reduce inequalities and protect Maori rights. (Rodolfo Stavenhagen, United Nations Social and Economic Council, 13 March 2006)

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/srnzmarch06.pdf

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Act today for indigenous peoples' rights

This action alert relates to the NZ government's continuing refusal to support indigenous peoples' human rights - as seen most recently in their statement to the new Human Rights Council which is currently meeting for the first time in Geneva. The Human Rights Council was established to strengthen human rights at the international level and their application nationally and locally. Unfortunately however, some governments are already attempting to use the Council to deny indigenous peoples' their human rights, and the NZ government is foremost among them - please act today to let them know this is not acceptable.

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/in270606.htm

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An Imbalance of Powers: Maori Land Claims and an Unchecked Parliament

In this article the author argues that New Zealand's legal system is ineffective at implementing international and domestic laws that protect the rights of Maori - most recently seen in the extinguishing of Maori aboriginal title to the foreshore and seabed areas. She finds that the problem lies in the structure of the country's legal system, where the Aotearoa/New Zealand Parliament retains absolute sovereignty; the lack of a written constitution; and the fact that it remains one of the only countries in the world where legislation cannot be overturned for inconsistency with human rights. (Claire Charters, Cultural Survival Quarterly, 27 March 2006)

http://209.200.101.189/publications/csq/csq-article.cfm?id=1896

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Indigenous peoples' rights (Aotearoa)

Regularly updated website containing resources and ways to take action on Maori rights.

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/indig.htm#hrcnz06

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UN Committee to examine NZ government's performance on racial discrimination

On 31 July and 2 August 2007, the New Zealand government's performance in implementing the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination will be considered by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at its 71st session in Geneva. The government will be required to explain what it has done about the Committee's recommendations on the foreshore and seabed legislation; and to answer questions about other areas where it has failed to meet its obligations to act in a non- discriminatory way, including questions on the status of the Treaty of Waitangi, Maori participation in decision making, the Treaty settlements process, racial bias in arrests, prosecutions and sentencing, the detention of asylum-seekers, and migrant selection criteria and procedures. (Peace Movement Aotearoa, 29 July 2007).

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/cerd71.htm

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US, Australia, US, New Zealand Reject Indigenous Declaration

The United States, Australia and New Zealand are the only countries that remain in opposition to the proposed United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People, which recognises the principle of sovereignty. (Haider Rizvi, IPS News, 24 May 2006)

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33358

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"Like A Beached Whale" - A Consideration of Proposed Crown Actions Over Maori Foreshore

(Tino Rangatiratanga) By Moana Jackson. Abstract: This Paper considers the arguments used by the Crown in its recent decision to pass legislation dealing with Maori claims to the foreshore and seabed. Because the issues raised by the Crown proposal are so far-reaching and impact so directly on the status of Maori as tangata whenua, and upon Iwi and Hapu Treaty rights, it may be helpful to put them in some context.

http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/he/taku.htm

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'One law for all races' risky says expert

The "one law for all" philosophy is a recipe for making race relations in New Zealand worse, says a United Nations human rights expert sent here to investigate. (Ruth Berry, New Zealand Herald, 21 November 2005)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10356201

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A Tale of Two Nations: The Divergent Pathways for Indigenous Labour Force Outcomes in Australia and New Zealand Since 1991

The analysis provides two main insights: first that Maori populations are more fully integrated into the New Zealand economy and business cycle than indigenous Australians are into the Australian economy. The second finding is that while Maori are performing very well in terms of employment growth, the prospect for future improvements may be constrained by unresolved cultural conflict embodied in the high ongoing rates of Maori arrest. While there is a similar level of cultural conflict between indigenous and other Australians, it is probable that the historical difference in the treatment of the respective indigenous populations is partially responsible for the different economic outcomes in the two nations. (Boyd Hunter, Centre for Indigenous Governance and Development, 2005)

http://cigad.massey.ac.nz/documents/wps_hunter_7_2005.pdf

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Analysis of April Foreshore and Seabed Framework

This site has been prepared by Te Ope Mana a Tai to assist Iwi/hapu to respond to the Government's proposals to protect public access and customary rights to the foreshore and seabed.

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/fs070404.doc

(Added: Wed Jun 30 2004   Modified: Wed Feb 14 2007   Hits: 201)

Anglican Church In Aotearoa, New Zealand And Polynesia

This is the official Web Site of the Three Tikanga (Cultural Streams) Church encompassing Maori - Aotearoa, Pakeha - New Zealand and Pasefika - Polynesia.

http://www.anglican.org.nz/

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Aotearoa Cafe

At the Aotearoa Cafe there are forums where you can publicize hui, discuss Maori culture, whakapapa research, the environment, indigenous issues, politics, current events, the foreshore and seabed, Maori food, health, and art, or indeed korero about anything you want.

http://www.aocafe.com/

(Added: Fri Feb 02 2007   Hits: 149)

AotearoaLive.com

AotearoaLive.com is a co-operative of various Maori web content providers who have collaborated on this project with a purpose to promote Te Ao Maori via the net.

http://www.aotearoalive.com/

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Are we all New Zealanders now? A Maori response to the Pakeha quest for indigeneity

A transcript of the speech by Ani Mikaere delvered at the Bruce Jesson Lecture series at Maidment Theatre, Auckland on Monday, 15 November 2004.

http://www.brucejesson.com/lecture2004.html

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Briefing Paper to United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Wai 262 Claims to Indigenous Flora and Fauna Me o o Ratou Taonga Katoa

The Wai 262 claim is about ensuring that appropriate recognition, protection, and provision is made for Maori rights in relation to indigenous flora and fauna, their special relationship with that indigenous flora and fauna, and all knowledge and intellectual property rights that flow from that relationship. The claimants assert that these are rights that were guaranteed and protected under Article 2 of both the English and Maori versions of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi. Despite its widely recognised significance both in Aotearoa/New Zealand and internationally, the claim has suffered many setbacks including a serious lack of funding, significant opposition from the government and ongoing unreasonable delays. Almost 15 years after the claim was filed, and notwithstanding that urgency was granted to it being heard in 1995, the claim still languishes uncompleted in the Waitangi Tribunal. (2006)

http://www.pcpd.org.nz/sr/wai262.pdf

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Changing the game plan: the Foreshore and Seabed Act and constitutional change

The Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 caused many New Zealanders grave concern. In this article I suggest that a number of the Government's actions since the passing of the Foreshore and Seabed Act bring into question several of its central claims for legislating and the subsequent overriding of Tiriti o Waitangi and human rights laws. As a result, I argue that the inadequacy in our constitutional arrangements requires a change of approach-a new game plan: constitutional change. (Dr. Maria Bargh, Maori Studies Victoria University of Wellington)

http://www.rsnz.org/publish/kotuitui/2006/02.php

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Decades of Disparity III: ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in mortality, New Zealand 1981 - 1999 (PDF, 957 kB)

Decades of Disparity III is the third (and last) in a series of monitoring reports which use census and mortality records to monitor trends in ethnic and socio-economic inequalities in mortality. It finds that socioeconomic status is reflected in mortality rate. Māori were disproportionately represented in lower socioeconomic strata however measured. Even within socioeconomic strata Māori/non-Māori inequalities in mortality largely persist. There was a widening inequalities in socioeconomic resources (especially position in the labour market) between Māori and non-Māori during the 1980s and 1990s. (Ministry of Health, May 2006)

http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/4702/$File/decades-of-disparity-III.pdf

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Deed of Settlement between the Crown and Te Arawa for their lakes and annuity claims

Summary of the 2005 settlement between Te Arawa and the Crown over their lakes.

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/DocumentLibrary-TeArawaLakesSettlementSummary.pdf

(Added: Fri Apr 20 2007   Hits: 135)

First for Maori women - Address to ILO

Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice President Sharon Clair achieved a first for Maori women when she addressed the 95th Session of the International Labour Organisation in Geneva earlier this month. In her address, Sharon Clair called on all worker, employer and government members of the ILO to reaffirm their commitment to a living planet where decent work is enjoyed by everyone. (CTU, Scoop, 30 June 2006)

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0606/S00317.htm

(Added: Mon Jul 17 2006   Modified: Fri Jul 21 2006   Hits: 214)

Fishing with New Nets: Maori Internet Information Resources and Implications of the Internet for Ind

This paper surveys Internet information resources relating to the Maori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand, and examines issues that arise when indigenous peoples' culture is placed in a digital networked environment. By Alastair G. Smith, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

http://www.isoc.org/inet97/proceedings/E1/E1_1.HTM

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Five Yearly Report on New Zealand's Progress in Complying with the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

This is New Zealand's 15th, 16th and 17th Consolidated Periodic Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Report covers the legislative, judicial, administrative or other measures adopted in the review period which give effect to the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. (Ministry of Foreign Afairs and Trade, 8 March 2007)

http://www.hrc.co.nz/hrc_new/hrc/cms/files/documents/08-Mar-2007_18-22-19_CERD__FINAL_v1.doc

(Added: Tue Apr 03 2007   Hits: 167)

Foreshore and Seabed Information

This Peace Movement Aotearoa webpage contains links to a wide range of information on the issue of Aotearoa New Zealand's foreshore and seabed.

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/fsinfo.htm

(Added: Wed May 26 2004   Modified: Thu Jun 08 2006   Hits: 332)

Fresh water: issues for Maori

This briefing paper is written for those interested in water and the government's current plans. In 2003 the government began a Sustainable Water Programme of Action to consider how to manage water quality and use. The Programme is now being progressed but it raises a number of unresolved questions. Key points this paper covers are: that water is a taonga; that the ownership of water in unclear; that government plans are set to go the way of the foreshore and seabed legislation; and that Maori rights are not protected under New Zealand's constitutional arrangements. (Dr Maria Bargh, September 2006)

http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/wpaper0906.pdf

(Added: Thu Oct 05 2006   Hits: 226)

He Paua, He Korowai, Me Nga Waahi Tapu/A Shellfish, a Woven Cloak, and Sacred Places: Maori and Protected Areas

(Cultural Survival) By Aroha Te Pareake Mead, Issue 28.1 March 15, 2004. "Internationally recognized conservation protected areas now constitute 12 percent of the Earth's total land mass and two percent of the oceans, but many, if not most, have been gained through a colonial process contrary to the basic principles of democracy. Many of the world's protected areas were taken from indigenous peoples during the time of colonization without their consent, often at the cost of their very lives."

http://www.cs.org/publications/csq/csq-article.cfm?id=1748&highlight=He%20Paua,%20He%20Korowai,%20Me%20Nga%20Waahi%20Tapu/A%20Shellfish,%20a%20Woven%20Cloak,%20and%20Sacred%20Places:%20Maori%20and%20Protected%20Areas

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