Iwi Chairs met with senior Cabinet Ministers on the Friday before Waitangi Day, at Waitangi. Following the meeting the Minister for Economic Development, Simon Bridges, and the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, announced the establishment of an Iwi-Crown Economic Taumata. This will be a biannual meeting between
Day: February 10, 2017
The Salvation Army has released its 2017 ‘State of the Nation’ report, which this year is subtitled ‘Off the Track’. This is an annual report on social wellbeing matters, and as with previous years, the report is divided into five chapters: care of children; crime and punishment; work and
The Ministry of Education has released updated iwi education profile fact sheets. These two page fact sheets provide data on the participation and achievement of children affiliated to a particular iwi (there are now 65 iwi profiles in total). The datasets include early childhood participation, school enrolments, national standard
Last week we advised on labour force data, released by Statistics New Zealand, for the period to 31 December 2016. The information released showed an increase in unemployment – for Māori up to 11.9% of the labour force (40,200 people). The Department has now supplied us with supplementary data on
The other political alliance of note this week was Shane Jones attending a church event with Winston Peters. Mr Jones’ term as Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development ends in May, so speculation is mounting again as to whether Mr Jones will join the New Zealand First Party list. (He
As previously advised, this week Willie Jackson has been confirmed as a Labour Party list candidate – which means he will go through the Party’s selection process for their Parliamentary list, including seeking an exemption for not even being a member of the party. (I.e. he is not simply
Waitangi Day commemorative events were held over the weekend and on Monday, with debate continuing as to whether Te Tii Marae (below the Waitangi Marae and the Treaty grounds) is a suitable place for the initial dignitary’s pōwhiri, held on the 5th of February each year. This year a proposed
On Tuesday Parliament recommenced for the year. The first item of business was the Prime Minister’s Statement to Parliament, which sets out the Government’s policy agenda for the year. Largely the plan is business as usual, with modest economic growth of 3% forecast for the next few years.[1] A