The Child Poverty Action Group has released a short report on oral health in children. The report, Too Soon For the Tooth Fairy[1], provides linkages between poor oral health and socio-economic status. Using 2009 data, (which we consider a little dated), the authors note that Māori and Pasifika children are
Day: May 11, 2018
Last month the New Zealand Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee published their data findings for the period 2012 to 2016.[1] During the period 2,621 children and young people died (aged 28 days to 24 years); with Māori deaths being disproportionally high at 36% (954 tamariki Māori). The report finds
Donna Grant, the former Executive Director of Manaakitanga Aotearoa Trust, appeared in the Rotorua District Court this week on a range of fraud related charges: (‘dishonestly using documents’, ‘obtaining by deception’ ‘creating a forged document’ and ‘using a forged document’). The charges follow a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation that
On Thursday the first reading of Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2)was completed in Parliament and referred to the Māori Select Committee. This bill gives effect to a deed of agreement between the hapū o Ngāti Porou and the Crown in relation to the
Late last month the Productivity Commission, as per its standard modus operandi, published a voluminous draft report, this time on Climate Change, called ‘Low-emissions economy’. This 500 page brick-of-a-book was then warmly welcomed only two days later by the Minister of Māori Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, who found that it, “identifies
This month five local body councils will each hold a referendum to determine whether they can proceed to establish designated Māori wards. The councils are the Manawatu District Council, the Western Bay of Plenty District Council, the Kaikoura District Council, the Whakatane District Council, and the Palmerston North City Council.
On Monday the Minister of Employment, Willie Jackson, announced that Opōtiki based Te Pou Oranga o Whakatōhea and Whakaatu Whanaunga Trust have separately been awarded funding for youth employment and education projects. Te Pou Oranga o Whakatōhea will receive circa $1 million over three years for a youth work readiness
The Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, has announced that the Government is allocating an additional $76.2 million over four years for services that support the reduction of family violence, such as women’s refuges. (By way of background the 2014 Expert Advisory Group on Family Violence reported that 57% of
The Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford, has announced $63.4 million in funding over four years for the Housing First Fund. This fund is premised on the idea that providing housing stability for vulnerable families and individuals is a necessary first step to resolving other social service needs