This week Ngāti Hine leader Waihoroi Shortland indicated that the iwi/hapū would seek to withdrawal from the broader Ngāpuhi settlement process, to be led by Tūhoronuku. This follows ongoing concerns around the composition of Tūhoronuku, in particular insufficient hapū representation. (Pānui 5/2014 and 6/2014 refer.) Ngāti Hine, who state
Day: March 11, 2014
This week the Māori Affairs Select Committee heard oral submissions on the Te Urewera–Tūhoe Bill 2013. This bill, if enacted, will give effect to the Deed of Settlement signed in June 2013, between Ngāi Tūhoe and the Crown. The settlement redress value is approximately $170 million. The bill is
This week it was announced that the New Zealand Superannuation Fund had sold a 2.5% shareholding in Kaingaroa Timberlands to a collective of six iwi. The iwi involved are all landowners of the Kaingaroa forest through the Central North Island (CNI) Treaty Settlement; and accordingly through the purchase now
On Wednesday the Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Professor Charles Royal, confirmed that he had been advised by the Royal Society of New Zealand that the research centre has not been shortlisted for ongoing funding beyond 2015. This means, unless the situation is reversed, Ngā Pae o
On Wednesday the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce, released the Government’s new Tertiary Education Strategy (2014-2019). The new strategy is broadly similar to the draft released for consultation last November (refer Pānui 35/2013). That is, the overarching strategic theme is the link between the attainment