The Select Committee Report and related submissions regarding the Te Ture Whenua Māori (Succession, Dispute Resolution, and Related Matters) Amendment Bill. (Note: the Bill passed its third reading in Parliament last Thursday, and now simply awaits Royal Assent to become an active law.) Overall we rate this package of work
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A survey by Te Mana Ākonga, (the Māori University Students Association), on COVID-19 impacts on Māori learners in universities. This reads as a useful survey, although findings were largely negative, with students being concerned about their learning outcomes, and ‘stressed’ about their living and financial situations. An important finding was
Māori Unemployment Last week the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) released its benefit factsheets for the quarter to 30 June. This is one of the first indicators of what is happening for Māori whānau in terms of income, post COVID-19 and the associated economic downturn. Sadly this data indicates a
This week the New Zealand Police published a report entitled Police Statistics on Homicide Victims in New Zealand 2007 – 2017: Summary of Statistics about Victims of Murder, Manslaughter, and Infanticide. The report showed from 2007 to the end of 2017, 236 Māori were victims of homicide, which was
Māori Business Data Released Our second review this week is of Statistics New Zealand’s updated ‘Tatauranga Umanga Māori’ (i.e. its report on Māori Business Statistics). On the downside this data, from 2018 and 2019, is pre COVID-19, meaning it was dated before publication, which unfortunately the Department fails to footnote.
Parliamentary Matters On June 26, the second reading of Te Ture Whenua Māori (Succession, Dispute Resolution, and Related Matters) Amendment Bill was completed in Parliament. The purpose of this Bill is to simplify Māori Land Court processes including the process for Māori land succession. Refer to Pānui edition 24/2019 for background
Last week Statistics New Zealand released data on qualification obtainment rates derived from the 2018 Census (or more precisely a tool for people to search that data). As we have come to expect from this Department, the data is not well packaged and reporting with conclusions is absent. This means
This week we have reviewed a report from the Office of the Children’s Commissioner on the uplifting of pēpi Māori by Oranga Tamariki into state care. (I.e. removing children from their mothers within three months of birth.) By way of background, the wider contextual background for this was a widely
On Thursday the Tertiary Education Commission announced the appointments to six workforce ‘interim Establishment Boards’ (iEB). The main role of each iEB is to establish Workforce Development Councils for six industry areas.[1] Once established these Councils will take over the role of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) in overseeing workforce training and
This week we also reviewed the Mental Health Commissioner’s report on health and addiction services. In one sense there is nothing wrong with this report, it reads well. It contains lots of lofty thoughts around being more responsive to Māori mental health consumers. But on the other hand, it doesn’t
Appointments Julia Steenson has been appointed to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-Based Institutions. Parliamentary Matters On Tuesday, the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill was introduced and the first reading completed in Parliament. The Bill has now been referred
Title: Labour Market Statistics Snapshot (March 2020) Publisher & Date: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE): June 2020 Type of Report: Government: infographic Length, style 2-page infographic, Plain English with graphics Recommended readership: Subscribers in social support agencies, policy analysts Content summary: This 2-page infographic brings together a range
The main Government policy item released this week was the independent review of the health sector. Big changes are mooted, including reducing the number of District Health Board (DHBs), ending local election processes for these entities, establishing a new health entity (Health NZ) to oversee health service delivery – and
– Last week the Ministry of Education published a report entitled Reading Recovery Evaluation. As the title suggests, this report is based on an evaluation of the Reading Recovery programme (conducted in April to July 2019). The Reading Recovery programme is an optional service purchased by schools, it is intensive
The Ministry of Health has released its annual health and independence report, covering the 2018 year. In essence this is a large ‘state of the nation’s health’ stocktake. We found this to be an excellence report, as it provides more than just data it also contains a strong analytical discussion