This week the Minister for Corrections, Peseta Sam Lotu-liga, announced formally educational programmes within prisons will be extended to more prisoners. (Pānui 9/2103 provides background). The Minister advises learning places will increase from 900 to 1,700 placements across New Zealand prisons. (We advise that at any given time there are
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This week the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) released Māori in the Labour Market. This 45-page report studies Māori employment and unemployment patterns between 2009 and 2014. It follows the Ministry’s release of a factsheet on this topic on 27 February, and a second report on Māori in
* This week Te Māngai Pāho released a Request for Proposals for its innovation fund. There is $500,000 available for digital initiatives which promote Māori language and culture. Applications close 17 April 2015, details can be found here: http://www.tmp.govt.nz/uploads/nimbl_file/file/74/Innovation_RFP_2015.pdf * The Māori Fisheries Conference will be held on 24
On Thursday Statistics New Zealand published, A Matter of Trust: Patterns of Māori Trust in Institutions 2013. This report provides data from the 2013 Te Kupenga Survey of Māori well-being. The main focus is on Māori trust in the police and in the media, although other institutions such as the
On Thursday the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released a 2014 report entitled, Māori In Business. This report presents quantitative information from the 2006 and 2013 Censuses on Māori who identified as either ‘self-employed’ or ‘employing others’. We consider the key findings are that: 21,700 Māori run their own
Last Friday, the Minister for Treaty Negotiations, Chris Finlayson, announced that the Crown and Ngāti Tūwharetoa had signed an Agreement in Principle to settle historical Treaty claims. This settlement contains commercial redress of $25 million, in addition to financial redress already provided to Ngāti Tūwharetoa via the Central North Island
Last Friday a review of the Māori Fisheries Act was released (which focuses on the entities established within the Act). The full title is, Tāia Kia Matariki, Make Sure the Net Is Closely Woven, Independent Review of Māori Commercial Fisheries Structures Under The Māori Fisheries Act 2004. The review was
Last week the Government announced the establishment of a Flag Consideration Panel. This panel will “engage with the public” on matters relating to a referendum on the New Zealand’s flag.[1] There are twelve members, two of whom identify as Māori; Hana O’Regan (Ngāi Tahu); and Malcom Mulholland (Ngāti Kahungunu Ki
Last Friday the Ministry of Health released a Suicide Prevention Toolkit. This is targeted towards District Health Boards, to support their services. The toolkit advises that, on average, ten people die by suicide each week, that New Zealand has a high youth suicide rate, and that Māori suicide rates are
Last month the Ministry of Health released data tables on alcohol use from the 2012/13: New Zealand Health Survey. Amongst the findings the survey shows: 80% of Māori aged 15-years and over reported having drunk alcohol in the past 12 months (similar rate to European New Zealanders); 31% of Māori
Last Friday the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released Māori in the Labour Market. This is a two-page factsheet which collates Māori-specific labour market information as at December 2014. The factsheet largely reproduces Māori employment / unemployment data from Statistics New Zealand’s Household Labour Force Survey, however it does
On Wednesday the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, issued a media statement confirming that she is pleased that the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board is going to consult with kōhanga whānau about a new governance structure. This next phase of consultation is scheduled to commence in March. (Subscribers, however,
This week the Office of Treaty Settlements released its Year-to-Date Progress Report for the six-month period to 31 December 2014. This report usefully tracks the progress of all Treaty Settlements in a simple tabular format, although the redress amounts are excluded. The only ‘new’ information in this ten-page report is
Last Thursday the Primary Production Select Committee tabled in parliament a four page report on Te Ohu Kaimoana. This short report responds to a briefing delivered by Te Ohu Kaimoana in December 2014. Although the Committee makes no action recommendations to parliament, the report does usefully traverse key Māori fishing
Yesterday the Ministry for Women (Ministry of Woman’s Affairs) released “Wāhine Māori, Wāhine Ora, Wāhine Kaha: Preventing Violence Against Māori Women”. This short report focuses on ‘primary protection’ (i.e. preventing the occurrence of domestic violence, as opposed to support services for victims of violence). The report has been developed from