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Private Posts Protests Rōpu Māori Settlements Treaty

Treaty matters: Ngāti Tama, Mangatu Blocks Incorporated, and Ngāti Wai: Omnibus excerpt from week ending 20 April 2012

Ngāti Tama suffer large financial loss Last Saturday Ngāti Tama Development Trust announced to beneficiaries a financial loss of circa $19.8 million, leaving the iwi with an asset base of $1.5 million.  The Chief Executive of the Trust, Greg White, has resigned. In 2003 Ngāti Tama received $14.5 million in
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Agriculture Economic Government Private Posts Rōpu Māori Treaty

Crafar Farms sale (re)approved: Omnibus excerpt from week ending 20 April 2012

 This morning Land Information Minister, Maurice Williamson, and the Associate Minister of Finance, Jonathan Coleman announced their approval of the second recommendation of the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to grant consent to Shanghai Pengxin to purchase the Crafar Dairy Farms.  The original recommendation and approval decision were set aside in
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Health Private Posts Rōpu Māori Social

Cancer research released: omnibus excerpt from week ending 20 April 2012

On Wednesday the University of Otago and the Ministry of Health released the report, Cancer Trends.  The report, amongst other things, found that for all cancers, and for both Māori and non-Māori, there has been a 3% annual improvement in survival – but that “large gaps in cancer survival still
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Economic Government Private Posts Rōpu Māori Social

Skycity Casino Convention Centre Proposal: omnibus excerpt 20 April 2012

This month there has been significant political discussion on the merits and drawbacks of a proposal by Skycity Casino to build an international convention centre in Auckland at no public cost, in order to secure rights to more gaming machines / tables in New Zealand.[1]  The cost to Skycity, to