Rachel Taulelei ((Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Rarua, Ngāti Koata) has been appointed to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC). This week the Minister of Corrections, Kelvin
The Health Research Council has published the recipients of the 2020 Māori Health Career Development Awards and the Māori Health Research Summer Studentship. We
We have also reviewed two items from the health sector this week, the Health and Disability System Review interim report, and the new Suicide Prevention
Parliamentary Matters On Tuesday the Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill was introduced in Parliament. This Bill provides for financial redress of $8.1 million, the return of
This week the Health Select Committee heard submissions for the Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Bill. This Bill seeks to
This week a high-profile item in Parliament was the introduction and first reading of the Abortion Legislation Bill. (It passed the first reading, 94 ayes
Last week Statistics NZ published data for Injury Work Related Claims for the 2017 year. The data shows in 2017 28,000 claims by Māori workers were
The Tribunal report on the status of the health sector has already received a lot of attention in Māori media in the weeks since its
Treaty Items Waitangi Tribunal – Health Services Inquiry Report Released The Waitangi Tribunal has released part one (circa 170 pages) of its kaupapa inquiry
Local Government Bill (Pānui 12/2019) Ngāi Tahu and the Canterbury Regional Council Earlier this month, Parliament voted down, at its first reading, a bill
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