Statistics New Zealand has released a draft Iwi Statistical Standard (the Government’s way for measuring iwi, and determining which iwi are counted as iwi in official data, such as the Census). This follows a 2016 report, submission and consultation process on renewing the existing standard, which was derived in 1994
Author: Seattle Ropiha
Over the last week media outlets have been reporting on the progress of Ngāpuhi Treaty settlement mandate issues. Subscribers will be aware we have advised previously on this prolonged mandating process for Ngāpuhi. At hand is a decision as to whether the existing ‘mandate’ – i.e. de facto Crown approval
Last week we advised that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) had released NCEA data tables for 2016.[1] This data shows NCEA participation and success rates, including via ethnicity, both nationally and at an individual school level. We provided tables outlining key Māori data. While the new 2016 information we
The New Zealand Police have released a short report on murder and manslaughter statistics, 2007 to 2015. (These statistics are not included in regular monthly crime statistics as investigations take longer.) The report comprises largely of data tables, with very limited interpretation, although the authors note the disproportionately high number
Last Friday the Associate Minister of Health, Nicky Wagner, announced the release of the next report in the Te Puāwaitanga O Ngā Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu – Life and Living in Advanced Age research study being undertaken by the University of Auckland. This research is a longitude study of elderly
The Ministry of Social Development released Benefit Fact Sheets for the quarter to 31 March 2017. We have undertaken an analysis of the fact sheets and consolidated Māori specific data into the table that follows. In total, at the end of the quarter, 278,236 New Zealanders (and their households) were
The 2015/16 annual review reports of the Māori Affairs Select Committee concerning Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) and Te Māngai Pāho have now been uploaded onto the Parliament website. [By way of context, the Committee reviews the performance of these entities annually, to ascertain
Coinciding with the release of the Waitangi Tribunal report on the quality of service Māori offenders receive (reviewed above), the Police and Justice Ministers, Paula Bennett and Amy Adams respectively, have announced a new $10 million fund to improve Māori justice outcomes. The funding will be used to deliver programmes
Earlier this month Superu (the Families Commission) published research on whānau wellbeing, derived from the 2013 Te Kupenga Survey undertaken by Statistics New Zealand. [By way of background Te Kupenga was a post-census survey of 5,000 Māori adults (aged 15 years and over), and measured Māori well-being, by focusing on
Earlier this month the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) released NCEA data tables for 2016.[1] This data shows NCEA participation and success rates, including via ethnicity, both nationally and at an individual school level. We advise this data is difficult to use, as it is just raw data worksheets without
Last month Youth Crime data was uploaded on the Statistics New Zealand website (and a companion factsheet was released by the Ministry of Justice). We have extracted the data as it relates to rangatahi Māori (aged 12 to 16 years) in the table below. As shown, offending and conviction rates
Last week the Waitangi Tribunal released its report on disproportionate Māori reoffending rates. The report is called Tū Mai Te Rangi![1] This circa 100 page report is the result of a Tribunal inquiry into a claim concerning the Crown’s (lack of) actions and policies to reduce Māori criminal reoffending
Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 January to 31 March. Within the quarter we reviewed seven data-set publications, eight research reports, five Government policy / legislative issues, and eight Government planning documents. Information summaries are
This brief outlines matters relating to the Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill. This bill presently before Parliament is one of the major changes in specific Māori development policy this decade. It is highly likely the bill will be passed into law next week. We advise Māori land legislation is one
This week Labour Party Members within the specific Māori electorates have asked to be taken off their party’s list for the upcoming election. This means if any of the six fail to win their electorate seat they will not be returned to Parliament via the party list. They consider this