Public Address 26/11/03 - Games, Cars And Girls

The 2004 Act vested ownership of the foreshore and seabed in the Crown, extinguishing any Māori claims to ownership and causing widespread outrage and protests among Māori communities.

The coalition Government is driving to dismantle our public school system and instead promote a privatised, competitive structure that puts profits before kids, Labour education spokesperson Jan Tinetti said.

In 2004 te iwi Māori rallied against the Crown’s attempt to confiscate our coastlines and moana with the Foreshore and Seabed Act. This led to the largest hīkoi of a generation and the birth of Te Pāti Māori. 20 years later, history is repeating ...

Christopher Luxon and his Government have the opportunity to do what no Government has done to date and provide the redress and support for survivors that they are entitled to.

We must have a more thoughtful, inclusive, and empathetic approach to language.

It is important that, as a country, we bring to the surface and understand the hard truths of what happened so we can try and move forward together.