MEDIA STATEMENT 

 

28 November, 2010

 

HAURAKI HUI REAFFIRMS MĀORI WOMEN LEADERSHIP

 

A national hui of Māori women, Te Whaainga Wāhine have condemned the exclusion of wāhine from national, regional, local and Māori political forums.

 

The hui made specific reference to the Iwi Leaders Group who do not speak for Māori women.

 

The hui, the first called in thirty years, has challenged Māori leadership that advance the political agenda of the National-ACT-Maori Party Coalition at the expense of whenua, whānau and hapu wellbeing. 

 

Hui spokesperson Denise Meisster said Te Whaainga Wāhine confirmed Maori women’s political, spiritual and rangatahi leadership to carry current and future generations to 2040. 

 

The hui was honoured with the presence of international Cree leader, Sharon Venn, Chair of the Indigenous Caucus, who drafted the original Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.  She expressed absolute disgust at the misrepresentation by New Zealand representatives of the original intent of the Declaration, and called on women to re-engage with the UN.

 

The hui affirmed Tino Rangatiratanga by 2040 and implemented a specific plan of action to achieve this. Te Whaainga Wāhine will be reconvened in Feb, 2011 in Palmerston North.

 

 

ENDS

 

Contact:             Denise Messiter

                        denisem@hauraki.refuge.co.nz or denise.messiter@xtra.co.nz

       phone 0276443359 or 07 8688475

MEDIA STATEMENT

28 November, 2010

MĒ ARO KI NGĀ RANGATIRA WĀHINE - TE WHAAINGA WĀHINE HUI

I rere ngā whakahē e te hui Te Whaainga Wāhine ki ngā pēhitanga e aukati ana i ngā wāhine Māori ki te noho ki runga i ngā runanga ā hāpori, ā kaunihera, i ngā kāhui māngai Māori rānei.

Ka hāngai te kupu whiu ki te roopu Iwi Leaders Group me te whakahau he mana kore nā rātou ki te kōrero mō ngā wāhine Māori. 

I wero te hui, ā he momo hui kāore i kitea mo ngā tau toru tekau, ki ngā māngai Māori e koropiko ana ki ngā kaupapa tōrangapu ā National-ACT-Māori Party me te kore aro atu ki te oranga o te whenua, te whānau me te hapu.

Kī tā te māngai o te hui ā Denise Messiter, ko tētahi o ngā hua nui i puta ko te whakaihiihi i ngā wāhine, i ngā mana o te ao wairua, i ngā mana ā te hunga whakatipuranga ā mā rātou ngā whaainga nui e kawe ki te tau 2040 ā ki tua atu.  

I whakanuia te hui e te tapairu Cree, ā Sharon Venn, Upoko Whakahaere ō mua o te whiringa whāiti mo te Runanga o ngā Iwi Taketake o te Ao.  Nāna ngā māngai ā Niu Tireni i whakahē mō tā rātou kuare ki te tautoko i ngā ngoi koretanga ō te Whakapuakitanga mō ngā Tika o ngā Iwi Taketake.  Ā, nāna te āki ki ngā wāhine ki te āta titiro, ki te are taringa atu ki ngā mahi ā te Runanga Whakakotahi o te Ao kei mahue tātou ki muri.

I whakaae te hui kia poua te Tino Rangatiratanga i te whenua i mua i te tau 2040, ā i whakatakotohia he mahere rautaki kia tutuki i ngā oati ā te hui.  Kā hui ānō Te Whaainga Wāhine hei te Hui Tānguru, 2011 ki Papaioea.

ENDS

Contact:             Denise Messiter

                        denisem@hauraki.refuge.co.nz or denise.messiter@xtra.co.nz

       phone 0276443359 or 07 8688475