Last Friday the Ngāpuhi Engagement Group released a draft report on a proposed new structure for a Ngāpuhi Treaty settlement entity (i.e. an entity to oversee the settlement of all historic Treaty of Waitangi claims). The report is called, Maranga Mai, and will be finalised in May, after consultation
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In February The Treasury released a report entitled, Characteristics of Children at Greater Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults. By applying four indicators of risk for children aged zero to fourteen, this report estimates probabilities of poor social outcomes later in life, and estimates public fiscal costs per person,
Māori Language – Crown Acknowledge of Past Harm Announced On Wednesday the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell announced an amendment to his proposed Parliamentary Bill – Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori (Māori Language) – to include an acknowledgement that the Crown has, via its past actions and
This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori-focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 January to 31 March. Within the quarter we reviewed six data-set publications, seven research reports, five Government policy / legislative issues, and one Government planning document. Information summaries are provided in
Auckland University, UNITEC, the Auckland University of Technology and Victoria University of Wellington are developing specific Māori-focused teaching resources within the architectural and engineering fields. The two-year Te Whaihanga project is being funded by a $150,000 grant from Ako Aotearoa. This week Ngāti Pāoa has expressed public concern that
Last week the Tertiary Education Union released a report entitled, Project Whitestreaming: A report on the generalising of Māori specialist staff positions in the tertiary education sector (34 pages). Whitestreaming was defined as the replacement of specialist Māori roles with generalist roles. The report focuses on perceptions of changes to
Last week the Deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, and the Minister for State Services, Paula Bennett, announced the release of new data tracking the progress of the ten Better Public Services (BPS) goals. [By way of background these goals (also called ‘challenges’) were established as whole-of-Government priorities in 2012,
Last week the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill was read for a first time in Parliament, and referred on to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee (after passing the first reading vote). This Bill, if enacted, will create a 620,000 square kilometre marine reserve north-east of New Zealand (i.e.
Last week Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister, Chris Finlayson, commented on whether the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal should be binding on the Crown. In his view no – noting that, “the Tribunal occupies a special place in New Zealand both in terms of the work it does with
As advised last week the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has launched a Whēnua Māori Fund, to assist in improving returns from Māori land. We advise this will be an annual fund (totalling $3.2 million), which is focused on ‘pre-commercial’ land activities. For example education and training for
On Wednesday the Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, announced a new Whēnua Māori Fund, to assist in improving returns from Māori land. We are reviewing the materials and will provide further information in the next Pānui.http://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/whakamahia/land-and-environment/whenua-maori-fund Dr Claire Charters (Ngati Whakaue, Tuwharetoa, Nga Puhi and Tainui) has
Last weekend a hui of the chairs of District Māori Councils, which comprise a component of the New Zealand Māori Council, was held at Hoani Waititi Marae. Seven of the sixteen districts councils are reported to have attended.[1] The representatives in attendance determined that the New Zealand Māori Council
On Monday the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Michael Woodhouse, announced that the minimum wage will be increased from $14.75 to $15.25 an hour, commencing 1 April. This is effectively a $20 per-week increase to $610 for a full-time worker on this rate. This equates to an additional
Māori Language Sector Reforms Last Friday the Māori Affairs Select Committee tabled its report back to Parliament on the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill. This means the bill can now be read for a second and a third time in Parliament, and can be passed into law later this
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