Our assessment of the policy and ministerial announcements is threefold; (i) matters relating to social well-being policies, (ii) matters relating to Māori-focused legislative issues, and (iii) Ministerial roles. Assessment of Social Well-Being Matters Our first assessment is that, as expected with a centre-left coalition Government, the overall emphasis of
Day: October 27, 2017
In addition to the policy agreements, NZ First has four Ministers inside Cabinet, including Winston Peters who is Deputy Prime Minister. The Green Party also has Ministerial roles, although outside of Cabinet.[1] Key Ministerial appointments of note for Māori policy are: Jacinda Arden – Minister responsible for Child Poverty Reduction;
In addition to the above, the Labour Party has a confidence and supply agreement with the Green Party. This agreement has twenty policy statements, three of which we consider will be of particular significance to Māori, as outlined below. Fair Society · ‘Overhaul the welfare system, ensure access to
Coalition Government Agreement – Initial policies of significance to Māori Regional Economic Development and Primary Industries · ‘A $1 billion regional development fund’, ‘including planting 100 million trees per year’; o significant as this will be inclusive of Māori land, and because one-third of planation forests in New Zealand are
Subscribers will be aware that last Thursday New Zealand First (‘NZ First’) announced that they would form a coalition Government with the Labour Party. Following on from that, on Tuesday this week the Coalition Agreement between these two parties was signed and released, along with a ‘Confidence and Supply Agreement’