On Wednesday the Local Government and Environment Select Committee tabled their report on the Mount Maunganui Borough Reclamation and Empowering Act Repeal Bill. The Committee have recommended that the Bill is passed with minor amendments. (This is supported by Tauranga Moana iwi, refer to E20/2012 for details.) On Thursday the
Day: September 24, 2012
This week the Government held three consultation hui with iwi to discuss the ‘shares plus’ concept raised in the Waitangi Tribunal’s interim report. (Refer to Pānui E30/2012 for details on this matter.) The first hui was held on Tuesday in Hamilton, although it was largely boycotted by Tainui iwi. The
Two Christchurch Kura Kaupapa Māori – Te Whānau Tahi and Te Kura Whakapumau Te Reo Tūturu Ki Waitaha – have lodged a complaint with the Waitangi Tribunal over the Government’s plan to merge the two kura. The merger proposal is one aspect of the reforming of schooling services across Christchurch.
On Thursday four separate Treaty settlement bills were progressed through Parliament. The Waitaha Claims Settlement Bill and Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara Claims Settlement Bill passed their first readings, and will now be considered by the Māori Affairs Select Committee. The Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Claims
Following the Government’s Budget in May, statements of intent were published for Government departments and ministries.[1] We reviewed ten of these documents, however at that time we did not assess the statements from the Māori language sector entities; (that is, the Māori Language Commission, Te Māngai Pāho, and the Māori