A data report from Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) showing that traffic mortality rates are at least double for Māori than non-Māori, with a range of factors contributing to this (such as lower vehicle quality, higher percentages of Māori unlicensed drivers, and lower percentages of Māori wearing seatbelts in crashes).
Day: July 23, 2021
An evidential brief on youth at risk of disengagement from education and employment – the brief is part of consultation joint ministries are holding on ‘strategic options for addressing youth (16-24 years) at risk’. Unfortunately the brief has data showing the issues arising, but does not set out any strategic
A survey by Oranga Tamariki of its social service partners which finds that actually not all iwi/Māori providers they work with are highly satisfied with them (which is a different message than portrayed in their previous reporting on such matters) Title: Oranga Tamariki Engagement Survey with Partners Providing Social Services
We have reviewed the Māori Affairs Select Committee reports for Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori (TTWh), the Māori Television Service (MTS), and Te Māngai Pāho (TMP). These are the reports arising from the financial reviews this Committee undertakes, essentially a process in which the
The latest benefit factsheets, which show there are circa 129,000 tangata Māori (and their household whānau) in receipt of social benefits, with most of these people, 72,000, being on ‘job seeker support’; Title: Benefit Factsheets: Quarter to 30 June 2021 Publisher & Date: Ministry of Social Development (MSD): July 2021
The Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education), Kelvin Davis, has launched a research report on Māori-medium education, entitled, ‘Te Kura Huanui: The treasures of successful pathways’. This research was prepared by the Education Review Office, in partnership with Te Kōhanga Reo, Te Runanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori, Ngā