This brief outlines matters relating to the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill. This bill presently before Parliament is one of the major changes in specific Māori development policy this decade. It is highly likely the bill will be passed into law next week. We advise Māori land legislation is one
Day: April 3, 2017
This week Labour Party Members within the specific Māori electorates have asked to be taken off their party’s list for the upcoming election. This means if any of the six fail to win their electorate seat they will not be returned to Parliament via the party list. They consider this
Monitoring Report Released Last month the Ministry of Education uploaded a report focused on reviewing the progress of the Government’s current Tertiary Education Strategy. The strategy has a time period of 2014 to 2019, so this is a midpoint monitoring report. It is of interest as one of the five
On Tuesday the annual New Zealand Petroleum Conference opened in New Plymouth (it is typically held in Auckland). Circa 200 protesters prevented access to the venue, TSB Showplace, forcing a shift in location, and delays to the conference. A number of Māori, including some prominent Māori leaders from the Taranaki