The following New Zealand Order Honours and Queen’s Service awards were conferred to Māori, or people giving services to Māori, on 05 June 2017. KNZM To be a Knights Companion of the said Order: Professor Timoti Samuel Karetu, QSO, of Havelock North. For services to the Māori language.
Day: June 13, 2017
This week media outlets are reporting that Pem Bird, former President of the Māori Party and principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake o Tawhiuau, is required to appear before the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal next week in relation to traffic offending. Last September Mr Bird committed a serious traffic offence of
Last month a health report entitled, Growing Up in New Zealand, Now We Are Four: Describing the preschool years was released. The report is part of a series, derived from a longitudinal research study of circa 6,000 children born in 2009/10 (Auckland, Manukau and Waikato regions). Just over 1,200 children
Last November the Waitangi Tribunal announced that its next kaupapa (thematic) inquiry would centre on the health sector, looking at services and outcomes for Māori (WAI 2575). To this end the Tribunal held a judicial conference with Crown and claimant counsel in May, and the Presiding Officer, Judge Stephen Clark,
This week the Court of Appeal is hearing the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei case concerning its claim to exclusive Treaty of Waitangi settlement rights within central Auckland. This follows the refusal of the High Court to hear the case in March. By way of background, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is legally challenging
At the weekend the Prime Minister, Bill English, met with the two Ngāpuhi groups involved in Treaty settlement negotiations. He advised both parties – Tūhoronuku Independent Mandated Authority (Tūhoronuku) and Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Hapū o Ngāpuhi (Te Kotahitanga) – that he was removing the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi
Today the Attorney General Chris Finlayson (supported by Chief Justice Sian Elias) will deliver a Crown apology to the Parihaka community for the Government invasion of the settlement in 1881, and the wrongful imprisonment of Parihaka whānau members, and noted leaders, Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi. There will