Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou and Te Rūnanga o Turanganui-ā-Kiwa have placed purchase bids for up to 1,300 state houses on the East Coast and in the Gisborne region. This year six Māori-focussed research projects were successfully awarded Marsden Funding grants. The successful projects and lead researchers are: Dressing for
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On Wednesday the first reading of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Planning Committee Bill was completed in parliament and referred to the Māori Affairs Select Committee. If passed into law this legislation establishes a Hawke’s Bay Regional Planning Committee, with equal Council and tangata whenua representation. (Ten tangata whenua representatives, from
On Tuesday the first reading of the Te Kawerau ā Maki Claims Settlement Bill was completed in parliament, and referred to the Māori Affairs Select Committee. (Te Kawerau ā Maki has customary interests that extend from the Tāmaki isthmus, north through West Auckland and lands around the upper Waitematā Harbour
On Tuesday the first reading of the Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill was completed in parliament and referred to the Māori Affairs Select Committee. This bill, if passed into law, will enact Treaty settlements negotiated separately between the Crown and each of the four respective iwi within the Far North
Yesterday Justice Stephen Kos, of the Wellington High Court, issued his second judgement of the year on matters relating to the Crown Forestry Rental Trust. In this judgement he appointed two new ‘Māori’ trustees to the trust. [Note there are three ‘Māori trustees’ on this trust; Justice Kos made two
This morning Te Ururoa Flavell, the Minister for Māori Development, announced his general support for new Māori language legislation; stating it was a priority; and noting his support for the principle that iwi and Māori should lead the revitalisation of the language. However he also indicated that it is likely
This week Justice Alan MacKenzie, of the Wellington High Court, declined an application by Toni Waho for an injunction to stop the Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board from holding a special meeting to remove him as a trustee. Justice MacKenzie was not satisfied that Mr Waho demonstrated a seriously arguable
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of September. The survey shows national unemployment has fallen to 5.4%, from 5.6%. But in converse, the Māori unemployment rate increased from 11%, from 12.2%. This means the Māori unemployment rate continues
On Tuesday the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, announced that applications are now open for the new Te Pūnaha Hiringa: Māori Innovation Fund. By way of background, this fund comprises of $2 million per year. It was announced in the May Budget, for initiatives that contribute to the
Next week the Privy Council will hear the appeal case for Teina Pora against his conviction for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett in 1993. Mr Pora is currently on parole, but had been incarcerated for twenty years. The appeal centres on the reliability of Mr Pora’s confession
Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has announced that it intends to outsource the majority of its Māori and Pacific programming, rather than continue producing programmes in-house. The only specific Māori programme to remain produced by TVNZ will be Te Karere – meaning programmes such as Marae and Waka Huia, or replacement
Earlier this month Statistics New Zealand released workplace injury data for the 2013 calendar year. The data shows a work-related injury claim rate of 93 per 1,000 full-time Māori workers. This Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) claim rate compares with 88 per 1,000 European New Zealand workers. For the same period,
This week the Research Unit of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a report on child poverty, bluntly entitled, Children of the Recession – The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries. The report considers whether poverty has increased or decreased in 41 ‘rich’
Following the election the new Māori Affairs Select Committee has been announced, as shown in the table below. We note that first-term member of Parliament, Tutehounuku (‘Nuk’) Korako has been appointed as the Chair. We also note there is only one non-Māori, Chester Borrows, with no obvious background reason for
Last Tuesday the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report for the year to 30 June 2014 was tabled in parliament. The purpose of this report is to outline the quality of service outputs, and the financial performance achieved in the last year. By way of background, for the year in review