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Research Snippets E8 15 March 2019

This week we have noted three social research articles that contain some references to Māori needs and outcomes. Early Childhood Education Research The Ministry of Social Development published a report on access to early childhood education. The main focus is the link between maternity leave and workforce participation, but amongst
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E8 Salient Māori News Items for the week to 15 March 2019

Te Kōwhatu Tū Moana Trust has entered into an agreement with the New Plymouth District Council, signalling their shared intent to work together within the Waitara community. This precedes the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Act, which comes into effect on Sunday, creating new provisions for the sale of
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Economic

Radio Spectrum – Policy Matters E8 15 March 2019

This week the Government announced that 3G and 4G spectrum usage rights will be mostly renewed for a twenty-year period, with Spark, Vodafone and 2Degrees being offered the right to carry on using most of their allocations. Hautaki is also being offered the full rights to its 30Mhz of 3G
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Te Reo

Maihi Karauna: Māori Language Documents Released E8 15 March 2019

This week Te Puni Kōkiri released their monitoring and evaluation framework for the new Maihi Karauna (Government Māori Language Strategy). They advise the ‘logic model’ for their evaluation will be either ‘kaupapa Māori’, or ‘negotiated space’, or ‘braided rivers’.  What that means for either monitoring or evaluating a Government strategy