On Wednesday the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, issued a media statement confirming that she is pleased that the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board is going to consult with kōhanga whānau about a new governance structure. This next phase of consultation is scheduled to commence in March. (Subscribers, however,
Day: February 27, 2015
This week the Office of Treaty Settlements released its Year-to-Date Progress Report for the six-month period to 31 December 2014. This report usefully tracks the progress of all Treaty Settlements in a simple tabular format, although the redress amounts are excluded. The only ‘new’ information in this ten-page report is
Last Thursday the Primary Production Select Committee tabled in parliament a four page report on Te Ohu Kaimoana. This short report responds to a briefing delivered by Te Ohu Kaimoana in December 2014. Although the Committee makes no action recommendations to parliament, the report does usefully traverse key Māori fishing
Yesterday the Ministry for Women (Ministry of Woman’s Affairs) released “Wāhine Māori, Wāhine Ora, Wāhine Kaha: Preventing Violence Against Māori Women”. This short report focuses on ‘primary protection’ (i.e. preventing the occurrence of domestic violence, as opposed to support services for victims of violence). The report has been developed from
Last week the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, issued a Performance Notice and Intention to Audit to Ngā Parirau Mātauranga Charitable Trust. This relates to the performance Te Kura Hourua Ki Whangaruru, which is sponsored by the Trust. (Te Kura Hourua Ki Whangaruru is a charter school / kura hourua
On Wednesday the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Michael Woodhouse, announced that the minimum wage will be increased from $14.25 to $14.75 an hour, commencing 1 April. This is effectively a $20 per-week increase to $590 for a full-time worker on this rate. This equates to an additional $1,040
This week the Office of the Controller and Auditor-General released a report on Māori education matters, entitled, Education for Māori: Relationships between schools and whānau. This is the second report in a series of five that the Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, has determined to undertake on Māori education matters. (The first