Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua also had an Agreement in Principle reached for its historic claims. This includes financial and commercial redress of $7.2 million, and cultural redress of $500,000. (Note the majority of Ngāti Whātua historical claims have already been settled through Orākei, Kaipara, Te Uri o Hau and
Author: Seattle Ropiha
Last week Whakatōhea entered into an Agreement in Principle with the Crown to settle all historic Treaty of Waitangi claims. The redress will total $100 million, and include specific funding for Te Reo revitalisation, and education endowments. This is a massive achievement for the iwi, given negotiations only recommenced in
While many politicians are focused on General Election matters, the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Chris Finlayson, continues to steam ahead with Treaty settlement milestone completions, with about one dozen positive actions to resolve Treaty settlements being completed over the last month, (just before Parliament rose last week). We
The final item released by Minister Kaye was the “Better Public Service Result 5 Improve Mathematics, Pāngarau, Literacy and Te Reo Matatini Skills for All Students Result Action Plan.” This is essentially a ten page document that sets a target of ensuring 80% of learners are achieving at or above
PIA data relating to NCEA outcomes was also released. Minister Kaye is particularly pleased with the results for Māori and Pasifika learners, noting that: “Māori and Pasifika students have had the biggest increase in NCEA level 2 pass rates over this (five year) period. In 2016, 74.3 percent of Māori
The next set of PIA data relates to schooling. Within this National Standard data is released, but again the data made available is not the full set, only the positive information on learners ‘above or well above’ the standard for their year of learning. This means there is no current
The new early childhood data released is on participation rates in these centres, prior to the tamariki starting school. For all groups participation is inching higher, and in 2016 the rate for Māori tamariki was circa 95% – up from circa 90% five years ago (2011). This is positive and
Last Friday the Education Minister, Nikki Kaye, announced that new educational data had been released showing early childhood education and schooling outcomes for 2016, along with a new plan to, “lift achievement in maths and writing”. We have considered the data and plan in relation to Māori education outcomes. Background
In addition to the above, this week the Māori Party finally released its General Election policy statements. We have summarised these below, and given examples of a small number of ‘commitments’ (sic) made in each policy area. However, we have not undertaken a critical analysis of the commitment statements because
This week at Koroneihana celebrations Kiingi Tūheitia announced that he, and therefore the Kiingitanga movement, supports the Māori Party, and all of its candidates. This is of course a stellar endorsement for the Māori Party, which already has other prominent iwi leaders involved in its election campaign (for example Ngāhiwi
Presently the second stage of Waitangi Tribunal hearings concerning the Freshwater and Geothermal Energy Claim (WAI 2358) is underway, having commenced late last year. This is the Treaty claim of the New Zealand Māori Council concerned with what rights and interests in freshwater and geothermal energy were guaranteed to Māori
The Ministry of Health has released a report on maternity statistics for 2015. In relation to Māori, we note some key findings are that: Māori continue to have the highest birth rates – 91.9 births per 1,000 females of reproductive age (15-44yrs) – the European New Zealand women’s birth rate
The Hokotehi Moriori Trust has signed an agreement in principle with the Crown to settle the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Moriori. Moriori is an imi/iwi whose ancestors were the first inhabitants of Rēkohu (the Chatham Islands). Moriori estimates that its population is approximately 3,500. In regards to this
This week the Crown and Ngāti Hei entered into a Deed of Settlement to conclude all historic Treaty of Waitangi claims of the iwi. Ngāti Hei is an iwi of approximately 500 members (according to 2013 Census figures). The area of interest of Ngāti Hei is located on the eastern
The Heretaunga Tamatea Claims Settlement Bill completed its first reading in Parliament and was referred on to the Māori Affairs Select Committee. Heretaunga Tamatea and its hapū is one of six large natural groupings negotiating the settlement of the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Kahungunu. Heretaunga Tamatea’s area of