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RMA reform minister Chris Bishop bowed to public pressure to release a list of organisations he had approached about applying to have consents fast-tracked...
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The graduates received a New Zealand Level 2 certificate.
Through the programme, up to 60 Taranaki-based rangatahi (young people), who are not in employment, education or training and between the ages of 16 and 24, could receive pre-employment training and help to transition into work or further education in the conservation and forestry sectors. Wrap-around pastoral care and a kaupapa Māori approach would see participants re-connect to the whenua and their roles as kaitiaki, while receiving support to overcome barriers to employment. Anaru Marshall, general manager of Te Kāhui Maru Trust, said conservation and forestry sector training of ranga...
A Deed of Settlement has been signed between Ngāti Maru and the Crown settling the iwi’s historical Treaty of Waitangi claims, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little announced today
The signing marks the last of the eight Taranaki iwi to complete its treaty settlement. The only other outstanding claim in the region relates to Taranaki Maunga. The historical grievances of Ngāti Maru include the Crown’s unjust and indiscriminate raupatu (confiscation) of half of its land in 1865. This raupatu, and subsequent effects of Compensation Court and Native Land Court decisions, were devastating to the mana, welfare, economy, and socio-cultural development of Ngāti Maru, Little said. The Crown’s actions at Parihaka between 1879 and 1881, where military forces imprisoned ...