Debate persists at Makua Valley - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
tahiti arts: "gigantic" anchor in new canoe exhibition
va'a in tahiti, waka in aotearoa, wa'a in hawai'i and vaka in rarotonga - a new exhibit opens in french polynesia. One of the last places on earth to be discovered by man is opening a museum exhibition on the extraordinary craft that got us there: va'a. "It was time," says Tahiti museum director Tara Hikuily about the va'a exhibition for traditional dugouts, including ocean going canoes. "All the countries where the dugout is significant, like Hawaii or New Zealand, refer to Tahiti with regards to va'a. However, until today, no exposure has been devoted to this universe. "We had", reported Agence Tahitienne de Presse, "much delay." After three years of work, Hikuily and assistants are about to celebrate the opening of this new exhibition to introduce the "culture of the va'a." Exhibits will include full size models and reductions, canoe equipment like oars, film and photo sequences as well as the "most gigantic canoe anchor ever seen." Visitors will be able to view construction of canoes on film as well as double hull canoe voyaging that led to the settlement of the Pacific. Reconstruction of the voyages was possible due to story boards found in the Tuamotus dating back a thousand years. Also on display, the territory's famous "Terematai" canoe illustrates more recent triumphs from the great Molokai race, in Hawaii, in 1976 "They are fabulous artifacts. No museum in the world can be as proud to have such pieces," says Hikuily.
tahiti: flosse criticises office plurality
French Polynesia opposition leader Gaston Flosse has criticised an office "plurality" in an appointment made by the new government of Oscar Temaru. Flosse says Patrick Leboucher has been appointed as first secretary to President Temaru as well as chairman of the board of Air Tahiti Nui. Leboucher was one of several new general managers appointed by Temaru in the airline. Multiple positions are common in French politics, with both Temaru and Flosse holding mayoral posts on Tahiti as well as the presidency.
tahiti: flosse alleges moves over flag, anthem
Former French Polynesia president Gaston Flosse has criticised what he says are plans to change the territory's flag, anthem and annual celebrations. Flosse says it is "paradoxical" that supporters of new president Oscar Temaru want to celebrate colonial statutes of 12 July rather than autonomy measures of 29 June. Temaru supporters have long rejected a red and white based flag associated with Flosse's Tavini Tahoeraa party in favour of another design on a blue and white background. Flosse says Tahoeraa supporters are also annoyed by plans to change the anthem and drop recently introduced presidential awards called Tahiti Nui. These are "symbols which have brought together [French] Polynesians for 20 years. They cannot be serious." "When the majority changes in France, there is no change to the national flag or to the festival of July 14," Flosse told Agence Tahiti Presse.
pafishika: fiji under maximum catch
Fiji Times Online: "LOCAL fishermen only caught 10,000 tonnes of fish even though the total allowable catch was 15,000 tonnes,"
pasifika: un urges fisheries closed to protect turtles
Fishupdate.com: UN panel of experts urges closing fisheries to save sea turtles: "A PANEL of experts of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has released a report that recommends closing fisheries that pose the greatest threat to critically endangered Pacific leatherback and loggerhead sea turtles."
bacteria patent prompts maoli protest
Patents on bacteria taken from lava sludge on ancestral lands violate their heritage, say kanaka maoli. AP Wire | 06/25/2004 | Biotechs mine hardy bacteria for industrial use: "Native Hawaiians are angry over a deal between the University of Hawaii and a biotechnology company to share in potential profits gleaned from lava sludge."
maoli arts: songs in half white
Hapa haole literally means half white. It is a music form some sneer at as a form of cultural colonialism. Others defend it as a valid part of maoli history.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features: "'Sometimes the music is done with traditional Hawaii 4/4 time, but the words are in English, so that makes it half English, half Hawaiian. Sometimes the words are in Hawaiian, but the beat is syncopated, so that makes it hapa haole. Not necessarily all Hawaiian songs with haole words are hapa haole. Sometimes the words are Hawaiian and the music is not.'"
- Kumu hula Noenoelani Zuttermeister on hapa haole.
aotearoa arts: scots return maori heads
Shrunken heads taken by souvenir hunting colonialists and stored in a Scottish museum will be returned to maori in New Zealand. Scotsman.com News - Latest News - New Zealand Welcomes Return of of Maori Remains: "�There is a shifting and developing international attitude within museums� on the return of human remains, he said. �Rather than sitting on human remains, now museums are essentially looking at reconnecting, if you like, with the communities of origin.�" - Museum of New Zealand director, James Te Puni.
aotearoa arts: maori assist maoli with carving skills
Carving skills lost among kanaka maoli over the last century in Hawai'i are being replenished in Aoteroa by tangata maori. Scoop: Aloha E! For NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute: "'To be approached by the Kamehameha Schools is a great honour, and shows the kind of recognition we have worldwide. We're embracing this opportunity to share with them.'" - NZMACI chief executive Andrew Te Whaiti.
aotearoa: maori tv a hit with pakeha
New Zealand News - NZ - Non-Maori fans of Maori TV: "More non-Maori than Maori are tuning in to the country's latest television channel. "
hawaii: tour leasee claims kanaka maoli rights
A tour operator who signed a 16 year lease with the Hawai'i government has rejected a state claim against him. Kauai Garden Island News: "'My inherent right on land comes from the 'identity' of the 'loi' and the right to be part of a government, (and) is vested in the reserved right of the minerals and metallic mines on the Royal Patent,' Waialeale wrote in a April 22 letter to Wynhoff. 'The Wailua River Valley, under executive order, does not and cannot extinguish my rights as a person in Polynesia, in the Hawaiian Islands,' Waialeale wrote."
maoli pine under threat
Maoli pine - hala - in Hawaii is under threat from a scale insect. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News: "The hala, also known as a screw pine, is known for its leaves, or lauhala, which are woven into mats, hats, thatching, fans and baskets. Old Hawaiians also used the lauhala for roof linings."
governor's limited success with kanaka maoli bill
Each state in the United States has a governor - Linda Lingle fills that role in Hawai'i and is that rare bird in the Aloha state - a republican. Governor's success limited in Washington - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper: "But although it is clear from Lingle's calendar that she and her staff have met frequently with the president, vice president and Cabinet officials, she has enjoyed only limited success in pushing the Native Hawaiian agenda. "
Akaka bill has chance of passing, panel says
Will kanaka maoli of Hawaii ever fulfill their Polynesian destiny and become leaders of an independent state? Possibly not. But Akaka bill has chance of passing, panel says - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper: "Native law experts pondering the 'myth or reality' of federal recognition for Native Hawaiians told a TV audience last night that the idea is far closer to becoming reality, adding that it represents the way the U.S. can fulfill its promise to reconcile with the indigenous people here. "
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Fiji singer Freddy Kapo won second place at Himene Patitifa - Pacific Song - a festival organised by Te Niu
Association president Jean-Yves Bambridge. Tahiti singer Teura Puairau won first place. Singers from New Caledonia,
Wallis and Futuna, Tonga and even Mexico also took part in the music festival.
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Five fast years: highlights
Regional Events 1999 - 1st Regional Conference on HIV/AIDS (February) 2001 - UNGASS, NY (June) 2001 - ICAAP Meeting – Melbourne (October) 2002 - 1st Information Workshop on Global Fund (June) 2002 - Launch of PIAF (July) 2002 - Pacific Leaders Forum (August) 2002 - 1st Meeting of the PIRMCCM 2002 - UNICEF/ Reg. Youth Congress, HIV/AIDS (Sept) 2002 - SPATS Regional Conference on HIV/AIDS (Sept) 2003 - WHO/SPC Health Ministers Meeting (March) 2003 - 2nd Meeting of the PIRMCCM (March) 2003 - Approval of Franco/Aust Pacific HIV/AIDS/STI Initiative (July) 2003 - Approval of Component 2 AusAID funded Pacific HIV/AIDS project (August) 2003 - APLF Pacific component discussions (July/Aug) and APLF Shared Learning Workshop meeting in Madang (Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and PNG) October 2003. 2003 - Pacific Forum Leaders Communiqué (August) 2003 - HIV/AIDS/STI Adviser appointed (Sept) 2003 - UNAIDS Coordinator took up post (Aug/Sept) 2003 -3 rd Meeting of PIRMCCM (October) 2003 Regional HIV/AIDS stakeholders coordinating meeting (October) 2004 -UNAIDS/ Great Council of Chiefs Regional Workshop on Accelerating Action Against AIDS in the Pacific (March 2004). Source: draft SPC second regional strategy on hiv.aids and sti
Bangkok ... daily
Heading for Bangkok, Thailand and the 15th International AIDS Conference? Then click on www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2004/syndication_form.cfm to get daily updates of events and news leading up to the conference. Last held in Barcelona in 2002, where PIAF founder Maire Bopp Dupont introduced former US President Bill Clinton to closing ceremonies, the IAC is the world’s biggest conference. More than 15,000 attended the Barcelona conference, with similar numbers expected at Bangkok, if not more given organisers’ promises to highlight community input. Even if you are not going to Thailand, this link will give you an insight into the vast range of topics being covered at the conference.
aotearoa maori subdivide to save land
Aotearoa: Maori subdivide to save land from nz$4.5m debt. :: avaiki news archive
new zealanders rediscover maori new year
17.06.2004 By RENEE KIRIONA Just a few years ago Matariki was an event that most New Zealanders and even Maori had never heard of. But on Saturday, when the Maori New Year begins, thousands of people throughout the country will be looking to the night sky celebrating. About 99 events have been organised in the Auckland region alone to commemorate Matariki - the name given by Maori to a cluster of stars that rise on the northeastern horizon about the end of May each year. Throughout the country, there will be an explosion of fancy-dress balls, musical concerts, art exhibitions and wine and food festivals over the next two weeks to celebrate the occasion. Yet even broadcaster and documentary-maker Libby Hakaraia, who has just released the first comprehensive book about Matariki, admitted that she would have been left dumbfounded if someone had asked her what it meant just a few years ago. "I've always been fascinated by the night sky, but I have to admit that I had only heard of Matariki about two years ago." Traditionally, Matariki was used by pre-European Maori as a navigational aid, a portent on whether the coming harvests would be plentiful, and as a time to reflect. "Matariki is becoming more profiled around the motu [country], and so it should because it is something unique to our country," Ms Hakaraia said. "No other nation in the world sees it at the same time as us." Last week, the chief executive of the Maori Language Commission, Haami Piripi, called for Matariki to become a national holiday. And for Ms Hakaraia, whose daughter Oriwa celebrates her first birthday on Saturday, the call is a valid one. "Matariki is a day that all New Zealanders can claim," she said. "It's unique to our country." Ata Te Kanawa, the editor of national Maori magazine Tu Mai, said a number of businesses were cashing in on the occasion by holding events or using Matariki to promote their product. "Last year I said it might even make it to the Westpac Year Planner, which it since has." However, while many throughout the country are choosing to celebrate Matariki in a contemporary manner, 68-year-old Haare Wikiriwhi, of Rotorua, plans to do what his forefathers did. "I'm going to be plucking pikopiko [fern fronds] from the forest and going eeling in the Kaituna River." www.nzherald.co.nz #ends
ticket to ride
Aotearoa: National MP Katherine Rich said a taxi driver approached her last week and reported receiving two parliamentary chits from "two drunk 13- or 14-year-old Maori kids - definitely not MPs". New Zealand News - NZ - Girls using MP's taxi chits
maori party unleash secret weapon
Aotearoa: Maori have a secret weapon that can't be matched by mainstream pakeha parties in New Zealand - a sense of humour. Original story: New Zealand News - NZ - Laughs before serious byelection business starts
judges want urban maori to have bigger fish slice
Aotearoa: Urban Maori get just nz$20m of a nz$700m fishing settlement - appeal court judges say they should get more. Original story: STUFF : NATIONAL NEWS : KORERO - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Court of Appeal judges want urban Maori to have a better chance of topping up their share of fishing assets. "
pm challenges maori party
Aotearoa: Losing ground fast on the centre right to a backwash of anti-Maori criticism promoted by the opposition National Party, ruling Labour party leader and Prime Minister Helen Clark is on the attack. Original story: STUFF : POLITICS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website
maoli and pacific islanders fastest rising group
Hawaii: Kanaka maoli (and other Pacific Islanders) are the fastest growing group in Hawaii, with rates similar to Maohi in Tahiti, Maori in New Zealand and the Cook Islands. In the same timezone as the Cooks, the Honolulu Advertiser catches up with its angle on census figures announced yesterday in the US "mainland." Hawaiian, Pacific island population up 5.8 percent - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
cook islands maori meet on custom
Customary law and how it applies to this day and age, will be the theme of traditional leaders in the Koutu Nui, celebrating its 30th annual conference on Thursday afternoon. Traditional leaders at the conference will discuss ways in which customary law can be enhanced and supported, says Koutu Nui president Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid. They will also hear from Cook Islanders who will share their knowledge on the conference theme. Lawyer Tina Browne will speak on issues relating to the land court, while Makiuti Tongia is expected to chip in with his knowledge of traditional and customary practices. Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sonny Williams will brief participants on the regional framework and model law for the protection of traditional knowledge and expressions of culture. Workshops during the three day meeting will be co-ordinated by Paenui Rangatira Vereara Maeva-Taripo. Te Tika Mataiapo says traditional leaders from Atiu, Mauke, Mitiaro, Aitutaki, Mangaia and Manihiki will attend the conference at the Cook Islands Christian Church Sunday school hall at Matavera. The prime minister Dr Robert Woonton is expected to officially open the conference on Thursday at the Matavera CICC church. — Moana Moeka’a www.cookislandsnews.com (updated Wednesdays).
avaiki nius links
Cook Islands: Rangatira and Mataiapo form the base and middle ranks of traditional leadership among Cook Islands Maori - their national body, the Koutu Nui, celebrate their 30th anniversary on Thursday. Tahiti: Maohi in French Polynesia face a legacy of massive deficits, warns new President Oscar Temaru, according to media reports as the Flosse "style" of government is given its first draft in history. Aotearoa: Maori lawyers have their own law society - and are using it to sue police. They also want a separate health, education and justice system for Maori. Aotearoa: Tariana Turia is not expected to face any difficulties in her by-election for Maori seat of Te Tai Hauauru - despite a challenge from the Legalise Cannabis Party. Nominations closed on Tuesday for candidates. Aotearoa: A two day conference offering practical information for people passionate about Maori success in farming, forestry, horticulture and business is to be hosted by Massey University on July 8 and 9. Aotearoa: Tainui and Hamilton Airport are at loggerheads over a six hectare piece of land which threatens to hold up part of a $51 million commercial development at the airport. Aotearoa: A Maori law society's attempt to charge the police force with theft was dismissed in the Whangarei District Court this morning.
cooks at hawaii disaster meeting
Hawaii: Cook Islands Maori are among those invited to a five-day Pacific Health Summit for Sustainable Disaster Risk Management at the East-West Center.
former meat freezing worker wins presidency
New Zealand Herald reports the kiwi angle on the election of French Polynesia's new President, Oscar Temaru, including his long ago job as a worker in a meat freezing factory.
maoli company wins us$30m contract with navy
Pacific Business News reports on how a Maoli owned company won a US$30 million contract from the United States Navy. Details on how government "helps small businesses owned or controlled by one or more individuals deemed socially and economically disadvantaged compete for federal contracts."
hawaiian company wins us$30m contract with navy
Pacific Business News reports on how a Maoli owned company won a US$30 million contract from the United States Navy. Details on how government "helps small businesses owned or controlled by one or more individuals deemed socially and economically disadvantaged compete for federal contracts."
human remains delay hawaii condos
First Walmart. Now condo buidlers in Hawaii have come across human remains.
culture training for hawaii telescope builders
Could cultural sensitivity kill the world? A Los Angeles Monitor report from Hawaii on astronomers building new telescopes to look for killer asteroids - and how they have to undergo "cultural sensitivity training" because "mountains" are considered sacred by Hawaiians.
maoli and other pacific islanders grow 5.8% in america
Hawaiians are counted in with other Pacific Islanders in the US census, numbers growing 5.8% to 960,000 in this brief report.
oscar temaru élu président de la polynésie française
Politique : 14/06/2004 à 11:18 Oscar Temaru élu Président de la Polynésie française (Tahitipresse) - Oscar Temaru, chef de file de l'UPLD (Union pour la Démocratie), a été élu, lundi, Président de la Polynésie française. Il a recueilli 30 voix sur 57 possibles, dans un scrutin où il était le seul candidat. Le nouveau Président de la Polynésie a évoqué une "élection historique" consacrant une "volonté de changement et d'alternance". Mettant en exergue l'exemple du statut de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, il a indiqué que la question de l'indépendance ne serait abordée que, "dans dix, quinze ou vingt ans", quand les conditions économiques et sociales pour une telle évolution seront réunies. Dans un discours prononcé en tahitien et en français, il a tracé les priorités de son gouvernement comprenant réforme fiscale, revalorisation du salaire minimum, décentralisation et diminution des dépenses publiques. Le Tahoeraa huiraatira (opposition autonomiste) de Gaston Flosse, qui dispose de 27 sièges à l'Assemblée, n'avait présenté aucun candidat à ce scrutin. Ce parti qui avait la majorité à l'hémicycle de manière ininterrompue depuis 1991 a constesté devant la justice administrative le processus enclenché depuis l'élection des représentants à l'Assemblée le 23 mai dernier. Cette élection fait suite à l'élection le 3 juin dernier, au poste de président de l'Assemblée de la Polynésie, d'Antony Géros de l'UPLD. Selon l'article 73 du statut d'autonomie, le Président de la Polynésie dispose d'un délai de cinq jours suivant son élection pour notifier au représentant de l'Etat la composition de son gouvernement. TM
French Polynesia: freedom fighter oscar temaru elected president tahiti
Freedom fighter Oscar Temaru was elected president of French Polynesia today, Monday. He immediately declared the question of political independence for the territory would probably not be put "before ten, fifteen or twenty years". The pro-independence mayor of the commune of Faa' has, in Tahiti, obtained thirty out of 55 votes in the territory's legislative assembly. The 25 elected officials of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira group led by outgoing president Gaston Flosse abstained from voting at the time of the vote. Mr. Flosse challenged the validity of the election of the assembly. But he had failed to deposit his candidature within assembly deadlines. Having validated this election, the Council of State and the administrative court said the former president - who directed this territory since a score of years - could not again present himself as a candidate. Before the election itself, Mr Temaru, president of the pro-independence party Tavini Huiraatira, made a keynote speech in Tahitian, then in French, reassured the population on the future of their government. "We are quite conscious of the fact that the election which brought change to the majority was not a referendum for or against independence." The question of political independence will have to be put only when political, economic, social and financial conditions allow it", he says. "I think such a question could not be put before ten, fifteen or twenty years", he added. 150332 jun 04
polynésie française: l'indépendantiste oscar temaru élu président
Mardi 15.06.2004, CET 04:37 15 juin 2004 03:37 PAPEETE - L'indépendantiste Oscar Temaru a été élu lundi président de la Polynésie française. Il a toutefois immédiatement déclaré que la question de l'indépendance politique du territoire ne serait probablement pas à l'odre du jour «avant dix, quinze ou vingt ans». Le maire indépendantiste de la commune de Faa'a, à Tahiti, a obtenu trente voix sur 55 votants. Les 25 élus du groupe Tahoeraa, du président sortant Gaston Flosse (apparenté UMP), se sont abstenus au moment du vote. M. Flosse, qui conteste la validité de l'élection de l'Assemblée de la Polynésie française, n'avait pas déposé sa candidature dans les délais. Le conseil d'État et le tribunal administratif ayant validé cette élection, l'ancien président - qui a dirigé ce territoire depuis une vingtaine d'années - ne pouvait plus se présenter. Avant l'élection proprement dite, M. Temaru, président du parti indépendantiste Tavini Huiraatira, a prononcé un discours-programme en tahitien, puis en français, dans lequel il s'est employé avant tout à rassurer la population sur ce que serait son gouvernement. «Nous sommes bien conscient du fait que l'élection qui a amené au changement de majorité n'était pas un référendum pour ou contre l'indépendance. La question de l'indépendance politique ne devra être posée que lorsque les conditions politiques, économiques, sociales et financières le permettront», a-t-il dit. «Je pense qu'une telle question ne pourra pas être posée avant dix, quinze ou vingt ans», a-t-il toutefois ajouté. 150332 jun 04 SDA-ATS
independence in 10-20 years says new Tahiti leader
PAPE’ETE, June 15 (Oceania Flash) Oscar Temaru, the long-time leader of French Polynesia’s pro-independence movement, has been elected President of this French Pacific country. Temaru received 30 of the 57 votes in the legislative assembly. Temaru’s election marks the end of some twenty years of undisputed reign by Gaston Flosse. Oscar Temaru, 59, has been struggling for French Polynesia’s independence for the past thirty years. He founded his party, the Tavini Huiraatira, 27 years ago. For the past twenty years, he has been a member of the legislative assembly and the Lord Mayor of Faa’a, which has since remained his stronghold, near Tahiti’s international airport. He was the only candidate, after outgoing President Gaston Flosse had decided not to contest because he claimed irregularities in an earlier election of the Assembly Speaker. Temaru’s election is a result of last month’s general elections in French Polynesia. On May 23, in a major election upset, Temaru’s Union for Democracy (UPD, which mainly consists of Temaru’s pro-independence Tavini party and two independent MPs) won a majority in the 57-seat Assembly, leaving Flosse’s Tahoeraa Huiraatira with only 28 seats. Last week, Flosse’s party lost another MP, who joined the new majority. Earlier this month, on June 3, Anthony Géros, a close ally of Temaru, was elected Speaker of the Assembly. Last week, Flosse’s party, now in the opposition, boycotted a first attempt to elect a President in the new Assembly. This week, they took part in the vote. In his inaugural address, Temaru said his election was “historic” because it translated a “clear will for change”. He also moved quickly to reassure investors, saying the independence of French Polynesia was not immediately on his agenda. He said this would probably not happen before “fifteen to twenty years”, as was the timespan allowed for New Caledonia (another French Pacific dependency) on its path to independence, local radio reported. He said the priority for the next five years was to restore economic health and also to audit the outgoing government’s financial situation and to reduce public spending. Other items on the new government’s agenda are to “get in touch” with the French government to obtain assurances that “agreement signed between the French Republic and French Polynesia remain current”. Temaru also said earlier that he would seek to have the recently-endorsed autonomy status of French Polynesia reviewed, because, he said, it was “imposed without any consultation”. Another symbolic item is to scrap June 29 as Autonomy Day, a date set by his predecessor, to be replaced at a later stage by another date. French Polynesia’s legislation stipulates that once elected, the President has five days to form his government. This cabinet is to consist of “a maximum of ten ministers and probably less”, Temaru told a press conference last week. He also said it could take him “much less than five days” to announce his government’s line-up. Patrick Antoine DECLOITRE Editor, Oceania Flash/Rédacteur en Chef, Flash d'Océanie E-mail/Courriel : pad@vanuatu.com.vu E-Fax (direct) : (1) 775 459 8921
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