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Māori News Stories for the Week Ending 17 July 2015

Appointments Dr Arapata Hakiwai has been appointed to the New Zealand National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Peter Douglas has been appointed to the Modernising Child, Youth and Family Expert Panel. Traci Houpapa has been appointed to the board of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
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Taranaki Initial Deed of Settlement week ending 17 July 2015 (edition 24/2015)

Last Tuesday Taranaki and the Crown initialled a Deed of Settlement. The settlement includes $70 million financial and commercial redress, along with cultural redress and a Crown acknowledgement and apology.
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Private Posts Rōpu Māori Settlements Treaty

Heretaunga Tamatea Initial Deed of Settlement week ending 17 July 2015 (edition 24/2015)

Last Thursday Ngā Hapū o Heretaunga Tamatea initialled a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The settlement includes $105 million of redress, and a Crown acknowledgement and apology. The redress also includes a $5 million support package for Te Aute College. Ngā Hapū O Heretaunga Tamatea is a collective of
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Families and Whānau Status Report 2015 week ending 17 July 2015 (edition 24/2015)

Last week the Families Commission published its annual report on the status of families in New Zealand.  (Note the Commission now operates under the name ‘Superu’.)  The 2015 report differs from its two earlier reports in that it seeks to apply its new ‘kaupapa Māori’ framework and therefore seeks to
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Economic Private Posts Rōpu Māori

Māori Economy Report 2013 week ending 17 July 2015 (edition 24/2015)

This month Te Puni Kōkiri has released a report entitled, Te Ōhanga Māori 2013 / Māori Economy Report 2013.  Although released under the agency’s logo the report has actually been written by a consultancy firm, BERL.[1]  It has a formal publication date of April 2015, and seeks to provide a