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7 days ago
- Politics
- Scoop
Moriori Challenge Crown Over 'Tino Rangatiratanga'
Wellington, 12 June 2025 – The Moriori Imi Settlement Trust (MIST), supported by the Hokotehi Moriori Trust (HMT), has filed proceedings in the High Court at Wellington challenging the Crown's proposal to recognise Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri's (NMOW) tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands). In 1870, the Native Land Court and colonial government gave 97.3% of all land on the Chatham Islands to NMOW (who arrived on an English sailing ship in only 1835), completely disregarding Moriori custom and the ancient, peaceful occupation of the islands. Instead, they applied the New Zealand Māori custom of take raupatu (claim by conquest). The Waitangi Tribunal found in 2001 that Moriori should have received 'at least 50% of the land' on Rēkohu and that 'redress by far was due to Moriori' (Tribunal recommends compensation for Moriori). Despite this, NMOW have continued to claim exclusive mana whenua and tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu. Now, the Crown appears ready to repeat these past injustices. When Moriori settled their historic Treaty claims with the Crown in 2020, the Crown gave clear and repeated assurances that it would remain strictly neutral between imi and iwi on matters of mana whenua and tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu. For this reason, those terms do not appear in the Moriori Deed of Settlement. Moriori Claims Settlement Act 2021: However, in 2022, MIST was formally advised that the Crown intended to include in the NMOW Deed of Settlement an explicit acknowledgement of NMOW's tino rangatiratanga over Rēkohu. This contradicts prior commitments made to Moriori and represents a serious breach of trust and the terms of our own Deed. The Crown maintains this does not amount to recognition of mana whenua —a position strongly rejected by MIST and supported by respected Māori legal and tikanga experts. In their view, tino rangatiratanga clearly implies exclusive chiefly authority over land. Moriori (MIST & HMT) consider the Crown's position not only disingenuous—but outrageous. Tino rangatiratanga is not a term the Crown has the right to define, limit, or politically reinterpret to suit its convenience. The implications of this recognition are profound. It would undermine the integrity and intent of the Moriori Treaty settlement—an outcome Moriori worked toward for generations. It would also risk legitimising the 1835 invasion, where two mainland tribes used violence to kill, enslave, and displace the peaceful Moriori. Under tikane Moriori, land was never taken through warfare. Even under tikanga Māori, NMOW's claims to take raupatu were not found valid by the Waitangi Tribunal. This situation raises an unsettling question: Why is this happening at all? Why would the Crown give such clear assurances to Moriori, only to reverse course and grant the very recognition it swore it would withhold? This contradiction cuts to the core of the Crown's integrity and the trust that should underpin the Treaty settlement process. This legal challenge is not intended to delay or block NMOW's redress. Moriori supports their right to a settlement— provided it does not impinge upon or undermine Moriori rights. We offered a solution: remove the offending phrase from NMOW's Deed. The Crown refused. Moriori are now calling on the Crown to honour its promise of neutrality and refrain from taking any steps that would undermine the Treaty settlement signed with us just five years ago. Anything less risks eroding trust in the Crown's commitments. With all other avenues exhausted, Moriori will now seek to be heard in the court of law. We do so reluctantly, but with a firm commitment to uphold the dignity of our karapuna (ancestors) and protect the legacy we leave for future generations of our imi (people). Me rongo (In peace)
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Tata Communications announces TGN-IA2 subsea cable linking Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan to enhance connectivity
Tata Communications , on Tuesday, announced the TGN-IA2 subsea cable system to enhance connectivity for businesses across Asia. The cable connects Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan and complements the existing TGN-IA cable system by offering interconnections to other regions. The system is constructed by the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) consortium, of which, half-a-fibre pair is fully operated and managed by Tata Communications. This allows the company to independently manage capacity upgrades and make faster provisioning for customers. The ADC is a global consortium of leading communications and technology companies, including NT (Thailand), China Telecom, China Unicom, PLDT Inc., Singtel, SoftBank Corp., Tata Communications and Viettel. The multi-terabits capacity TGN-IA2 cable is expected to significantly enhance data transfer capabilities and offer diverse, scalable bandwidth solutions to hyperscalers, multinational corporations, and telecom operators. Tata Communications operates multiple terabytes of capacities across its 500,000+ km round-the-globe subsea optical fibre network. This includes TGN-TIC, TGN-EA (Eurasia), TGN-Gulf, TGN-P (Pacific), TGN-A (Atlantic) and others. Live Events The Asia-Pacific region, particularly Southeast Asia, is now a global data transmission hub, with growing subsea investments from companies like Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. The region is witnessing a rapid build-out of hyperscale data centres , and submarine cables are critical to ensuring low-latency, high-throughput links between these facilities. According to Telegeography, the global demand for international bandwidth is growing at over 30% annually, and Asia accounts for a significant share of this surge. Countries like India, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines are now key landing points for such cables, facilitating digital trade and cloud infrastructure deployment. India has recently seen large commitments in this space. For instance, Google is set to commission its Blue-Raman submarine cable system in Mumbai this year. Last month, Meta announced the 'Waterworth' project—the world's longest subsea cable connecting five continents with landings in India. Japan's NTT Data is also set to commission MIST - its first submarine cable system connecting Malaysia, India, Singapore and Thailand, entailing a total investment of $400 million. Meanwhile, telecom operator Bharti Airtel has landed SEA-ME-WE-6 and 2Africa Pearls cables on Indian shores this year. Reliance Jio is also set to commission the India-Asia-Express (IAX) and India-Europe-Express (IEX) submarine cable systems, expanding the country's existing capacity significantly.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
On Covid resurgence, TN health official says no need to panic, surveillance mechanism in place
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, T S Selvavinayagm on Tuesday appealed to the public not to panic about Covid resurgence as a strict surveillance mechanism was in place in the state. The present situation was not alarming and the pandemic like so many other thousands of viruses was under continuous monitoring, he said. Allaying the apprehensions of the people on a possible outbreak of the pandemic, Selvavinayagam said in a video message that neither the World Health Organisation nor the central government has issued any advisory on Covid-19 outbreak. "The Health department is closely monitoring all viruses including Covid through the Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP) portal which allowed real-time reporting of data, modelling and analysis and this was integrated with other health programmes," he said. Surveillance is being carried out daily on this portal through the involvement of 4,000 plus institutions. In addition, along with MIST (a research programme to understand and prevent airborne viral transmissions ), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and the National Institute of Edidemiology (NIE), the DPH has launched a sentinel surveillance to monitor all ILI ( Influenza-like Illness ) and SARI ( Severe Acute Respiratory Infection ) cases. It also involved the participation of two rural and two urban PHCs, and medical colleges in four districts. "So, all outbreaks are under continuous monitoring. Tamil Nadu's health infrastructure is vibrant and the state has the capacity to go on an expansion anytime," Selvavinayagam said in the nearly four-minute video. "The public will be informed of outbreak if any. Under the present circumstances, there is no need to panic about Covid because the Tamil Nadu government has taken up a surveillance mechanism. If infection occurs, it will be informed to the public immediately," he added. The official clarified that he had to explain the current situation due to reports in a section of the media on Covid-19 re-emergence. Covid has not been totally eradicated. And like lakhs of viruses or bacteria when Covid made an appearance then it will be controlled and an equilibrium status will be maintained. The preventive measures were based on the virulence of the virus and its impact. "Ten infections among one lakh people, ten infections in ten lakh people and ten infections among 7.8 crore population in Tamil Nadu can't be considered as same," the DPH stressed.
Business Insider
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
TD Cowen Sticks to Their Hold Rating for Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST)
TD Cowen analyst Ritu Baral maintained a Hold rating on Milestone Pharmaceuticals (MIST – Research Report) yesterday. The company's shares closed last Friday at $1.22. Confident Investing Starts Here: Easily unpack a company's performance with TipRanks' new KPI Data for smart investment decisions Receive undervalued, market resilient stocks straight to you inbox with TipRanks' Smart Value Newsletter According to TipRanks, Baral is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 2.5% and a 39.31% success rate. Baral covers the Healthcare sector, focusing on stocks such as Sarepta Therapeutics, Alnylam Pharma, and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Milestone Pharmaceuticals with a $7.50 average price target. MIST market cap is currently $65.23M and has a P/E ratio of -1.47.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Milestone Pharmaceuticals: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
MONTREAL (AP) — MONTREAL (AP) — Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc. (MIST) on Wednesday reported a loss of $20.8 million in its first quarter. The Montreal-based company said it had a loss of 31 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 19 cents per share. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights ( using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on MIST at
