Last week the Ministry of Social Development released its annual report on household incomes. This report is important as it is often the key source document for many other reports and statements on household earnings and child poverty in New Zealand. The report is entitled, Household Incomes in New Zealand:
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On Thursday the second reading of the Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill was completed in Parliament. This Bill amends the Crown Minerals Act 1991 to give effect to the Government’s announcement made in April that the offshore block offers for oil and gas exploration permits will end, effective immediately. The
On Tuesday the committee stage of the Family and Whānau Violence Legislation Bill was completed in Parliament and the Bill was divided into the Family Violence Bill and Family Violence (Amendments) Bill. These Bills seek to reduce domestic violence through introducing cross agency information sharing provisions, increasing access to risk
On Tuesday the second reading of the Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Bill was completed. This Bill will amend the Coroners Act 2006, so coroners must consider the ethnic origins, social attitudes, customs, or spiritual beliefs of the tūpāpaku (dead person), or of immediate whānau of that
On Thursday the second reading of the Child Poverty Reduction Bill was completed. This is of high significance to Māori, as up to 33% of Māori children – circa 90,000 tamariki Māori live in poorer households / poverty. This is a far higher proportion than other groups and has links
Stacey Morrison (Ngāi Tahu, Te Arawa) has been appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Group on Public Media. Martin Enright (Ngāti Pākehā) has been awarded a 2019 Winston Churchill Fellowship. Mr Enright will study targeted procurement policies in organisations in Canada and the United States of America to inform and support
Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry The Minister of Health, David Clark, has advised that an extension has been given for the report on the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry back to Cabinet. It will now be delivered by 30 November. This is to recognise the 5,500 submissions were received on
Professor Cindy Kiro (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine) has been appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Auckland. Ross Wilson (Ngāi Tahu) has been appointed Chair of the WorkSafe New Zealand Board. Karis Knight (Ngāti Porou) has been awarded the New Zealand Psychological Society Karahipi Tumuaki Scholarship. Ms Knight (University
Quarterly Review for the Period 1 July to 30 September 2018 Purpose This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori-focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 July to 30 September 2018. Within the quarter we reviewed eight data-set publications, fourteen research reports, nine Government policy
Last Thursday the Tax Working Group’s interim report was released.[1] This report looks at every type of tax, and also current tax issues – for example should GST be removed on food and vegetables to assist lower income families (no, improve welfare distribution instead); should there be a ‘sugar tax’
Along with the release of the Tax Working Groups’ interim report, the group’s secretariat from within The Treasury has also released a discussion paper exploring Māori views of well-being. This paper is entitled, “He Ara Waiora / A Pathway Towards Wellbeing; Exploring Te Ao Māori Perspectives on the Living Standards
Each quarter in Pānui we have provided analysis of Government data on Māori employment and unemployment; based on official data releases. Through these analyses we have commented numerously on the lack of consideration of differences presenting between Māori and others in both employment and income. That is we have questioned
The Ministry of Education has released a short report on school leaver destinations, focused on entry into further education, work place training or employment. The report identifies that around 60,000 student leave school annually (2016 data), and 62% enrolled in some form of tertiary learning before the end of the
This week The Treasury also released a report of employment and earning outcomes for student leavers who undertook lower level tertiary study. Specifically, they analysed outcomes for young people aged 15 to 21 years who left school without NCEA level 2 or higher – i.e. those with minimal or no
On Wednesday the Minister of Housing, Phil Twyford, announced the exemption criteria for periodic tenancy reviews of public housing tenants would be widened. Tenancy reviews are periodically held every three years and they determine whether a person or family still require public housing and whether the public house they are