One media outlet has run a story which appears to indicate that two Government agencies – the transport agency Waka Kotahi and Heritage New Zealand allegedly colluded to ensure a Taranaki hapū grouping, Poutama, was purposely not properly consulted with on a roading project which affected them. If proved
Day: March 19, 2021
The final review this week is of data presented on Māori in the Labour Market by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). This is a short two-page report which summarises data from 2020. In the main this is a good report, although it points out that the largest
The second annual report reviewed is that of Te Māngai Pāho. The most useful part of this report is the annex at the end showing who got what amount of funding. (That is good accountability and an action Te Mātāwai should follow.) However, the question that arises to us is
To close off the quarter we have also reviewed two further annual reports, those of Te Puni Kōkiri and Te Māngai Pāho. Both are good reports, but both raise structural and policy questions. In Te Puni Kōkiri’s case, two main questions present. First, great that monitoring other agencies is its
Title: Children And Young People Court Charges Data Publisher & Date: Ministry of Justice (MoJ): March 2021 Type of Document: Datasheets – Children and Youth People Length, style Excel tables. (Note a short textual summary of adult and youth offending exists, but it does not contain Māori specific data, accordingly
Criminal Justice Sector This week the Ministry of Justice has released statistics on criminal offending for 2020. Most of the statistics relating to Māori are simply presented as ‘raw data’ – literally a set of 20+ excel worksheets – with no further explanation. Because of that unhelpfulness our reviews assimilate