• On Wednesday the Health Research Council granted $1.5 million in funding to eighteen separate Māori-focused health research initiatives. This is part of its Career Development Award programme. Funding grants ranged from $5,000 to 460,000. The three grants valued at over $100,000 each are: o Dr Hinemoa Elder, Te Whare Wānanga o
Day: November 29, 2013
This week Te Roroa iwi leaders have held a reconciliation meeting with Susan Cochrane. Ms Cochrane is the former wife of Allan Titford. In 1993 Mr Titford and Ms Cochrane owned a farm in Northland, which was subject to comment from the Waitangi Tribunal in its report on the Te
In September we advised five of eleven iwi within the Hauraki Iwi Collective received advance Treaty-settlement payments totalling $53 million to purchase a LandCorp dairy farm, Pouarua. The payments will be deducted from the overall settlement redress package for each respective iwi. Namely, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti
Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill 23. Last Tuesday the Māori Affairs Select Committee reported back on the Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill. This bill, if passed into law, will give effect to the deeds of settlement between the Crown and eight iwi in Te Tau Ihu (top of the
This week an Auckland newspaper has raised questions as to whether the Auckland Council’s Proposed Unitary Plan overprovides for the protection of Māori historic sites of significance. Under the plan, on identified sites of Māori cultural or historic importance, iwi approval is required for significant earthworks or building alterations. The
On Tuesday the Local Government Commission released a report proposing the creation of a single local authority for the Hawke’s Bay (to be called the Hawke’s Bay Council). If agreed, this authority would replace the Wairoa District Council, Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, and
As advised last week, this month the Government commenced further consultation on its freshwater policy reforms. This is the second round of consultation this year on water management issues, and follows consultation throughout 2010 to 2012 on this topic, via the Land and Water Forum. The present consultation relates to