Parekura Horomia 

He ai ki nga kitenga a te Purongo Hapori, kua hanga painga a ngai Maori

28.08.2008

He maha ake ngā kaiwehe kura Māori kua whiwhi tohu teitei ake, he maha ake a ngai Māori e whaiwāhi ana ki roto i ngā kura tuatoru, me te pai ake o te roanga oranga mō ngā tāne me ngā wāhine Māori.

E toru noaiho Ä"nei o ngÄ pikinga pai ki te orangatanga MÄori kua kitea i roto i te PÅ«rongo Hapori a te ManatÅ« Whakahiato Ora, 2008, kua pÄnuitia i te rangi nei.

Kua tautokohia e Parekura Horomia, te Minita Tuarua mÅ te Whakahiato Ora, me ngÄ kaupapa Mahi, ngÄ kitenga a te pÅ«rongo e whakaat...  more +

Maori make gains in Social Report findings

28.08.2008

More Maori school leavers are gaining higher qualifications, more Maori are participating in tertiary education, and life expectancy has improved for Maori men and women.

These are just three of the advances in Maori wellbeing found in the Ministry of Social Development's 2008 Social Report released today.

Parekura Horomia , Minister of Maori Affairs and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment, has welcomed the report's findings which show ...  more +

Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori

29.07.2008

Maori Language Week dedicated to celebrating Te Reo Māori

Maori Language Week is an entire week -- 21-27 HÅngongoi 2008 -- dedicated to celebrating the beauty of one our most paramount taonga tuku iho -Te Reo MÄori.

We should use this opportunity to promote the importance of keeping the spirit of our reo ...  more +

He Hikoi Hitori mo Ngai Tuhoe me te Karauna

31.07.2008

"He tikanga rongonui rawa atu te hainatanga i te Whakaritenga Whakawhitiwhiti Kōrero mō Ngai Tūhoe me te Karauna. E tohu ana i tētahi hiahia pono, a Ngai Tūhoe me te Karauna ki te noho tahi me te rapu huarahi whakamua tōtika mō te tautoko me te whakatika i aua kerēme," i kī te Minita mō ngā Take Māori, a Parekura Horomia, i te rangi nei.

"I roto i te hainatanga o te Whakaritenga Whitiwhiti KÅrero, e tautoko ana te Karauna i hapa ia ki te whakatutuki i Äna herenga Tiriti ki a Ngai TÅ«hoe. Ko te hÄ«tori a Ngai TÅ«hoe he hÄ«tori o te ngÄwari, o te pakari me te whakahÄ«hÄ«. Engari he hÄ«tori hinapouri anÅ; he hÄ«tori o te noho tÅ«kino, te mur...  more +