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NEW APPROACH NEEDED FOR MĀORI CENSUS
A leading Māori demographer says Statistics New Zealand needs to start thinking now about how to improve collection of data about Māori and Pacific populations.
It’s a whole operation and it really does require the right level of investment from government,” Professor Kukutai says.....
waateanews.com/2023/04/11/new-approach-needed-for-maori-census/
NATS HOUSING SPOKESPERSON SLAMS IHUMĀTAO INACTION
National’s spokesperson for social housing, Tama Potaka, is slamming what he calls "all hui, no action" on the government’s plans for housing on land at Ihumātao
“More than two years have passed, and not one single house has been built,” Potaka said on Tuesday.
“Additionally, Te Puni Kōkiri has provided a further $400,000 to support the Rōpu Whakahaere or committee established to oversee the project.....the government is sitting on a $30 million site, doing nothing.
Willie Jackson has conceded as far back as April 2022 there are issues with forming the Rōpu Whakahaere, and that the initial protestors called SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape) are concerned about the way any development would go ahead, and who would have ultimate say in decisions about the whenua.
"It’s not going to happen overnight - Māori politics is a tough area,’’ he told the media site.....
www.teaomaori.news/nats-housing-spokesperson-slams-ihumatao-inaction
A leading Māori demographer says Statistics New Zealand needs to start thinking now about how to improve collection of data about Māori and Pacific populations.
It’s a whole operation and it really does require the right level of investment from government,” Professor Kukutai says.....
waateanews.com/2023/04/11/new-approach-needed-for-maori-census/
NATS HOUSING SPOKESPERSON SLAMS IHUMĀTAO INACTION
National’s spokesperson for social housing, Tama Potaka, is slamming what he calls "all hui, no action" on the government’s plans for housing on land at Ihumātao
“More than two years have passed, and not one single house has been built,” Potaka said on Tuesday.
“Additionally, Te Puni Kōkiri has provided a further $400,000 to support the Rōpu Whakahaere or committee established to oversee the project.....the government is sitting on a $30 million site, doing nothing.
Willie Jackson has conceded as far back as April 2022 there are issues with forming the Rōpu Whakahaere, and that the initial protestors called SOUL (Save Our Unique Landscape) are concerned about the way any development would go ahead, and who would have ultimate say in decisions about the whenua.
"It’s not going to happen overnight - Māori politics is a tough area,’’ he told the media site.....
www.teaomaori.news/nats-housing-spokesperson-slams-ihumatao-inaction