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September 24, 2012    Employment, Government, Rōpu Māori, Social, Welfare

Parliamentary matters and Māori news stories for the week ending 21 September 2012

On Wednesday the Local Government and Environment Select Committee tabled their report on the Mount Maunganui Borough Reclamation and Empowering Act Repeal Bill.  The Committee have recommended that the Bill is passed with minor amendments.  (This is supported by Tauranga Moana iwi, refer to E20/2012 for details.) On Thursday the Commerce Select Committee heard oral [...]

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Posted by Honoria on September 24, 2012

http://www.panui.net/2012/09/24/parliamentary-matters-and-maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-21-september-2012/

September 3, 2012    Education, Employment, Health, Rōpu Māori, Social, Treaty, Welfare

Māori news stories for the week ending 31 August 2012

Tina Ngatai has been appointed General Manager of Ngāti Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporated.  On Monday an application for bail for Tame Iti and Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara (two of the Urewera four) was declined in the Court of Appeal, Wellington.  The men were seeking bail while they wait to have an appeal hearing against their convictions [...]

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Posted by Honoria on September 3, 2012

http://www.panui.net/2012/09/03/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-31-august-2012/

July 23, 2012    Agriculture, Economic, Education, Employment, Government, Rōpu Māori, Social, Te Reo, Treaty

Māori news stories for the weeks ending 13 and 20 July 2012

Timoti Te Heuheu passed away last Thursday. Philip Broughton (Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu) has been appointed as a member of the Education New Zealand Board. Dr Selwyn Katene (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Tama) has been appointed as the Massey University Assistant Vice-Chancellor – Māori and Pasifika. Enid Ratahi–Pryor (Ngāti Awa) has been [...]

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Posted by Honoria on July 23, 2012

http://www.panui.net/2012/07/23/maori-news-stories-for-the-weeks-ending-13-and-20-july-2012/

May 5, 2012    Corrections, Education, Employment, Health, Justice, Rōpu Māori, Social, Welfare

Māori news stories for the week ending 4 May 2012

The Auckland Independent Māori Statutory Board has commenced a series of six hui to consult on health and wellbeing issues such as Te Reo Māori, housing and co-governance of natural resources.  Feedback from hui will be used to develop the Tāmaki Makaurau – Māori Wellbeing Plan. Ngāti Kahungunu iwi continues to support locked out AFFCO [...]

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Posted by Honoria on May 5, 2012

http://www.panui.net/2012/05/05/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-4-may-2012/

March 10, 2012    Education, Employment, Fisheries, Government, Private Posts, Rōpu Māori, Social

Māori news stories for the week ending 9 March 2012

Retired High Court judge and historian Sir Rodney Gallen passed away last Saturday. Te Putea Whakatupu Trust will be offering up to ten Rona scholarships to Māori students completing a degree in fisheries, aquaculture, or marine sciences.  The value of each scholarship is $10,000.  The Bay of Plenty Regional Council will host Te Tōanga Mai [...]

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Posted by Paanui on March 10, 2012

http://www.panui.net/2012/03/10/maori-news-stories-for-the-week-ending-9-march-2012/

November 11, 2011    Education, Employment, Health, Private Posts, Rōpu Māori, Social, Treaty, Welfare

Act Party: manifesto commitments:omnibus excerpt

ACT Party – Māori focused matters The ACT Party has nineteen policy statements, and Māori interests are captured almost exclusively in one of these, entitled the ‘One Law for All’ policy proposal.  (The only other place the word Māori appears is under Welfare where ACT notes the high numbers of Māori on welfare.)  The ‘One [...]

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Posted by Honoria on November 11, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/11/11/act-party-manifesto-commitmentsomnibus-excerpt/

November 11, 2011    Economic, Education, Employment, Government, Health, Private Posts, Rōpu Māori, Social, Te Reo, Treaty, Welfare

Mana Party: manifesto commitments: omnibus excerpt

Mana Party – Māori focused matters Despite its relative newness, the Mana Party has developed twelve broad policy platforms, all of which take into account specific Māori interests.  These policies, and salient features, are highlighted in the table that follows. Mana Party Notes – salient aspects of Māori-focused policy proposals Livelihoods and Economic Justice policies [...]

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Posted by Honoria on November 11, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/11/11/mana-party-manifesto-commitments-omnibus-excerpt/

November 11, 2011    Economic, Education, Employment, Private Posts, Rōpu Māori, Social, Te Reo, Treaty, Welfare

Green Party – manifesto commitments: omnibus excerpt

Green Party Māori focused matters This election the Green Party is the only ‘mainstream’ political party to produce clear Māori specific policy.  It is noteworthy that both National and Labour have, since the last election, jettisoned specific Māori-related policy documentation.  We consider the size of the Māori voting electorate (15%), and the significance of issues [...]

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Posted by Honoria on November 11, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/11/11/green-party-%e2%80%93-manifesto-commitments-omnibus-excerpt/

August 16, 2011    Education, Employment, Rōpu Māori, Social, Welfare

National Party proposed changes to youth welfare payments

On Sunday the National Party  announced proposed changes to Youth Benefits under the Future Focus – welfare policy reform.  The changes proposes a shift to a job-focused benefit approach and is directly targeted at approxiamately 4,000 beneficiaries aged 16 -17-years receiving the Youth Benefit and 18-year-old parents receiving  the Domestic Purposes Benefit.     The changes align with [...]

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Posted by Honoria on August 16, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/08/16/national-party-proposed-changes-to-youth-welfare-payments/

August 4, 2011    Employment, Rōpu Māori, Social, Welfare

Household Labour Force Survey

Yesterday Statistics New Zealand released the Household Labour Force Survey for the quarter to the end of June 2011.  Overall the survey shows a slight decrease in unemployment to 6.5% of the workforce, down  from 6.6% in the previous quarter.  For Māori the survey shows the unemployment rate is 12.6% – down 1% from the [...]

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Posted by Honoria on August 4, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/08/04/household-labour-force-survey/

May 11, 2011    Economic, Employment, Rōpu Māori, Social

Māori Economic Taskforce criticsed by the Council of Trade Union

Last week the third Māori Economic Summit was held in Auckland.  The Māori focused ‘summits’ began in 2009 in response to the economic recession. The initial Māori Economic Summit resulted in the establishment of a Māori Economic Taskforce with annual funding of $4.5 million.  This year’s Summit provided a series of reports on projects and [...]

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Posted by Honoria on May 11, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/05/11/maori-economic-taskforce-critised-by-the-council-of-trade-union/

May 9, 2011    Employment, Rōpu Māori, Social, Welfare

January to March Benefit numbers released

The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) released its series of Benefit Factsheets for the first quarter of 2011 (to March 31).    The data shows a 0.7% (13% down to 12.3%) decrease in the total number of the working aged population (aged 18 -64 years) receiving a benefit compared to the September to December quarter [...]

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Posted by Honoria on May 9, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/05/09/january-to-march-benefit-numbers-released/

May 5, 2011    Employment, Social, Welfare

An increase in youth employment funding announced

On Wednesday, Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett  announced $55.2million will be made available to address Youth Unemployment over the next four years .  The initiative named the Youth Employment Package  comprises of three programmes aimed at placing or preparing 16 – 24 year olds who have been on a benefit for at least [...]

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Posted by Honoria on May 5, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/05/05/an-increase-in-youth-employment-funding-announced/

March 22, 2011    Education, Employment, Rōpu Māori, Social

The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand consider ways to have more Māori join the profession

The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) policy analyst  Tracey Ayre says with less than 5 percent in the engineering professions being Māori; the institute has been looking at ways to get more  Māori into the profession.

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Posted by Honoria on March 22, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/03/22/the-institution-of-professional-engineers-new-zealand-consider-ways-to-have-more-maori-join-the-profession/

February 22, 2011    Education, Employment, Government, Health, Rōpu Māori, Social, Uncategorized, Welfare

Key themes for welfare reform – The Working Welfare Reform group final report

The Working Welfare Reform group have presented 43 recommendations in its final report to government.  The recommendations are focused on eight key reform themes to improve life time outcomes for people at risk of long-term welfare dependency. 

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Posted by Honoria on February 22, 2011

http://www.panui.net/2011/02/22/key-themes-for-welfare-reform-the-working-welfare-reform-group-final-report/

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