The Ministry of Social Development released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 30 June 2017. In total, at the end of the quarter, 276,331 New Zealanders (and their households) were welfare reliant.[1] This includes circa 97,716 Māori, plus their whānau households. This represents 26% of all working age Māori.
Author: Seattle Ropiha
The Ministry of Social Development has released Social Housing Register data to 30 June 2017, including a summary report. This data provides an overview of (reported) housing difficulties being experienced by New Zealanders. Overall there are now 6,764 people on the register, including 2,926 Māori. Note this is a count
As advised in the quarterly edition of Pānui (23/2017) the Te Ture Whenua Bill will not be read for a third time in Parliament before the election. As previously advised we agree with this deferral, as there is insufficient evidence to show that the majority of Māori land owners outrightly
Che Wilson (Ngāti Rangi) has been appointed as a member of a Tribunal to consider whether Waikoropupū Springs should be subject to the Water Conservation Order. (An application for the order was filed by Ngāti Tama and Andrew Yuill, to ensure greater protection of the water.) Hemi Dale has been
Over the last few weeks some iwi members from Ngāi te Rangi and other Tauranga iwi have been holding protests against the Hauraki iwi collective settlement. The protest group, called Mana Moana, is of the view that the Hauraki iwi collective has no Treaty rights within the Tauranga area, and
On Wednesday last week Marama Fox, Co-leader of the Māori Party, advised that the party’s regional development policy involved ‘iwi rail’ – essentially the idea of using iwi financial investments to redevelop a national regional rail network, in order to bring employment to regional areas. The initial focus would be
Last weekend Metiria Turei announced the Green Party’s new social welfare policy proposal called ‘Mending the Safety Net’. Key features include: (i) increasing all core benefits by 20%; (ii) increasing the value of Working for Families; (iii) raising the minimum wage initially to $17.75 per hour (presently $15.75 per hour)
Last Sunday, New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, gave a speech to his party which set out numerous election manifesto commitments, including a promise to hold a binding referendum about retaining or abolishing Māori Electorate Seats in Parliament (Māori Seats).[1] In setting out this policy commitment Mr Peters made a
As the General Election is nine weeks away political parties have now commenced their campaigning. Accordingly, for this campaign period Pānui briefings will provide ongoing commentaries on political matters of high relevance to Māori. This week we have outlined a proposal by New Zealand First (on Māori Parliamentary representation), a
Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 April to 30 June. Within the quarter we reviewed six data set publications, eight research reports, nine Government policy / legislative issues, one Government planning document and five Government
On Wednesday The Point England Enabling Bill was passed into law. This facilitates the use of 11.7 hectares of the 48 hectare reserve for housing, by Ngāti Paoa, and a further 2 hectares will be provided to the iwi for the development of a marae, as part of the cultural
Currently there are reports emerging that the Māori economic asset base is $50 billion – a figure derived (projected) from a 2013 Te Puni Kōkiri report on the Māori economy. The Te Puni Kōkiri report itself was actually prepared by a separate consultancy firm, but published by the Ministry. We
Also released in the relation to Māori economic wellbeing are two reports from the consultancy firm, KPMG, entitled, Māui Rau – Adapting to a Changing Word (May 2017)) and Māui Rau – From Signal to Action (June 2017). These reports are also focused on the potential of the Māori economy
Also released this month with E RERE (the Government’s new Māori Economic Development Strategy) was a report back on the old strategy. This is entitled He Kai Kei Aku Ringa: Growing Food with our Own Hands: Māori Economic Development Highlights 2012-2016. Our interpretation of the purpose of this document is
Also released this month in the Māori economic space is a 100-odd page brochure / report from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), entitled Māori Economy Investor Guide. (Although note it is not all textual, and contains good use of infographics and images, making it a relatively fast read.) There