On Wednesday the Māori Purposes Bill 2015 was introduced in parliament. This bill amends the Māori Purposes Act 1991, which governs the Wi Pere Trust and the Māori Trust Boards. The main purposes of the bill are to (a) improve the governance arrangements for the Wi Pere trust; (b) enable
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On Tuesday the Ngāruahine Claims Settlement Bill was introduced to parliament. The settlement includes financial and commercial redress valued at $67.5 million.
Yesterday the Government entered into three separate commercial aquaculture agreements with three respective Iwi Aquaculture Organisations. (Iwi Aquaculture Organisations are clusters of iwi authorities with proven aquaculture interests within a region, i.e. multiple iwi are represented within each organisation.) The three agreements relate to Auckland, Tasman and Marlborough. The agreements
Last week a Waitangi Tribunal claim and an application for an urgent hearing was lodged by eight members of the New Zealand Māori Council, WAI 2532.[1] The claim is against the Government’s ongoing role in seeking to negotiate a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with eleven other countries. The claim alleges
Last Friday the Ministry of Social Development released the Benefit Factsheets for the quarter to 30 June 2015. We have undertaken an analysis of the various factsheets and have consolidated Māori-specific data into the table that follows. In total, at the end of the quarter 285,349 New Zealanders (and their
Yesterday the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, announced the release of new data on the achievement of school students in 2014. Data released relates to both National Standards (primary schooling), and National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) outcomes (secondary schooling). National Standard Data National Standards are used to assess the
Appointments Dr Arapata Hakiwai has been appointed to the New Zealand National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Peter Douglas has been appointed to the Modernising Child, Youth and Family Expert Panel. Traci Houpapa has been appointed to the board of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Last Tuesday Taranaki and the Crown initialled a Deed of Settlement. The settlement includes $70 million financial and commercial redress, along with cultural redress and a Crown acknowledgement and apology.
Last Thursday Ngā Hapū o Heretaunga Tamatea initialled a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The settlement includes $105 million of redress, and a Crown acknowledgement and apology. The redress also includes a $5 million support package for Te Aute College. Ngā Hapū O Heretaunga Tamatea is a collective of
Last week the Families Commission published its annual report on the status of families in New Zealand. (Note the Commission now operates under the name ‘Superu’.) The 2015 report differs from its two earlier reports in that it seeks to apply its new ‘kaupapa Māori’ framework and therefore seeks to
This month Te Puni Kōkiri has released a report entitled, Te Ōhanga Māori 2013 / Māori Economy Report 2013. Although released under the agency’s logo the report has actually been written by a consultancy firm, BERL.[1] It has a formal publication date of April 2015, and seeks to provide a
Appointments Sir Wira Gardiner has been appointed the Chairperson to the Local Government Commission. Michael Pohio has been appointed a director of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Dr Wayne Ngata has been appointed Chair of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission).
Ngāti Ranginui has reached a confidential agreement with the owners of the wreaked container ship, Rena. The agreement means the iwi will no longer oppose a plan to leave the wreckage on Otaiti (Astrolabe Reef), off the coast of Tauranga. Ngāti Ranginui has cited health and safety risks, environmental factors
On Tuesday Statistics New Zealand released He Hauā Māori; which comprises of Māori specific findings from the 2013 Disability Survey. The survey identified one in four Māori as having a disability, with the most common types of impairment relating to mobility. Overall the report finds that, “for many disabled Māori,
Earlier this month the Ministry of Health published an evaluative report on its Māori suicide prevention programme. The report is entitled, Kia Piki te Ora Suicide Prevention Programme Evaluation Final Report, and was prepared by Kahui Tautoko Consulting. The evaluation focused on both service delivery and service delivery impacts. The