He started his reo journey in 1974 at Victoria University and has been involved in the reo revitalisation movement since as well as protecting and advocating for the environment. The West Coast Regional Council has thrown the book at the operators of a private dump at Taylorville, near Greymouth, and they now face fines for taking demolition rubble from the old Grey Base Hospital. He was an ally and a very dear friend who is sadly missed, says Apanui. Spring came, a year had passed, and the occupation remained strong. I guess I thought itd be like learning Spanish or Italian. My grandfather, Dr Te Kapunga Matemoana (Koro) Dewes, was lecturing in anthropology at Victoria University at the time. Only here can it be nurtured and encouraged for the future generations. Andrew Robb is on Facebook. Schools, radio and TV, government agencies, newspapers and private companies have been enthusiastically promoting the use of te reo Mori by an overwhelmingly appreciative public. Andrew Robb 1783-1855 & Ann Will 1785 son David Robb. He started in radio in 1984 working on a range of programmes including the long running series Spectrum. The council had received several complaints from a person in March about contaminated material from the old Grey Base Hospital being dumped. Mori Land March Wellington Motorway, October 1975. I think there are potential risks in kawanatanga schools taking the lead in teaching te reo to all students. Ian Macfarlane, who was industry minister in two Coalition governments, is retiring from politics. Seven other complaints were effectively dismissed. File photo / Sincerely Media, Unsplash. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Your email address will not be published. I have been incredibly lucky, and privileged, to have been mentored and supported throughout my adult life, and te reo Mori has been a part of every job Ive had, including as a reporter for Mna News for iwi radio and Te Kaea on Mori TV. I caught up with the movie Poi E! When the nearest khanga had an opening, she moved there, and she loves it. Andrew Robb is the companys majority shareholder and lives next to the cleanfill site. Andrew says he learntMori because he loved it. "The history of psychiatry is littered with things that were great white hopes or great promises, that have actually turned out to not be so. Andrew with son Te Kawa and mokopuna Taiawatea. Andrew Robb. READ MORE: * Company bids to truck contaminated waste from Christchurch to Reefton * Greymouth beach 'starved' of gravel, becoming more vulnerable to storms * Lotto investigating after car caught dumping at controversial cleanfill site * Dump Valley: frustrated locals fight tip extension plans. Housing policies favour the rich and leave first home buyers high and dry. I mean, who could be bothered making the necessary effort to become fluent in a mongrel, bastardised language? Quinnipiac. Andrew Robb began learning te reo 50 years ago. This weeks ABC Four Corners/Fairfax expose of Chinese activities in Australia is alarming not just for its revelations about a multi-fronted pattern of influence-seeking but also for what it says about. Photo: Supplied. Mori Land March - Wellington Motorway, October 1975. Found email listings include: a***@hamptons.co.nz. The options for our mokopuna Taiawatea (Te Kawas daughter) to have a Mori-immersion education in Wellington seem pretty limited. Ruth Lopert, George Washington University, James Laurenceson, The University of Queensland, Douglas Hilton, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra, Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute & Professor of Medical Biology, and an honorary principal fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canberra, Adjunct professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, George Washington University, Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney, Copyright 20102023, The Conversation Media Group Ltd. Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation. Family research has taken a bit of a back seat for a while, but I have been busy working on new projects, art shows and products as part of my business. A company linked to West Coast farmer and former regional council chairman Andrew Robb has been investigated for breaching resource consent conditions for a demolition waste dump. Already my monocultural upbringing and unconscious biases are being seriously challenged as I recognise another way, another perspective at viewing my reality and the world I live in. Thanks Andrew for offering your perspective on learning Te Reo as a Pkeh. It was a wonderful repayment for the effort that we members of Te Reo Mori Society and Ng Kaiwhakapumau had put in to the Te Reo Mori claim, and the establishment of Mori broadcasting, which brought Mori-speaking communities together in many ways. Mr Robb's response is undiplomatic: "They're a lot of old fogies who are so deeply conservative. "Now, those sort of results are not possible [with current medications] At best, 30 per cent of people in Australia will respond to the antidepressants. Facebook gives people the power to. Fortunately our class has a gifted and passionate teacher whose pure energy is contagious. When pills stopped working, Andrew Robb looked to magic mushroom therapy. New Zealand. However, the council was forced to intervene again in March, when contaminated waste from the demolition of the old Grey Base Hospital was found on site. Follow The Spinoffs te ao Mori podcast N? "Anaru joined the battle for te reo Mori when he was a first-year university student almost 50 years ago and he never left us. So you get 70 per cent who are not responding. Although unconsented materials such as metals have been found on site during the inspections when responding to the complaints the contractor on site had been actively removing the materials from the dump face and stockpiling for removal to an authorised site, he said. Waiopehu College. What is the role of Pkeh in supporting te reo Mori? 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Cabinet minister Andrew Robb has criticised the governments inclusion of its Medicare and universities reforms in last years budget, saying budgets should return to straight fiscal issues. Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. ), When we arrive in the presence of God, He may well ask us: What did you people do with that noble language that I gifted to you?. I think Pakeha buy-in is for all those reasons, as well as the fact that te reo Maori has been normalised in our New Zealand culture. Andrew Robb began learning te reo 50 years ago. Keep at it! Trade Minister Andrew Robb was highly critical of how the government had handled the past year. It defies logic. "There aren't any countries that I would think have reasonable rules that actually have gone to this level of detail of deregulation. This is not to say that Pkeh shouldnt learn and use te reo. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. When his daily pile of antidepressant pills stopped working, former Liberal Party director and trade minister Andrew Robb began researching psychedelic therapy as an option to send his depression into remission. Andrew the challenge I think you have is that although Mori need to be the priority in te reo, you will not see the Pkeh buy-in into the use of te reo which you need to, until Pkeh see significant numbers of *other*Pkeh learning the language. Sign up for our email newsletter and get the latest E-Tangata stories sent straight to your inbox. The company's consent is for cleanfill, but council staff, acting on a neighbour's complaint, found the rubble contained exposed steel and other materials that fall outside the cleanfill definition. Andrew remembers visiting Bastion Point in the late 1970's and helping in the kitchen at the marae. We feel this site is in an inappropriate location as it is a catchment area for a tributary to the Grey River and above the intake for the Greymouth District water treatment plant, Sardelich said. "It's very hard to accept it. "So I think it's really important to note that clinics that might be operating elsewhere are probably operating under an experimental rule or outside of those particular rules.". Anaru joined the battle for te reo Mori when he was a first-year university student almost 50 years ago, and he never left us, says Nghiwi Apanui, chief executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mori. The contractor was asked to provide receipts for the disposal of materials at an authorised site. Sometimes the path forward is not where we would like or expect it, but there it is. And for my daughter Mahuru, who lives in Raglan and works in Hamilton, and her daughter Matat, there are no ideal choices. Whether he was explaining to other Pkeh the need to understand language trauma experienced by Mori people or whether he was demanding answers from politicians side-stepping his tough questioning. How would my mokopuna defend their use of te reo Mori that they acquired as native speakers from their Pkeh grandfather? The Ukraine war may be a battle for the global order but whose rules are we fighting for? Get 5 free searches. The Minister for the Environment has asked officials to look into this matter, and a response will be provided directly to the complainant, the spokesman said. (Photo supplied), Ill never forget the day we could turn on the radio and Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o te Ika brought a stream of native-spoken Mori into the house. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. He. Signal to noise - is AM radio really under threat? I kept putting it down to all sorts of other things," Mr Robb told 7.30. about his first meeting at Te Reo Society, Deal signed for 150 new homes in Tairwhiti with $55m funding, Andrew Robb - media advisor to the Mori Party, Exact fate of whale fossil taken from West Coast river unknown, Rongo experts fear crackdown in Therapeutics Products Bill, Cyclone Gabrielle: Government announces $15 million for aid at marae and clean-up support, Christopher Luxon's State of the Nation speech: Affordable childcare plan unveiled, Wairoa residents slowly returning to homes as number of red-stickered properties reduces. "It's very difficult to explain the nature of depression. But the opening up of different ways to view the world is surely one of the priceless rewards of learning te reo Maori. He was a te reo Mori speaker of European descent who totally believed that Mori language should be spoken i ng w katoa, i ng whi katoa everywhere, at all times, says Dewes. Mr Robb is advocating for "limited amounts [to be] available for the medical profession to use in a controlled medical situation to alleviate mental health diseases". I never felt excluded. That is a big problem facing prescribers at the moment, a big problem facing addiction medicine psychiatrists around what to do about that incredible misuse of those drugs that are on S8," Dr Allan said. Its future still depends on everyone doing their utmost and working together to help the language flourish and not helping ourselves to as much as we can get, as it loses its rangatiratanga and eventually becomes extinct. Te Taura Whiri i te reo Mori also paid tribute to a man who its chief executive, Ngahiwi Apanui, describes as a Mori language champion. Later on, he worked as a reporter for Mori news show Te Kea, at Mori Television. Doug Hilton: Welcome Andrew to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. An In Conversation between federal coalition MP Andrew Robb and the director of the Waler and Eliza Hall Institute, Doug Hilton. Taiawatea has been lucky. Frank Film: Blackball, the West Coast town of 300 that wouldn't die - NZ Herald, Forest and Bird rejects West Coast Regional Council chair's 'conspiracy theory' - NZ Herald, West Coast mayors call for halt to all SNA work in wake of Far North protests - NZ Herald, Leadership crisis at West Coast Regional Council could cost ratepayers, MP says - NZ Herald. I was always made to feel very very welcome in their communities and in their affairs.. Your own account of how hard that was when you began learning is what Pkeh students face. He says that being able to use the language has always felt like an extraordinary gift. Photo: Photo Supplied. Andrew and Ian Robb and Waikato farmer Andrew MacPherson are directors of Sewell Peak Farm. But those khanga were operating when Te Kawa started school, and I dont know of any others. Andrew Robb with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, right, after signing the Trans Pacific Partnership on February 4. Andrew Robb has led an unusual life for a Pkeh, including, for instance, working as a reo Mori journalist on radio and television. The Grey District Council also featured on the brown list for May - an electrical fault with its sewerage pumps caused partially treated wastewater to flow into the Blaketown lagoon next to Sawyers Creek. All these materials are unacceptable in the [Ministry for the Environments] clean fill guide and cannot be placed in the site. In fact, what it does do though, is it sucks the joy of life out of the individual. I am just beginning to learn Te Reo at Toi Ohomai as an older (68) Pkeh student. Landowner Sewell Peak Farm Ltd was issued an abatement notice after non-clean fill material including metal, plastic and timber from the demolition of historic Greymouth hotel Revingtons was found in the 2 hectare Taylorville Rd dump site by West Coast Regional Council compliance officers in October. The life-long advocate for te reo and kaupapa Mori, who was known affectionately by his peers as Anaru, has passed away at the age of 66. Before the last round of negotiations, only a handful of issues remained in the way of concluding the TPP. Some wouldn't survive. The council was continuing to monitor the site to ensure compliance. Although the status of te reo Mori has changed enormously during my childrens lifetimes, in other ways, its not much stronger than it was 40 years ago. It is the dream apparatchik job, but you would need to be brave to want it just now. Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. This conversation between me, Doug Hilton, and Andrew Robb is part of The Conversation. His entire address was in te reo. McNutt had taken photos of reinforcing protruding from cement, knots of reinforcing, copper pipes, a stainless steel sink, aluminium window frames, carpet, plastic and MDF board. | 8 min read, Andrew Robb and his children (from left) Te Kawa, Moana and Mahuru, around 1990. Just last year, the late Anaru Robb spoke at my grandfathers unveiling, recalling fond and triumphant memories of the political era and the relationships forged between members of that group. Anaru leaves a legacy of passionate, perpetual protest: he never stopped advocating for justice and tino rangatiratanga. Anyway, I was amazed to see, during the lockdowns, all the books and resources that have been produced in recent years, for parents and children, as well as the things we tend to take for granted like Mori radio and TV. On the street and in public spaces, even native speakers mostly didnt speak Mori because of the likely reaction: abuse and threats from Pkeh within earshot. But we were members of Te Reo Mori Society, and committed to promoting recognition and use of te reo Mori, through political actions, submissions to Parliament, ministers, heads of government departments and public broadcasters, petitions on various topics, and running a Mori language resource centre in town. We must not, in our enthusiasm to support te reo Mori, undermine its rangatiratanga. He was a reo teacher to many, including Anaru Robb, and supported the establishment of Te Reo Mori Society, a kaupapa Mori student group. Robb, known to many as Anaru, of Pkeh descent, was a journalist. He is survived by his three children, Te Kawa, Mahuru and Te Au o Te Moana and his two mokopuna - who the whnau say were the recent light in his life - reenergising his continued advocacy for the rights and growth of te reo. NZ Expects Cyclone Recovery to Cost Billions as Death Toll Rises. "Anaru leaves a legacy of passionate, perpetual protest: he never stopped advocating for justice and for tino rangatiratanga. Were warming to Pkeh broadcasters pronouncing te reo Mori better and using Mori greetings and phrases. The Australian government hopes to finalise the Free Trade Agreement with China by the end of the year. . Photo: Supplied But proposed changes threaten to seriously curtail public interest litigation in Australia. Although he only recognised two words pakeha and Mori the meeting had a big impact. "But just like with cannabis, it still remains, you know, illegal for recreational purposes. Kia tae atu tatou ki te aroaro o te Atua, tera pea a te Atua ki a tatou: Ka peheatia e koutou te reo rangatira i hoatungia e ahau ki a koutou?(Na Te Ouenuku Rene, o Ngti Toa, ki te Ropu o Te Reo Mori, 1970. You can support E-Tangatas kaupapa by contributing through PressPatron. Born in Kilspindie Lived in Pitroddie, Dundee, Alyth. Get Andrew Robb's email address (a*****@mas.co.nz) and phone number at RocketReach. Huirangi met every test of his strength, courage, integrity and leadership to secure the rights of future generations to the language of his tipuna. Andrew Robb on Huirangi Waikerepuru. Tony Abbott is sending Trade Minister Andrew Robb rather than Environment Minister Greg Hunt to accompany Julie Bishop at the United Nations climate conference in Peru. I now see that I will only obtain fluency by Te Reo immersion, no matter how much I study. The Nationals are set to elect Barnaby Joyce unopposed as their leader on Thursday night, which will make him deputy prime minister. When I enrolled to learn Mori at Victoria University in 1974, I had no idea that Mori was a spoken language and I still dont quite know why I took Mori. The regional council is waiting for a report on how and why the fault happened. A petition calling forMori to be taught in schools had been presented to parliament and Te Reo Society students were active in pushing for formal recognition of the language. A potential deal-breaker for Australia was intellectual property protections for biologics. To him it was just another subject, just like the French he had studied at school. Its hard to argue with the importance of research, particularly medical research. With your help, we can tell more Mori and Pacific stories. Andrew Robb the Minister for Trade and Investment from Australia watched by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key as he and the Ministerial. After a spectacular run-in with Environment Minister Greg Hunt recently over the proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine, broadcaster Alan Jones had Trade Minister Andrew Robb in his sights on Wednesday. In terms of policy, its right that Pkeh should speak Mori and Pkeh engagement is important to the revitalisation of te reo Mori. Andrew Robb Manager, Treasury Risk Solutions at Bank of New Zealand New Zealand 63 followers 62 connections Join to connect Bank of New Zealand Waiopehu College Activity Just finished the. But we're a small team and not-for-profit, so we need the support of our readers to keep going. . You see everything in a negative fashion. Andrew and his mokopuna Matat, Mahurus daughter. Sewell Peak Farm Ltd now faces fines for taking demolition rubble from the old Grey Base Hospital. He was among a group of over 200 people arrested when the protesters were evicted by 800 police and NZ Army personnel. (They were clear that they were not criticising the individual artists, but the structures that made it easier for Pkeh than for themselves to learn.). Thats true of learning any language . Former trade minister Andrew Robb walked from parliament into a high-paying post with a Chinese company. Bastion Point: A desperate struggle and a dream fulfilled. RSE: How can we make sure everybody wins? But then I thought of all the people in my life whove shared the priceless gift of their reo with me. Te Ahi Kaa presenter Jerome Cvitanovich was born in Marlborough of Tarara descent. We're saying that we need to do the science to get the safety and get the efficacy to make sure that that's right," college president John Allan told 7.30. 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Robb worked at Te poko o Te Ika as a journalist, the first iwi radio station ever established in 1987 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Forty years ago, I had no such qualms. "It was a stunning, astonishing revelation. Since his students days at Victoria University in the 1970's, Andrew Robb made a conscious decision to align himself with Mori issues at the time. Andrew says he has never felt self-conscious usingMori language or being in Mori culture. In the last 20 years he's been involved in rural TV programmes including Rural Delivery, Number 8 Wired and Country Calendar. Mori Language revitilisation was at the forefront Audio. This week treasurer Joe Hockey, and trade minister Andrew Robb have been in China for the inaugural Australia-China Strategic Economic Dialogue. . Ive always liked the idea of New Zealand having an unwritten constitution. The sheer number of Pkeh, with the best of intentions and only a little knowledge, might overwhelm the small community of native speakers of Mori, who hold the cultural responsibility of maintaining te rangatiratanga o te reo. Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes remembers him. Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States 987 followers 500+ connections Join to connect Burgess Schultz & Robb, P.C. That claim led to the passing of the Mori Language Act, which enabled te reo Mori to be legally recognised as an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand. Share A new 'veloway' is welcome news for Melbourne's cyclists. Another dramatic change has been in the attitudes of the (mainly Pkeh) public towards the use and learning of te reo Mori. He is the latest prominent Australian to support the move. was brother to Mavis, Marie and my mother Dorothy and tragically killed at the tender age 19 in 1954. married in Dundee 1857 immigrated to New Zealand. "There are hundreds of thousands of Australians who today could be taking advantage of these drugs to help their therapy.". He would often speak in public of that period and the impact it had on his life. He was involved in Ng Kaiwhakapmau i te Reo, who delivered the WAI 11 Te Reo claim, supporting late rangatira Huirangi Waikerepuru. on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast provider. Now he is on the board of a charity that wants to try something different. The company's consent is for cleanfill, but council staff, acting on a neighbour's complaint, found the rubble. I laughed when you talked about your monocultural presumptions being challenged! ( ABC News) Two years after clinching a historic free trade deal with Beijing, former trade minister Andrew Robb has become a "high-level economic consultant" with the Chinese company that now operates Darwin Port. Officers saw metals in the pit but were assured they were illegally dumped there and would be removed. The council is still looking into a complaint that non-cleanfill material was dumped on to a section at Karoro. The farmer escaped a fine because the effects were considered minor and he had taken "quick and comprehensive actions" to sort the problem. The TGA will decide in April whether to allow psilocybin and MDMA to be downgraded from schedule 9 (prohibited substance) to schedule 8 (controlled drug) which, in an interim decision earlier this year, it appeared to reject. Athletes' ambitions don't end when they leave the field of play. And it is they who should get priority access to funding and resources. Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air. We welcome submissions or inquiries to:editor@e-tangata.co.nz. A barrage of other environmental complaints kept the council compliance team on the hop last month, but most complaints were unfounded. Learn how your comment data is processed. I spoke Mori to our children all the time, to the best of my ability. Asbestos, lead paint and treated timber were forbidden. "What we've seen is over 150 clinical trials take place. The irony of a conservative advocating currently illegal "shroom" or ecstasy therapy is not lost on him. I was a reporter Posted by Andrew Robb | Mar 25, 2017 | Comment & Analysis. A complaint about a dead cow near the mouth of the Mahinapua Creek checked out. They described many deep issues they have to confront and resolve, before they can get into the right frame of mind even to begin to learn te reo Mori. Not sure I could cope if working or raising a family. If you support our kaupapa and want to see us continue, please consider making a one-off donation or contributing $5 or $10 a month. He says he was a sponge, listening to people talking, attuning himself to Te Reo and trying to absorb as much as he could. Compliance officers who investigated claims that a New River goldminer was muddying the water found the discharge was minor and was put right by the operator on the spot. And that took me back 40 years to the time their mum, Alison, and I were doing the same for them. The College of Psychiatrists is opposed. But, as a people, we must wait our turn. Andrew Robb has led an unusual life for a Pkeh, including, for instance, working as a reo Mori journalist on radio and television. Kia ora. Andrew Robb, of Pkeh descent, was a rare breed. Far fewer know their real story. Mori want to own spectrum, not to set up their own separate network, but as an incentive for existing telcos to enter into commercial deals with Mori. Andrew Robb. There was the whole culture out there who I had known nothing about. A founding member of the group and a leader in Mori education, Dr Cathy Dewes, says that Robb was a staunch and loyal ally in the struggle to normalise the learning, teaching and speaking of te reo Mori. Beyond that, kaupapa Mori initiatives to raise the next generations of native speakers must also take priority over wider programmes to teach Pkeh basic language skills. Here he reflects on its achievements and failures and on the proper role of Pkeh. Required fields are marked *. Your email address will not be published. In my 13 years of school in Wellington, about the only Mori language I learned was Hmai te Sign up for our email newsletter and get the latest E-Tangata stories sent straight to your inbox. Andrew and Ian Robb and Waikato farmer Andrew MacPherson are directors of Sewell Peak Farm. Posted by Andrew Robb | Jun 3, 2018 | History, As the arrests began, I was overwhelmed with emotion. . Alison is Mori, and, like many of her generation, grew up without te reo Mori.
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