Following the Government’s Budget, Statements of Intent have now been published for Government departments and ministries. These are effectively three-year strategic plans, annual business plans, and their funding agreements with the Government. The statements come into effect from 1 July, and performance is then measured through annual reports. Over the
Day: May 27, 2013
Appointments • Sir Wira Gardiner has been appointed to the Families Commission Board. • The Member of Parliament for Waikato-Hauraki, Nanaia Mahuta, and Sir Henry van der Hayden have both been named as the members of a group which will review governance arrangements for Tainui. The review is being held as the
• Last week the first reading of the Education (Breakfast and Lunch Programmes in Schools) Amendment Bill was deferred, and will now be read on 10 July. This Member’s Bill, introduced by Hone Harawira, seeks to amend the Education Act to provide for the introduction of state-funded breakfast and lunch programmes
Maungaharuru–Tangitū Hapū to sign Deed of Settlement On Saturday Maungaharuru–Tangitū hapū are scheduled to sign a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The financial redress value is approximately $23 million, inclusive of $13.3 million cash and $9.7 million in commercial property. The signing will be held at Tongoio Marae (north
Last Monday the Minister of Economic Development, Steven Joyce, announced that the Government had entered into a Heads of Agreement with SkyCity Casino to build an international convention centre in Auckland. The centre, to be completed by 2017, will be built by SkyCity for $402 million. In exchange, the casino’s
On Wednesday the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) released its report on complaints made against the Police during ‘Operation Eight’. [By way of background, this was the Police investigation into a group of people who were involved in military-styled training camps within the Urewera Forest between 2005 and 2007. Eighteen