The submission period for the draft Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill has been extended to Friday 7 August 2015. For further information on the draft bill refer to Pānui edition 18/2015. This week a media outlet reported on a New Zealand Police intervention which refers Māori drivers without a valid
Day: June 19, 2015
Earlier this month the Ministry of Health published Indicators for the Well Child /Tamariki Ora Quality Improvement Framework, March 2015. (Well Child / Tamariki Ora (WCTO) is a free health service offered to all New Zealand children from birth to five years.) The Quality Improvement Framework measures the performance of
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released Abortion Statistics for the year ending December 2014. Overall, 23% of abortions (around 3,000) were performed on Māori women. From population tables we calculate the Māori abortion rate is 19.8 per 1,000 Māori women, (aged 15 to 44 years). The general rate was 14.4
This week the Māori Television Service produced an article on governance, management and financial issues said to have arisen within the Te Kōhanga National Trust (the Trust), and its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Te Pātaka Ōhanga. This follows earlier articles on these entities by the same broadcaster in 2013. The key