On Wednesday the parliamentary committee stage of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill was completed, and the bill reported back with minor amendments. (Refer to Pānui edition 7/2012 for details on Māori views regarding this matter.) The Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill had its first reading [...]
All posts for the month August, 2012
Parliamentary matters: from E29 week ending 24 August 2012
Posted by Honoria on August 27, 2012
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/27/parliamentary-matters-from-e29-week-ending-24-august-2012/
August 24, 2012 Rōpu Māori, Treaty
Māori news stories for the week ending 24 August 2012:
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu has appointed Arihia Bennett (Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Ngāti Waewae, Ngāti Porou) to the role of Chief Executive Officer. This week the Serious Fraud Office has confirmed it will investigate matters relating to the Wellington Tenths Trust, following allegations of unlawful payments and transactions. Sir Ngātata Love has stood down from his [...]
Posted by Honoria on August 24, 2012
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/24/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-24-august-2012/
August 17, 2012 Uncategorized
Māori news stories for the week ending 17 August 2012
Dr Mere Berryman, Lorraine Kerr, Professor Angus Macfarlane, Professor Wally Penetito, and Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith have been appointed as an advisory group to the Auditor General, for the purpose of the auditor’s investigation into Māori education. Lorraine Kerr has been elected president of the New Zealand School Trustees Association. Dale Karauria has been appointed [...]
Posted by Honoria on August 17, 2012
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/17/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-17-august-2012/
August 10, 2012 Economic, Education, Fisheries, Health, Private Posts, Rōpu Māori, Te Reo, Treaty, Welfare
Māori news stories for the week ending 10 August 2012
This week the Treaty Tribes Coalition and the Māori Fisheries Trust held the seventh National Māori Fisheries Conference in Auckland. The conference focussed on fisheries trading in the present economic climate, and on sector regulatory changes. (Notable regulatory changes include the pending prohibition on the use of foreign-chartered vessels; refer to pānui E17/2012 for details.) [...]
Posted by Honoria on August 10, 2012
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/10/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-10-august-2012/
Select Committee Report on the Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill: E26 from week ending 3 August 2012
Last week the Māori Affairs Select Committee released its report-back on the Ngāti Manuhiri Claims Settlement Bill. A key feature of this proposed settlement is the vesting of Te Hauturu-o-Toi (Little Barrier Island) for seven days with Ngāti Manuhiri, before the island is gifted back to the people of New Zealand.3 Some members of Ngāti [...]
Posted by Honoria on August 6, 2012
http://www.panui.net/2012/08/06/select-committee-report-on-the-ngati-manuhiri-claims-settlement-bill-e26-from-week-ending-3-august-2012/