A digital health initiative called MaiHealth is being established in Patea by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui and Dr Lance O’Sullivan. The initiative allows for patient information to be gathered locally (in this case at the Patea Māori Club), and sent to a remotely based doctor for assessment, who can
Day: July 28, 2017
Professor Emeritus Sir Mason Durie has been announced as the winner of the Te Toi o Ngā Rangi Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Matariki awards. Gina Solomon has been appointed to the Government’s Nature Heritage Fund Committee. The Nature Heritage Fund helps protect indigenous ecosystems on private land through
Last week, Gareth Morgan (The Opportunities Party) indicated if elected a key policy would be a Universal Youth Benefit of $200 per week, for all people aged 18-23. He noted that this would effectively shift resources more towards Māori, given the younger age profile of the Māori population, (which is
This week Māori Party Candidate, Howie Tamati, has indicated a review of the age required for accessing superannuation is required, on the basis that the Government’s current policy of slowly lifting the age will further disadvantage Māori, noting that Māori are “dying before they even get to pension age”. e. the
Last week we advised political parties had commenced their campaigning for the General Election, and we commented on three policy announcements of specific interest to Māori. This week we advise of further announcements, these being superannuation (Māori Party), and a universal youth benefit (The Opportunities Party).
Earlier this month the Government and Ngāti Tūwharetoa entered into a Deed of Settlement to resolve historic Treaty of Waitangi grievances.[1] Along with the Crown apology, the settlement includes the return of 34 land blocks, and $25 million in commercial redress, some of which will be used to purchase part
Last week the ANZ bank released, Te Tirohanga Whānui – Iwi Investment Insights Report. This report probes the financial returns of 31 iwi groupings. Aggregate information is presented (not individual iwi returns). The report focuses on ‘Return on Assets’ as this is the most consistent metric used by iwi groups,
This month the Ministry of Health has published a detailed study it commissioned on gambling harm. The study, Measuring the Burden of Gambling Harm in New Zealand, considers a range of harms caused to the problem gamblers and their whānau/family, ranging from financial impacts, relationship damage, emotional and psychological distress,
The Ministry of Social Development released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 30 June 2017. In total, at the end of the quarter, 276,331 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant.[1] This includes circa 97,716 Māori, plus their whānau households. This represents 26% of all working age Māori.
The Ministry of Social Development has released Social Housing Register data to 30 June 2017, including a summary report. This data provides an overview of (reported) housing difficulties being experienced by New Zealanders. Overall there are now 6,764 people on the register, including 2,926 Māori. Note this is a count