Eden Park recovers
Eden Park has the green light for the first big concert at the venue this year. Last week, Auckland’s hallowed turf resembled a swimming pool during the floods. The stadium was in a race against time for Ed Sheeran’s shows on Friday and Saturday — but now looks fit for action after a mass clean-up by staff. Eden Park CEO Nick Sautner says the water is now draining effectively.
“I would hope that by 2030 we could complete treaty settlements with all iwi that are willing to settle.
Then it will be possible to declare the tremendous national reconciliation project of treaty settlements that began in the 1990s is complete.
“In the last 183 years we have got many things right. We started on the
6th of February 1840 as a little experiment and look at us now — a 21stcentury success story able to handle the challenges that come our way.”
The korero from the leaders of
Parliament’s largest parties was a contrast to that from Te Paati Māori A Kiwi teenager has reportedly co-leader Rawiri Waititi, MP for died in an avalanche in Austria. Waiariki, and the Green Party’s Teanu Local news agency APA said the Tuiono, who used their comfort and incident happened in western fluency in the language to speak to Austria on Saturday. The 17-yearand around the rules. old was a New Zealand tourist who
Waititi used allegory and metawas alone in the open ski area in education, health and justice. phor to voice the country’s about 12.15pm. The New Zealander
Luxon, introduced in te reo by challenges with climate and inequity. is reportedly among three people health spokesman Shane Reti, spoke “We must not talk politics,” he said. to die in avalanches in Austria of the treaty as a “challenging, imper“Very few of us in Parliament speak within days. APA said 30 fect but ultimately inspiring docuMāori. Our language must be heard avalanches had been reported on ment” through which New Zealand in that house and be resounding.” Saturday by 5.30pm (Central had sought to understand what was Tuiono acknowledged the death of European Time) in the Tyrol area intended by those who signed it. kuia Titewhai Harawira this month alone. Police told the local news
In the years since it was created, and the storms she had brought in agency the New Zealand teenager “the promise and obligations of the life to the storm that followed her died in Kaltenbach, Tyrol. In treaty were not upheld by the death — then segued to climate Vorarlberg, a 55-year-old German Crown”. change and the work being done by winter sports enthusiast missing
And despite the pain involved — his co-leader, James Shaw. since Friday evening was found “there is no doubt we are a better, Then there was Act leader David dead under an avalanche. more open, more tolerant country as Seymour who delivered the surprise, Meanwhile, a 32-year-old Chinese a result”. He said thëtreatyinOprocessspeakingtereohehadlearnedbyskierdiedinanavalanche tztal had required “generosity of spirit” on rote supported by notes. He on Friday. Other victims were both parties and most New Zearecounted his links to the Northland rescued alive, including a 37-yearlanders “can see that settlements iwi Ngati Rehia and Nga Puhi to old Australian woman who had have been a genuine best endeavour surprised laughter and approval from been swept away and buried up to to put things right”. his hosts. her neck.