On Saturday Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Potiki will sign a Deed of Settlement with the Crown. The Deed includes a redress package of circa $29.5 million for Ngāi Te Rangi, and $3.1 million to Ngā Potiki.
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Last week the independent Constitutional Advisory Panel (the Panel) released its final report on constitutional matters. The report is entitled, New Zealand’s Constitution: A Report on a Conversation: He Kōtuinga Kōrero mō Te Kaupapa Ture o Aotearoa. The Panel comprised of twelve members, and was co-chaired by Professor John Burrows
Purpose This briefing paper outlines salient data relevant to Māori presently released from the 2013 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings, (‘the Census’). Background This week Statistics New Zealand released a set of Māori data tables and commentaries arising from the 2013 Census. We have
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Key reports released Last Saturday Te Huarahi Tika Trust held their annual general meeting in Palmerston North. We are presently reviewing the Trust’s Annual Report to 31 March 2013 and will advise further in Pānui edition 44/2013. On Thursday the Deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, and the Minister of Māori
• On Wednesday the Health Research Council granted $1.5 million in funding to eighteen separate Māori-focused health research initiatives. This is part of its Career Development Award programme. Funding grants ranged from $5,000 to 460,000. The three grants valued at over $100,000 each are: o Dr Hinemoa Elder, Te Whare Wānanga o
This week Te Roroa iwi leaders have held a reconciliation meeting with Susan Cochrane. Ms Cochrane is the former wife of Allan Titford. In 1993 Mr Titford and Ms Cochrane owned a farm in Northland, which was subject to comment from the Waitangi Tribunal in its report on the Te
In September we advised five of eleven iwi within the Hauraki Iwi Collective received advance Treaty-settlement payments totalling $53 million to purchase a LandCorp dairy farm, Pouarua. The payments will be deducted from the overall settlement redress package for each respective iwi. Namely, Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti
Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill 23. Last Tuesday the Māori Affairs Select Committee reported back on the Te Tau Ihu Claims Settlement Bill. This bill, if passed into law, will give effect to the deeds of settlement between the Crown and eight iwi in Te Tau Ihu (top of the
This week an Auckland newspaper has raised questions as to whether the Auckland Council’s Proposed Unitary Plan overprovides for the protection of Māori historic sites of significance. Under the plan, on identified sites of Māori cultural or historic importance, iwi approval is required for significant earthworks or building alterations. The
On Tuesday the Local Government Commission released a report proposing the creation of a single local authority for the Hawke’s Bay (to be called the Hawke’s Bay Council). If agreed, this authority would replace the Wairoa District Council, Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, and
As advised last week, this month the Government commenced further consultation on its freshwater policy reforms. This is the second round of consultation this year on water management issues, and follows consultation throughout 2010 to 2012 on this topic, via the Land and Water Forum. The present consultation relates to
Yesterday the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, announced the Government will seek further applications for Partnership Schools / Kura Hourua. Five of these schools / kura have already been approved, all of which have a particular focus on Māori learners. Pānui edition 32/2013 refers. This week an amendment to The
In October we provided an outline of various mining and oil exploration activities, and Māori responses to these (Pānui edition 24/2013 refers). As an update to this we now advise; this week Ngāti Haua, (a hapū of Ngaruahine), indicated that they will challenge, in the Environment Court, the decision to
On Monday the Health Select Committee released their inquiry report on child health. This report was commissioned in February 2012. The report is called, The Inquiry into improving child health outcomes and preventing child abuse with a focus from preconception until three years of age. Like the title the report
On Tuesday the New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill was read a third time in parliament. The bill will now be passed into law upon receiving Royal Assent. (Pānui editions 39/2013, 21/2013 and 17/2013 refer.)