This week the draft Terms of Reference for the Independent Māori Inquiry into Oranga Tamariki were released. The proposed purpose of the Inquiry is to; ‘identify, examine, and report on the matters in scope. (The scope of the Inquiry is the historical and contemporary incidence of removal of Maori children
Day: August 9, 2019
This week a high-profile item in Parliament was the introduction and first reading of the Abortion Legislation Bill. (It passed the first reading, 94 ayes to 23 noes). The bill’s stated purpose is to decriminalise abortion, better align the regulation of abortion services with other health services, and modernise the
Last week Statistics NZ published data for Injury Work Related Claims for the 2017 year. The data shows in 2017 28,000 claims by Māori workers were accepted by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). This represented 12% of all claims and 10% of the total Māori FTE workforce (274,000). We advise that
This month the Chief Victims Advisor to Government (Dr Kim McGregor) released a survey report to the Government, entitled Strengthening the Criminal Justice System for Victims. This position, and advice given, is part of the Government’s strategy to reduce criminal offending (‘the Hāpatia te Oranga Tangata / Safe and Effective
Also released last Thursday was a peculiar one-page from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on He Kai Kei Aku Ringa / E Rere – which is the Government’s Māori economic strategy. The main peculiarity isn’t so much a strategy with two different Māori names, it’s understanding why
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released eligibility information for the 2019 He Tupu Ohanga: Commercial Advisor Scheme (CAS). CAS is designed to allow Māori collectives to work with a commercial advisor for up to two years. Government funding of up to $60,000 per collective is offered, on
We have reviewed this week is a monitoring report on programmes designed to retain Māori medium beginning teachers. The work presents as important because it appears the majority of these teachers (70%) leave after three years or less of teaching. We found this evaluation to be of marginal quality, for
This week the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to 30 June 2019 were released. What has changed since last quarter? – in short, not much. Māori registered as unemployed remain at circa 26,000 tangata; and the Māori unemployment rate at 7.7% (down from 8.2%) is still about