11 February 2013 Coming up on Te Karere... The Social Development Minister has been criticised by Te Whanau o Waipareira with a statement saying that if families that were under Waipareira lose out, it's on her head. The programme was cut by Minister Paula Bennett last year. The programme was cut by Minister Paula Bennett last year. TPK and Fletcher Buildings are working together to get more young Maori men into the workforce. Most of them are working here in Christchurch. Stay tuned. An exhibition of old Maori photographs owned by a Dutch woman. Due to the live nature of Te Karere, some segments will not be subtitled. Tena koutou katoa, and welcome to Te Karere. John Tamihere has warned Paula Bennett that if any harm or abuse comes to children or members of families previously under Te Whanau o Waipareira's Family Start Programme, he will hold the minister personally responsible. The Ministry of Social Development last year terminated Waipareira's $1.5 million family start contract, at the time of termination, Waipareira was looking after more than 250 families. So who will look after all these families now? He's talking to the Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett. The MSD last year terminated Waipareira's $1.5 million Family Start contract. That is now headed for the Appeal Court. At the time of termination, Waipareira was looking after more than 250 families. He sent a formal letter to the Minister on February 8, but hasn't heard back. At the end of the day, it's the families who suffer. I sent an email to the Minister's office requesting comment, but nothing has come back so far. Anzac Pikia, Te Karere. We're lucky to have Education Minister Hekia Parata with us today. Tena koe, Hekia. We're unable to provide subtitles. Hekia Parata, thank you for your time. Graduates of the government's boot camps and of Te Puni Kokiri's cadetship programs are being employed in Christchurch with the help of Fletcher Buildings. Fletcher and TPK have been working together to help get more young Maori men into jobs. Irena Smith caught up with a couple of the cadets at work today. This is Harley Roberts. He has been working in the roofing business for six months. He was referred to Te Puni Kokiri's Cadetship Programme, and through their work with Fletcher, Te Puni Kokiri is pleased their relationship with Fletcher Buildings has been successful. We are so pleased that Fletcher are interested in taking on We are so pleased that Fletcher are interested in taking on young Maori workers and giving them work in their businesses. Two new employees have come from the LSV boot camps. One of them is Michael O Connor. But he didn't get on the wrong side of the law, instead he applied to attend so he could up-skill. Fletcher has employed 44 graduates of the LSV boot camps and TPK Cadetship 37 of them are working here in Christchurch. In 2009 the government introduced boot camps for the most serious young offenders. Critics said it wouldn't work, but this graduate says otherwise. And there's no looking back now, the future is looking pretty bright. And there's no looking back now, the future is looking pretty bright. Irena Smith, Te Karere. After the break, the Maori Council starts a public awareness campaign. And is Pakeha a derogatory name for non-Maori? Should non-Maori be called New Zealanders? The elections aren't until next year, but Maori are already being urged to consider how they'll vote. Teams are gearing up across the country for the Maori electoral option which launches next month giving Maori voters the chance to choose between the Maori or General Roll. And as political correspondent Tina Wickliffe reports, those on the General Roll are being nudged to go Maori. It's nearly that time again for Maori to decide which roll they want to be on. The Maori Electoral Option is held every five years. More than $5 million will be spent this year to get the word out. And there's only one choice as far as Pita Sharples is concerned. Be Maori, if you're Maori represent, are you not Maori? Stand up for the Maori way. There are 425,000 registered Maori voters, and it's the number of voters on the Maori Roll that determines the number of Maori seats. And that's why Pita Sharples is encouraging those on the General Roll to go Maori. I'm supportive of raising awareness about this event and talk to those on the General Roll about switching to the Maori Roll, if we could get them all to switch, we'd have 13 Maori seats. There are 13 teams like this gearing up across the country. The Maori Electoral Option will run for four months. Tina Wickliffe, Te Karere. A Maori senior constable who was the county's first Kaitakawaenga Maori and served 40 years in the police force is lying at Kaingahoa Marae in Kaikohe. Patrick Whiu or Paddy as he was affectionately known passed away peacefully yesterday. He served mainly in the Tai Tokerau region as an iwi liaison but he also spent time in Wellington working with Sergeant Wayne Panapa on the Maori Wardens project. Pakeha don't like to be called Pakeha according to the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study. But Maori see it as a term of accepting Pakeha as part of Maori. Raiha Johns spoke to researcher Dr Carla Houkamou about the findings. What does Pakeha mean? Foreign people, people of English or European descent, a silver eel. There are many meanings but Pakeha feel it is a derogatory term. Researcher from the University of Auckland, Carla Houkamau studied the attitudes and values of the people of New Zealand. According to research, many Pakeha prefer to be called New Zealander because they dislike Pakeha. Houkamau says the study shows how much more open-minded Maori are. Despite the research, there is another meaning to the term Pakeha and that is that it refers to anyone fair whether Maori or Pakeha. The research and survey can be found on the Auckland University website. Raiha Johns, Te Karere. After the break, an exhibition of photographs featuring Maori from the past belonging to a Dutch woman. And the weather. NZ was humiliated in the Las Vegas Sevens after they were beaten by South Africa in the final of the Las Vegas tournament this morning. The South Africans, playing in their first final, ran rampart over the NZ team in the first half leading four converted tries to nil. New Zealand has extended its lead in the overall series standings to 23 points over South Africa. To the weather now. For weather, see tvnz.co.nz. Over 50 years ago, Ans Westra began photographing Maori. Now she's looking to reconnect over 20,000 shots with the subjects of the photos and their families as she takes her exhibition "The Full Circle" around the country. A caption of history, a door to the past. Much to the delight of Te Wharekura o Ruatoki. It's beautiful and impressive. We are grateful to this woman who's returned to Ruatoki Valley to see these treasures. A handful, of the tens of thousands of pictures taken by Westra, since arriving in New Zealand from the Netherlands in 1957, a visit that was meant to be only six weeks long. Many Maori communities were photographed, including Ratana, the East Coast and up to the Far North. She developed her own photos, a job, she admits, was not an easy one. Her mission now is to reconnect the photos with those in them, and find names. These are elders from our marae, from Waikirikiri and Hamua. The photos will be on display here in Ruatoki until the end of the week. Then Westra will continue on to Hiruharama, on the Whanganui River. Kereama Wright, Te Karere. That's all we have for today. Turou Hawaiki. Captions were made possible with funding from NZ on Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2013.