Earlier this month Te Patukirikiri iwi signed a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The settlement includes $3 million in financial and commercial redress, and the return of several sites of cultural significance. Te Patukirikiri is one of the iwi of Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau (the Tāmaki Collective).
Day: November 5, 2018
As advised in Pānui 35/2018, the independent report into the governance concerns – particularly election processes – regarding the Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board was completed last month. The investigation and the resulting report were undertaken by Michael Heron, QC. Subscribers will recall we were (and remain) critical of the Minister
On Tuesday the Minister for Māori Development, Nanaia Mahuta, announced a review of the Māori media sector; on the basis that new technology is disrupting the traditional approach of the sector. She has proposed that this work feed into a review of the Māori Language Act, Te Ture mō Te
The Ministry of Social Development has released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 30 September 2018. In total, at the end of the quarter 284,300 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant. This included circa 103,290 Māori, plus their whānau households. This represents 26% of all working age
Last month the Ministry of Education’s latest edition of New Zealand Schools / Ngā Kura o Aotearoa report was tabled in Parliament. This 65 page publication provides an overview of schooling information for the 2017 year, such as numbers of schools, learners, teachers, resourcing levels etc. It also provides statistical
Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Koata) has been appointed to the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council. Linda Tuhīwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) has been named the inaugural recipient of the Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga and Royal Society Te Apārangi, Te Puawaitanga Award. The award is an
On Monday the new Overseas Investment Amendment Act came into effect which means restrictions are now in place to prevent most non New Zealanders (foreigners) from buying residential land and existing homes in New Zealand. The policy concept here is to protect the property market from external inflation pressures. Māori
On Wednesday the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) Amendment Bill was read a third time in Parliament, and then received Royal Assent on Thursday, thus passing it into law. This new law allows New Zealand to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) which the Government entered (joining
Last week stage one of the Waitangi Tribunal, ‘Māori Health Services and Outcomes Inquiry’, hearings commenced at Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia. This inquiry – WAI 2475 – is one of the Tribunal’s major kaupapa inquires, meaning it is considered of national significance and widely impacts on Māori. The inquiry will
In addition to the main income disparities report, the Ministry of Social Development has also released a companion report on material wellbeing, using non-income measures to assess how well-off New Zealanders are. That is, measures which consider day-to-day living costs, and whether families can afford basic foods, clothing, accommodation, heating
Last week the Ministry of Social Development released its annual report on household incomes. This report is important as it is often the key source document for many other reports and statements on household earnings and child poverty in New Zealand. The report is entitled, Household Incomes in New Zealand:
On Thursday the second reading of the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill was completed in Parliament. This Bill amends the Crown Minerals Act 1991 to give effect to the Government’s announcement made in April that the offshore block offers for oil and gas exploration permits will end, effective immediately. The
On Tuesday the committee stage of the Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill was completed in Parliament and the Bill was divided into the Family Violence Bill and Family Violence (Amendments) Bill. These Bills seek to reduce domestic violence through introducing cross agency information sharing provisions, increasing access to risk
On Tuesday the second reading of the Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Bill was completed. This Bill will amend the Coroners Act 2006, so coroners must consider the ethnic origins, social attitudes, customs, or spiritual beliefs of the tūpāpaku (dead person), or of immediate whānau of that
On Thursday the second reading of the Child Poverty Reduction Bill was completed. This is of high significance to Māori, as up to 33% of Māori children – circa 90,000 tamariki Māori live in poorer households / poverty. This is a far higher proportion than other groups and has links