Parliament is scheduled to open next Tuesday, allowing the incoming Labour-led Government to commence its legislative programme. Accordingly, the Labour Party has released a list of priority items for its first 100 days in office. This aligns with the agreements they have entered into with NZ First and the
Day: November 3, 2017
This week the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report to 30 June 2017 was released. The purpose of this report is to outline the quality of services delivered, and to explain the organisation’s financial performance in the last year. By way of background, Te Puni Kōkiri received circa $66 million
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of September 2017. The survey shows that national unemployment has fallen to 4.6%, which is the lowest rate since 2008. For Māori the unemployment rate decreased as well, to 9.9%, (from
Benefit Fact Sheets – September 2017 Data Released The Ministry of Social Development released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 30 September 2017. In total, at the end of the quarter, 277,220 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant.[1] This included circa 99,350 Māori, plus their whānau households. This