On Tuesday Marama Davidson, (Ngāti Porou, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi), was sworn in as a Member of Parliament. Ms Davidson enters Parliament as a Green Party list member, following the resignation of Russel Norman. Adrienne Pierce was reappointed to the Small Business Development Group (SBDG). Dave Hawkey and Paul Bingham have been appointed
Day: November 7, 2015
On Tuesday the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill was introduced in Parliament. This Bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 21 January 2015 between Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective and the Crown. It also gives effect to the deed
Last Friday The Ministry of Health released the ‘Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2016/17 to 2018/19: Proposals document’. The strategy is labelled as a ‘proposals document’ as it now awaits final Cabinet approval, which is scheduled for March next year. It will then replace the existing strategy from
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of September 2015. The survey shows the national unemployment rate increased slightly from 5.9% to 6.0%. For Māori, the unemployment rate increased from 12.6% to 12.9%. That is, the Māori unemployment rate
On 21 October the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report to 30 June 2015 was tabled in parliament. The purpose of this report is to outline the quality of services delivered, and the financial performance achieved in the last year. By way of background, for the year in review Te Puni
Last week a Toi Moana / Bay of Plenty, Economic Action Plan Summary was released, by a consortia of local government, central government community, and business groupings within ‘the Bay of Connections’.[1] The economic plan builds from a Government commissioned regional growth strategy that was released in May (Pānui 19/2015