On Thursday the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill was introduced in Parliament. This Bill provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities from the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute to Te Puia NZMACI Limited Partnership.
Day: November 12, 2018
Third Reading Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill On Wednesday the third 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
Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill On Tuesday the third reading of the Family Violence Bill and Family Violence (Amendments) Bill were completed. These Bills seek to reduce domestic violence through introducing cross agency information sharing provisions, increasing access to risk assessment services, and recording family violence offending more accurately
On Thursday the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the Public Housing Report, for the quarter ending 30 September 2018 (‘public housing’ is inclusive of State housing and community-owned housing: the term replaces ‘social housing’.) We advise this report was previously published by the Ministry of Social Development.
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of September 2018. The survey shows both a positive and negative trend for Māori. On the negative side, the Māori labour force rate fell by 11,300 tangata to 69.1%. This was comprised
At this time of the year many iwi groups are publishing their annual reports (with a balance date of 30 June or 31 March 2018) in order to prepare for their annual general meetings. This week we have reviewed financial information for the three iwi entities – Ngāpuhi, Ngai Tūhoe