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I could choose to live anywhere in the world. 14 years ago I chose to settle in NZ for the rest of my life. There was one very considered reason: the future. I take as guidance 1 law: the law of requisite variety. The larger the variety of actions available to a control system, the larger the variety of…
… a massive win for property and contract law: Iwi from the top of Te Waipounamu are entitled to thousands of hectares of land and millions of dollars in compensation for a land deal struck in the 1830s which the government did not honour. In interim High Court findings released this afternoon, Justice Rebecca Edwards…
Fuck yeah! Fifteen minutes. That’s how quickly one manager of an Auckland Warehouse Extra said te Wiki o te Reo Māori merchandise, which the Warehouse created in collaboration with Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori, sold out in the weekend. But the man behind the collaboration said the sight of the merch selling out…
He wants to undo the Treaty. To reshape it by altering the essence of the principles. To strip away enshrined rights, while pretending they never existed. But he doesn’t want to say that, because to most voters, that’s unpalatable. And that’s the big lie. This is not an honest conversation. https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350397764/why-david-seymours-treaty-debate-not-honest-conversation David Seymour is an Atlas Network…
Still – the results speak for themselves. 94% have rejected the Coalition government’s racist legislation effort. And although Councils can anticipate Hobsons Pledge and Jordan Williams/David Farrar efforts to run interference during referendums next year, so far the sparks are bright. Simeon ‘Lil Bigot’ Brown gets another kicking… Next year is going to be awful.…
So…ah… good luck with that lil’ bigot https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526606/local-government-minister-committed-to-removing-iwi-representation-from-canterbury-regional-council
It could change the performance of a pickleball paddle, a snowboard, a surfboard, even a rally car. It could also reduce our reliance on carbon fibre, restore Māori tikanga and put unproductive land to sustainable use. For Ben Scales and William Murrell (Ngāi Tahu), co-founders of KiwiFibre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, the potential of composite materials…
It’s well past time we start thinking of a new next model… An economy or economies based on manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, kaitiakitanga could set everyone up to live well, within connected communities and planetary boundaries. What if rāhui were respected and our ecosystems were regenerated, or our sense of obligation to each other meant that no…
He’s also not especially worried at the nationwide hostility currently directed towards the use of te reo Māori in everyday life. “I think it’s a dead cat bounce.” In other words, it’s a declining trend that makes a small uptick before it disappears completely. “You look at the young people in this district, you go…
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