This week the Government announced it will fund the first two weeks of the second stage of the Waitangi Tribunal Te Paparahi o Te Raki Regional Inquiry. This is the large northern regional inquiry, investigating 390 claims brought by Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whatua, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Hine, Patuharakeke, Ngāti Rehua and
Day: February 25, 2013
Last week we noted the Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill was read in parliament, and then referred to the Primary Production Select Committee. We further advise that submissions are now open. Amongst other items, this bill seeks to implement the Government’s decision to ban, from 2016,
Yesterday the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Amy Adams, re-announced that the Government does not consider radio spectrum a taonga, and that the Government would continue with its plans to auction the 700MHz radio spectrum this year, without allocating any spectrum rights to Māori. However, she also announced that
Last week the Ministry of Education published CoREs and effect – which is an evaluative report on the impact of the seven Government ‘Centres of Research Excellence’ (CoREs). One of these centres has a specific Māori focus, Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, and this Centre is the focus of a