2 x Articles 13/7/21 - IRC, Government Boards

[Kiwi Frontline]

‘EMPTY SEAT’ SINCE 2019

Aotearoa's first and last Indigenous Rights Commissioner wants the role reinstated.

Former commissioner Karen Johansen (Rongowhakaata) advocated for the human rights of tangata whenua between 2008 and 2017.

But after serving the maximum two terms, she was not replaced.....

www.gisborneherald.co.nz/local-news/20210712/empty-seat-since-2019/

[Kiwi Frontline]

WAHINE MAORI FAVOURED FOR GOVERNMENT BOARDS

Twenty two percent of members of public sector boards and committees are now Māori, up from 21 percent last year.

Wāhine Māori hold 12.2 percent of public sector board roles.

The Minister for Women, Jan Tinetti, says public sector boards are now made up of 50.9 percent women, up from 45.7 percent in 2017.

She says more diverse boards make better quality decisions.

Now the Government has met its target of 50 percent women, she says she will be working with Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio, and Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities, Priyanca Radhakrishnan to increase ethnic diversity across boards.

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/Mjc3NzA.html