• Tina Porou has been appointed to the Waste Advisory Board. • Rahui Papa has been appointed chairman for the Waikato-Tainui executive committee Te Arataura. • Darcy Nicholas has received the 2013 National Creative Māori Art Supreme Award, at the Creative New Zealand – Te Waka Toi awards.
Day: September 9, 2013
• On Tuesday the Vulnerable Children Bill was introduced in parliament. This bill “forms part of a series of measures to protect and improve the well-being of vulnerable children”. Refer to pānui edition 28/2013 for further details on this policy area. • On Wednesday the third reading of the Gambling (Gambling Harm
Last week the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, announced funding changes for various educational initiatives within the school sector. This is essentially the allocation of existing funding within Vote: Education. A number of the programmes being resourced will focus on Māori. We advise key items to note are listed below.
Yesterday the Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister, Steven Joyce, announced three significant changes in the tertiary education sector. First he announced, jointly with the Minister of Social Development, Paula Bennett, that from the end of this year the Government would no longer fund training opportunities programmes. These programmes are
Last week a report entitled, Addressing the Drivers of Crime¸ was released by the Government. This followed a joint media statement about this work which was released a week earlier by the Minister of Justice, Judith Collins, and Minster of Māori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples. Their media statement was essentially
Last week the Minister of Finance, Bill English, released a consultation document on ‘flexi-superannuation’. This is a policy proposal of the United Future Party, and the National Government had agreed to consult on the topic. By way of background, presently all New Zealanders become eligible for superannuation at age 65.