This week two renowned Māori language stalwarts died; Henrietta Maxwell (Ngāti Porou), and Erima Henare (Ngāti Hine). Henrietta Maxwell was a founding figure of the Kōhanga Reo movement, author and Te Ataarangi advocate. Erima Henare was Chairperson of the Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori / the Māori Language
Day: May 8, 2015
The second report released in relation to the Government’s Māori economy strategy is entitled, Whānau and Low-Income Household Savings Report, April 2015. This report responds to goal 8 of the overarching strategy – “consider the options for education and home ownership savings schemes for whānau and households on low incomes”.[ii]
This week Te Puni Kōkiri has released two reports relating to the Government’s Māori Economic Strategy; He Kai Kei Aku Ringa, The Crown-Māori Economic Growth Partnership. The first report is entitled Goal 3: Financial Literacy and Savings: Snapshot of Financial Literacy Services for Māori, 2nd edition, May 2014.[5] The purpose
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of March 2015. The survey shows the national unemployment rate increased slightly from 5.7% to 5.8%. For Māori, the unemployment rate increased from 12.2% to 12.6% (i.e. the Māori unemployment rate remains
On Tuesday the Controller and Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, released an audit report entitled, Whānau Ora: The First Four Years. This report covers the period 2010/11 to 2013/14 – which is the time period when Te Puni Kōkiri was the lead agency responsible for the delivery of the policy programme.[1] The