Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic, Treaty and political policy developments for the period October to 15 December 2017. Within the quarter we reviewed five data set publications, four research reports, and four Government reports. Information summaries are provided in the following Appendices:
Day: December 15, 2017
The briefing from the Office of Treaty Settlements is a short factual piece. It’s key points are: 61% of settlements are signed off (85 Deeds of Settlement); 53 settlements remain, and of these 47 are in active negotiations; the goal is to conclude all settlements with ‘willing and able’ groups
The Whānau Ora briefing covers some of the same material as the main brief in terms of the structure of Te Puni Kōkiri and the importance of Whānau Ora as a concept, but is written for Peeni Henare as the incoming Minister. It describes Whanau Ora as ‘leading edge’. For
The briefing from Te Puni Kōkiri is a mixed bag. It is strongest in discussing Ministerial functions, such as appointments the new Minister will need to make, and boards she will sit on. e. she (Nanaia Mahuta) has immediate appointments to make to the Waitangi Tribunal, and will be involved
All agencies have now released their Briefings to Incoming Ministers, (and there are circa 170 such briefings). We have reviewed the Te Puni Kōkiri, Whānau Ora, and Office of Treaty Settlements briefings.
This week a letter of resignation from Māori Party president Tukoroirangi Morgan has been circulated within the party. The resignation takes effect immediately. Mr Morgan has also called for Te Ururoa Flavell and Marama Fox to step down as party co-leaders, and noted that the party’s constitution was unwieldy, and
Yesterday the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, used the Government’s December Half-Year Fiscal and Economic Update to (re) announce their commitments regarding tax reforms. This was required to halt the National Party’s tax cuts (that had been scheduled for 1 April 2018), and to introduce changes to the Working For Families