Last Friday the Minister of Social Development, Anne Tolley, released the Government’s Fifth Periodic Report on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Child. By way of background, as a United Nations (UN) signatory the New Zealand Government is required to report every five years on child welfare matters.
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Last Friday Statistics New Zealand released a report on the aggregated financial performance of Māori authorities, entitled, Tatauranga Umanga Māori 2015.[1] [Note ‘Māori authorities’ are entities eligible for Māori authority status under the Tax Act 2007, or a commercial business that supports the Māori authority’s business and social activities, and
The submission period for the draft Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill has been extended to Friday 7 August 2015. For further information on the draft bill refer to Pānui edition 18/2015. This week a media outlet reported on a New Zealand Police intervention which refers Māori drivers without a valid
Earlier this month the Ministry of Health published Indicators for the Well Child /Tamariki Ora Quality Improvement Framework, March 2015. (Well Child / Tamariki Ora (WCTO) is a free health service offered to all New Zealand children from birth to five years.) The Quality Improvement Framework measures the performance of
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released Abortion Statistics for the year ending December 2014. Overall, 23% of abortions (around 3,000) were performed on Māori women. From population tables we calculate the Māori abortion rate is 19.8 per 1,000 Māori women, (aged 15 to 44 years). The general rate was 14.4
This week the Māori Television Service produced an article on governance, management and financial issues said to have arisen within the Te Kōhanga National Trust (the Trust), and its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Te Pātaka Ōhanga. This follows earlier articles on these entities by the same broadcaster in 2013. The key
Last week the Raukura Waikato Social Services Trust was closed, following suspected fraud. All contracts with the Ministry of Social Development, the Department of Corrections and Ministry of Social Development were terminated, and a police investigation has commenced. Trustees are negotiating with former funders for contracts and staff (now redundant)
This week the Office of Treaty Settlements released a consultation document on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011. The consultation is in relation to possible appointment processes and operating protocols for wardens; who will be appointed to promote compliance with wāhi tapū prohibitions and restrictions that can
On Wednesday the Waitangi Tribunal released its decision on the possible timing for WAI 2358 (stage two) – the New Zealand Māori Council’s freshwater and geothermal energy claim. The Tribunal has advised the claim is a ‘priority’, and that hearings will commence shortly after February 2016. Subscribers will likely recall
Last week we advised that Ngāti Whatua o Orakei was seeking legal advice as to whether the Crown is in breach of its Treaty settlement in regards to Government plans to dispose of Crown land for housing purposes in Auckland; without offering the iwi the first-right of refusal over such
This month Statistics New Zealand has released Recorded Criminal Offender and Recorded Crime Victim data tables; for the ten-month period, July 2014 to April 2015. These data tables are derived from New Zealand Police records, and can be disaggregated by a range of variables such as ethnicity, gender, justice outcomes,
This week Te Puni Kōkiri has released information from the Māori Language Advisory Panel regarding the panel’s proposals to improve upon the current draft Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill. By way of background, in December 2013 the then Minister of Māori Affairs, Tā Pita Sharples, began consultation on a
This week Ngāti Whatua o Orakei has indicated that it is seeking legal advice as to whether the Crown is in breach of its Treaty Settlement in regards to Government plans to sell or dispose of Crown land for housing purposes in Auckland; without offering the iwi the first-right of
Last Friday Mangaroa Station won the 2015 Ahuwhenua Trophy, Māori Excellence in Farming Award. Over the past two weeks Māori media have been reporting on the filing of a civil law suit by Rongo Wetere, of circa $11.2 million, for alleged breaches of intellectual property and copyright by Te Wānanga o
Last month two reports on student learning achievement were released from the National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement.[1] These studies focus on student achievement outcomes in Year 4 and in Year 8 of state schools, with one focused on mathematics and statistics, and the other on health and physical education.[2]