12/09/2025
“As suspected | Naughty Govt | Apology”
Naughty Government.
The people could already see the skullduggery!
We have to be careful as Maori, as New Zealand that these beady eyed uninformed and uneducated position holders at tge government level are not corrupting the system that os suppose to be looking after its people!
Good on you Te Paati Maori and everyone not standing for corrupt Government conglomerates.
Kia kaha tatou!
So glad we have the opprtunity to vote next year . This government has fallen tragically on their face!
Marika
Paia!
12/09/2025
“Church | Lifting the veil | Financial rort | Rise up”
85 Mil can be raised by fundraising. What a shocker of a journey. No rate payer budget contributions. Thats a rort and those sitting around that table pushing paper need a growling.
The Church has the people to raise those funds: Council should just get ready for the Tourism part of that business case and stack it so that they have contingency funds for the next disaster or earthquake.
Re-opening should be done next year, not in a rorted 5 year budget.
The church has the people, the passion and the resources to sort that.
Make a list of those that have been involved in this dirty central financial “rort” and get them away from that project.
Bishops need to call its houses together and sort that in 12 months - not let the poo brainers drag it out for the next 5 years.
Christchurch deserves to move on from everyone rort ing that poor Cathedral.
Paia!
The cost to rebuild the earthquake-damaged building had blown out to $248 million, before being revised down to $219m last year, leaving a shortfall of about $85m.
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05/09/2025
“Good Korero | Men | Paepae | Ladies | Karanga”
Her post hits on the thinking that men with convictions should not be permitted to speak on paepae. But they can dig the graves and do the dishes.
Wahine with convictions - should not do karanga on marae. But they can clean the wharepaku.
Rangatahi not allowed to talk or perform on the marae in the front row if they have a conviction.
Any kuia standing near the paepae or the marae that have convictions must disappear and only come out to sweep the ground when the visitors have left.
Any person that has got a conviction should not be permitted to do karakia. They can go to hui, but not talk.
Anyone paid by Iwi and have had a conviction should only be allowed to be a back house administrator if they are known m**h heads.
Specifically Christchurch - The worst job is on the paepae. Who would want to do whaikorero?
Then there is the karanga that wahine do. Is that fu**ed as well. Ladies bashing their men and then doing a karanga on the marae after being on m**h for years, but they all good now 🫢
What about m**h heads! 🤷♂️ Paepae have m**h heads on them! Some marae have m**h head kai karanga. Some leaders whether drunk, stoned or m**hed out - still go onto the marae!
A few mates of mine are cray cray on the m**h right now but all good to do Karanga, kai korero, Whaikorero for their iwi and hapu and marae.
But yeah, good to korero as long as everything is being talked about?
Which leaves the Courts, Police, Judges, Registrars, lawyers redundant.
Or is the marae the new Court. Who is the head judge on the marae?
Her post goes sideways and everyone piles on like they did in the old days when the village decided to kill all the witches! Whether they were witches or not!
The colonial thinking is truly alive on that post and in the year 2025…shocking!
Pai te korero mena e korero ana tatou mo te katoa o te kaupapa whaikorero, karanga, marae, hapa, hara, hāpori.
Rima heneti 🤷♂️🤭👍🔥
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05/09/2025
“Papanui | Tutakitanga | Hui | Henstock”
Her track record for her first term in Council has gone well. She has always been a ground person, not afraid and has the skills to listen to what her community says.
If you are in the Papanui Ward, please send your ticks to Victoria Henstock!
Down to earth, kanohi kitea - community vibes!
Your Councillor for Papanui!
Maori mā! Tairanga mai!
Paia!
Victoria Henstock!
For Papanui Ward
Councillor!
Victoria Henstock Deputy Mayor of Christchurch, Cllr for Papanui
Authorised by V Henstock: [email protected]
05/09/2025
“Maori Queen | First Koroneihana | Big week”
#opinion The Kuini: A Week of Leadership, Style, and Whānau
The first Koroneihana of Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po was more than tradition. It was a full-on showcase of Māori leadership. Bold, stylish, and full of mana.
