This week Koroneihana celebrations have been held to mark the tenth anniversary of King Tuheitia’s leadership of the Kingitanga movement. A key event within the celebrations is today’s returning of the Rangiriri Pā site to Waikato/Tainui (where a historic New Zealand war battle occurred). Nominations are open for appointments
Day: August 24, 2016
Last Friday a Manawatū-Whanganui Economic Action Plan was released. The document, entitled Accelerate25, sets out nine thematic areas for economic growth in the region. As with the other regional economic action plans published this year, it has been prepared within the community with local government leadership, and with iwi/Māori
On Thursday the annual report for Te Tumu Paeroa / the Māori Trustee was tabled in Parliament. (This is to the year end 31 March 2016). [By way of background, the Māori Trustee is appointed by the Minister for Māori Development to administer Māori lands on behalf of Māori
This week the Ministry of Health uploaded a one page analysis of funding provided by District Health Boards (DHBs) to Māori health providers, for the five-year period 2010/11 to 2014/15. The Ministry points out that in 2014/15 DHBs collectively allocated circa 1.5% of their Government funding to Māori health
Yesterday the Government reconfirmed that it will establish a new entity, the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki, which will be operational by next April. This new Ministry will replace the Child, Youth and Family (CYF) service, which is a business unit within the Ministry of Social Development.[1] The
This week Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of June 2016.[1] The survey shows the national unemployment rate is now 5.1% (it was 5.2% at the end of March.)[2] For Māori the unemployment rate is now 11%, (down from