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Economic Social

E19 7 June 2019 Budget Updates

This week the main policy item of discussion remains the Government’s Budget. Of note from a Māori policy perspective is the post-Budget funding announcement for Kōhanga Reo, from the Associate Minister of Education, Kelvin Davis.  Minister Davis advised on Tuesday that the Budget will now include $32 million to support
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Economic Social

E19 7 June 2019: Wellbeing Budget 2019 Māori Development Initiatives

    Title: Tahua 2019: Wellbeing Budget 2019 Māori Development Initiatives Publisher & Date: Te Puni Kōkiri: June 2019 Type of Document: Government Promotional Document Length, style: 16-pages, plain English Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in public policy Content summary: Summary of key initiatives within Budget 2019 Vote: Māori Development (and
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Rōpu Māori

General Appointments and Awards E19 7 June 2019

The Media Sector Shift Advisory Panel has been announced. Members are: Graham Pryor (Chair); Quinton Hita, Lynell Huria, Cherie Tirikatene Le Cheminant, and Julian Wilcox. These appointments are long overdue, as the review was announced last October, and Te Puni Kōkiri has already completed a stock take of the sector,
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Rōpu Māori

Queen’s Birthday Honours E19 7 June 2019

Queen’s Birthday Honours The following New Zealand Honours and Queen’s Service awards were conferred to Māori, or people giving services to Māori, on 03 June 2019. DNZM To be Dames Companion of the said Order: Mrs Areta Koopu, CBE. For services to Māori and the community. CNZM To be Companions
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Environment

E19 7 June 2019 Salient Maori News

Last week the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment announced the successful recipients for the Te Pūnaha Hihiko – Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund. Thirty-one projects will receive funding, as outlined below. Organisation name Title Other organisations involved Funding (excl GST) AgResearch Ltd Understanding the Attributes of Mamaku: Adding Science to
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Climate Change

E17 24 May 2019: Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill

On Tuesday the first reading of the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill was completed in Parliament (the Zero Carbon Bill). The Bill, if passed into law, will set a legally binding objective for the Government to seek to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.  
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Settlements Treaty

E17 24 May 2019 Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2)

On Thursday the third reading of Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Bill (No 2)was completed in Parliament. This Bill gives effect to a deed of agreement between the hapū o Ngāti Porou and the Crown in relation to the iwi’s traditional marine and foreshore areas.
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Child Poverty Social

E17 24 May 2019: Targets to Reduce Child Poverty

Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden, confirmed the Government’s first sets of targets to reduce child poverty (as set out in the footnote below[1]). This policy area is of major significance to Māori, as our research indicates up to 33% of Māori children – circa 130,000 tamariki Māori – live in poorer
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Welfare Whānau Ora

Budget 2019 E18 31 May 2019 Overview

30 May the Government released its 2019/2020 Budget – i.e. the formal spending plan for 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, plus its indicative spending planning for the following three years (to 30 June 2023). We advise there are a lot of initiatives within this Budget for Māori, as
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Housing

E17 24 May 2019 Public Housing Assistance Quarter to 31 March 2019

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released their quarterly update on seeking public housing assistance, for the period to 31 March 2019.[1] It shows 5,090 tangata Māori (and their whānau) are in need of a house and qualify for assistance.  This is 46% of all those registered for
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Forestry

E17 24 May 2019 News

This week Stephen Henare appeared in the High Court on five charges of stealing from Parengarenga 3G (the charges were ‘theft by person in special relationship’, as he was a trustee). He was also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.  Parengarenga 3G Trust manages a 512ha forestry
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Social

Pre-Budget Announcements E17 24 May 2019

This week the Government continued with its pre-Budget announcements (the Budget is being released next Thursday). There were two new areas of funding of high relevance to Māori. Family and Sexual Violence Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Jan Logie, announced $320 million (provided over four years) will be
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Economic Horticulture Tribunal reports

E16 17 May 2019 Review of The Plant Variety Rights Act

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has been releasing papers on the review of the Plant Variety Rights Act – i.e. what should the rules be for cultivating (creating) new plants in Aotearoa.   We have reviewed materials as this area – the management of the natural environment –
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Economic Tourism

E16 17 May 2019 New Government Tourism Strategy

We have also reviewed the Government’s new tourism strategy.  From a Māori policy perspective its good – in that it acknowledges Treaty relationships, the importance of Māori culture in tourism, and the need for respectful means for Māori to participate in this sector. Title: New Zealand-Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy Publisher
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Education

E16 Young People at Risk Report 17 May 2019

The second item we have reviewed is a report on young people at risk of a life time of limited employment opportunities. What is concerning about this report is the finding that by age 24, sixteen percent of Māori young people have been in limited employment (i.e. no employment or