Ngāti Ruanui iwi leader, Debbie Ngarewa Packer has called the actions of a community group racist after they donned blackface in a Christmas street parade. Six members of the Hawera Mt View Lions group painted their faces black as they rode along a float yesterday evening. Ngāti Ruanui iwi leader Debbie Ngārewa-Packer is appalled at
A racist Santa parade float has stunned the South Taranaki town of Hawera. Members of the Mt View Lions Club are under fire for wearing black face and Afro wigs on their parade float. Photos from the Hawera parade show six people wearing wigs and with their faces painted black – being towed on a
Miro is a Limited Partnership – governed by a General Partner named Hautupua GP Limited. The governing Board of Miro comprises specialist skills with expertise in law, indigenous business models, iwi and Māori governance, commerce and finance, horticultural management and export, technology innovation, Māori economic and community development, international marketing, and capital raising. Read full
Could miro be the next health craze? Ngāti Ruanui is maximising the opportunities offered by the native berry to create employment for their people. With an abandoned hospital and freezing works left to deteriorate, lack of employment in Pātea is at a tipping point. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui CEO, Debbie Ngārewa-Packer says, “That doesn’t
South Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui has won a landmark High Court decision to quash Seabed Mining off the coast of Patea. Overnight, the High Court at Wellington announced it will not allow Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) to mine iron sand off the South Taranaki bight. Te Runanga o Ngāti Ruanui Trust kaiarataki Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says this win
A Taranaki iwi leader has heavily criticised upcoming changes to the region’s coronial services, citing the negative impact it could have on Māori tikanga connected to the dead. A new set of contracts, which are in the process of being finalised by Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and come into effect on September 1, will see Taranaki people in need of post-mortems
The defunct Patea Primary School is being demolished in coming weeks to make room for a new enterprise with a focus on innovative food and artificial intelligence. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, of Ngati Ruanui Holdings, a subsidiary of Te Runanga o Ngati Ruanui Trust, said food growing labs and a research centre would be established on the Victoria St site.
The people of Patea will have access to regular doctors after Ngati Ruanui Holdings purchased the Patea Medical Centre. The former owners of the centre — The Patea and District Community Medical Trust 2000 — struggled to locate a permanent doctor for the rural community since the last doctor left in June last year. Ngati
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A mining exploration permit has been quietly granted inside a marine sanctuary off the Taranaki coast to protect the endangered Māui’s dolphins. The decision, which was approved in May, has shocked conservation groups who were unaware of it. But the Department of Conservation (DOC) had been aware of Ironsands Offshore Mining Ltd’s application since March. It has voiced “significant concerns” about the safety
An attempt to provide care for a child by advertising on TradeMe has backfired for Oranga Tamariki. The child welfare agency advertised for a caregiver on the site and provided some of the child’s personal information including her age, gender and iwi. It has since removed the listings. Debbie Ngarewa-Packer is kaiarataki (leader) of the
Oranga Tamariki has apologised for what the National Party is calling the crass use of auction website TradeMe to find foster parents for children. The child welfare agency advertised for a caregiver on the site. One ad on the website described a young Whanganui schoolgirl who had had a tough start in life and needed