• Next week Ngāti Rangi Trust commences a series of mandating hui for Treaty settlement processes with the Crown. • Julian Wilcox has been appointed as the Head of News and Current Affairs at Māori Television. • Eugene Henare has been elected chair of the Lake Horowhenua Trust. • Last weekend an office building
Day: February 4, 2013
This week Hautaki announced that it is seeking to sell some of its share holdings in the telecommunications company 2degrees. Hautaki holds circa 10% of shares in 2degrees. These shares were purchased from $5 million Māori spectrum funds provided, by the Government, to Te Huarahi Trust (which is the owner
Yesterday the Minister of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Chris Finlayson, and the Minister of Māori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, wrote to both the Ngāpuhi settlement entity, Te Rōpū o Tūhoronuku (Tūhoronuku), and Te Kōtahitanga o ngā Hapū o Ngāpuhi, setting out their expectations to resolve mandating issues. The letter advised
Yesterday the Supreme Court commenced its two-day hearing of the New Zealand Māori Council et. al. claim concerning the partial sale of state energy companies – and the alleged prejudicial impact that it would have on any Māori water rights and interests. Counsel for the Māori Council, Colin Carruthers, submitted
This week, National, Labour and the Green parties have made further statements on why their respective housing policy programme is the optimal solution to this policy issue (i.e. housing has been a focus point in the three respective ‘state of the nation/planet’ speeches). Accordingly we advise housing policy is likely
Last Friday, in a ‘state of the nation speech’, the Prime Minister announced changes to apprenticeship funding. In essence, there will be increased funding for more apprenticeships, and also increases in the rate of funding per apprentice for Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) . Presently there is minimal information on Māori