On Wednesday Simon Bridges (Ngāti Maniapoto) was elected leader of the National Party, with Paula Bennett (Tainui) reconfirmed as the Deputy Leader. Some media outlets have pointed out that this is the first time the National Party has had tangata Māori in both of these two key roles. There has
Author: Seattle Ropiha
Salient Māori News Items for the Week to 23 February 2018 New Zealander of the Year Awards were held last night; two Māori were honoured: Kim Workman (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne), Senior New Zealander of the Year, for public advocacy, policy and research focused on justice sector reforms [E
Parliamentary Items of Note On Wednesday the Minister for Education, Chris Hipkins, announced an overhaul of the education system, commencing with a three-year work plan for change. One of the ten main components is a continuous focus on raising Māori learner achievements. The associated Cabinet paper indicates: “there has been
The Office of Treaty Settlements has released its Progress Report for the six-month period 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2017. This report usefully tracks the progress of all Treaty settlements in a simple tabular format, although redress amounts have been excluded (presumably as the Office does not want anyone
The Ministry of Health has released data sets on new cancer registrations rates for 2015. In regard to Māori, the Ministry finds: 2,443 Māori were registered with cancer within the year; the Māori cancer registration rate was 420 cases per 100,000, about 30% higher than the rate for non-Māori; We
Quarterly Labour Market Scorecard – December 2017 Last Wednesday the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released their Labour Market Scorecard for the quarter ending 31 December 2018. This is a one-page summary on labour market indicators. We have already published most of this data from primary sources, see Pānui 3/2018
Household Living Cost December 2017 Quarter Released Last Thursday Statistics New Zealand published the household living cost price index, for the one-year period to December 2017. This data set is designed to show the effect of price increases on different households. The data shows that households overall experienced inflation cost
Child Poverty Reduction Bill – Submissions Open On Tuesday last week the Child Poverty Reduction Billwas read a first time in Parliament, and referred on to the Social Services and Community Select Committee. This means public submissions on the Bill are now open and in our view many – if not
Te Reo Māori Briefing Purpose This Pānui is a specialist briefing on Māori language matters. It is provided as a reference paper for subscribers with an interest in this policy area. Recommendations It is recommended that you: note that Te Reo Māori is classified as a vulnerable language by the
Today applications open for the Māori digital technology fund, Ka Hao, (formally called the Māori ICT Development Fund). The funding is focused on creating high value employment and business ventures for Māori within the digital (information technology) sector. Use the link below for application information, and note the three current
Parliamentary Items of Note Yesterday The Minister of Education, Chris Hipkins, introduced an Education Amendment Bill to Parliament. Amongst other items this Bill proposes to remove National Standards from schools and ends partnership (charter) schools. Both of these items are of interest to Māori policy. First, the majority of partnership
Public Housing Register – Data To 31 December Released Last week The Ministry of Social Development also published its public housing register data, plus a new report on the topic. (Note ‘public housing’ is the new Government phrase, inclusive of State housing and community-owned housing: the term replaces ‘social housing’.)
Māori in the Labour Market ReportOn Monday the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released a report entitled Māori in the Labour Market – Monitoring Report 2017. This report collates existing information from the household labour force survey from 2012 to 2017. (It uses annualised data, so the figures are
Household Labour Force Survey – Data Released On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of December 2017. The survey shows that national unemployment has dropped slightly to 4.5%. For Māori the unemployment rate also experienced a drop falling to
Benefit Fact Sheets – December 2017 Data Released The Ministry of Social Development has released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 31 December 2017. In total, at the end of the quarter 289,788 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant. This included circa 103,918 Māori, plus their whānau