In addition to changes to the Resource Management Act, we advise the Government is also planning other changes within the local government sector (for the 78 councils and 66 water authorities). These are called the Better Local Services reforms. The reforms are three pronged: (i) foster more collaboration between
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Last month submissions to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee concerning the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 were released on the parliamentary website. There were 675 submissions, of which only thirteen were from Māori organisations. Oral submissions are now being heard – including from Federated Farmers this week,
This week there has been a Ministerial information release on Government Budget changes relating to Māori and Pasifika Trades Training. [By way of background, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, is scheduled to release the Government’s 2016 Budget next Thursday. In anticipation of this, the Government’s approach is that
On Wednesday the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill was read for the first time in Parliament. A party vote was called for, and the Bill was successful (63-58). The Bill was then referred on to the Māori Affairs Select Committee. Public submissions are now open (and will close on
This week Rangitaane o Wairarapa / Tāmaki Nui initiated a Deed of Settlement with the Crown to settle historic Treaty of Waitangi claims. The settlement provides for $32.5 million in commercial redress, along with an apology, historic accounts, and cultural redress properties.
Last Saturday Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui ā Rua signed an Agreement in Principle with the Crown, to settle all historic Treaty of Waitangi claims of the iwi. The settlement includes commercial and financial redress totalling $93 million, the return of the lakebed of Wairarapa Moana, and the
At the end of last month the University of Otago published its second report within a series of three focused on the health of Māori children and young people. The report is entitled, Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand:
Last week Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of March 2016. The survey shows the national unemployment rate increased from 5.4% to 5.7%. For Māori the unemployment rate increased from 10.6% to 12.8%. Subscribers will also note that the
This week there have been Ministerial information releases on Government Budget changes relating to Whānau Ora and Māori housing. [By way of background, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, is scheduled to release the Government’s 2016 Budget in two weeks, on Thursday 26 of May. In anticipation of this,
Appointments and Awards Professor Andrew Hill has been awarded the Maori Health Medal for 2014 by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Aimee Kaio (Ngai Tahu, Tuhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngā Puhi) has been appointed to the Council of the Southern Institute of Technology. General Māori News Articles to 6
Also in April the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) released NCEA data tables for 2015. The data tables released show NCEA participation and success rates, including via ethnicity, both nationally and at an individual school level. This data release occurred before the online publication of Ngā Haeata Mātauranga by
On Monday the Minister for Education, Hekia Parata, announced a new Māori Education Research Masters Scholarship, to “ensure even more Māori enjoy and achieve education success as Māori”. The scholarship is $15,000 per year for up to two years, in honour of the 28th (Māori) Battalion. The scholarship
In late April the Ministry of Education released, Ngā Haeata Mātauranga. This is the Ministry’s annual report on Māori education. This is a longstanding publication that has traditionally gathered and grouped the Ministry’s statistics on Māori education. The current edition orientates the presentation of such data around the five
Background context By way of background to this Tribunal inquiry, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) aims to create a regional ‘free trade’ agreement involving twelve Asia-Pacific countries.[1] According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade this would “give New Zealand better access to globally significant markets.” (In particular we
This report is an agreed early outcome of the Tribunal’s wider inquiry (WAI 898) on Te Rohe Pōtae. The claim was heard and reported on early because the Maui Dolphin is at risk of extinction.[1] The Tribunal found that the dolphin is a taonga of the claimants, Ngāti Te