On Tuesday the New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill was read a third time in parliament. The bill will now be passed into law upon receiving Royal Assent. (Pānui editions 39/2013, 21/2013 and 17/2013 refer.)
Day: November 19, 2013
Yesterday the State Services Commission released a report on the public sector workforce entitled, ‘The 2013 Human Resource Capability Survey’. The report provides trend information on employment matters within the public sector. In relation to Māori we advise the report finds: 16.5% of senior leaders in the public sector are
Last Friday Massey University released a report on maternity care experiences of wāhine Māori. The report is entitled, Hapū Ora: Well-being in the Early Stages of Life. The report finds that Māori women experience inequalities in access to care, and report lower levels of service satisfaction than other women. We
This week the Chairman of Aotearoa Fisheries, Whaimutu Dewes, indicated that the company is likely to make a $14 million profit this year. (Note this company’s financial year ended on 30 September, although the financial accounts to which Mr Dewes refers are not yet publicly available). We advise this forecast
On Tuesday the Local Government Commission released a report proposing the creation of a single local authority for Northland (to be called the Northland Council). If agreed, this authority will replace the Far North District Council, Whangarei District Council, Kaipara District Council, and Northland Regional Council. We advise the Commission
On Tuesday the Waitangi Tribunal released an extensive report on claims relating to land and mountain ranges within and around the Tongariro National Park.[1] We advise the original claims relating to this report were filed twenty years ago, and the Tribunal finished hearing these matters five years ago – meaning