Appointments and Awards Last week Hinerangi Edwards (Taranaki, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Arawa) and Wayne Panapa (Waikato Maniapoto) were appointed to the board of Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori. Current board member, Ms Charisma Rangipunga, has also been appointed to the role of Deputy Chair. (Outgoing board members
Day: November 4, 2016
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are legally challenging the Crown’s perceived right to offer Treaty settlement redress to Ngāti Paoa in central Auckland. Ngati Whātua Ōrākei considers that it undermines their existing settlement, whereas Ngāti Paoa is of the view that commercial redress in the area is appropriate and required to
This week a former trustee of Te Uri o Hau, Mikaere Miru, indicated that he had sought to lay a complaint with the Police regarding trustee election processes (and had been referred on to the Serious Fraud Office). Mr Miru claims that votes were opened by an office staff
In addition to the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report, also released was a separate 34-page Minister’s report on the $195 million appropriated to Vote: Māori Development.[1] This document – essentially a positive report to Parliament on results achieved – reports on nine funds grouped into three areas: Whānau Ora;
On 20 October the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report to 30 June 2016 was tabled in Parliament. The purpose of this report is to outline the quality of services delivered, and to explain the organisation’s financial performance in the last year. By way of background, Te Puni Kōkiri received