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Oranga Tamariki Welfare

E15 10 May 2019 How Do Welfare and Tax Settings Affect Children’s Involvement with Child Protective Services?

Title: How Do Welfare and Tax Settings Affect Children’s Involvement with Child Protective Services? Publisher & Date: Tamariki Oranga: Ministry for Children (May 2019) Type of Document: Research Brief Length, style: 26 page, plain English (includes tables) Recommended readership: Social sector analysts, Policy makers Content summary: The focus of this
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Climate Change Environment Environmental

E15 Salient News Items to 10 May 2019

Waitohiariki Quayle (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) has been ordained as an Anglican Bishop of Te Upoko o Te Ika o Maui. Archbishop Waitohiariki is the first female in Aotearoa to be ordained as a Bishop. Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Koata) has been named a recipient of the Kea
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Education

E15 10 May 2019 – Education Data Released

At the end of April, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) quietly released NCEA data tables for 2018.[1] There was no Ministerial press release, and the Authority advises further reporting on what the data means is still to come.  These schooling results are of high importance to Māori wellbeing, as
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Welfare

E15 10 May 2019 – Welfare Working Group Report

By way of background, the Government announced the formation of a Welfare Expert Advisory Group last May, as part of election commitments by the Labour and Green parties to reshape the welfare system. The resulting outcome is a 200-odd page report by the expert group called; ‘Whakamana Tangata – Restoring