Yesterday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter ending 30 June 2012. The survey shows a slight increase in the total unemployment rate, to 6.8%. For Māori, the unemployment rate has decreased from 13.9% to 12.8%. In whole numbers presently 37,100 Māori are registered
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This week the Treaty Tribes Coalition and the Māori Fisheries Trust held the seventh National Māori Fisheries Conference in Auckland. The conference focussed on fisheries trading in the present economic climate, and on sector regulatory changes. (Notable regulatory changes include the pending prohibition on the use of foreign-chartered vessels; refer
This week the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services released its quarterly report on vulnerable families. The fifteen page report compiles official statistics relating to wages, unemployment, social welfare and housing. It also offers a commentary on various trends in these sectors. Although all data in this report is
Charter Schools – Kura Hourua On Thursday the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, and Associate Minister of Education, John Banks, provided further information on protocols for establishing charter schools (which will be known as ‘Partnership Schools’ or ‘Kura Hourua’). Salient features, from a Māori policy perspective, are that the sponsoring
Last week the Māori Affairs Select Committee released its report-back on the Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill. A key feature of this proposed settlement is the vesting of Te Hauturu-o-Toi (Little Barrier Island) for seven days with Ngāti Manuhiri, before the island is gifted back to the people of New
Last week, a private members’ bill proposing an increase to the minimum wage was selected at ballot. The bill, from Labour Party member, David Clark, proposes gradually increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour (it is presently $13.50 per hour). Using Department of Labour and Statistics New Zealand data,
On Thursday the Waitangi Tribunal released its urgent report on Port Nicholson Block (WAI 2235). (This claim was also accepted as urgent in February, and was then heard in mid-June.) The claim was made by the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust, representing the interests of Taranaki whānui in the Wellington
On Monday the Waitangi Tribunal released a ‘memorandum-directions’ on WAI 2358. [By way of background this claim was brought by the New Zealand Māori Council, on behalf of five Māori groups. Stage one of the claim was heard last month. This focused on two primary questions. (A) What rights and
Doctor Katarina Edmonds and Doctor Poia Rewi have been appointed to the Board of The Maori Language Commission. They will replace outgoing members, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi and Ruakere Hond. This week Ngāti Tūwharetoa confirmed that Sir Tumu te Heuheu has withdrawn from his role as chair of the Tūwharetoa Māori
On Thursday four separate Treaty settlement bills each had a third and final reading in Parliament. These were for Ngāti Mākino, Rongowhakaata, Ngai Tāmanuhiri, and Maraeroa A and B Block owners. The Ngāti Mākino Claims Settlement Bill includes redress of $6.75 million, and the transfer of 3,400 hectares of Rotoehu
On Tuesday the Ministry of Health published Cancer: New Registration and Deaths 2009. This annual publication reports on malignant cases diagnosed in New Zealand. The document reports that the Māori cancer rate was 415 per 100,000 Māori, compared to the non-Māori rate of 337 per 100,000 people.[1] [1] Rates
As this week is Māori Language Week this briefing focuses on te reo Māori policy settings, and current policy issues arising. By way of background, the Māori language is considered internationally as an endangered language, with a United Nations classification as ‘vulnerable’. This is because te reo Māori is not
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Nō te mea hoki ko te Wiki tēnei o te Reo Māori, e aro ana tēnei pānui ki ngā kaupapahere mō te reo me ngā take e hua ake ana. Hei whakamārama ake, e kīia ana te reo Māori he reo e noho mōrearea
On Wednesday the Coroners’ Office (within the Ministry of Justice) released a report on the deaths of Cru and Chris Kahui – twin babies murdered in 2006. The investigating coroner, Gary Evans, reported that “the traumatic brain injuries which led to the deaths of Chris and Cru Kahui were incurred
Timoti Te Heuheu passed away last Thursday. Philip Broughton (Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu) has been appointed as a member of the Education New Zealand Board. Dr Selwyn Katene (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Tama) has been appointed as the Massey University Assistant Vice-Chancellor – Māori and Pasifika. Enid