This week Te Puni Kōkiri has released two reports relating to the Government’s Māori Economic Strategy; He Kai Kei Aku Ringa, The Crown-Māori Economic Growth Partnership. The first report is entitled Goal 3: Financial Literacy and Savings: Snapshot of Financial Literacy Services for Māori, 2nd edition, May 2014.[5] The purpose
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On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of March 2015. The survey shows the national unemployment rate increased slightly from 5.7% to 5.8%. For Māori, the unemployment rate increased from 12.2% to 12.6% (i.e. the Māori unemployment rate remains
On Tuesday the Controller and Auditor-General, Lyn Provost, released an audit report entitled, Whānau Ora: The First Four Years. This report covers the period 2010/11 to 2013/14 – which is the time period when Te Puni Kōkiri was the lead agency responsible for the delivery of the policy programme.[1] The
On Tuesday the Māori Affairs Select Committee report on the Waitangi National Trust Board Amendment Bill was tabled in parliament. This bill seeks to amend the governance structure of the Trust Board, creating further separation between the Trust and the Crown. Changes include removing the Governor-General as a Trustee
The Ministry of Health has released (online) two further advanced-age reports entitled, Income in Advanced Age and Hospital Visits in Advanced Age. Both reports are derived from the broader cohort study, Te Puāwaitanga O Ngā Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu, Life and Living in Advanced Age, which involved a sample of
The Ministry of Health has released (online), Report of Maternity 2012. This report provides statistics about childbirth rates and patterns. From a Māori policy perspective key findings were: 15,699 Māori women gave birth in 2012, (which is 13.7% of all women who gave birth in that year); 16,751 Māori babies
In March we advised of the release of the independent review of Māori Fisheries Act 2004, and entities established within that Act. [By way of background this review, carried out by Tim Castle, was a legislative requirement, and was focused largely on whether the entities established by the Act remain
On Tuesday the Productivity Commission released a draft report entitled, More Effective Social Services.[1] This extensive 364-page report is a study of how social services are structurally organised and funded. I.e. the report does not investigate the quality of any particular service, but rather provides analysis and commentary on service
Ria Bond (Ngati Hine) has been confirmed as the new list Member of Parliament for New Zealand First. Ms Bond replaces Winston Peters who is now the elected Member of Parliament for Northland. Dean Ngaiwi Moana has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou. Last
This week the Ministry of Health released an online report which provides information on the use of disability support services (derived from a September 2013 survey). The report is entitled, Demographic Information on Clients Using the Ministry of Health’s Disability Support, and provides 119 pages of bullet-points, tables and figures.
In March the Ministry of Health released a report entitled, Medication Use and Perceptions of GP Care in Advanced Age.[1] This report presents information about the use of prescribed medications and perceptions of General Practitioner (GP) services for Māori (aged 80 and above), and non-Māori (aged 85 and above). From
On 2 April the Māori Affairs Select Committee provided an interim report on the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill. By way of background this bill was introduced to parliament by the former Minister of Māori Affairs, Dr Sharples, in July 2014.[1] The bill is the legislative vehicle for implementing the
Last Friday the Ministry of Social Development released the Benefit Factsheets for the quarter to 31 March 2015. We have undertaken an analysis of the various factsheets and have consolidated Māori-specific data into the table that follows for your perusal. In total, at the end of the quarter 284,260 New
This month the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) released summary excel tables on NCEA results for 2014.[1] Although the agency no longer provides database access to search NCEA outcomes, we have been able to cross-tabulate the summary tables with Ministry of Education school enrolment data, to produce more useful information
On Wednesday the Minister of Corrections, Peseta Sam-Lotu-liga, announced that Ngāti Tūwharetoa will purchase circa 8,500 hectares of property in the central North Island from the Department of Corrections. This includes the site of the Tongariro-Rangipo Corrections Facility and Hautu Prison Farm. The Department of Corrections will continue to own