Last week we advised that for the first time ever all of the larger political parties had a tangata Māori as either leader or deputy leader.[1] As it transpires that situation was short lived, with this week’s resignation of Metiria Turei as Co-leader of the Green Party. However, we note
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Tēnei rā ka mihi ki a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori kua eke ki tōna toru ngahurutanga. Ka hoki ngā mahara ki ngā kaumātua i hapai i te kaupapa o Te Taura Whiri, pēnei i a Tā Kīngi Īhaka, i a Kahurangi Kāterina Te Heikoko Mataira, i a
Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK) has released Whānau Ora Annual Summary Report (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016). This is a report on the overall results being achieved via the Whānau Ora initiative; and is the second report in this series – which came about after the (former) Auditor-General advised
Another set of statistics released this week by Statistics New Zealand is the household living cost price indexes. This is a new data set, designed to show the effect of price increases on different types of households, including mortgage interest payments (making it different from the traditional Consumers Price Index,
On Wednesday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey results for the quarter to the end of June 2017. The survey shows that national unemployment has fallen to 4.7%, which is the lowest rate since 2008. Yet for Māori the unemployment rose to 11.1%, (from 10.4%). In whole
Labour Party – Māori Housing Policy Announced Along with now being Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Mr Davis retains his role as the Labour Party’s spokesperson for Māori Development. In that capacity over the weekend he announced Labour’s new policy for Māori housing. The policy announcement he made was
Māori Leadership Roles Subscribers will be aware that the main political change this week was that the Labour Party elected a new leader, Jacinda Ardern. The party also elected Kelvin Davis as its new Deputy Leader. This means that all large political parties – those that gained more than 5%
A digital health initiative called MaiHealth is being established in Patea by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui and Dr Lance O’Sullivan. The initiative allows for patient information to be gathered locally (in this case at the Patea Māori Club), and sent to a remotely based doctor for assessment, who can
Professor Emeritus Sir Mason Durie has been announced as the winner of the Te Toi o Ngā Rangi Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Matariki awards. Gina Solomon has been appointed to the Government’s Nature Heritage Fund Committee. The Nature Heritage Fund helps protect indigenous ecosystems on private land through
Last week, Gareth Morgan (The Opportunities Party) indicated if elected a key policy would be a Universal Youth Benefit of $200 per week, for all people aged 18-23. He noted that this would effectively shift resources more towards Māori, given the younger age profile of the Māori population, (which is
This week Māori Party Candidate, Howie Tamati, has indicated a review of the age required for accessing superannuation is required, on the basis that the Government’s current policy of slowly lifting the age will further disadvantage Māori, noting that Māori are “dying before they even get to pension age”. e. the
Last week we advised political parties had commenced their campaigning for the General Election, and we commented on three policy announcements of specific interest to Māori. This week we advise of further announcements, these being superannuation (Māori Party), and a universal youth benefit (The Opportunities Party).
Earlier this month the Government and Ngāti Tūwharetoa entered into a Deed of Settlement to resolve historic Treaty of Waitangi grievances.[1] Along with the Crown apology, the settlement includes the return of 34 land blocks, and $25 million in commercial redress, some of which will be used to purchase part
Last week the ANZ bank released, Te Tirohanga Whānui – Iwi Investment Insights Report. This report probes the financial returns of 31 iwi groupings. Aggregate information is presented (not individual iwi returns). The report focuses on ‘Return on Assets’ as this is the most consistent metric used by iwi groups,
This month the Ministry of Health has published a detailed study it commissioned on gambling harm. The study, Measuring the Burden of Gambling Harm in New Zealand, considers a range of harms caused to the problem gamblers and their whānau/family, ranging from financial impacts, relationship damage, emotional and psychological distress,