Last week we noted the Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill was read in parliament, and then referred to the Primary Production
This week Muriel Newman from the lobby group Centre for Political Research, announced they have established a second lobby group, entitled, ‘The Independent Constitutional Review
On Thursday the Oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill was selected from the parliamentary ballot. This is a private member’s Bill
Statements of Intent – Social agencies As previously advised, statements of intent for Government ministries and departments were published following the Budget. These are three-year
On Tuesday the New Zealand Māori Council (the Council) lodged two claims with the Waitangi Tribunal pertaining to the partial sale of State-Owned Enterprises (four
Over the last four weeks we have provided a series of précis on political manifesto commitments of five political parties.[1] This is because policy settings
The Māori-focused policy statements released by National and Labour both reconfirm a commitment to enhanced crown-iwi relationships, and both explicitly acknowledge the Treaty of Waitangi
The Labour Party – Māori focused matters The Labour Party has no published Māori specific policy currently on its website. By comparison, the Party does
The National Party – Māori focused matters For this election, The National Party has published approximately 50 broad-level policy statements on its website, but no
Last week the Māori spectrum entity, Te Huarahi Tika Trust, clarified that they prefer an allocation of fourth generation radio spectrum with cash, when the
