NZ Race Relations Roundup

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Saturday 28 November 2020

News:

Iwi wish for the stars in cliff-top reserve restoration
From a gondola across the river to a five-star hotel and restaurant, Rangitane o Manawatu is aiming high, with aspirations to enhance a historic lookout over Palmerston North.

A joint committee of Rangitane and city council appointees has revealed the first draft of the values it wants to bring to life as part of the restoration of Te Motu o Poutoa.

The joint committee and Maori appointments to four of the council’s standing committees were the council’s response to a promise to involve Maori in its decision-making.

Rangitane o Manawatu working party chairman Peter Te Rangi has outlined “the wish list” of features Maori would like to be considered at Te Motu o Poutoa.

“We want to build a marae that serves as a multi-purpose cultural facility,” Te Rangi told the committee’s second meeting on Wednesday…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123513920/iwi-wish-for-the-stars-in-clifftop-reserve-restoration

Integrating Tikanga Maori into employment law can help address workplace conflicts, Lane Neave says.

The firm cited a statement by employment law specialist Shelley Kopu which questioned the lack of Tikanga Maori and Te Ao Maori consideration in the Employment Relations Act 2000. Kopu had made the observation as part of her address at a recent employment law conference in Wellington.

“The lack of Tikanga in employment law is surprising, given New Zealand’s renewed commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the fact that, since the late 90s, the Law Commission has recognised the need to actualise the Treaty partnership within existing laws and constitutions,” Lane Neave senior associate Maria Green said in a blog post on the firm’s website…
https://www.thelawyermag.com/nz/practice-areas/employment-and-labour/integrating-tikanga-maori-into-employment-law-can-help-address-workplace-conflicts-lane-neave-says/240274

Kotahitanga partnership forged between AgResearch and Poutama
An important new partnership between AgResearch and Poutama will maximise the skills, networks, and capabilities of both organisations to help whenua-based (land-based) businesses and communities flourish.

Poutama is an independent charitable trust established to provide business development services to Maori, and shares with AgResearch the value of kotahitanga (unity) and a vision to support those communities and businesses, while also contributing to social, environmental, cultural, and economic outcomes for current and future generations.  This includes a commitment to providing the right research solutions to meet the needs of today and tomorrow.

Fittingly, the partnership between the two organisations is called the Kotahitanga Agreement…
https://poutama.co.nz/kotahitanga-partnership-forged-between-agresearch-and-poutama/

Articles:

Bob Edlin: The case for stability and security when deciding a child’s best interests
https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2020/11/bob-edlin-case-for-stability-and.html

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