On Wednesday the Department of State (United States of America) released its annual report on people trafficking. The 395-page report, entitled Trafficking in Persons 2012, provides an overview of global people trafficking, and the quality of attempts by Governments to reduce this (i.e. forced labour, child soldiers, forced prostitution, etc
Day: June 25, 2012
The text in regards to forced labour on foreign-flagged fishing vessels in New Zealand is more sustainable; which is essentially that poor working conditions on these boats, and reduced access to Zealand labour laws is unjust. However the report drafting precedes the New Zealand Government’s acknowledgement of this issue, and
Last Friday the Tertiary Education Commission released supplementary guidance for 2013 Investment Plans for tertiary education organisations.3 Generally we would not comment on these documents, however we note this supplement indicates that tertiary education organisations that commit to stretch targets for improved Māori (and Pacific) education outcomes will have more
This week media agencies have reported that Ministry of Education data shows that the proportion of Pakeha learners at low decile schools has fallen over the last decade. The policy issue raised is increased ethnic stratification in the school system (‘white flight’), potentially resulting in greater educational disparities.5 In our
On Tuesday the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, announced funding of $18.9 million to increase education childhood provisions. We note this is actually a re-announcement; given that this funding was also formally announced last month in the Budget. However the details provided this week confirm the quantum of new placements
This week Statistics New Zealand released Abortion Statistics for 2011. Overall, one quarter of abortions (around 3,850) were performed on Māori women. We calculate the Māori abortion rate is 25.4 per 1,000 Māori women, (aged 15–44 years). The general rate was 17.3 abortions per 1,000 women of this age group.
Tiroa E and Te Hape B Trusts of Ngāti Rereahu are seeking to purchase two of the former Crafar Dairy farms from incoming owners, Shanghai Pengxin. (There is already provision for Shanghai Pengxin to accommodate the iwi in regards to wāhi tapu on the farms, but a full purchase is
Ngāti Ranginui signs Deed of Settlement On Thursday a Deed of Settlement was signed between Ngāti Ranginui and the Crown. The settlement includes financial redress of $38 million, and the return of Omanawa River Conservation Area, Mangaone Stream Conservation Area, Taumata and Te Awa Ngāumuwahine; as well as the co-management
Social Services Select Committee report tabled On Wednesday a report by the Social Services Select Committee on their ‘Inquiry into the identification, rehabilitation, and care and protection of child offenders’ was tabled in Parliament. Amongst other items, the inquiry found that 60% of child offenders are Māori (i.e. 4,700 Māori
On Monday Nga Pae o te Maramatanga (the Māori-focused Centre of Research Excellence), announced funding for six projects: Investigation into the fisheries resources and interests of iwi, hapū and marae within Tauranga Moana and the impacts caused by the grounding of the CV Rena (Associate Professor Paul Kayes, Te Whare