Ngāti Kahu is using a precedent-setting decision to ask the Waitangi Tribunal to force the Government to hand back forestry land and other state-owned farms. Ngāti Kahu wants about 20 per cent of Te Aupouri State Forest, Rangiputa Station, Kohumaru Station, and other state-owned land. In total the land area
Day: August 4, 2011
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Waikato river co-governance
Last Thursday, the Waikato Regional Council decided a six-member hearing committee would be appointed to consider submissions on the proposed Regional Policy Statement (RPS) from early next year. The panel will comprise three councillors, including the chairperson of the policy and strategy committee, an independent chair with specialist expertise in
Yesterday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey for the quarter to the end of June 2011. Overall the survey shows a slight decrease in unemployment to 6.5% of the workforce, down from 6.6% in the previous quarter. For Māori the survey shows the unemployment rate is 12.6%
A vision loss economic impact report called “Clear focus” lauched at Parliament on Tuesday stated that preventable vision loss cost New Zealand $2.8 billion The report was commissioned to an Australian research group, Access Economics, they found that direct health costs alone as a result of vision loss added $198 million to New Zealand’s health system expenditure in the same year.
Researchers revealed that Māori are disproportionately affected by vision loss, with those aged 45-74 years twice more likely to experience blindness than non-Māori. And they cautioned that without a focused effort on preventing sight loss, the number of New Zealanders over 40 who have vision loss is projected to rise from 125,000 to 174,000 by 2020. Māori rates of vision loss is also related to the high rates of Type II diabetes amongst Māori.