Tina Ngatai has been appointed General Manager of Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporated. On Monday an application for bail for Tame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara (two of the Urewera four) was declined in the Court of Appeal, Wellington. The men were seeking bail while they wait to have an
Day: September 3, 2012
On Thursday the Oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill was selected from the parliamentary ballot. This is a private member’s Bill lodged by Te Ururoa Flavell. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for any person taking a statutory oath to elect to state that
On Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Te Rūnanga Ā Iwi O Ngāpuhi and Child, Youth and Family (CYF), within the Ministry of Social Development. The document commits the two parties to joint decision-making in areas of common interest, and creates information sharing protocols.
Earlier this year the Children’s Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills, established an advisory group to assist him to consider matters relating to child poverty. (The Commissioner has the statutory role of promoting the rights, health, welfare, and well-being of children.) On Wednesday this advisory group released a consultation paper on child
On Tuesday the Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister, Chris Finlayson, confirmed Cabinet approval of the Ngāi Tūhoe Social Service Management Plan. The plan will set out how the Ministries of Education, Social Development, Business, Innovation and Employment and three District Health Boards, will work with Ngāi Tūhoe to improve social
On Thursday Whanganui Iwi and the Crown signed the Whanganui River Agreement. The agreement provides a framework for a settlement of historical claims relating to the Whanganui River.
Yesterday Ngāti Toa Rangatira initiated a Deed of Settlement with the Crown, despite the Wellington Tenth’s Trust filing for a court injunction on Wednesday, in an effort to prevent the settlement proceeding in its current form. The total value of the settlement is circa $75 million (comprised of redress of
Last Friday afternoon the Waitangi Tribunal delivered its interim report on the freshwater and geothermal energy claim, (WAI 2358). The Tribunal findings are that: the claim is genuine, and was appropriately lodged by the New Zealand Māori Council, with support from some Māori groups; that Māori ‘proprietary rights’ over bodies