Yesterday the Māori Land Court heard an application to convert 983 square metres of Māori freehold land in a Māori reservation. The land is in Waikanae and is on the Government’s preferred route for the proposed Kapiti Expressway. The applicant, Patricia Grace (and her whānau), hope if the land
Day: March 17, 2014
On 20 December 2013 the Māori Affairs Select Committee concluded its Inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for tamariki Māori. By way of background, this inquiry was called for by opposition parties in 2011, and was agreed to by the Committee in September that year, against the wishes of
On Monday the Minister of Whānau Ora, Tariana Turia, jointly with the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Peseta Sam Lotu-liga, announced that the Pasifika Medical Association has been selected as the Pasifika-focused Whānau Ora commissioning agency. In future this non-Government organisation (NGO) will be known as Pasifika Futures, and
This week the Associate Minister for Primary Industries, Jo Goodhew, announced that Ngāi Tahu has purchased from the Crown 22,800 hectares of forestry cutting rights, on the West Coast of the South Island.[1] Ngāi Tahu, through their existing treaty settlement, is already the land owner on which the forest
This week the ANZ bank released a short report on a survey of Māori businesses it undertook in 2013. The report is entitled, Te Tirohanga Whānui; ‘The ANZ Privately-Owned Business Barometer, Māori Business Key Insights 2014’.[1] By way of background, the ANZ bank routinely undertakes business confidence surveys, and