Georgina te Heuheu has been appointed to the board of Māori Television, and will become Chair from the 1st of May. We advise some people might consider this somewhat hypocritical, given as a parliamentarian Mrs te Heuheu voted against establishing this television service. Mark Solomon has been appointed to the
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Ngāti Tama suffer large financial loss Last Saturday Ngāti Tama Development Trust announced to beneficiaries a financial loss of circa $19.8 million, leaving the iwi with an asset base of $1.5 million. The Chief Executive of the Trust, Greg White, has resigned. In 2003 Ngāti Tama received $14.5 million in
This morning Land Information Minister, Maurice Williamson, and the Associate Minister of Finance, Jonathan Coleman announced their approval of the second recommendation of the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to grant consent to Shanghai Pengxin to purchase the Crafar Dairy Farms. The original recommendation and approval decision were set aside in
On Wednesday the University of Otago and the Ministry of Health released the report, Cancer Trends. The report, amongst other things, found that for all cancers, and for both Māori and non-Māori, there has been a 3% annual improvement in survival – but that “large gaps in cancer survival still
This month there has been significant political discussion on the merits and drawbacks of a proposal by Skycity Casino to build an international convention centre in Auckland at no public cost, in order to secure rights to more gaming machines / tables in New Zealand.[1] The cost to Skycity, to
Last Thursday a Deed of Settlement between Ngāti Ranginui and the Crown was initialled. The settlement includes financial redress of $31 million, and the return of Omanawa River Conservation Area, Mangaone Stream Conservation Area, Taumata and Te Awa Ngamuwahine.
On Wednesday the (new) Minister for Climate Change, Tim Groser, released a consultation document on proposals for updating New Zealand’s Emission Trading Scheme (the ‘ETS’). The policy proposals may negatively impact on Māori forestry interests. The consultation document is a policy green paper, and is a precursor for amendments to
Earlier this month the Human Rights Commission released its annual report on the employment practices of Crown Entities: Crown entities and Good Employer Annual Report. One focus area this year was the employment of Māori by Crown Entities. The Commission, noting that all 96 Crown Entities have a specific legal
Sir Peter Tapsell passed away last week, aged 82. Sir Peter Tapsell was the first Māori Speaker of the House and served as Internal Affairs Minister, Arts Minister, Police Minister and Defence Minister. Mr Tom Roa has been named the new chairperson for Waikato-Tainui executive. From 1 July, Sir
This briefing paper provides a summary of significant Māori-focused social, economic and treaty policy developments for the quarter 1 January 2012 to 30 March 2012. Data released Data produced this quarter shows no significant change in socio-economic outcomes being experienced by Māori whānau. The Māori unemployment rate at 13.4%
This paper provides a summary of emerging matter of interest relating to Māori policy development, for the week 30 March 2012. General matters On Tuesday, the first reading of the Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill was held in parliament. The Bill has been referred to the
Last week we advised that the Prime Minister had established ten targets for the public sector to achieve over the next three to five years. The following table provides an analysis of those targets, as they relate to Māori. We advise seven of the targets will focus public sector energy
Last week a Performance Improvement, Formal Review of the Ministry of the Economic Development was released. This is part of a series of reviews on government agencies conducted by the State Services Commission, The Treasury and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. As we have previously advised, the Ministry
Last week, prior to his departure as a Cabinet Minister, Honourable Dr Nick Smith, released a review of the Local Government Act 2002. The review, ‘Better Local Government’, is a succinct report with eight proposed reforms. These are designed to provide “better clarity about councils’ roles, stronger governance, improved efficiency
On Tuesday the jury found the ‘Urewera Four’ guilty of a range of firearms charges, but they failed to reach a verdict as to whether the defendants were members of an organised criminal group. The four defendants have been released on bail and await sentencing on May 24. The Crown