Last Sunday the Tainui parliament, Te Kauhanganui, voted to remove their Chairwoman, Tania Martin. We also advise that the Deputy Chair, Bill Takerei has reportedly resigned. Ms Martin was removed both as Chairwoman, and as a member of the organisation. The reason was that she was found to have brought
Day: December 3, 2012
Earlier this month the Ministry for Primary Industries released a report it had commissioned entitled, Climate change business opportunities for Māori land and Māori organisations. The research report was carried out by Landcare Research and a private consultancy company. Although it has only been released now, the research report appears
On Tuesday the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, released her interim report on the environmental impacts of fracking in the oil and gas exploration industry. [By way for background: fracking is the process of creating gaps in bedrock in which oil might lie beneath. This is done
This week the Wellington High Court ruled against the claim of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust (Taranaki Whānui) relating to the proposed Treaty settlement between the Crown and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. The Trust had argued that they should have been offered the vesting of Taputeranga Island (not Ngāti Toa),
This week legal proceedings were heard in the Wellington High Court relating to the Government policy to partially privatise power-generating companies – (via the Public Finance Mixed-Ownership Model Amendment Act 2012) – and the potential impact this could have on Māori rights and interests in freshwater. As background: these companies
On Thursday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Economic (Income) Survey for the year ending June 2012. This is a shortened version of the tri-annual Household Economic Survey, and reports on all people aged 15 years and over. The data shows over half of Māori (53% or 233,400 people aged