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E14 3 May 2019 Maori Affairs Committee 2017/18 Annual review of the Ministry of Māori Development (known as Te Puni Kōkiri)

Title: 2017/18 Annual review of the Ministry of Māori Development (known as Te Puni Kōkiri) Publisher & Date: Māori Affairs Select Committee, April 2019 Type of Document: Government report-back Length, style: 5 pages, plain English (and Te Reo version) Recommended readership: Policy analysts Content summary: This is the Select Committee’s
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E14 Salient News Items to 3 May 2019

Justice Joseph Victor Williams (Ngāti Pūkenga and Te Arawa (Waitaha, Tapuika) has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court. Jamie Tuuta ((Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Te Ati Awa,Taranaki Tuturu) has been appointed Chair of the New Zealand Tourism Board (known as Tourism New Zealand) This week Statistics NZ advised
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Government Te Reo

Review of Māori Affairs Select Committee Reports E14 3 May 2019

This edition of Pānui provides a review of the Māori Affairs Select Committee reports on last year’s performance of Te Puni Kōkiri, Te Tumu Paeroa, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, Te Māngai Pāho, and the Māori Television Service.[1] (Note we have already reviewed the annual reports of these
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Employment Health Justice Social Whānau Ora

E13 26 April 2019 – Summary of Social Sector Reports and Statistics Released

Summary of Social Sector Reports and Statistics Released In this week’s Pānui we have reviewed some of the more negative and challenging social sector data relating to Māori wellbeing. This includes: the Government’s most recent benefit fact sheets which show Māori comprise 36 percent of all beneficiaries – which remains
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E13 26 April 2019 Salient News Items

  Briar Grace-Smith (Ngāpuhi) has been appointed to the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative NZ). Shaun Awatere (Ngāti Porou) has been appointed to the National Climate Change Risk Assessment panel. The panel is tasked with creating the framework for New Zealand’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment.
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Agriculture Economic Education Employment Fisheries Forestry Government Housing Income Land Settlements Social Te Reo Treaty Tribunal reports Welfare Whānau Ora

E11 5 April 2019 Quarterly Review for the Period 1 January to 31 March 2019

This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 January to 31 March 2019. Within the quarter we reviewed thirty-one Māori social sector matters, ten Māori economic sector matters, fifteen Treaty related matters, and eleven general Parliamentary items. Information
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Justice Social

E10 29 March 2019 New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey

Earlier this month the Ministry of Justice published results from a new annual survey entitled the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey – Help Create Safer Communities (NZCVS). The NZCVS is a face-to-face survey of adults aged 15 years+: respondents are asked about incidents of crime they had experienced over
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Economic Income Social

E10 29 March 2019: Minimum Wage Increase

On Wednesday, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Iain Lees-Galloway, re-announced that the adult minimum wage is increasing on Monday by $1.20 per hour, up to $17.70. (In effect, the new rate is a $48 per week increase, to $708 for a full-time worker.  This equates to an additional $2,496 per
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Māori Media Items of Interest week ending 29 March 2019

On Tuesday the Minister for Māori Development, Nanaia Mahuta, announced that the Lemuel Te Urupu Whānau Trust of Raupunga will receive investment funding of $1.2 million to construct five papakāinga houses. This week hearings for the Wai 2660 Marine and Coastal Area Act  Inquiry were held in Wellington. This Inquiry
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Economic Fisheries Freshwater Policy

E10 29 March 2019 Māori Fisheries Sector – Annual Reports

Māori Fisheries Sector Within the Māori business sector, the main item this week was the annual Māori Fisheries Conference, and Te Ohu Kaimoana AGM – where iwi shareholders get to discuss matters such as financial returns from the Treaty of Waitangi fisheries settlement, and Government policy matters impacting on their
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Te Reo

E10 29 March 2019 Te Mātāwai Annual Report – To 30 June 2018

Te Mātāwai Annual Report We have also reviewed the Te Mātāwai annual report. Although not all funds are being spent as expected, in general terms Te Mātāwai presents as having an organised and focused approach with no significant issues arising. Title: Te Mātāwai Annual Report – To 30 June 2018
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Rōpu Māori

Kia tau te rangimarie ki a tātau.

Kia tau te rangimārie ki a tātau. Koinei te whakataukī nui a te iwi Iharama ka tīkina nei hei kupu whakamihi ki a rātau kua riro nei i a aituā, ki ō rātau whānau e pani nei, ki a tātau katoa e mōteatea nei ki a rātau, ki a tātau
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Education Health Oranga Tamariki Social

Research Snippets E8 15 March 2019

This week we have noted three social research articles that contain some references to Māori needs and outcomes. Early Childhood Education Research The Ministry of Social Development published a report on access to early childhood education. The main focus is the link between maternity leave and workforce participation, but amongst
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E8 Salient Māori News Items for the week to 15 March 2019

Te Kōwhatu Tū Moana Trust has entered into an agreement with the New Plymouth District Council, signalling their shared intent to work together within the Waitara community. This precedes the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Act, which comes into effect on Sunday, creating new provisions for the sale of
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Economic

Radio Spectrum – Policy Matters E8 15 March 2019

This week the Government announced that 3G and 4G spectrum usage rights will be mostly renewed for a twenty-year period, with Spark, Vodafone and 2Degrees being offered the right to carry on using most of their allocations. Hautaki is also being offered the full rights to its 30Mhz of 3G