Last Saturday the Otamataha Trust received an apology from the New Zealand Church Missionary Society for historical grievances against Ngāti Tapu and Ngai Tamarāwaho. By way of background, in 2014 The New Zealand Mission Trust Board (Otamataha) Empowering Act was passed. This Act transferred land in Tauranga and some other
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Last Friday Te Korowai o Wainuiārua and the Crown signed an agreement in principle to settle historic Treaty of Waitangi grievances. Te Korowai o Wainuiārua is the collective grouping for descendants of Uenuku, Tamakana and Tamahaki in the Mount Ruapehu and mid to higher reaches of the Whanganui River. The
The Ministry of Health released an evaluation report it had commissioned on holistic programmes designed to reduce smoking amongst Māori women. The report is entitled, ‘Addressing the Challenges of Young Māori Women Who Smoke: A developmental evaluation of the phase two demonstration project. Evaluation report.’ By way of further background,
Ruakere Hond (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa), Prue Kapua (Te Arawa) and Kim Ngarimu (Ngāti Porou) have been appointed as members of the Waitangi Tribunal. Te Paea Paringatai (Waikato and Ngāti Porou) has been appointed a member of the Library and Information Advisory Commission. The Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2018 (National Māori
This week the Annual Report (to 30 June 2018) for Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori / the Māori Language Commission (TTW) was tabled in Parliament. Our short assessment is as follows. In the year to 30 June 2018 TTW had an operating deficit of $4.4 million which is
A media outlet published an article on the cost of thirty-three hui held this year to discuss priorities for the new Office of Māori /Crown Relations (Te Arawhiti), within the Ministry of Justice. (Note originally twenty-five hui were scheduled but the number was increased to accommodate more communities.) The article
Last week we advised on the release of the Te Puni Kōkiri Annual Report to 30 June 2018; and noted how the agency emphasised its value add to the public sector was its focus on whānau in particular. (Note also overall we scored the report lowly because it did not
In October 2017 we reviewed the Ministry of Social Development’s (then) new Strategic Intentions document (Pānui 34/2017 refers). It was starkly different from plans of past years, in that for the first time it acknowledged disparities between Māori and non-Māori, and then the need to reduce these. The agency indicated
This week Statistics New Zealand released the Māori population estimate for 2018.[1] The new estimate is 744,800 tangata Māori – up by 10,600 tangata from 2017 (1.4% increase). The population remains mostly youthful – one in three Māori are aged 14 years or younger, although the median ages are 23.1
As advised last week at this time of the year many iwi groups are publishing their annual reports (with a balance date of 30 June), in order to prepare for their annual general meetings. This week we have reviewed financial information for two iwi entities – Ngāti Porou, and Ngāti
Tonight the 15th Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards, will be held at Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. The awards will be hosted by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission. On Monday the Student Loan Scheme 2018 annual report was tabled in Parliament.
Dr Charlotte Severne (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tūhoe) has been appointed as the new Māori Trustee. Meka Whaitiri was fired on Thursday as a Minister of the Crown by Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. The decision was made after Prime Minister Ardern received a report into an incident that occurred between Ms
We advise that from next week the current Government’s Welfare Advisory Group is commencing a series of sixteen consultation forums on the future of the welfare system. Their goal is to report back to the Government on possible welfare reforms by the end of February 2019; and accordingly, we recommend
Last week the Ministry of Social Development published a report entitled ‘What Happened to People who Left the Benefit System’[1]. The report looked at the outcomes for 133,000 people who stopped receiving a main benefit during an 18-month period to 30 June 2014. The report found Māori represented 34% of
This week the Government announced the establishment of ‘Office for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti’. This is its most significant Māori policy development since being elected. Te Arawhiti will be a stand-alone business unit within the Ministry of Justice, and will combine the Office of Treaty Settlements, the Marine and