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Parliamentary matters and Māori news stories for the weeks ending 26 October 2012

  • The Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill had its second reading on Thursday.  This bill effects Māori forestry interests in particular, (refer to pānui E11/2012 for details on this policy matter).
  • On Wednesday the Mokomoko (Restoration of Character, Mana, and Reputation) Bill was read for a first time in Parliament, and referred to the Māori Affairs Select Committee.  The closing date for submissions is 6 December 2012 and the Committee report is due 24 April 2013 (refer pānui 30 September 2011 for background on this bill).

Māori news

  • Ngāti Ruahine are appealing a High Court decision (in September) in favour of the Environment Court decision to grant the Port of Tauranga consent to dredge the Tauranga Harbour.
  • On Thursday the Auckland Council voted in favour (11/10) of holding budget discussions in full council instead of in the Strategy and Finance Committee.  This decision is of significant concern to the Māori Statutory Board, as they have no representation on Council (but two voting rights in the Committee).
  • On Thursday Statistics NZ released a research report which outlines a new Māori-centred quantitative approach to measuring whānau and whānau well-being. It is called, Kei te pēwhea tō whānau? It will be used in a survey of Māori well-being which Statistics NZ will conduct in 2013.  Findings show Māori identified whānau as having 1 – 500 members.
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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 (Wairoa) workers and their whānau through the provision of weekly food parcels and welfare advice.  The AFFCO  (Wairoa) plant is now in its tenth week of industrial action.
  • On Tuesday, Just Speak, the youth arm of Rethinking Crime and Punishment released a preliminary position paper called Māori and the Criminal Justice System: A Youth Perspective.  The position paper is highly supportive of research and recommendations made in Moana Jackson’s 1988 report He Whaipaanga Hou.
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Independent Māori Statutory Board’s budget approved

The Auckland Council has agreed to provide the Independent Māori Statutory Board with a budget of $3.2 million for the 2011/2012 year.  The funding provides $1.9 million in cash, and council resources and staffing valued at $1.3 million.

 The Independent Māori Statutory Board’s first projects will be an audit of council’s compliance with the Treaty of Waitangi and work on the Social and Economic status of Māori in Auckland.

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