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Jackson said he would work with Pou Tikanga representatives and the National Iwi Chairs Forum on the first phase. He said that he would be concurrently working with “a small group of legal experts with links to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and expertise in public law.” The issue has gained political traction over the past few months with the emergence of He Puapua, a document with ideas on how produced within government ministry Te Puni Kōkiri in 2019. First the ACT Party an...

Minister for Māori Development Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson has today announced the next steps in developing a national plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration). The work builds on the previous National Government’s decision to sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and will enhance our partnership with Māori. “It’s appropriate we’re at my marae, a cultural focal point for ...

  Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson has today announced the next steps in developing a national plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration). The work builds on the previous National Government’s decision to sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and will enhance our partnership with Māori. “It’s appropriate we’re at my marae, a cultural focal point for South Auckland Māori, to dis...

“Minister Jackson has called the He Puapua report a ‘starting point’ and ‘catalyst’ which is concerning given how far the document goes towards a future of an increasingly divided New Zealand. “The National Party stands for equal citizenship for all. We must be one people underneath the law despite all of our diversity. We will not support a system of co-governance that undermines our democracy and treats people differently based on ethnicity. “Questions of constitution are not s...

Iwi in Te Matau-a-Māui are calling for the government to invest in its rohe so it can further develop housing to curb homelessness and invest in the future of its descendants.

OPINION: Whimsical media spots are part of a sophisticated public relations strategy by gangs to sanitise their image and attract recruits.

OPINION: Whimsical media spots are part of a sophisticated public relations strategy by gangs to sanitise their image and attract recruits.

Investing in Māori boarding schools will help grow New Zealand’s future leaders, Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson announced today. Budget 2021 invested $20 million over two years to build the next generation of Māori leaders to enable ...

Thursday, 27 May 2021, 10:25 am · $380 million delivering about 1,000 new homes for Māori including papakāinga housing, repairs to about 700 Māori-owned homes and expanding support services. · Ring fencing of $350 million for infrastructure to enable housing for Māori from the $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund. · Funding to strengthen MAIHI approaches and partnerships with iwi and Māori to deliver more whenua-based housing and papakāinga. · Better quality housing through repairs ...

Hon Kelvin Davis $380 million delivering about 1,000 new homes for Māori including papakāinga housing, repairs to about 700 Māori-owned homes and expanding support services. $242.8 million for Māori health initiatives, including setting up the new Māori Health Authority. $150 million in Māori Education to support Māori boarding schools and lift kōhanga reo teachers’ pay. $42 million to build a sustainable Māori media sector and invest in programme content. $15 million for M�...