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Salient Māori News Items for the Week to 04 August 2017 (edition 26/2017)

Tēnei rā ka mihi ki a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori kua eke ki tōna toru ngahurutanga. Ka hoki ngā mahara ki ngā kaumātua i hapai i te kaupapa o Te Taura Whiri, pēnei i a Tā Kīngi Īhaka, i a Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikoko Mataira, i a
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Government Social Whānau Ora

Whānau Ora Annual Summary Report Released – 04 August 2017 (edition 26/2017)

Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK) has released Whānau Ora Annual Summary Report (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016). This is a report on the overall results being achieved via the Whānau Ora initiative; and is the second report in this series – which came about after the (former) Auditor-General advised
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Government Social

Household Living Costs – 04 August 2017 (edition 26/2017)

Another set of statistics released this week by Statistics New Zealand is the household living cost price indexes. This is a new data set, designed to show the effect of price increases on different types of households, including mortgage interest payments (making it different from the traditional Consumers Price Index,
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Employment Government Social

Household Labour Force Survey – Data Released – 04 August 2017 (edition 26/2017)

On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of June 2017.  The survey shows that national unemployment has fallen to 4.7%, which is the lowest rate since 2008. Yet for Māori the unemployment rose to 11.1%, (from 10.4%).  In whole
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General Election – Weekly Update – 04 August 2017 (edition 26/2017)

Labour Party – Māori Housing Policy Announced Along with now being Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Mr Davis retains his role as the Labour Party’s spokesperson for Māori Development. In that capacity over the weekend he announced Labour’s new policy for Māori housing.  The policy announcement he made was
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General Election – Weekly Update – 04 August 2017 (edition 26/2017)

Māori Leadership Roles Subscribers will be aware that the main political change this week was that the Labour Party elected a new leader, Jacinda Ardern. The party also elected Kelvin Davis as its new Deputy Leader.  This means that all large political parties – those that gained more than 5%