The Ministry of Social Development has released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 31 March 2018. In total, at the end of the quarter 273,387 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant. This included circa 97,488 Māori, plus their whānau households. This represents 26% of all working age
Day: April 27, 2018
12 April, Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2) was introduced into Parliament. This bill gives effect to a deed of agreement between the hapū o Ngāti Porou and the Crown in relation to the legal expression, protection, and recognition of mana of their marine and foreshore
12 April, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Billwas read a second time in Parliament. The rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is centred in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, extending to Hauraki/Coromandel and, in particular, the coastline, harbours and motu/islands of the Waitematā harbour and Tīkapa Moana/ Hauraki Gulf. It has a population
Whakatōhea Mandate Inquiry Report Wai 2662 Last week the Waitangi Tribunal published Whakatōhea Mandate Inquiry Report – Wai 2662. The report is the outcome of an inquiry into 12 claims relating to the Crown’s recognition of the Whakatōhea Pre-settlement Claims Trust and it having a mandate to enter negotiations to
Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration to End 12 April 2018 the Minister of Energy and Resources, Dr Megan Woods, announced that the offshore block offers for oil and gas exploration permits will end, effective immediately. The block offer was an annual tender process established by the former National led Government
Te Puni Kōkiri have published a Civil Defence Marae Emergency Preparedness Plan. This resource is designed to help prepare Marae in the event of a natural disaster or emergency. https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/a-matou-mohiotanga Last week five two-bedroom, pre-fabricated papakāinga homes were opened at Kōkōhīnau Marae, Te Teko. The $2.7 million development was carried out with