Aligned with the freshwater reforms, The Ministry for the Environment has released a Te Mana o Te Wai funding application guide for 2016 (circa 36 pages). The purpose of the Te Mana o Te Wai Fund is to enable Māori to improve water quality of freshwater bodies by: supporting
Day: February 27, 2016
In addition to the release of the Next Steps for Freshwater consultation document, we advise that this week the Crown has also provided an update to the Waitangi Tribunal on the WAI 2358 claim. This is the claim of the New Zealand Māori Council concerned with what rights and
On Saturday the Minister for the Environment, Dr. Nick Smith, released a consultation document on freshwater policy issues. It is entitled, Next Steps for Fresh Water. In his speech the Minister noted that there were 23 initiatives proposed for consultation, which cluster into three broad areas; (i) water quality,
On Tuesday the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released a report entitled, Māori in the Labour Market. This report collates existing information from the household labour force survey from 2010 to 2015.[1] The first half of the circa 50-page report outlines national trends for Māori in regards to
This week the Minister for Education, Hekia Parata, has made two media releases on NCEA outcomes. The first concerned the general population, and the second referred to Māori and Pasifika learners. She (correctly) notes that overall student achievement levels continue to rise, and that the disparities between Māori/Pasifika learners