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Salient Māori News Items to 27 February 2026 Labour Party leader, Chris Hipkins, gave a ‘state of the nation’ speech this week. Mostly it decries

Electoral Law Matters: Another area of law amended in late December was the Electoral Act. One change was closing the ‘enrolment to vote’ period to

General Political Matters of Note Over the last few weeks, we have set out matters relating to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and public policy, including

New Year’s Honours Awards – Tāngata Māori To Note and Congratulate: The following New Zealand Order Honours and King’s Service awards were conferred to Māori,

Last week the Regulatory Standards Bill passed a third reading in Parliament and so will shortly become law. By way of context, the basic idea

Household Labour Force Survey Released: Last week Statistics NZ (Stats NZ) released the Household Labour Force Survey data for the quarter to 30 September 2025.

This week a day of remembrance for victims of abuse in care was held. Pānui 36/2024 discusses this matter, noting the atrocities done to tamariki

As subscribers are likely aware, local government elections were completed on Saturday and with that referenda on whether or not to retain Māori wards from

Purpose: This quarterly review provides a summary of significant Māori focused social, economic and Treaty policy developments for the period 1 July to 26 September

NCEA Data Released School qualification outcome (NCEA) data for 2024 was released this quarter. Reading through the excel tables we found after all years of