Last week we advised on the release of the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report to 30 June 2018; and noted how the agency emphasised its value add to the public sector was its focus on whānau in particular. (Note also overall we scored the report lowly because it did not
Day: November 23, 2018
In October 2017 we reviewed the Ministry of Social Development’s (then) new Strategic Intentions document (Pānui 34/2017 refers). It was starkly different from plans of past years, in that for the first time it acknowledged disparities between Māori and non-Māori, and then the need to reduce these. The agency indicated
This week Statistics New Zealand released the Māori population estimate for 2018.[1] The new estimate is 744,800 tangata Māori – up by 10,600 tangata from 2017 (1.4% increase). The population remains mostly youthful – one in three Māori are aged 14 years or younger, although the median ages are 23.1
As advised last week at this time of the year many iwi groups are publishing their annual reports (with a balance date of 30 June), in order to prepare for their annual general meetings. This week we have reviewed financial information for two iwi entities – Ngāti Porou, and Ngāti
Tonight the 15th Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards, will be held at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. The awards will be hosted by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission. On Monday the Student Loan Scheme 2018 annual report was tabled in Parliament.