On Tuesday Te Kōtahi a Tūhoe (the Tūhoe negotiation team) accepted the Crown’s Treaty Settlement offer. (Note, like all settlements, iwi ratification processes are still required, and presently the Deed of Settlement has not been initialled by either party.) The settlement redress value is approximately $170 million, inclusive of Ngāi
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This week Horizon Research Ltd released a summary of its research on the views of Māori adults. This company carried out a telephone survey of Māori adults in July (prior to the publishing of the Waitangi Tribunal report on freshwater). The resulting survey report has a sampling error of plus
In August we advised that Ngāti Kahu had applied to the Waitangi Tribunal requesting that the Crown be ordered to return certain properties in the Kaitaia region. This week the hearing of this case commenced. By way of background, in narrow circumstances the Tribunal is able to make a binding
On Tuesday the Minister of Social Development, Paula Bennett, announced further aspects of the welfare reforms – new social obligations for beneficiaries who are parents of young children. These beneficiaries will, from July 2013, be required to ensure that their children: (who are aged three to four) attend early childhood
Sir Ralph Norris has been appointed to the University of Auckland Council. Professor Des Gorman has been appointed to the board of the Accident and Compensation Commission (ACC). Rangi Wills has been appointed to the board of the Fire Service Commission. The Health Research Council of New Zealand has signed
This briefing item is a continuation from earlier Pānui, and assumes the reader is familiar with this topic. For background details on the Waitangi Tribunal interim report refer to Pānui 30/2012. Government response On Monday the Prime Minister, John Key, provided a press-statement response to the Waitangi Tribunal Report on
Tina Ngatai has been appointed General Manager of Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporated. On Monday an application for bail for Tame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara (two of the Urewera four) was declined in the Court of Appeal, Wellington. The men were seeking bail while they wait to have an
On Thursday the Oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill was selected from the parliamentary ballot. This is a private member’s Bill lodged by Te Ururoa Flavell. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for any person taking a statutory oath to elect to state that
On Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Te Rūnanga Ā Iwi O Ngāpuhi and Child, Youth and Family (CYF), within the Ministry of Social Development. The document commits the two parties to joint decision-making in areas of common interest, and creates information sharing protocols.
Earlier this year the Children’s Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills, established an advisory group to assist him to consider matters relating to child poverty. (The Commissioner has the statutory role of promoting the rights, health, welfare, and well-being of children.) On Wednesday this advisory group released a consultation paper on child
On Tuesday the Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister, Chris Finlayson, confirmed Cabinet approval of the Ngāi Tūhoe Social Service Management Plan. The plan will set out how the Ministries of Education, Social Development, Business, Innovation and Employment and three District Health Boards, will work with Ngāi Tūhoe to improve social
On Thursday Whanganui Iwi and the Crown signed the Whanganui River Agreement. The agreement provides a framework for a settlement of historical claims relating to the Whanganui River.
Yesterday Ngāti Toa Rangatira initiated a Deed of Settlement with the Crown, despite the Wellington Tenth’s Trust filing for a court injunction on Wednesday, in an effort to prevent the settlement proceeding in its current form. The total value of the settlement is circa $75 million (comprised of redress of
Last Friday afternoon the Waitangi Tribunal delivered its interim report on the freshwater and geothermal energy claim, (WAI 2358). The Tribunal findings are that: the claim is genuine, and was appropriately lodged by the New Zealand Māori Council, with support from some Māori groups; that Māori ‘proprietary rights’ over bodies
On Thursday the Productivity Commission released its final report on housing affordability. The report is extensive (over 300 pages), covering all major issues impacting on housing. This includes capital gains tax considerations (not recommended without further evidence), increasing land availability (recommended via reduced regulation in numerous areas, particularly at the