Flavell Te Ururoa: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members 
Flavell Te Ururoa: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers Questions to Members 
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9.  
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Maori Party—Waiariki) 
 to the  
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage 
: Does she recall her address to the Hui Taumata in 2005 when she said: “As Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage I would like to acknowledge the role of Maori in reflecting the essence of who we are where we have come from and what we can aspire to be. Maori are at the cutting edge of our success throughout the arts culture and heritage sector and have helped to raise the profile of our nation to new heights”; if so what initiatives are there in Budget 2006 to specifically support Maori in the arts culture and heritage sector? 
Hon MAHARA OKEROA (Associate Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage) 
 on behalf of the 
 Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage 
: Yes. As announced in Budget 2006 this Labour-led Government increased Government baseline funding for arts culture and heritage by $10 million over 4 years. In doing so we continue to invest in our vibrant arts and cultural sector for the benefit of all New Zealanders. This increases the organisations’ annual direct Government funding to $15.5 million up from just $2.4 million in the year 2000. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: Who is the “we” referred to in the statement of the Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage to the Hui Taumata acknowledging the role of Maori in reflecting the essence of who “we” are where “we” have come from and what “we” can aspire to be; what role do Maori arts culture and heritage have in building our national identity? 
Hon MAHARA OKEROA 
: I would suggest the answer to that question rests in the last statement that member made about generating a national identity. I would suspect that the “we” refers to us collectively as people. 
Dr Pita Sharples 
: Tena koe tena tatou katoa. If Maori arts have “raise[d] the profile of our nation to new heights” why then were the words “in New Zealand the uniqueness of Maori arts is recognised and valued along with the diversity of our cultural heritage” removed from the new draft curriculum statement? 
Hon MAHARA OKEROA 
: As Associate Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage I do not have any responsibility with regard to the latter part of the member’s question. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: What provision is made for the 91.6 percent of Maori students who are in mainstream primary and secondary schools to recognise and value the uniqueness of Maori arts given that Maori arts has been deleted from the new curriculum? 
Hon MAHARA OKEROA 
: That question can be responded to by saying the member should make reference to the arts curriculum and also to a recent survey by the organisation Creative New Zealand that shows and analyses Maori participation in the arts which is increasingly quite significant at this time and going towards the future. 
Dr Pita Sharples 
: I seek leave to table the arts statement from the  
New Zealand Curriculum Framework 
 of 1993 which recognises the uniqueness of Maori arts. 
Document by leave laid on the Table of the House. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: I seek leave of the House to table the Prime Minister’s address to the Hui Taumata of 1 March 2005. 
Document by leave laid on the Table of the House.