Te Puni Kōkiri has released its four year plan on its website. We will review in the next edition of Pānui. http://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/a-matou-mohiotanga/ The Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust has indicated it is working with the film production company, Weta Group, to develop a digital resource about Matiu Somes
Day: September 26, 2016
On Wednesday the Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill was read a second time in Parliament. Papawai and Kaikokirikiri Trusts Amendment Bill On Wednesday The New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill was read a first time in Parliament and referred to the Māori Affairs Committee. If passed
On Tuesday the Leader of the House of Parliament, Gerry Brownlee, together with the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Chris Finlayson, advised that New Zealand First had retracted from an earlier agreement to allow for an extending sitting of Parliament to carry through to this Friday, in order to
Last week we advised on the newly announced joint venture between the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust[1] and the Wellington Company to develop housing at Shelly Bay/Omarukaikuru in Miramar. We noted some iwi members were against the development, and called it a sale of iwi land “by stealth”. This
Last week we advised on the discussions between the Government and Te Ohu Kaimoana over the Kermadec/Rangitāhua Ocean Sanctuary. In essence Te Ohu Kaimoana believes creating the sanctuary would undermine the 1992 Māori Fisheries Settlement, whereas the Government considers that legal provision already exists for a sanctuary. By way
Subscribers will be aware we have been advising regularly on the prolonged mandating process for Ngāpuhi. At hand presently is a decision as to whether the existing ‘mandate’ – i.e. de facto Crown approval – to negotiate the settlement of all historic Treaty of Waitangi claims should be transferred
Last week the Ministry of Social Development released its annual report on household incomes. This report is important as it is often the key source document for many other reports and statements on household earnings and child poverty in New Zealand. The report is entitled, Household Incomes in New