Aoraki Bound completes its 10th course this Friday 19 March and celebrates the success of more than 100 graduates, including aspiring Ngāi Tahu future leaders.

I want to firstly acknowledge my great respect for the inspiration and initiative of Sir Tumu te Heuheu; Sir Archie Taiaroa; Toby Curtis; Mark Solomon and Tukuroirangi Morgan who first started initiating discussions about freshwater back in May 2007.

Rahui Katene, MP for Te Tai Tonga

May I say it is a joy to work with a party which is not tied down in Hide-bound ideas.

I was delighted to accept the invitation by the President of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce; Jo Bansgrove and the Chief Executive, Charles Finney, to speak to you this morning.

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, has asked seven iwi and business leaders to head a Taskforce on how Maori can avoid the worst impacts of the recession, and strengthen the Maori economy in the longer term.

18 FEB 2009 - Over 23,000 children have signed up for this year's Reading Crusade - more than double the number who took part in the last biennial event.

22 August 2008 - An interactive website launched today will enable students to lodge complaints of racially-based harassment anonymously via a simple online form.