Welcom Archive 2007-2026

A constitutional law expert, Matthew Palmer, is calling for relationships between New Zealand’s Treaty partners to be put on a more sound footing to avoid a repeat of the foreshore and seabed debacle.

But, Professor Mason Durie, vice-chancellor of Massey University and professor of Māori studies, said New Zealand needed to work out how it valued and recognised its indigenous people given the government’s refusal to sign the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which was ratified last year.

‘I also like to think that we care deeply for these islands that we call our home. We cherish our natural environments, our mountains, our waterways, our indigenous flora and fauna and I think there is a real interest in our people to be a caring and responsible nation.’

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has welcomed the news that Bunnings warehouses have agreed to honour New Zealand domestic legislation by closing on Easter Sunday.

In 2005 I, a mother and grandmother, made a conscious decision to do something for myself. I had for the previous 40-odd years been involved with family, friends, parish community and the wider community. It was now time to look at my own life and see where I was heading.

Mercy Works accompanied her to the child welfare. ‘She was so pleased,’ says Sr Maryanne. ‘She said ‘If I am not helped … then I had no idea where to go ‘“ I would have murdered the [second] wife’.’

A typical half-way celebration in a 10-week course for Widowed, Separated, Divorced in Wellington and Lower Hutt