Earlier this month the Government released its response to the Māori Affairs Committee’s, Inquiry into the Determinants of Wellbeing for Tamariki Māori. By way of background, this inquiry was called for by opposition parties on the Committee in 2011, but it took over two years to conclude, with the final
Day: April 24, 2014
This week the Māori Affairs Select Committee released their report on the Te Urewera-Tūhoe Bill. This bill, if passed into legislation, 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
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Māori news stories to 24 April 2014
Last week Statistics New Zealand released further data on the demographic composition of the New Zealand population, based on Census 2013. This data (re)confirms that Māori comprise 15% of the total population, and that Māori have a significantly younger age profile than European-New Zealanders. The Māori median age is 23.9