The headline this week within the criminal justice sector was the announcement by Police Minister, Poto Williams, of circa $45 million to increase policing services (including 78 new constabulary staff and 28 more intelligence analysts). Within the new funding, $15.5 million is being set aside for a new ‘Tactical Response
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The Government has announced its appointments to the Māori Health Authority and Health New Zealand. (Health New Zealand is the entity that combines the 20 district health boards.) The Māori Health Authority is tasked with working, “alongside Health New Zealand with a joint role in developing system plans, commissioning for
This week our main review item is the Government’s new mental health strategy. The strategy, Kia Manawanui Aotearoa: Long-term Pathway to Mental Wellbeing, was released on Wednesday by Health Minister, Andrew Little. This strategy has been a long time coming, given this Government’s initial mental health inquiry was started in
Earlier this month the Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori/Māori Language Commission Statement of Performance Expectations for 2016/17 was tabled in Parliament. This is the annual plan of Te Taura Whiri. The plan deviates away from the previous 2015/16 plan and now has four new foci areas, all
Last Friday the Families Commission published its annual report on the status of families in New Zealand. (Note the Commission operates under the name Superu.) The 2016 report follows the basic format established last year in that it segregates families into six broad groupings and then applies existing Government
Last Thursday Statistics New Zealand released Ngā ara tatauranga Statistical pathways, which is a collection of six posters featuring successful young Māori commencing their professional careers. The posters emphasise the importance of statistics in work environments, and collectively demonstrate the breadth of professional work opportunities available to Māori youth.
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released a discussion paper entitled Identifying Māori populations using administrative data: A comparison with the census. This paper is part of the Census Transformation project, which is investigating changes to the administration of the census: for example, whether the census can be held every
On Wednesday the second reading of the Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill was completed in Parliament. This settlement currently includes financial and commercial redress valued at $67.5 million.
On Wednesday the third reading of the Hineuru Settlement Claims Bill was completed in Parliament, and will now become law once Royal Assent is given by the Governor-General. (Ngāti Hineuru is located in the Haroto area, between Napier and Taupō.) The Hineuru settlement includes financial and commercial redress of
The Ministry of the Environment has released a synopsis of submissions received from its consultation regarding freshwater policy reforms. By way of background these reforms will, in our assessment, significantly improve Māori representation in the management of water and in regulatory processes over sectors that draw heavily upon water
On Thursday Statistics New Zealand released, Tatauranga Umanga Māori 2016: Statistics on Māori Businesses. This is an annual report on Māori business activity. (Pānui 23/2014 and 22/2015 provide information on the 2014 and 2015 reports respectively.) Each year the breadth and depth of analysis provided within Taturanga Umanga Māori
Yesterday the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Paul Goldsmith, and the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, announced funding to improve “financial capability among Māori”. The Ministers stated $900,000 is being set aside for the Commission for Financial Capability to deliver financial education programmes to Māori, based on trials
On Tuesday Statistics New Zealand released a 14-page report entitled Household Net Worth Statistics: Year ended June 2015.[1] As the title indicates, this report counts the assets and liabilities of New Zealand adults, as recorded last year. Overall the report finds that the median net worth of New Zealand
This week the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, is leading a Māori business delegation on a six-day culture and trade mission to South Korea and Japan. Jeremy MacLeod has been selected by a cluster of iwi from Te Tairāwhiti to be their representative on Te Mātāwai, the
Last Thursday the Independent Police Conduct Authority released a short report concerning a directive given within the Counties Manukau CIB branch of the Police, concerning how Māori should be treated if found driving a vehicle without a licence. (By way of background concern had been raised that Māori were