Maori Organisation Pānui Assessment and Summary of Key Points Hapai Te Hauora Tapui Limited · Treaty principles are paramount and should guide legislation. · Tīkanga Māori approaches are required (including Māori whānau placements as a priority). Rodney Women’s Refuge Māori Caucus ·
Day: May 19, 2017
This week Cabinet approved the Riccarton Racecourse Development Enabling Order, which lifts the land’s reserve status and allows for a housing development programme to commence on land adjacent to the racecourse. Ngāi Tahu Property is a key leader in the housing development project of circa 600 homes. In a media
The Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Maggie Barry, has appointed Kim Ngārimu (and others) to the Board of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. She also appointed Chris Cochran, Rebecca (Liz) Mellish and Paul White to the Māori Heritage Council. (The Māori Heritage Council’s responsibilities include listing Māori sacred sites
Long-term subscribers may recall that in 2015 the Productivity Commission released its final report on the Social Services sector. It was a colossal 364 page report which focused on how social services are organised (not the quality of any individual service). In total 89 findings and 61 recommendations were made,
This week the Office of the Children’s Commissioner released their third annual monitoring report on the Ministry for Vulnerable Children / Oranga Tamariki. [Notes: The previous two reports were about the former Children, Young Persons, and Family Service, which has been replaced by the new Ministry. Pānui 21/2016 and 31/2015
Last month the Ministry of Health released its Health and Independence Report 2016. This is an annual overview of the state of health for New Zealanders, bringing together statistical information to provide an overview picture of health trends. In the report’s foreword the Director-General of Health, Chai Chuah, considers that
This week mental health advocate, Mike King, resigned from the Government’s Suicide Prevention Panel, as he considered that the Government’s draft strategy is flawed. He indicated it was a ‘vanilla’ repeat of the past strategy, and lacked clarity of language and meaningful targets. Subscribers may recall we reviewed this strategy
In Pānui edition 4/2017 we advised on the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Bill. (By way of background the bill had a first reading last December, and was referred on to the Social Services Select Committee for consideration.) We noted that there was significant Māori opposition to