Statistics New Zealand has released a draft Iwi Statistical Standard (the Government’s way for measuring iwi, and determining which iwi are counted as iwi in official data, such as the Census). This follows a 2016 report, submission and consultation process on renewing the existing standard, which was derived in 1994
Day: April 28, 2017
Over the last week media outlets have been reporting on the progress of Ngāpuhi Treaty settlement mandate issues. Subscribers will be aware we have advised previously on this prolonged mandating process for Ngāpuhi. At hand is a decision as to whether the existing ‘mandate’ – i.e. de facto Crown approval
Last week we advised that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) had released NCEA data tables for 2016.[1] This data shows NCEA participation and success rates, including via ethnicity, both nationally and at an individual school level. We provided tables outlining key Māori data. While the new 2016 information we
The New Zealand Police have released a short report on murder and manslaughter statistics, 2007 to 2015. (These statistics are not included in regular monthly crime statistics as investigations take longer.) The report comprises largely of data tables, with very limited interpretation, although the authors note the disproportionately high number
Last Friday the Associate Minister of Health, Nicky Wagner, announced the release of the next report in the Te Puāwaitanga O Ngā Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu – Life and Living in Advanced Age research study being undertaken by the University of Auckland. This research is a longitude study of elderly
The Ministry of Social Development released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 31 March 2017. We have undertaken an analysis of the fact sheets and consolidated Māori specific data into the table that follows. In total, at the end of the quarter, 278,236 New Zealanders (and their households) were
The 2015/16 annual review reports of the Māori Affairs Select Committee concerning Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) and Te Māngai Pāho have now been uploaded onto the Parliament website. [By way of context, the Committee reviews the performance of these entities annually, to ascertain