Title: Iwi Investment Report 2019 Publisher & Date: TDB Advisory Ltd (TDB): February 2020 Type of Report: Economic and financial analysis Length, style 19 pages, technical (accounting terminology) Recommended readership: Iwi leaders, economic asset managers, subscribers interested in financial performance of iwi Quality rating:[1] Good Content summary: This report summarises
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Title: Reflecting On Our Work About Water Management Publisher & Date: Office of the Auditor General (OAG): February 2020 Type of Document: Accountability report Length, style 28 pages, Plain English Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in water quality and water management Content summary: During 2018 and 2019 the OAG undertook a
Title: Whānau Development Through Whenua: Rating Matters Publisher & Date: Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK): March 2020 Type of Document: Cabinet Papers and Regulatory Impact Assessment Length, style: 21 page Cabinet paper (plus Cabinet Minute Committee Decision Minute MCR-19-MIN-0038), plus 56 page Regulatory Impact Statement (prepared by Department of Internal Affairs
Te Ropu Poa has been appointed as the Interim CEO of Te Rūnanga a Iwi o Ngāpuhi. Pania King has been appointed a member of the Winter Grazing Action Group. The group is tasked with implementing recommendations to improve animal welfare in winter grazing systems. On Tuesday, Katherine Tuhakaraina, a
Title: Te Mātāwai Annual Report: Te Pūrongo Ā-Tau 2018/19 Publisher & Date: Te Mātāwai: February 2020 Type of Document: Government Report back on services Length, style 70 pages, Plain English and images (Te Reo version also published) Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in Te Reo; Māori Affairs Select Committee Members
Housing register data has been released by the The Ministry of Social Development, and our review is attached. About half the people on the register who qualify for support and need a home are Māori, In numeric terms that’s over 7,000 Māori plus their household whānau members – numbers unpublished.
Title: Restorative Justice – Impact of Section 24A of the Sentencing Act 2002 on Reoffending Publisher & Date: Ministry of Justice (MoJ): February 2020 Type of Document: Analysis Report Length, style 17 pages, Plain English Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in matters pertaining to the justice system. Content summary In
We reviewed the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) return to welfare report. Clues to the high Māori child poverty levels are in this report – essentially the majority of Māori who come off a main benefit are back on one within 18 months (55%), with few stabilising in the workforce;
We also reviewed the Children’s Commissioner’s data analysis report on this same topic. (Note Commissioner Becroft’s full report on Oranga Tamariki is due next month, but his office has released data on Māori engagement with Oranga Tamariki to support discussions.) This data shows a range of disparities, with more Māori
This week we have also reviewed the Māori-led inquiry into the work of Oranga Tamariki, entitled, Ko Te Wā Whakawhiti, It’s Time for Change.[1] This review was sparked by an attempted pēpi uplift from the maternity unit of Hawke’s Bay hospital in May last year (Pānui 21/2019 refers). The review
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E5 28 February 2020: Truancy Reports
The Ministry of Education has published two reports on truancy. The first, What is the relationship between attendance and attainment’¸ essentially finds a ‘straight line relationship’ – the more school missed, the lower the outcomes. The second report, School attendance and student wellbeing, essentially finds that students who had skipped school over the
Early this month The Treasury released a report entitled, Justice, Wellbeing and Social Capital (Discussion Paper 20/01). We have not reviewed in full as the report does not have a strong Māori focus, but note it may be of interest to some subscribers, as it focuses on whether the justice sector supports
Tracey McIntosh has been appointed a member of the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) Establishment Advisory Group. Ngai Tukairangi Trust (Mt Maunganui), Otama Marere Trust (Tauranga) and Hineora Orchard Te Kaha 15B Ahuwhenua Trust from (Te Kaha) have been named as the inaugural horticultural finalists for the Ahuwhenua Trophy
This week the Government released 2019 data formally measuring child poverty. By way of background, prior to the 2017 election the former (National-lead) Government indicated measuring child poverty was just too hard; but the Labour Party disagreed and indicated if elected (as they were) then they would set up a
The fifth report we reviewed relates to the minimum wage. As announced in late December by the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Iain Lees-Galloway, the minimum wage will increase on 1 April by $1.20 per hour, up to $18.90. In effect, the new rate is a $48 per