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The Māori Party has been referred to police for failing to disclose about $320,000 worth of donations within the required time frame. The Electoral Commiss

The Māori Party has been referred to the police by the Electoral Commission after failing to declare almost $330,000 in donations to the Commission.

The Māori Party allegedly did not disclose donations within the required timeframe.

The parties have been approached for a comment.

Electoral Commission notified of Māori Partys undeclared donations as soon as error was noticed - party president Newshub 5 days ago Rachel Sadler © The Hui Watch: Che Wilson speaks to The Hui about the Māori Partys undeclared donations. The Māori Party president says he wasnt aware the party had failed to disclose more than $320,000 in election donations, and once they realised what had happened they went directly to the Electoral Commission. Electoral Commission notifi...

But Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer have done nothing wrong, says Tau Henare.

“Panuku is currently working with a preferred development partner and can confirm due diligence is underway,” it said in a statement. “Until this has been completed around the middle of this year we are unable to advise further details regarding the future development.” But Tamihere said that is an example of Panuku’s lack of transparency and accountability. “The deal is done, so there’s no reason for confidentiality - it’s publicly owned land.” Tamihere said the Papatoet...

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Markus Spiske/Unsplash Child poverty measures have improved overall since 2018, but Māori and Pacific children continue to bear the brunt. For the year ended June 2020, 14.6 per cent of children - 167,100 - lived in households with income less than 50 per cent of the median before housing costs. That was down from 16.5 per cent in 2018, but up on the 13.5 per cent of children in 2019. However, it was 18.5 per cent (52,900) for Māori children, and 20 per cent (28,800) for Pacific children. ...

Some of the biggest Māori health providers in Auckland and Taranaki are "frustrated" they didnt receive any of the one million masks health officials promised for "vulnerable whānau", but the Ministry of Health has said theyve been distributed through other channels. The Ministry of Health now says one million masks were never intended for Māori health providers. (file pic) Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone On Monday, an email was sent to Māori health providers from the Ministry of Healths dep...