The Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill completed its first reading in Parliament, and has been referred onto the Māori Affairs Select Committee for consideration. The rohe of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki is centred in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, extending to Hauraki/Coromandel and, in particular, the coastline, harbours and motu/islands of
Author: Seattle Ropiha
On Wednesday the Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa Claims Settlement Bill passed its third reading in Parliament and will now be passed into law. Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa (NKKW) is a claimant group of approximately 3,000 people whose area of interest lies in the Far North between the Mangonui Harbour and the Whangaroa
This week was the last sitting of Parliament before the General Election, and the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Chris Finlayson, used the opportunity to progress three articles of settlement legislation through Parliament – one of these to full completion. In addition, Minister Finlayson also facilitated the signing for
This week the Māori Party finally got into gear by launching its first and only election policy statement, which is ‘Whare Oranga / Housing’. The policy is three pronged: reducing homelessness; supporting tenants; and increasing home ownership. There are eight pages of ideas to achieve these outcomes, some of the
Labour Party leader, Jacinda Ardern, has announced that if elected to govern her party will focus on cleaner waterways, and achieve this via levies on commercial water usage (including the rural sector and water export companies). The cost of usage would be established after consideration by a Parliamentary committee. The
Last week we provided a summary of General Election policy commitments of high relevance to Māori, which have been made to date by the main political parties. We advised we had not assessed any policy commitments from the National Party, as that party has no specific Māori policies. This week,
New Zealand Māori Council Chairpersonship Determined The Wellington High Court has declared Sir Taihakurei (Edward) Durie the sole chair of the New Zealand Maori Council – potentially ending a dispute over the matter with Mr Maanu Paul. By way of background, in 2012 Maanu Paul and Sir Taihakurei Durie were
This week the Ngāti Pūkenga Claims Settlement Bill was read for a third time in Parliament, and will now also pass into law upon receiving Royal Assent. The settlement includes an apology and commercial / financial redress totalling $7 million; the vesting of four sites of cultural significance; $500,000 for
This week the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Bill was read for a third time in Parliament and will now pass into law upon receiving Royal Assent. The settlement includes commercial and financial redress of $32.5 million. In addition, cultural redress includes the vesting of eight
The Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) has now released its ‘Progress Report For The Year Ending 30 June 2017’. This report usefully tracks the progress of all Treaty settlements in a simple tabular format, although the redress amounts are unnecessarily and unhelpfully excluded. During the reporting period 30 milestones were
Last week the Statement of Intent (2017-2021) and the Statement of Performance Expectations (2017-18) for Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori (Te Taura Whiri) were tabled in Parliament. (The Statement of Intent sets out its medium term strategy and the Statement of Performance Expectations sets out its annual work
The Māori Affairs Select Committee report back on the New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill has now been publicly released.[1] If passed into law this bill will create new provisions for the sale of Waitara ‘endowment land’ – circa 164 hectares presently held in six administrative categories (e.g. harbour
Yesterday the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) released its decision (made last week) to grant consent for Trans-Tasman Resources Limited (TTRL) to extract and process iron sand within the South Taranaki Bight. [1] The decision goes against opponents Ngāti Ruanui, and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining. We advise it was a split
Subscribers are advised Pānui is a politically impartial briefing, and we seek to provide a critical analysis of policy statements relevant to Māori made by all main parties. In regards to General Election matters the table below summarises reviews to date. You will note that there is no statement assessed
Earlier this week the Mana Movement Party (Mana) announced the release of policies for the General Election. Fourteen policy positions have been announced, and a further ten policies are pending.[1] The core philosophies presenting to us within these statements appear to be twofold – constitutional reform to better reflect the