Local Government Bill (Pānui 12/2019) Ngāi Tahu and the Canterbury Regional Council Earlier this month, Parliament voted down, at its first reading, a bill which proposed making permanent two seats for Ngāi Tahu representatives on the Canterbury Regional Council (known as Environment Canterbury / ECan). The bill had been
Day: June 28, 2019
Land Protest Pānui 12/2019 Ihumātao Lands In Tamaki the matter attracting attention this month is the proposed development of Ihumātao lands. The latest action is that a petition signed by over 20,000 people was delivered to Auckland mayor, Phil Goff, last week, which seeks council protection of the land.
Budget 2019 Pānui 18/2019 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
Child Poverty Pānui 17/2019 Targets to Reduce Child Poverty Announced The 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%
Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 April to 28 June 2019. Within the quarter we reviewed forty-two Māori social sector matters, seven Māori economic sector matters, ten Treaty-related matters, and ten general Parliamentary items. We