Pierre Henare (Ngāti Porou), Lisa Chase and Raewyn Tipene have been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission. Today Tiniraka Victoria Clark (Tainui) was sworn in as a District Court Judge with a jury warrant. On Thursday 40 unionised Māori Television employees held a strike for
Day: August 10, 2018
The Minister for Māori Development, Nanaia Mahuta, announced the release of the draft Maihi Karauna, which is the Government’s new draft Māori Language Strategy. [By way of background, Te Ture mō te Reo Māori 2016 (the 2016 Māori Language Act) requires the Government to develop the Maihi Karauna. This is
On Thursday the first reading of the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Bill was completed in Parliament. The settlement includes $17 million in financial redress. https://www.govt.nz/treaty-settlement-documents/ngati-rangi/
Following a meeting between iwi leaders and Crown officials earlier this month, Environmental Minister David Parker has proposed establishing a Māori freshwater forum, Kahui Wai Māori, to provide advice and input into Government policy. The iwi leaders’ response appears to be mixed, with some level of support, some suggestion that
The Government has announced a new programme to reduce youth unemployment, and made a further announcement of funding for initiatives to reduce youth non-engagement in education or training. First, this Thursday the Government announced the launch of ‘Mana Mahi’, a new apprenticeship programme targeting youth who have received a benefit
This month the Ministry of Education published “Ethnic Profile of the Tertiary Education Workforce”. In 2017 there were 1,950 Māori academic staff employed across all universities, polytechnics and wānanga, who represent 11% of all academics at these institutions; more specificially: universities employed 495 Māori in academic positions (4.8% of all