Mana Party – Māori focused matters Despite its relative newness, the Mana Party has developed twelve broad policy platforms, all of which take into account specific Māori interests. These policies, and salient features, are highlighted in the table that follows. Mana Party Notes – salient aspects of Māori-focused policy proposals
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Green Party Māori focused matters This election the Green Party is the only ‘mainstream’ political party to produce clear Māori specific policy. It is noteworthy that both National and Labour have, since the last election, jettisoned specific Māori-related policy documentation. We consider the size of the Māori voting electorate (15%),
A Māori-focused Masters of Business Administration (MBA) developed by The University of Waikato and Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development has won an international MBA innovation award. Hokotehi Moriori Trust has been awarded $830,000 from the Marsden Fund for an archaeological and genetic study of the Moriori migration across Polynesia.
Hohepa Patea (Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Porou) has been appointed as Senior Cultural Advisor with the Families Commission. Hinerangi Raumati has been appointed as the interim Chair of Parininihi Ki Waitotara Five members of Te Huarahi Tika Trust (Māori Spectrum Trust) have announced their retirement. They are Sir Graham Latimer,
Ngāti Raukawa members accept Deed of Settlement Ngāti Raukawa iwi members have voted to accept the agreement in principle for a Deed of Settlement signed in September. The redress package is valued at circa $63 million. Te Mana o Ngāti Rangitihi Trust seek support from iwi members Te Mana o
Statistics New Zealand has released Abortion Statistics for 2010. Overall, one quarter of abortions (around 4,000) were performed on Māori women. The Māori rate was 26.9 abortions per 1,000 Māori women (aged 15–44 years), the general rate was 18.1 abortions per 1,000 women.
This week Statistics New Zealand released a factsheet from the New Zealand General Social Survey: 2010. The survey measures life satisfaction amongst New Zealanders. Some key facts from the survey included: People living in one-parent family households were less satisfied with their lives than people living in other family groups.
Yesterday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey for the quarter to the end of September 2011. The survey shows an increase in unemployment from 6.5% to 6.6% of the workforce (from the June quarter 201). For Māori the unemployment rise was greater increasing from 12.6% to 13.2%
Māori Party – Māori focused matters This week the Māori Party published their election manifesto commitments (about 15 pages). As a specifically Māori-focused party, there are many commitments to Māori interests across the full range of portfolio areas. This includes proposals for constitutional change to entrench Māori representative seats in
This week the National Party has released its new welfare policy. The proposal follows the main recommendation of the Welfare Working Group to simplify welfare categories and orientate these towards work readiness. You may recall we outlined this ‘traffic light’ approach in Pānui on 25 February 2011. Under this proposal
The Labour Party – Māori focused matters The Labour Party has no published Māori specific policy currently on its website. By comparison, the Party does have specific “rainbow”, “interfaith‟, and “ethnic affairs‟ policy statements, outlining how it seeks to respond to these groups. The total silence on Māori matters is
The National Party – Māori focused matters For this election, The National Party has published approximately 50 broad-level policy statements on its website, but no full manifesto publication. Of the policy statements made, there is no targeted Māori-focused policy comment; although there are generic policy statements for “Pacific Peoples‟ and
This document provides financial projections, and an economic risk assessment. In sum, The Treasury predicts economic growth of up to 3% per annum to 2016; the Government returning to a surplus in June 2015. Treasury sees five key forces as driving these changes: (i) a slowing world economy; (ii)
Waitangi Tribunal grants urgency to the Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board This week the Waitangi Tribunal agreed to consider with urgency the Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board claim, with the hearing set for February 2012.The Trust alleges fourteen broad Treaty breaches, with further sub-breaches. These centre on allegations that
Tauhara Moana Trust and Contact Energy have signed an agreement that will allow exploratory geothermal drilling to be carried out on the Trust’s land, north of Taupo. Drilling will commence in 2012. From week ending 14 October 2011