The law firm, Chapman Tripp, has released a short report on Treaty Settlements, and economic impacts, entitled Te Ao Māori, Trends and Insights. The report commences with some hard hitting statements about the (perceived low) quality of the Crown’s approach to Treaty settlements, noting that in their view Government policy
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In addition to E RERE, a Māori Economy Investor Guide and a He Kai Kei Aku Ringa 2012-2016 highlights report have been released. We are reviewing these documents and will provide a further briefing if required in the next edition of Pānui. www.erere.maori.nz Last week UNICEF released a report
Mr Niwa Nuri has been appointed to the Council of Waikato Institute of Technology.
On Wednesday the Committee Stage of the Point England Enabling Bill was completed, and it is now ready for its third Parliamentary reading. This bill, if passed into law, would facilitate the use of 11.7 hectares of the 48 hectare reserve for housing. More specifically, Ngāti Paoa will have the
Yesterday the Ngāti Tamaoho Claims Settlement Bill was introduced to Parliament. If passed into law the iwi will receive commercial and financial redress is $10.3 million, and there is also a cultural revitalisation fund of $590,000. As with all settlements, the iwi will also receive a Crown apology.
The Parliamentary Committee Stage of the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill continued this week, meaning it has still not reached its third reading, and continues to fall further and further behind original timelines. We also advise the political debate on the matter has heightened further, with the lead opponent, Labour
Last Friday Simon Bridges (Minister for Economic Development), Te Ururoa Flavell (Minister for Māori Development) and Robin Hapi (Chair of the Government’s Māori Economic Advisory Board) launched a new Māori Economic Development Strategy. The new strategy is called, E RERE, and is the next instalment for the Government’s self-proclaimed ‘Crown-Māori
A new Māori Kiwifruit Growers Forum was launched this week, with the purpose of advocating for the interests of Māori growers. The forum is a partnership between Māori growers, Te Puni Kōkiri, and Zespri. The forum has a funding commitment from Te Puni Kōkiri for the next two years. Tūhoronuku
This month Te Ohu Kaimoana has released documentation setting out its proposed changes to the Māori Fisheries Act 2004. With the exception of matters relating to the Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust (as discussed below), the documentation is said to accord with the formal submission for legislative change made by Te
The following New Zealand Order Honours and Queen’s Service awards were conferred to Māori, or people giving services to Māori, on 05 June 2017. KNZM To be a Knights Companion of the said Order: Professor Timoti Samuel Karetu, QSO, of Havelock North. For services to the Māori language.
This week media outlets are reporting that Pem Bird, former President of the Māori Party and principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake o Tawhiuau, is required to appear before the Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal next week in relation to traffic offending. Last September Mr Bird committed a serious traffic offence of
Last month a health report entitled, Growing Up in New Zealand, Now We Are Four: Describing the preschool years was released. The report is part of a series, derived from a longitudinal research study of circa 6,000 children born in 2009/10 (Auckland, Manukau and Waikato regions). Just over 1,200 children
Last November the Waitangi Tribunal announced that its next kaupapa (thematic) inquiry would centre on the health sector, looking at services and outcomes for Māori (WAI 2575). To this end the Tribunal held a judicial conference with Crown and claimant counsel in May, and the Presiding Officer, Judge Stephen Clark,
This week the Court of Appeal is hearing the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei case concerning its claim to exclusive Treaty of Waitangi settlement rights within central Auckland. This follows the refusal of the High Court to hear the case in March. By way of background, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is legally challenging
At the weekend the Prime Minister, Bill English, met with the two Ngāpuhi groups involved in Treaty settlement negotiations. He advised both parties – Tūhoronuku Independent Mandated Authority (Tūhoronuku) and Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Hapū o Ngāpuhi (Te Kotahitanga) – that he was removing the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi