E01 23 January 2026: Economic and Social Items
Minimum Wage Increase In late December, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Brooke Van Velden, announced that the minimum wage would increase by 2%
Minimum Wage Increase In late December, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Brooke Van Velden, announced that the minimum wage would increase by 2%
Over the weekend, the Government re-announced its plan to remove eligibility for the Job Seeker Benefit for some people aged 18 to 19 years. In
Māori Economic Summit and Stimulus Funding Announced Last week, in Pānui 28/2025 in support of Māori Language week, we advised of the initial formal speech
This month Statistics NZ (Stats NZ) released ‘Tatauranga Umanga Māori: Statistics on Māori Business: March 2025 quarter. This is their semi-regular report on Māori business
Tōnui Māori: Going for Growth This year the Government introduced a strategic framework / catch phrase called ‘Going for Growth’, to capture its intent to
This week, we have also reviewed an independent report that summarises the 2024 financial results for ten iwi. As with editions from past years, we
Title: Te Ōhanga Māori 2023 / The Māori Economy 2023 Publisher & Date: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE): March 2025 (prepared for
This week MBIE has released a report on the Māori Economy, for 2023. As with previous editions in this series, (published by other agencies), in
Statistics NZ (Stats NZ) has released ‘Tatauranga Umanga Māori: Statistics on Māori Business 2023’. This is their annual(ish) report of Māori business statistics and replaces
To wrap up this quarter our focus this week is environmental policy developments, and their intersect with Māori business matters. First, we advise earlier this
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