Maori children are being denied their basic human rights, Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres said. The Maori Affairs Select Committee is holding an inquiry into the wellbeing of Maori children. Mr de Bres this morning told the committee Maori children had basic rights to be free from discrimination, for their language and culture to Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Maori Children’
Children living in poverty in the Bay of Plenty
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
There are many children living in poverty in the Bay of Plenty. They are being fed by Tauranga’s foodbank, presenting at hospital with serious skin infections and living in sub-standard conditions, according to school principals in the area. In Merivale, one of Tauranga’s poorest suburbs, families are living in over-crowded houses and illness is rife Read more
Many mourn the passing of Dr Hone Kaa
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
The death in Auckland on Thursday of a senior Anglican Priest and Child Advocate, the Venerable Dr Hone Kaa B.A., M.A.(hons), D.Min. (EDS), after a short battle with cancer, has been greeted with sadness from all sides. Over 50 years Dr Kaa had an extensive career that included parish ministry, broadcasting, local and international activism, teaching Read more
- Obituary: Hone Kaa: 1941-2012
- Child abuse prevention network Jigsaw is deeply saddened
- Paula Bennett recognises Dr Kaa's contribution
- TVNZ Rev Hone Kaa's passing a 'loss to the nation'
- Maori leaders remember Hone Kaa
- Hone Kaa's boday taken back to birthplace
- Matua Hone Kaa – A Tribute.
- Labour pays tribute to Hone Kaa