Te Whare Pukenga Award Announcement
For more information about Te Whare Pukenga please click below. Te Whare Pukenga Award Announcement 1. Purpose The Whare Pukenga consists of our living taonga who have made an outstanding contribution to impact nationally the revitalisation our taonga and enhanced the values that protect Te Ao Maori. It is an honour that is given by […]
FORWARD MOMENTUM CONTINUES AS IWI CHAIRS SET TO GATHER IN PORIRUA
MEDIA RELEASE National Iwi Chairs Forum 4 May 2021 FORWARD MOMENTUM CONTINUES AS IWI CHAIRS SET TO GATHER IN PORIRUA The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) are set to meet in Porirua this week on the 6th and 7th of May at Te Rauparaha Arena. The collective leadership of the 71 Iwi entities that make […]
Forward momentum continues as Iwi Chairs set to gather in Porirua
The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) are set to meet in Porirua this week on the 6th and 7th of May at Te Rauparaha Arena. The collective leadership of the 71 Iwi entities that make up the NICF meet quarterly to share information and work together to advance and address the identified priorities of the […]
NICF to meet in Porirua this week
Press Release – National Iwi Chairs Forum The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) are to meet in Porirua this week at Te Rauparaha Arena. The collective leadership of the 71 Iwi entities that make up the NICF meet quarterly to share information and work together to advance and address the identified priorities of the forum. […]
Elevate vaccination priority for Māori & Pacific aged‑care workers
Vulnerable Māori and Pacific Island women working in aged care facilities need to be a higher priority for COVID vaccination recommends Mike Smith, co-chair of the National Iwi Chairs Forum – Pandemic Response Group. Aged care facility workers are on the frontline of the battle to keep those in their care safe from infection, says […]
2021 Feb – National Iwi Chairs Forum, Ngāti Whatua.
Held via zoom due to COVID-19 concerns, originally scheduled to be held in Waitangi. To view the PDF version of the pānui developed during the hui, including information in relation to the reports from each Pou, please click the link below. Pānui Ngāti Whatua Feb 2021 FINAL »
FIRST 2021 NATIONAL IWI CHAIRS FORUM ONLINE HUI CREATES POSITIVE MOMENTUM FOR THE FUTURE
Media Release FIRST 2021 NATIONAL IWI CHAIRS FORUM ONLINE HUI CREATES POSITIVE MOMENTUM FOR THE FUTURE The National Iwi Chairs Forum determined late last month not to hold their first hui of the year in Waitangi in order to show leadership in prioritising the health and wellbeing of the community. In particular, kaumātua and vulnerable […]
Māori Authorities respond to Climate Change Commission report
Press Release – Iwi Chairs Forum The National Iwi Chairs Forum climate spokesman Mike Smith welcomes the release of the first report from the Climate Change Commission. Theres no more denying the urgency of the climate crisis, we havent got time to delay climate action … The National Iwi Chairs Forum climate spokesman Mike Smith […]
NICF to adopt online format for Waitangi
Joint press release from Ngāti Whātua and the Iwi Chairs of Te Kahu o Taonui. In order to ensure the safety of our whānau, Ngāti Whātua hosts for the scheduled National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF) hui, Te Kahu o Taonui (Te Taitokerau Iwi Chairs Forum) and the wider NICF, have decided to move the hui […]
PRG recommends step‑up testing, MIQ cap & Māori vax strategy
January 14, 2021 We are extremely proud of the combined efforts of Government, Māori Organisations and the public at large that have avoided a public health disaster to date, said Mr Mike Smith co-chair of the NICF Pandemic Response Group, it would be a tragedy if we failed after so much effort. “We understand the […]