The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has been releasing papers on the review of the Plant Variety Rights Act – i.e. what should the rules be for cultivating (creating) new plants in Aotearoa. We have reviewed materials as this area – the management of the natural environment –
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We have also reviewed the Government’s new tourism strategy. From a Māori policy perspective its good – in that it acknowledges Treaty relationships, the importance of Māori culture in tourism, and the need for respectful means for Māori to participate in this sector. Title: New Zealand-Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy Publisher
The second item we have reviewed is a report on young people at risk of a life time of limited employment opportunities. What is concerning about this report is the finding that by age 24, sixteen percent of Māori young people have been in limited employment (i.e. no employment or
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E16 Māori Media Review Report 17 May 2019
This week we have reviewed four items. The first of these is a report back on the Māori media sector review. This document is called Te Ao Pāpāho ki Tua – Māori Media Sector Shift An Overview. By way of background, in October last year the Minister for Māori Development,
This week the Government has commenced its pre-Budget announcements, in the lead up to ‘Budget day’, on 30 May. This particular Budget is being described as the ‘wellbeing Budget’, as Treasury introduces new measures to count whether funds are making a difference in regards to broader social, and environmental outcomes,
Reikura Kahi (Waikato, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Apanui) has been appointed to Te Mātāwai Board) The Minister of Conservation, Eugenie Sage, and the Minister of Fisheries, Stuart Nash, announced that the Government will progress with the larger of two proposed options (recommended by the South East Marine Forum) for