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	Māori Politics 2017 - wins and losses MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: 2017 was an explosive year for Māori politics and the election reshaped the political landscape in a dramatic fashion wiping out Māori Party and MANA Party aspirations while leaving the Labour Party with an enormous obligation to Māori voters..Read more 11 Dec 2017 06:42
	How should we respond to Don Brash's criticism of Te Reo on Radio NZ? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Don Brash has reared his angry voice last week to attack the use of Te Reo on Radio New Zealand..Read more 05 Dec 2017 06:36
	Can the activist left work constructively with the new Government MARTYN ' BOMBER' BRADBURY: It's not only the new Labour led Government who are finding the transition from opposition into power a difficult one to traverse, many activist groups seem to be struggling with how to engage constructively beyond mere opposition..Read more 28 Nov 2017 10:21
	Keystone pipeline spills 5000 barrels of oil & company caught hiring mercenaries MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: 4 days ago the Keystone pipeline leaked 795 000 litres of oil causing a shut down and testing for groundwater contamination. Indigenous peoples, farmers and environmentalists all warned the Keystone Pipeline had the risk of leaks, the company downplayed any such concerns..Read more 22 Nov 2017 14:15
	Based on media reporting of League violence, we don't like Pacific Islanders much do we? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Since when did we dislike Pacific Islanders so much? I don't know about you, but this weird myopic media focus on Pacific Island 'violence' after the League games currently playing up and down the country seems bewilderingly racist and vicious doesn't it?.Read more 13 Nov 2017 10:21
	Combating the racist Prison Industrial Complex: Short term, medium term & long term MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: One of the many challenges for the new Government is how to combat the racist Prison system in New Zealand..Read more 08 Nov 2017 06:33
	Māori Home Ownership in Tāmaki Makaurau: Is Auckland's future an economically gated Pākeha community? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Could the largest Pacific Island and Maori city in New Zealand be unintentionally white washed by Labour's new affordable housing KiwiBuild project?.Read more 01 Nov 2017 13:45
	The sad joke of Labour Day MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Labour Day became a national holiday in New Zealand in 1899. It was to commemorate and celebrate the rise of worker powers and how the earliest Pakeha settlers coming to New Zealand fought to create a fair balance of power between the boss and the worker..Read more 25 Oct 2017 13:57
	As we celebrate a magnificent political win let's remember those who could not survive National MARTYN BOMBER BRADBURY: As we celebrate a magnificent political win - let's remember those who could not survive National's 9 years in office We should be ecstatic. Big money, big corporate farming and big business interest....Read more 21 Oct 2017 22:18
	Metiria Turei vs Jian Yang - Compare the media values at work MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: There are times when the mainstream media coverage of two events manages to say more about the real bias at work within the media than the news worthiness of their focus..Read more 13 Oct 2017 16:06
	How do Maori respond to the next wave of colonisation? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Statistics released by Statistics NZ show that the Asian-NZ population will overtake Māori by 2038....Read more 04 Oct 2017 12:00
	Election 2017: Maori Party punished & Labour rewarded MARTYN BOMBER BRADBURY: The reverberations and ramifications of what has happened this election will be felt in many places, but most acutely I believe within Maori politics..Read more 28 Sep 2017 14:25
	Maori voter suppression allegations demands investigation! MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Allegations of widespread Maori voter suppression made by Massey University Political Lecturer, Veronica Tawhai require an immediate response from the Electoral Commission..Read more 18 Sep 2017 15:00
	The importance of the Maori electorates this election MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: There has never been an election that was so dependent on the Maori electorates.Read more 11 Sep 2017 13:27
	Why every Maori should be outraged by how racist National's Bootcamps really are MARTYN ' BOMBER' BRADBURY: You know it's election time when National starts promising harsher and more punitive law and order policy.Read more 28 Aug 2017 17:00
	One of the most soul destroying parts of being inside Labour is watching focus groups. Martyn Bomber Bradbury: I've been lucky enough to get a look at the research that comes out of these focus groups and to be honest it almost makes me cry in frustration..Read more 07 Aug 2017 12:06
	The madness of deciding the fate of Maori electorates with a binding referendum Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury: NZ First's extraordinary claim that deciding the fate of the Maori electorates with a binding referendum is not only dog whistle politics at its worst, it's also incredibly unfair and utterly unjust..Read more 24 Jul 2017 15:33
	Do we need a new Maori uprising? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY OPINION: The front cover of last months racism issue by MANA magazine says it all..Read more 16 Jun 2017 08:39
	Marae TV phone message racism highlights ignorance MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Marae TV employee Blake Ihimaera had a phone message accidentally left on her phone from a company they were looking to hire a car from..Read more 29 May 2017 07:21
	What does Labour fear from a Maori Prison? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: The negative reaction by Andrew Little and the Labour leadership at the suggestion of Maori prisons by Kelvin Davis gives an insight into how difficult reforming the public service for Maori will still be even under a Labour Government..Read more 12 May 2017 11:51
	The fear of admitting our Prison and Justice system is racist MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: The fear that seems to underpin so many of those voices attacking the Waitangi Tribunal's response that the failure to lower Maori incarceration and reoffending amounts to a Treaty breach needs to be acknowledged..Read more 18 Apr 2017 17:03
	How Maori, young voters and Women will decide the 2017 Election MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: If we look at the opinion poll stats 6 months out from the last 3 elections, National over poll by a significant percentage, Labour over poll by a smaller percentage, the Greens are static and NZ First rises when Labour's vote collapses..Read more 05 Apr 2017 09:06
	Why we need to care about the war crime allegations out of Afghanistan MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY OPINION: The astounding allegations of possible war crimes conducted by the NZ SAS in a 2010 revenge attack in Afghanistan released by investigative journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson have been met with denial by the NZDF and the Government..Read more 27 Mar 2017 14:57
	Will beating children at school fix the Far North? MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY OPINION: The chair of the National Party's Kaikohe branch, Alan Price, has responded to a surge in youth crime and public disorder by suggesting that corporal punishment needs to be brought back into schools in the Far North..Read more 20 Mar 2017 12:00
	Recognising a River as a Person at a time we are selling water to foreign interests MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY OPINION: It says much about the advances New Zealand has made that the Whanganui River has been granted legal personhood, but the surprise in the media still suggests a long way to go..Read more 20 Mar 2017 07:36

	Beez Te Waati Hawaiki Toa Founder Hawaiki TOA is a 6km International Obstacle course that integrates Traditional Maori training philosophies into a customer made Pa (fortress) site designed to provide people with a unique Maori experience. Centred on the elements of the gods Hawaiki TOA incorporates significant themes of navigation, cultivation and life inside the fortress.
	Frances Waaka Chair Uruamo Maranga Ake Marae Auckland Council grants $142,000 for new marae on North Shore. Beach Haven’s Uruamo Maranga Ake Marae project has taken another important step forward after receiving $142,000 in funding from Auckland Council’s Community Development and Safety Committee.
	Janelle Dynus Kaiwhakahaere for Maori Public Health Hapai Te Hauora Raised in Te whakatohea, Janell grounds herself in her understanding of Te Ao Maori. Janell graduated from The University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Health Science, and is currently working towards a Bachelor of Laws. She began her Public Health career with Hapai te Hauora- within research, evaluation and gambling harm minimisation kaupapa. After a stint with Te Runanga o Ngati whatua as Maori Public Health co-ordinator and coordinating the Rangatahi strategy, Janell has returned to Hapai as the Kaiwhakahaere for Maori Public Health.
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	Paul Majurey Hauraki Collective Chair The Whenuapai Housing Development Partnership purchased a greenfield site and funded the construction of 49 housing units to be leased to NZDF (initially 5 + 5 years) for defence personnel. The partnership comprises the Pare Hauraki Iwi and Te Tumu Kainga (a Maori Trustee entity).
	Minister of Whanau Ora Peeni Henare Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu welcomes the release of the Whanau Ora Annual Summary Report 2016/17 by Te Puni Kokiri today detailing the commissioning activities and how Whanau Ora has contributed to gains for whanau.
	Dame Susan Devoy Race Relations Commisioner Celebrating World Refugee Day 2018
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