Title: Oranga Marae Programme Evaluation Publisher & Date: Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK): November 2020 Type of Document: Infographic Length, style: 2 pages, plain English with graphics Recommended readership: Subscribers with an interest in Marae restoration Content summary This two page infographic presents key information and findings from the Oranga Marae 
		
	Day: November 6, 2020
			We reviewed  the adult crime statistics. This dataset is also not pleasant reading.  It shows in the year to 30 June, 23,000 Māori were convicted of a crime.  That is about 4% of Māori adults, and represents 44% of all people convicted – miles away from proportionality according to population 
		
	
			We have reviewed the latest Household Labour Force Data released from Statistics New Zealand on Wednesday. This data shows Māori unemployment has risen to 8.8% (34,200 tangata), and the labour force underutilisation rate is 19.4% (81,000 tangata).  In this survey underutilisation figures include the unemployed and also people who have 
		
	
			Last Saturday the Labour Party and Green Party entered into a cooperation agreement. The agreement is that while Labour governs mostly alone, the Green Party will support the Labour Government in key Parliamentary processes – i.e. confidence and supply votes, in exchange for their two co-leaders, James Shaw and Marama 
		
	
			Appointments and Awards On Monday Dr Cherryl Waerea-i-Te-Rangi Smith received the Health Research Council’s Te Tohu Rapuora Medal for outstanding Māori health leadership, excellence, and contribution. On Tuesday Annie Aranui, Dr Nicholas Jones and Keti Tipene received the New Zealand Public Service Medal. The New Zealand Public Service Medal is awarded 
		
	