Whaimutu Dewes has been appointed a director (non-executive) to The Treasury Board (a governance board that supports The Treasury’s leadership team). Tamati Nicholas, from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata, has been awarded a Top Subject Scholarship for Te Reo Māori. Te Korou Whangataua Roberts, from Te Kura Kaupapa
Day: February 18, 2013
On Sunday the Department of Internal Affairs released a discussion document on land development contributions. This is part of the Government’s policy programme to improve land affordability for housing purposes, and will contribute to the review of the Local Government Act 2002. The document raises options for reforming the Act,
Last week we advised of the Waitangi Tribunal’s decision to decline a request from Ngāti Kahu to order the return of land, and/or to recommend compensation of circa $260 million to the iwi. (Refer to Pānui 4/2013 for details.) Ngāti Kahu Chairperson, Professor Margaret Mutu, has responded indicating that she
Aotearoa Fisheries is taking over a Pacific oyster nursery and hatchery operation in the Nelson region, from the Crown-owned Cawthron Institute. Some staff from the Institute will be seconded to Aotearoa Fisheries, so they can continue existing research projects to protect the species. 12. By way of further background, Aotearoa Fisheries
This week the Salvation Army released its annual ‘state of the nation’ report, which this year they entitled, She’ll be Right. The report is divided into five chapters; care of children, crime and punishment, household incomes, social hazards (e.g. gambling, illegal drug use, over consumption of alcohol), and housing. Māori