A Māori-focused Masters of Business Administration (MBA) developed by The University of Waikato and Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development has won an international MBA innovation award. Hokotehi Moriori Trust has been awarded $830,000 from the Marsden Fund for an archaeological and genetic study of the Moriori migration across Polynesia.
Day: November 7, 2011
Hohepa Patea (Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Porou) has been appointed as Senior Cultural Advisor with the Families Commission. Hinerangi Raumati has been appointed as the interim Chair of Parininihi Ki Waitotara Five members of Te Huarahi Tika Trust (Māori Spectrum Trust) have announced their retirement. They are Sir Graham Latimer,
Ngāti Raukawa members accept Deed of Settlement Ngāti Raukawa iwi members have voted to accept the agreement in principle for a Deed of Settlement signed in September. The redress package is valued at circa $63 million. Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust seek support from iwi members Te Mana o
Statistics New Zealand has released Abortion Statistics for 2010. Overall, one quarter of abortions (around 4,000) were performed on Māori women. The Māori rate was 26.9 abortions per 1,000 Māori women (aged 15–44 years), the general rate was 18.1 abortions per 1,000 women.
This week Statistics New Zealand released a factsheet from the New Zealand General Social Survey: 2010. The survey measures life satisfaction amongst New Zealanders. Some key facts from the survey included: People living in one-parent family households were less satisfied with their lives than people living in other family groups.
Yesterday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey for the quarter to the end of September 2011. The survey shows an increase in unemployment from 6.5% to 6.6% of the workforce (from the June quarter 201). For Māori the unemployment rise was greater increasing from 12.6% to 13.2%
Māori Party – Māori focused matters This week the Māori Party published their election manifesto commitments (about 15 pages). As a specifically Māori-focused party, there are many commitments to Māori interests across the full range of portfolio areas. This includes proposals for constitutional change to entrench Māori representative seats in
This week the National Party has released its new welfare policy. The proposal follows the main recommendation of the Welfare Working Group to simplify welfare categories and orientate these towards work readiness. You may recall we outlined this ‘traffic light’ approach in Pānui on 25 February 2011. Under this proposal