Earlier this month the Government released its response to the Māori Affairs Committee’s, Inquiry into the Determinants of Wellbeing for Tamariki Māori. By way of background, this inquiry was called for by opposition parties on the Committee in 2011, but it took over two years to conclude, with the final
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This week the Māori Affairs Select Committee released their report on the Te Urewera-Tūhoe Bill. This bill, if passed into legislation, will give effect to the Deed of Settlement signed in June 2013, between Ngāi Tūhoe and the Crown. (The settlement redress value is approximately $170 million.) The bill is
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Māori news stories to 24 April 2014
Last week Statistics New Zealand released further data on the demographic composition of the New Zealand population, based on Census 2013. This data (re)confirms that Māori comprise 15% of the total population, and that Māori have a significantly younger age profile than European-New Zealanders. The Māori median age is 23.9
Earlier this month, the Minister Responsible for Whānau Ora, Tariana Turia, confirmed the third Whānau Ora commissioning agency as Te Pou Matakana. (Pasifika Futures and Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu are the other two Whānau Ora commissioning agencies.) Te Pou Matakana is a new organisation, derived from the cluster of
Last weekend Kōhanga Reo whānau members met at Tūrangawaewae Marae to discuss governance and management issues within the Kōhanga Reo National Trust. (The hui was called by King Tuheitia, who is the patron of the National Trust, and was attended by circa 1,000 people.) The issues presenting included alleged financial
On Monday successful applications for the Government’s sustainable fund for 2014/2015 were announced. There were 31 successful applications, including four with a significant Māori focus, as detailed below: · Integrated Management to Improve Productivity and Profitability for Māori agribusiness. “Provide an integrated suite of farm management and benchmarking tools to
Review Panel Report on Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993 On 3 April, the Associate Minister of Māori Affairs, Chris Finlayson, released the final report of the Review Panel on Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993, and announced that the Government would, in light of the panel’s recommendations, introduce legislation to amend
Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Tamaki Nui-ā-Rua Agreement in Principle Reached The Crown and Rangitāe o Wairarapa and Rangitāe o Tamaki Nui-ā-Rua have signed an Agreement in Principle (28 March 2014) to settle historic Treaty of Waitangi claims. The settlement includes financial and commercial redress of the value of $32.5 million.
The Waitangi National Trust Board Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament last week. This Trust Board is responsible for governing the Waitangi Treaty grounds. This bill seeks to amend the governance structure of the Board, creating further separation between the Trust and the Crown. Changes include removing the
· Social housing reforms came into effect this week allowing third-party entities (including iwi groups) to provide government-subsidised social housing. I.e. selected social housing providers are now able to offer income-related rents to eligible tenants, with the Government providing financial top-ups to ensure viability for housing providers. Pānui 41/2013 outlines
Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori-focused social, economic and treaty policy developments for the period 1 January to 31 March 2014. Social matters Overview of socio-economic trends This quarter we reviewed eight data-set publications, three research reports, and seven key changes to Government policy /
This week Ngāti Hine released a media statement indicating that the hapū/iwi has now joined a Waitangi Tribunal claim, (WAI 2341), which requests the Tribunal to urgently inquire into the Crown’s settlement approach with Ngāpuhi. This action follows ongoing concern from Ngāti Hine, and other hapū/iwi within the Te Kōtahitanga
On Wednesday a cluster of Whanganui Iwi initialled a Deed of Settlement with the Crown in relation to the Whanganui River. The settlement, if ratified by iwi groups and then passed into legislation, will establish the Whanganui River as a separate legal entity and provide for the recognition of the
On Tuesday the Social Services Select Committee reported back on the proposed Vulnerable Children Bill. The Committee agreed with the bill and made mostly minor changes.8 However we advise one major change was proposed, which is the deletion of provisions for Child Protection Orders (discussed further below). By way of
This week Te Puni Kōkiri has uploaded onto their website a six-page factsheet report on Māori living in Australia (prepared December 2013). The report is entitled: Ngā Māori i te Ao Moemoeā, which the agency translates as ‘Māori in Australia’. The report is derived from the 2011 Australian census.1 Key