On Tuesday the first reading of the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill was completed in Parliament (the Zero Carbon Bill). The Bill, if passed into law, will set a legally binding objective for the Government to seek to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Day: June 4, 2019
On Thursday the third reading of Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2)was completed in Parliament. This Bill gives effect to a deed of agreement between the hapū o Ngāti Porou and the Crown in relation to the iwi’s traditional marine and foreshore areas.
Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden, confirmed the Government’s first sets of targets to reduce child poverty (as set out in the footnote below[1]). This policy area is of major significance to Māori, as our research indicates up to 33% of Māori children – circa 130,000 tamariki Māori – live in poorer
30 May the Government released its 2019/2020 Budget – i.e. the formal spending plan for 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, plus its indicative spending planning for the following three years (to 30 June 2023). We advise there are a lot of initiatives within this Budget for Māori, as