Submissions are being called for the Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri Iwi Trust mandate strategy. Submissions close on 13 November.
Day: November 12, 2013
Last Friday Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Potiki initialled a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The Deed includes a redress package of circa $29.5 million. Iwi ratification processes will now commence.
Last week retired Court of Appeal judge, Sir Bruce Robertson, provided his opinion to the High Court that Sir Taihākurei (Edward) Durie is not conflicted in his role as a Trustee on the Crown Forestry Rental Trust. This opinion relates specifically to the Te Paparahi o Te Raki regional inquiry.
As advised last week, Te Puni Kōkiri has tabled in parliament its Annual Report and Statement of Service Performance to 30 June 2013. The purpose of this document is to outline the quality of outputs and financial performance achieved in the last year. As with previous years, Te Puni Kōkiri
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of September 2013. The survey shows a slight decrease in unemployment from 6.4 percent to 6.2 percent. For Māori, the unemployment rate fell from 12.8 percent to 12.2 percent. That is, the
Last Friday the Minister of Finance, Bill English, released a media statement and Treasury briefing paper on the proposal for a Living Wage of $18.40 per hour, for all workers. It is unusual for a Minister to release a briefing paper (of any type), and we speculate that perhaps this
Last week the Associate Minister of Justice, Chester Borrows, released a Youth Crime Action Plan 2013 – 2023. Through this plan the Government seeks a 25 percent reduction in youth crime. The plan has three main strategies: (i), partnering with communities; (ii), reducing escalation (dealing with issues at the lowest
Last Thursday the Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, launched a ‘programme to help unlock the potential for primary industry growth in Northland’. By a ‘programme’ we understand that Mr Guy released a short booklet, produced by the Ministry for Primary Industries, which outlines projects the agency is undertaking in
• On Tuesday the New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill was read a second time in parliament and the amendments recommended by the majority of the Commerce Committee were agreed to. The purpose of this Bill is to give effect to an agreement between SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited and the Crown,
Last week we provided a review of the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report for 2012/13. Overall we found the report was poorly constructed and that Te Puni Kōkiri had struggled to articulate the value of its services. However we also noted that a Ministerial review of the agency’s role had