Māori Housing Framework Stood-Up A Cabinet paper on Māori housing matters that was approved in May has now been released. This paper sets out the Government’s new ‘Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation’ (‘MAIHI’) framework – essentially replacing a 2014 Māori Housing Strategy released under the last Government. Long-term subscribers
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The Treasury Wellbeing Indicators The next item reviewed is The Treasury’s initial assessment of COVID-19 impacts on wellbeing. The main finding seems to be that it is too early to tell what the impacts are; but that greater hardship for many New Zealanders seems imminent. Storm clouds on the horizon.
The Social Survey The first item we have reviewed is a practical one – social survey results from Statistics New Zealand on life satisfaction. Through this survey we can see that four out of five Māori adults (similar to other people) are positive about life, even in this COVID-19 riddled
Tui Dewes has been appointed High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. Dr Rawiri Jansen, has been appointed to the COVID-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy Committee. The purpose of the Committee is to oversee the implementation of the New Zealand COVID-19 Surveillance Plan and Testing Strategy. Jamie-Lee Tuuta and Dr
We also reviewed a Tertiary Education Commission (‘TEC’) research report which was a New Zealand repeat of a United Kingdom research idea, whereby children were asked to draw pictures of the job they would do in the future; and then the results were analysed.[1] Naturally enough children tended to select
More infrequently we rate some of these documents as simply being poor – with little or no accurate cognisance of Māori worldviews. These documents are disappointing because at the heart of it they reflect degrees of ethnocentrism; whereby the authors and publishers fail to see a place for Māori within
Title: Statement of Performance Expectation 2020-2021 He Ara Whāia, He Ara Hou Publisher & Date: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (TTWh): July 2020 Type of Document: Planning Document Length, style 17 pages, Te Reo Māori version and English version, Images, graphics and financial tables Recommended readership: Subscribers
Title: 2018/19 Annual Review of Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakaata Irirangi Māori) Report of the Māori Affairs Committee Publisher & Date: Māori Affairs Select Committee: March 2020 Type of Document: Annual Review Report Length, style 13 pages, Te Reo Māori and English Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in Māori media
Title: Te Tauākī Whakamaunga Atu Māori Television Statement of Intent 2020 – 2023 Publisher & Date: Māori Television Service: (‘MTS’) June 2020 Type of Document: Planning document Length, style: 37 pages, Te Reo Māori and English Recommended readership: Māori media and Māori language sector subscribers Content summary: This document sets
Title: 2018/19 Annual Review of Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi (Māori Broadcasting Funding Agency) also Known as Te Māngai Pāho (‘TMP’) Publisher & Date: Māori Affairs Select Committee: March 2020 Type of Document: Annual review report Length, style 14 pages, Te Reo Māori and English Recommended readership: Subscribers in the Māori
Title: Tauākī ā-Whāinga Whakatutuki: Statement of Performance Expectations 2020/2021 Publisher & Date: Te Māngai Pāho (TMP), July 2020 Type of Document: Planning Document Length, style 29 pages, English and Te Reo Māori/ financial statements and tables Recommended readership: Subscribers interested in Māori media and Te Reo investment strategy Content summary:
Title: 2018/19 Annual Review of Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) Publisher & Date: Māori Affairs Select Committee: April 2020 Type of Document: Annual review report Length, style 9 pages, Te Reo Māori and English Recommended readership: Māori language sector subscribers Content summary Within this
On Monday the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced that the General Election will now be held on October 17, 2020. Last week the Minister of Defence, Ron Marks announced that former soldier George Nepata will receive a formal apology from the Government and the New Zealand Defence Force for the
Last month the Ministry of Justice published a report from the Crime And Victims Survey series entitled New Zealand Crime And Victims Survey: Social Wellbeing And Perceptions Of The Criminal Justice System – Cycle 2 (October 2018 – September 2019). Key findings regarding Māori include: 39% of Māori respondents were
Earlier this month Statistics NZ published data for Injury Work Related Claims for the 2019 year. The data shows in 2019, 28,300 claims by Māori workers were accepted by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). This represented 12% of all claims and 9.8% of the total Māori FTE workforce (286,000). We