As part of the Waitangi celebrations on Wednesday the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Andrew Little, announced a new fund of $150 million for ‘ngā hapū o Ngāpuhi’. This is not a full and final treaty settlement – as mandate contestability issues remain – but our reading is that
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Title: How COVID-19 Is Affecting School Attendance Publisher & Date: Ministry of Education (Min-ED): December 2020 Type of Document: Research report Length, style: 13 pages, plain English Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in primary and secondary education Content summary: This report looks at the extent that Covid-19 impacted on students’ attendance
Title: Youth Justice Indicators Summary Report Publisher & Date: Ministry of Justice (MoJ): December 2020 Type of Document: Statistical report Length, style: 31 pages, plain English, data tables and graphs throughout Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in youth justice matters Content summary: This report provides information on children (aged 10 –
On Monday Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Local Government, announced that new legislation would shortly be introduced to make it easier for local government councils to establish Māori wards. Two sets of changes are on the cards; interim measures to cater for the upcoming 2022 elections, followed by more extensive changes
Title: Final Report On An Unannounced Inspection Of Auckland Prison Under The Crimes of Torture Act 1989 Publisher & Date: Office of the Ombudsman: December 2020 Type of Document: Report on the review of prison services Length, style: 111 pages, plain English Recommended readership: Subscribers within the justice and corrections
The Ministry for Social Development has published the benefit factsheets, up to the end of December 2020. Our review is attached. In essence numbers are going up. 20,000 more Māori on the job seekers benefit since 30 March 2020 (i.e. before COVID impacts). 140,000 Māori, and their whānau, overall now
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E1 29 January 2021: Māori news
Last Saturday, Māori Academic, Dr Mānuka Henare, passed away aged 78 years. We acknowledge Dr Henare for his professionalism and guidance. E te rangatira, e moe, e moe i roto i te manaakitanga katoa. The Serious Fraud Office has brought fraud charges against Roger Pikia, Mr Pikia has been
In late December, the Deputy Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki, Hoani Lambert, resigned (he moves onto Internal Affairs). Then on 22 January, the Chief Executive, Grainne Moss, also resigned (finishes 28 February). Mrs Moss has completed about four years in the role. Public Sector Chief Executive roles are normally five-year
Also on December 17 the Government announced a deal to purchase the Ihumātao land from Fletcher Building for circa $30 million. [By way of background, Ihumātao (near Auckland airport), is said to be an area of historic, archaeological and cultural importance. This is because it is a site of early
On 17 December last year the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Michael Wood, confirmed Cabinet has agreed to lift the minimum wage to $20 per hour, from 1 April this year. We reviewed the policy paper that goes with this matter (review attached). Some points of interest to note:
This week Mai Journal published a study entitled Glass Ceilings in New Zealand Universities: Inequities in Māori and Pacific Promotions Earnings, by Dr Tara McAllister, et.al. This study investigated ethnic inequities in promotions and earnings across New Zealand universities, using New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) data derived from 2003, 2012,
Title: Māori in Horticulture Publisher & Date: Prepared by BERL (March 2020), published by Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK): November 2020 Type of Document: Data report Length, style: 20 pages, plain English Recommended readership: Subscribers in the primary sector Content summary: The purpose of this report is to numerically estimate the
Title: New Zealand Health Survey: Annual Update of Key Results 2019/20 Publisher & Date: Ministry of Health (MoH): November 2020 Type of Document: Online data tool, and summary of findings presented on web page. Length, style: Statistical Data Recommended readership: Health and social sector subscribers Content summary: The Ministry of
Title: Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika: Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust Annual Report 2019/2020 Publisher & Date: Port Nicholson Settlement Trust: September 2020 Type of Document: 2020 Annual Report (to 31 March 2020) Length, style: 62 pages: plain English (some graphics) Recommended readership: Taranaki Whānui ki Te
Title: 2019 – 2020 Annual Report Raukawa Settlement Trust Publisher & Date: Raukawa Settlement Trust: November 2020 Type of Document: 2020 Annual Report (to 30 June 2020) Length, style: 126 pages, plain English (some Te Reo Māori, some graphics) Recommended readership: Raukawa subscribers Content summary: Financial Performance Headlines 2020 results