* Last week Pānui advised on matters pertaining to the Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board (Pānui 9/2014 refers). On Monday the National Trust released a media statement indicating they will ‘fast track’ work to address issues arising, and this includes changing the composition and membership of its Board. To
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This week an independent financial review report was released on public funding received by the Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board (National Trust). This report has attracted significant media and political attention. Further despite the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, stating on Tuesday that, “no improprieties in respect of kōhanga funding
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Māori news 21 March 2014
* The Crown Forestry Rental Trust has approved client funding status for hapū claimants in the Hokianga and Whangaroa, in regards to the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Waitangi Tribunal regional inquiry. This will cover some costs for week eight of this inquiry. (This week of hearings is scheduled to
Yesterday the Māori Land Court heard an application to convert 983 square metres of Māori freehold land in a Māori reservation. The land is in Waikanae and is on the Government’s preferred route for the proposed Kapiti Expressway. The applicant, Patricia Grace (and her whānau), hope if the land
On 20 December 2013 the Māori Affairs Select Committee concluded its Inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for tamariki Māori. By way of background, this inquiry was called for by opposition parties in 2011, and was agreed to by the Committee in September that year, against the wishes of
On Monday the Minister of Whānau Ora, Tariana Turia, jointly with the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Peseta Sam Lotu-liga, announced that the Pasifika Medical Association has been selected as the Pasifika-focused Whānau Ora commissioning agency. In future this non-Government organisation (NGO) will be known as Pasifika Futures, and
This week the Associate Minister for Primary Industries, Jo Goodhew, announced that Ngāi Tahu has purchased from the Crown 22,800 hectares of forestry cutting rights, on the West Coast of the South Island.[1] Ngāi Tahu, through their existing treaty settlement, is already the land owner on which the forest
This week the ANZ bank released a short report on a survey of Māori businesses it undertook in 2013. The report is entitled, Te Tirohanga Whānui; ‘The ANZ Privately-Owned Business Barometer, Māori Business Key Insights 2014’.[1] By way of background, the ANZ bank routinely undertakes business confidence surveys, and
On Wednesday Rueben Tapara, a former assistant principal at Te Wharekura o te Kaokaoroa o Patetere, in Putaruru, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on ten charges of sexual abuse against three boys, and one charge of selling or supplying cannabis. The charges related to offences against students at
This week Ngāti Hine leader Waihoroi Shortland indicated that the iwi/hapū would seek to withdrawal from the broader Ngāpuhi settlement process, to be led by Tūhoronuku. This follows ongoing concerns around the composition of Tūhoronuku, in particular insufficient hapū representation. (Pānui 5/2014 and 6/2014 refer.) Ngāti Hine, who state
This week the Māori Affairs Select Committee heard oral submissions on the Te Urewera–Tūhoe Bill 2013. This bill, if enacted, 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
This week it was announced that the New Zealand Superannuation Fund had sold a 2.5% shareholding in Kaingaroa Timberlands to a collective of six iwi. The iwi involved are all landowners of the Kaingaroa forest through the Central North Island (CNI) Treaty Settlement; and accordingly through the purchase now
On Wednesday the Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Professor Charles Royal, confirmed that he had been advised by the Royal Society of New Zealand that the research centre has not been shortlisted for ongoing funding beyond 2015. This means, unless the situation is reversed, Ngā Pae o
On Wednesday the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Steven Joyce, released the Government’s new Tertiary Education Strategy (2014-2019). The new strategy is broadly similar to the draft released for consultation last November (refer Pānui 35/2013). That is, the overarching strategic theme is the link between the attainment
On Thursday the Minister of Internal Affairs, Peter Dunne, announced the successful recipients of the 2014 Lottery Significant Projects Fund (in total grants of $28 million were awarded). Two Māori-orientated projects were included, these being: the Waitangi National Trust Board will receive circa $5.8 million for a Museum at