Māui Hudson and Te Rau Kupenga have been appointed to Statistics New Zealand’s (Statistics NZ) new Governance Advisory Board. By way of further background, this advisory board has just been established, and Mr Kupenga and Mr Hudson are two of its six members. As the Ministerial press release states, the role of
Day: May 29, 2020
Last Friday the National Party Caucus elected a new leader, Mr Todd Muller.[1] Since then Mr Muller has also reorganised his ‘shadow cabinet’, meaning new rankings and new portfolios for National Party Members of Parliament. With the new line up, it is noticeable that there are no Māori in the
We reviewed was the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey. This survey of circa 8,000 adults outlines what crimes have been committed in a one year period.[1] It is an important part of the knowledge base for the criminal justice sector, as only 25% of crimes are reported to the
This week we the quarterly data on public housing assistance. This report shows around half of the people needing housing assistance are Māori. Ie. nearly 8,000 tangata Māori and their household whānau. Although we note this disparity every quarter that this report is produced, it appears officials do not, and