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National Fijian Wellbeing Plan launched
Pasefika Proud announced the launch of Lalawa Ni Tiko Vinaka: the National Fijian Wellbeing Plan 2022 - 2025 (2022). In the introduction to Lalawa Ni Tiko Vinaka, it explains that
"...Lalawa, means having a sense of direction to realise community goals and working together as a collective to embrace the challenge and work towards that end. It succinctly speaks to the Plan and its content as providing a roadmap for Fijians in Aotearoa to realise and achieve their wellbeing aspirations. To this end, Lalawa outlines:
• Background information about Fijians in Aotearoa
• The context for developing Lalawa
• The underlying vision, mission, values and principles of Lalawa
• Wellbeing priorities, with the targeted outcomes and the actions to achieve them, and the indicators
• A governance arrangement for connecting with government and for national coordination
• A risk assessment to account for future challenges impacting the wellbeing aspirations of Fijians
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Information about Fijian community services."
Fijian Community groups from around the country in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development began meeting in June 2021 to talanoa about wellbeing and the priorities for Fijian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Plan outlines five priorities:
- "Embrace and be confident in our cultural identity and language
- Develop and build a community of financially stable Fijian people
- Strengthen social connections between our Fijian communities and individuals in the community
- Improve and enhance mental health and the overall health of our Fijian people
- Encourage our Fijian people to further enhance their knowledge, learning and development for greater future outcomes."
The Pasefika Proud announcement launching the Plan noted that the next step would be the appointment of a Trust from the working groups to oversee the implementation of the plan.
Lalawa Ni Tiko Vinaka: the Fijian National Wellbeing Plan is one of the national wellbeing plans for ethnic specific Pacific groups being developed as part of the Pasefika Proud work programme set out in the Pasefika Proud Pathways for Change Framework launched in 2019. Learn more about this work programme from Pasefika Proud on achieving wellbeing.
Training on Addressing Family Violence through Pacific Cultural Frameworks
Pasefika Proud and the Pathways for Change framework are underpinned by Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu. Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu is a community developed, community owned and community mandated conceptual framework for addressing family violence in eight Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is informed by, and aligned with, 8 ethnic specific conceptual frameworks to prevent and address family violence. Nga Vaka o Kāiga informs the ethnic-specific training on Addressing Family Violence through Pacific Cultural Frameworks. Sessions for this training are open for registration.
In August of this year, Cause Collective announced an online programme for family violence practitioners who work with Pacific families. Programme Lead, Akesa Filimoehala-Burling said developing the programme was about responding to the need to offer online training and meet the needs of participants. She also said “This is a one-off Introductory training programme that practitioners must complete before choosing to participate in one or more of the ethnic specific one-day face to face workshops.”
To learn more, listen to radio interviews on 531pi with Akesa Filimoehala-Burling and Cultural Lead Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu Faámatuainu Tino Pereira. For future plans related to the training see the latest update from Pasefika Proud on Championing Change in Our Communities.
All-of-Government Pacific Wellbeing Strategy
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio announced the launch of the Pacific Wellbeing Strategy | Weaving of All-of-Government | Progressing Lalanga Fou.
The strategy identifies 4 key priorities to guide how the Government will work with Pacific communities towards reducing social and economic disadvantages and improving Pacific wellbeing. The 4 priorities from the Lalanga Fou strategy are:
- "Pacific values and principles – Lalaga Potu: that form the foundations of the Strategy.
- Partnership and governance – Fale Fono: to strengthen system leadership and establish genuine partnerships with Pacific communities to support Pacific wellbeing.
- Performance and improvement – Vaka Moana: to measure and monitor the impact of investment in Pacific communities through the All-of-Government Pacific Wellbeing Outcomes Framework that includes a set of Pacific wellbeing indicators and measures.
- Capability – Te Kupega: to build and strengthen cultural capability and engagement approaches across government."
The Pacific Wellbeing Strategy progresses the aspirations of Pacific peoples captured in the Lalanga Fou report published in 2018. This report set out the shared vision and goals for Pacific peoples in Aotearoa.
A number of related resources are available from the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. This includes tools to support inclusion and engagement with Pacific Peoples including:
- Kapasa - The Pacific Policy Analysis Tool (2021) and Kapasa eLearning Module for policy managers, advisors and analysts in government agencies to incorporate the perspectives of Pacific peoples in the wider policy development process. The framework sets out ways to include information about Pacific peoples, take account of Pacific peoples values and diversity, and ensure effective consultation with Pacific peoples in the policy development process.
- Yavu - Foundations of Pacific engagement tool (2022) and Yavu eLearning Module Yavu to support anyone who works in local and central government, and the private sector to engage with Pacific communities. Yavu can be used to support a range of initiatives, policies and decision-making where Pacific people will be affected directly or indirectly.
In announcing the strategy, Minister Sio said “This values-based approach recognises Pacific communities as the owners of their cultures, identities and languages, the cornerstone of Pacific Wellbeing, and that they must lead in decisions that affect their lives.”
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Pacific Languages Strategy launched
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio announced the Pacific Languages Strategy 2022-2032 in September 2022. When announcing the Strategy, Minister Sio said:
“The cornerstone of our Pacific cultures, identities and place in Aotearoa, New Zealand are our Pacific languages. They are at the heart of our wellbeing.”
He also said:
“This Strategy demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reverse the declining use of Pacific languages in Aotearoa New Zealand, and ensures Pacific languages thrive and prosper for the sake of future generations’ wellbeing.”
The Strategy will be implemented through a Pacific Languages Government Action Plan and ethnic-specific Community Language Action Plans, currently being developed. The Leo Moana o Aotearoa project is also being launched alongside the Pacific Languages Strategy. The project is a comprehensive survey of Pacific language use and attitudes across all regions, ages, and ethnic groups in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Report from Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry
Between August 2021 and July 2022, the Human Rights Commission led a national inquiry into the Pacific Pay Gap to better understand why the pay gap exists and how it can be closed. The inquiry engaged with approximately 1,200 Pacific workers. The inquiry also engaged with key employers, self–employed, unions, non-government organisations, and other community groups. The report, Voices of Pacific peoples: Eliminating pay gaps (2022), shares the findings and recommendations from the inquiry. In the preface to the report, Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo said:
"The Inquiry has exposed legislative and policy gaps, business leadership invisibility and systemic indifference to pay inequity based on ethnicity that has perpetuated inequality, unfairness, discrimination and hardship in the lives of Pacific peoples.
"The protection and realisation of basic human rights for Pacific peoples will lead to overall benefits for all New Zealanders."
For more information see the related media below.
Related media
The 50th birthday of the Equal Pay Act is no cause for celebration, Newsroom, 19.10.2022
‘My dad went on strike 20 years ago – but we’re still protesting pay gaps’, Newsroom, 18.10.2022
Loss of Vagahau Niue a real concern, Beehive media release, 16.10.2022
Melanesians in Aotearoa — a minority within a minority, E-Tangata, 15.10.2022
Report reveals vast inequality for Pasifika workers, RNZ, 12.10.2022
Vosa Vakaviti sustains generations of Fijians, Beehive media release, 02.10.2022
Pasifika leaders on a mission to normalise talanoa about sexual health, Tagata Pasifika, 19.08.2022
Updates
Legislative updates
Oranga Tamariki is looking at changes to the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 and the Residential Care Regulations 1996. These changes will be contained in an amendment Bill called the Oranga Tamariki (Residential Care and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. Oranga Tamariki has published a series of issues papers outlining potential changes. Feedback is being invited on these issues in October, with the first closing date of 14 October 2022.
The Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill would amend the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 by partially repealing the subsequent-child provisions, repealing a redundant information-sharing provision, and amending technical errors and ambiguities. The Final Report of the Social Services and Community Committee was published in June 2022, recommending the bill be passed.
The Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Bill and the Children and Young People’s Commission Bill both received Royal Assent in August 2022. Minister for Social Development and Employment Carmel Sepuloni said “We’re retaining a Chief Children’s Commissioner, we’ve strengthened the independence of the monitor, and we’ve reduced the review period to three years instead of five." The legislation shifts the responsibility for monitoring Oranga Tamariki to the Independent Children’s Monitor, which will come under the Education Review Office and the Ombudsman, both government agencies.
Advocates, state care survivors, community groups and organisations, and academic experts have criticised this approach and raised concerns that independence of the monitoring and the failure to wait for the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry to be completed. We highlight some of responses below
- Children’s Commissioner Judge Frances Eivers was interviewed by Te Ao Māori news, E-Tangata printed an excerpt from evidence given by the Office of the Children's Commissioner to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry, also see Commissioner Eivers media release Lost opportunity, but a clear mandate remains
- Chief executive Tracie Shipton of VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai, the national advocacy organisation for young people in care, was interviewed by RNZ, Voyce - Whakarongo Mai previously outlined the reasons they oppose the bill and published a media release Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill Must Go
- Dr Fleur Te Aho (Ngāti Mutunga) and Claire Mason, legal researchers from the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre for Indigenous Peoples and the Law, highlighted in the University of Auckland media release Time to hit pause on flawed Oranga Tamariki Bill, referring to their recently published brief Time to taihoa: the need to pause on the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill and give effect to te Tiriti o Waitangi and Indigenous rights (July 2022)
- David King and Jonathan Boston, academics in public policy, published the report Improving a system when young lives are at stake: A Public Policy Analysis of the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People’s Commission Bill (July 2022); see the related media release New Report Says Oranga Tamariki Oversight Bill Risks A ‘Vicious Cycle’ Of Increasing Harm To Children And Young People and listen to an interview with RNZ in Government urged to pause Oranga Tamariki bill
- Marama Davidson, Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence interviewed by Waatea News in the article Oranga Tamariki oversight watered down says Davidson.
Update: VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai has published an additional statement saying "VOYCE supports the oversight legislation being updated to include the recommendations of the Royal Commission’s final report due next year. The legislation also needs to align with the Oranga Tamariki Action Plan, to ensure young people don’t fall through any further systemic gaps."
See further responses and commentary to the legislation in the related media below. The Independent Children's Monitor has provided updates on the expansion of their monitoring role on their website and in previous newsletters. Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has also outlined how his office will respond to the increased monitoring responsibility.
New reports
The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has publicly released the final report from his investigation into the death of Malachi Subecz at the request of his cousin and uncle. In releasing the report, the Chief Ombudsman said Oranga Tamariki failed to take the ‘‘bare minimum’’ action over safety concerns about Malachi Subecz and described Oranga Tamariki’s response as a "litany of failures.” In relation to this case, Oranga Tamariki is reviewing its practice and Dame Karen Poutasi is conducting an independent review looking at the roles and responsibilities of the different agencies involved in Malachi’s care.
Care to Custody: Incarceration Rates Research Report (2022) published by the Abuse in Care - Royal Commission of Inquiry looked at interagency records of more than 30,000 children and young people over five decades. The data shows that between 1950-1999, one out of every three children and young people placed in residential care by the State went on to serve a prison sentence later in life. For Māori children and young people who had been in State residential care over that time, up to 42% went on to receive a prison sentence later in life. The report was tabled during the Inquiry’s State Institutional Response public hearing. See related media below for updates from the State Institutional Response public hearing.
Oranga Tamariki published their annual Safety of Children in Care (2022) report drawing on data from July 2020 to July 2021. The data shows an increase in the number of children experiencing harm while in care.
The Independent Children's Monitor published Experiences of Care in Aotearoa: Agency Compliance with the National Care Standards and Related Matters Regulations – Reporting period 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021. Media outlet Newsroom highlighted key points from the report in the article Children’s monitor hits milestone in scrutiny of Oranga Tamariki.
How we fail children who offend and what to do about it: ‘A breakdown across the whole system’ – Research and recommendations (2022) was written by Professor Ian Lambie, Dr Jerome Reil, Judge Andrew Becroft and Dr Ruth Allen. This report summarises findings from research that looked at risk and protective factors for children (under age 14 years) who offend in order to improve early identification and intervention. Also see the brief summary of the report.
Oranga Tamariki commissioned six reports drawing on data from the Adolescent Health Research Group’s Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey. The reports highlight key findings for young people involved with Oranga Tamariki and number of areas including: Takatāpui and rainbow young people, Identity and cultural connectedness, Housing and home life, Mental and physical health and healthcare access, Community and contexts and Youth Voices. A video recording is available from a webinar featuring researchers from the Adolescent Health Research Group presenting the findings from these reports.
Several agencies and non-government organisations have publicly released their alternative reports to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on Aotearoa New Zealand's progress on children's rights. This includes reports from the Children's Alliance, the Children's Commissioner, and the Backbone Collective.
New resources
Te Korimako Legal Education is a Māori initiative to educate and support whānau who come to the attention of Oranga Tamariki and the Family Court. Te Korimako's website has information and videos for whānau to understand how the law relates to tamariki and whānau. It covers the following areas of law Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, Family Violence Act 2018, Care of Children Act 2004, Property (Relationships) Act 1976 and other matters including wills, succession of Māori Land, surrogacy, whāngai and adoption.
The Ministry of Justice has published new resources to help parents, guardians and whānau understand the Family Court and the options available to them when making decisions about the care of their children and tamariki after a separation or change in family situation. This includes brief information sheets on making parenting arrangements, going through the Family Court to work out parenting arrangements, what to expect at Family Court, responding to a notice of application, lawyers working with children, legal advice and support, stopping a child being taken overseas and a parenting Plan Workbook.
The prevention project at the University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo is a project to understand the contexts, resources, and relationships that contribute to the prevention of baby removal in the Aotearoa New Zealand. The project is led by Emily Keddell (Associate Professor, University of Otago, Pākehā), Kerri Cleaver (Lecturer, Social Work, Canterbury University, Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Mamoe) and Luke Fitzmaurice (University of Otago, Victoria University Wellington, Te Aupōuri), with the collaboration of the NGO and social service forum. The prevention project website lists education materials to assist with educating about the range of practices, policies and systems that can reduce the outcome of baby removal. These materials might be helpful to those lecturing in formal academic settings, as well as those running trainings or professional development for social or community workers.
Oranga Tamariki has produced resources to support workers to safely and appropriately share information across the child welfare and protection sector.
Related media
Media related to reports
Children's Minister under fire over Malachi Subecz, RNZ, 20.10.2022
Government under pressure for Malachi Subecz failures, the economy, NZ Herald, 19.10.2022
Official reviewing OT involved in failure to investigate Lake Alice, Newsroom, 13.10.2022
Children's Commissioner responds to Oranga Tamariki Ombudsman report, RNZ, 06.10.2022
Children's Minister admits Oranga Tamariki failed Malachi Subecz, RNZ, 06.10.2022
Oranga Tamariki 'systemically broken' - Lady Tureiti Moxon, RNZ, 06.10.2022
Ombudsman finds 'litany of failures' in OT treatment of Malachi Subecz case, Stuff, 05.10.2022
Ombudsman criticises Oranga Tamariki in wake of Malachi Subecz's death, RNZ, 05.10.2022
State care pipeling to prison no longer, Waatea News, 30.08.2022
We must break this cycle from care into custody, Newsroom, 30.08.2022
Nearly half of Māori rangatahi in state care have gone to prison, RNZ, 24.08.2022
Almost 500 children, teens in Oranga Tamariki care harmed during 2020-21, RNZ, 29.03.2022
Media related to legislation updates
Submissions open on Charities Amendment Bill
Update: The Charities Amendment Bill passed its third reading in June 2023.
The Social Services and Community Committee is calling for public submissions on the Charities Amendment Bill.
The closing date to make a submission is 10 November 2022 9 December 2022 (closing date extended).
The purpose of the Charities Amendment Bill is "...to make practical changes to support charities to continue their vital contribution to community well-being, while ensuring that that contribution is sufficiently transparent to interested parties and the public." It would amend the Charities Act 2005.
According to the parliamentary submission information the bill is intended to:
- enable simpler financial reporting from small charities
- improve access to justice for charities in the appeals process
- enhance regulatory decision-making requirements
- clarify the role of officers and supporting the governance of charities
- improve regulatory compliance and enforcement tools.
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Priyanca Radhakrishnan noted that “Alongside the introduction of the bill, we are also working on non-legislative changes to further improve the sector, including requirements for larger charities to report reasons for accumulating funds." This media release also includes a Full list of changes being proposed to the Charities Act (and also lists non-legislative changes). For more detailed information see Te Tari Taiwhenua | Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) information on Policy decisions to modernise the Charities Act 2005.
DIA is leading the government's work to modernise the Charities Act. This work involved public consultation and targeted engagement and stakeholder feedback.
Community and advocate responses
An expert in charities law, Sue Barker has raised concerns about the proposals to modernise charities law including lack of adequate consultation on the proposals. Earlier this year Barker published the report, Focus on purpose – What Does a World-Leading Framework of Charities Law Look Like? (April 2022). The research was supported by a 2019 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship. For more information about Barker's research and resources on charities law see her website www.charitieslawreform.nz, or listen to an interview on access radio from Collaborative Voices, an initiative from Community Networks Aotearoa.
The LEAD Centre for Not for Profit Governance & Leadership has also raised concerns that the proposed changes will not achieve the intended outcomes.
Update: LEAD has published an updated blog post related to the bill about the Lost Opportunity for Charities looming.
Sue Barker and lawyer Steven Moe are hosting an online meeting about the Bill on 7 October 2022. Register online to attend the meeting.
Update: The Charities Amendment Bill discussion between Steven Moe and Sue Barker was recorded. Links to the recording of the discussion and follow up information are available in the 12 October 2022 email update from Sue Barker.
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DIA is also reviewing the lottery grants system. This programme of work is called Kia Tipu, He Tipua – Evolving the lottery grants system. According to the announcement of the review "The programme will undertake a review of the whole system to create a new community funding and advisory support system that is more responsive, flexible, inclusive, strategic and honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This is the first time an end-to-end review has been done since Lotto launched in New Zealand over 35 years ago." Recommendations are expected in late 2022 with changes taking effect from 2023. For more information about this work, email community.matters@dia.govt.nz. This RNZ article, Lottery grants system incoherent, biased and preserves status quo - review, highlights key points related to the need for the review.
DIA has launched a new website Granted.govt.nz to help community organisations understand who receives pokie grant funding.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) is seeking feedback on what regulations should be made under the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 and what those regulations should prescribe. The Incorporated Societies Act 2022 will come fully into force in October 2023. However, regulations are required to supplement the legislation. MBIE has published a discussion document outlining proposed regulations. The Companies Office has developed a law changes hub for the latest information and updates. The closing date to submit feedback is 22 November 2022. For background information related to charities see the Charities Service blog post 5 things charities need to know about the new Incorporated Societies Act and recordings, slides and resources from their webinars on the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.
Related media
New charities law little more than 'tweaks' say critics, RNZ, 07.08.2023
Putting power in the hands of whānau, E-Tangata, 11.12.2022
The Charities Amendment Bill – A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing?, Legalwise, 26.10.2022
‘Get real’: Donors must demand transparency about the impact of charities, Newsroom, 21.09.2022
Nonprofits may need to spend about one-third of their budget on overhead to thrive – contradicting a rule of thumb for donors, The Conversation, 20.09.2022 (Also see the related research article The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle: Does Overhead Spending Really Impact Program Outcomes?)
Charity reforms insult to the sector - lawyer, RNZ, 03.06.2022
Charities Act changes to benefit NZ Communities, Beehive media release, 02.06.2022
Fears charities law reform could be ‘colossal mistake’, Business Desk, 23.05.2022
Community surveys
The following surveys designed by and for communities are inviting feedback on:
- police responses to victim-survivors
- Takatāpui and Rainbow elders life experiences and needs.
Survey on police responses to family and sexual violence
Backbone Collective is running an anonymous online survey to find out from victim-survivors how the NZ Police response to family and sexual violence can be improved. The survey is for women, trans and non-binary people, who are 16 years or older and live in Aotearoa New Zealand, and have experienced partner/family violence or sexual violence. The survey invites victim-survivors to share feedback on:
- whether they contacted the police, and why or why not they contacted police
- how police have responded to them
- ideas for how to improve the police response to partner/family and sexual violence.
Victim-survivors can participate in the survey whether or not they have had contact with the police.
The online survey is open now and closes 31 October 2022 (closing date extended).
The findings from the survey will be used to create recommendations which will be presented to NZ Police and other government agencies.
Backbone is working with Takatāpui and Rainbow organisation Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura to better understand the needs of Takatāpui, trans and non-binary people, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and asexual women. Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura is a Takatāpui and Rainbow organisation focused on building communities without violence. The survey responses will be read, analysed and written up into the final report by Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura.
As well as Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura, Backbone developed this survey with specialist advisors from Te Whakaruruhau - Waikato Women's Refuge, Shama - Supporting Ethnic Women, and other experts and advocates.
You can find out more about Backbone by visiting their webpage and Facebook page.
Survey for Takatāpui and Rainbow Elders
Elder Voices is an online survey for Takatāpui and Rainbow Elders, including Takatāpui and Rainbow Elders who may not be “out.” The survey is confidential and anonymous, and open to everyone over 55 who knows they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, non-binary, intersex or Takatāpui. People do not need to be “out” to anyone else to take part.
The survey is open now and closes 20 December 2022.
The survey is a collaboration between Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura and Rainbow Hub Waikato. The findings from this survey will be used to create a report to inform plans and services for Takatāpui and Rainbow Elders.
To learn more, see the Elder Voices survey information sheet and the following videos from the launch of the survey:
- Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Marama Davidson talks about the importance of Elder Voices
- Minister for Seniors Dr Ayesha Verrall discusses the project
- Elder Voices research team members and advisors Dr Huhana Hickey and Lexie Matheson offer their thoughts on the project
- An overview of the project from research lead Sandra Dickson and Elder Voices social work lead Kathleen Miller
- Age Concern's Professional Educator for Elder Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Hanny Naus, welcomes the project.
To help promote the survey find resources and share the Rainbow Hub Waikato Facebook post.
Elder Voices is funded by Te Puna Aonui through the Te Kari Kaumātua | Office for Seniors as one of 11 projects funded from the Elder Abuse Prevention Fund.
Related news
The 2022 Counting Ourselves transgender and nonbinary health survey is open. The anonymous online survey is for all trans and non-binary people aged 14 years or older and currently living in Aotearoa New Zealand. The survey includes questions related to violence and relationships. The core research team is based at the University of Waikato and includes academic staff and students who are trans, non-binary and cisgender. The survey is also a Kaupapa Māori informed research study. The survey is open now and closes on 30 November 2022.
Related media
Transgender, non-binary abuse victims asked for experiences with police, Stuff, 19.09.2022
Funding boost for Waikato groups fighting elder abuse, Waikato Times | Stuff, 24.06.2022
Research and resources for tamariki healthy relationships
The Harmonised Healthy Relationship Project was initiated as part of a response to tamariki Māori requesting better accessible information about intimate partner relationship well-being. The Harmonised project was led by Auckland University of Technology in partnership with the University of Otago and John Hopkins University, with funding from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Working with a Tamariki Advisory Group (TAG) and pupils from schools and Kura across the motu, the project identified:
- tamariki definitions of an ‘intimate partner relationship’ as opposed to adult developed definitions of tamariki ‘relationships’
- tamariki definitions of what constitutes healthy and unhealthy intimate partner relationships in their own context by using an Indigenous well-being framework -Te Whare Tapa Whā (Durie, 1985) and
- explored how tamariki make decisions within their intimate partner relationships.
The research team spent 4 years talking and working with tamariki from all over Aotearoa about what is needed to support tamariki to have healthy and safe intimate partner relationships.
The team used a co-create approach involving tamariki in identifying both needs and solutions, including concepts and language, as well as creating an App and resources, also using a Māori centred approach.
The team heard from tamariki that they understand what a healthy relationship is, but sometimes it can be complicated and sometimes they don’t always know what to do. The team heard that whānau were important to tamariki within these relationships. Tamariki wanted good information and for people to listen and take their relationships seriously.
The project involved an App, called Harmonised, developed by the Tamariki Advisory Group and the tamariki focus groups. The App was only available as a pilot during the research. However, the team worked with tamariki and created resources for tamariki/rangatahi in intimate partner relationships or those thinking about what they would like in a healthy intimate partner relationship.
The resources include:
- What taitamariki value in a relationship in English and Te Reo Māori
- Taitamariki healthy relationship continuum
- Whare tapa whā as a model for healthy relationships
- How to start a conversation about your relationship with someone when you don’t know what to say
- Tips when you are worried about a friend and not sure what to say
- A brief list of who to contact when you need someone to talk to.
Background
Two of the Harmonised team members, Dr Moana Eruera and Dr Terry Dobbs, previously researched taitamariki* perspectives on intimate partner relationships. Korero mai: taitamariki Maori development of healthy relationships was funded by the Health Research Council of NZ and hosted by Te Runanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi. For more information see a 2-page summary from this research about what taitamariki shared with the researchers.
A second research project, Taitamariki Māori kōrero about intimate partner relationships was funded by ACC and hosted by the Amokura Family Violence Prevention Consortium. For more information see the report from this research Taitamariki Māori kōrero about intimate partner relationships (2010).
To learn more about supporting tamariki and youth to have healthy intimate partner relationships also see:
- Building Taitamariki Māori Capacity: Reclaiming and applying Te Ao Māori principles to inform and support their intimate partner relationship well-being (2021) PhD thesis by Terry Dobbs
- Hooked Up – Te Honononga Whaiaipo: Reducing and preventing violence in taitamariki Māori intimate partner relationships (2015) PhD Dissertation by Moana Eruera
- Kaupapa Māori wellbeing framework: the basis for whānau violence prevention and intervention (2014) by Terry Dobbs and Moana Eruera, New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse Issues Paper #6.
*Taitamariki is used to denote Ngāpuhi dialect and participants in these two studies.
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The Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) are calling for nominations of young people to have a say in the curriculum refresh. OCC and MoE are setting up 3 Youth Voices Groups to ensure young people's voices are heard during the curriculum refresh. The 3 Youth Voices Groups are Youth Voices, Rangatahi Māori Voices and Disabled Youth Voices with a focus on involving a diverse range of young people, including those who identify as part of the Rainbow community, and/or are care experienced, as well as young people living in rural communities, and/or young people with informal and non-formal education experience. Nominations are requested of young people from organisations, iwi, schools and other agencies who hold a trusting and sustained relationship with the young person they are nominating and who are prepared to support the young person throughout their involvement. Nominations can be submitted through the OCC website. For questions email educationvoices@occ.org.nz. Nominations are due by 16 October 2022.
Related media
Mental health resources for young people and schools launched, Beehive media release, 28.09.2022
Pasifika leaders on a mission to normalise talanoa about sexual health, Tagata Pasifika, 19.08.2022
Rangatahi panel makes sex-ed laughing matter, Waatea News, 26.07.2022
App supports healthy relationships for teens, Otago Daily Times, 26.06.2018
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2022
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2022 celebrates 50 years since the Māori Language Petition was presented to parliament on 14 September 1972. The 14th September became Māori Language Day and later Māori Language Week. This year also marks 35 years since te reo Māori became an official language and the launch of the Māori Language Commission in 1987 through the Māori Language Act.
In the lead up to Te wiki o te reo Māori, Māori Language Commissioner, Professor Rawinia Higgins said
"For Māori New Zealanders, te reo is not just a language to revitalise, it is part of our identity. Those of us who want to ensure the language of our ancestors is also the language of our mokopuna are not just woke, we are wide awake and we always have been."
Commissioner Higgins also said:
“More New Zealanders than ever before see te reo as part of their identity as a New Zealander and that speaking te reo is something to be proud of. 35-years ago when te reo became an official language of New Zealand, many feared that te reo would divide us. But in 2022 te reo brings us together. It is the language of Aotearoa and everyone who calls Aotearoa home.”
The 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition was commemorated at Parliament this year.
Waka Huia (episode 17, season 2022) released a documentary that celebrates te reo Māori through the lens of the Māori Language Commission. The episode highlights the journey of Te Reo revitalisation. The video is available from Waka Huia's Facebook page and YouTube in te reo Māori with English captions:
Once again, Waiata Anthems week took place the week before on 5 - 11 September 2022 with 20 new waiata released. Co-founder, Dame Hinewehi Mohi said this year’s recordings build on the legacy of the 1972 Māori Language Petition.
Sharing stories of te reo Māori
Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Commission has launched a campaign calling for New Zealanders to share their stories of te reo Māori. The Commission created a new website where you can read and share stories at www.storiesoftereo.nz. The Commission has tips on how to capture your stories for individuals and whānau and organisations including toolkete for Kaupapa Māori organisations, public service, Kura, Māori, Kōhanga Reo, schools and more.
Commissioner Higgins highlighted how sharing these stories can help heal the mamae saying:
“We don’t want to lose that memory. We don’t want the memories to just be of the officials like myself in these different roles telling that story. We know everyone has a story in their whānau and how do we share those stories with each other to inspire but also hopefully to heal the mamae and also think about what our future could be."
E Tū Whānau recently highlighted the mahi of Te Tai Tokerau community worker and E Tū Whānau kaupapa advocate Shirleyanne Brown. Shirleyanne worked with local film maker, Tema Kwan, on Takiwā Kōrero, an innovative online talk show series fronted by leaders of marae within Te Rūnanga a Iwi Ō Ngāpuhi Takiwā ki Whangārei. The videos encourage whānau to engage with their marae and shape the future of their tūrangawaewae. There are three videos on Economic Stability of marae, Tupuna practices and stories of Succession, Growth and Prosperity in the Marae.
Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, the Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Te Waipounamu (the South Island), shared the story of Te Kai a Te Rangatira, a kaupapa Māori initiative supporting Rakiura Māori to reconnect with their identity, culture and language, and the mahi of Pip Hakopa (Ngāti Mamoe, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Kahungnunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) in this initiative.
Awanui Te Huia has written a new book, He Reo Tuku Iho: Tangata Whenua and Te Reo Māori (2022), which explores the lived experiences of tangata whenua and ways that tangata whenua can reclaim te reo. The book draws on the national research project Manawa Ū ki te Reo Māori which looked at the motivations and barriers that Māori whānau face to Māori language acquisition and use of Māori heritage language by learners and speakers. Discussing the book, Awanui Te Huia wrote:
"Many tangata whenua who are learning our ancestral language are doing so while managing a myriad of complex emotions and also juggling life as Māori in the colonial context. For Māori who have a whakapapa connection to te reo, our path towards language reclamation is part of a wider set of connections and transformations that we’re often engaging in to unpack what it means to be learning our own mother tongue as a second language. The “mother tongue”, refers to the language spoken by mother to child. We know that colonisation has impacted on this very intimate relationship, with most Māori learning (as a second language) in formal settings that are far from intimate."
Research and resources on connecting to re reo Māori
New research using a mātauranga Māori framework looked at the impact of Māori immersion early childhood education for tamariki. The researchers identified Māori child development constructs of "...tuakiri (a secure local Māori identity), whānauranga (feeling and acting as a member of whānau), manawaroa (courage despite adversity, persisting despite difficulty and a positive outlook), and piripono (integrity, commitment and responsibility for a shared kaupapa)." The researchers measured change over time and found that the tamariki experienced growth in all 4 of these areas. Lead researcher Dr Aroaro Tamati said:
"Early childhood is a vehicle for rebuilding our generations that have lost so much, it’s a vehicle for rebuilding Māori community. When you look at it that way it all makes sense. It’s got a purpose, it’s got an intent, it’s really powerful. Whānau see themselves in that picture and they make a difference for their children just by that alone."
The Growing up in New Zealand study is also exploring how Māori language is developing in children growing up in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand. Study research director and kaupapa Māori epidemiologist Dr Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) spoke about the research with Te Hiku Radio.
The Harnessing the spark of life: Maximising whānau contributors to rangatahi wellbeing research explored what supports rangatahi Māori to thrive with a focus on understanding what whānau, health and social service providers could do to support whanaungatanga and ensure that rangatahi are connected, healthy and well. The project involved developing resources for rangatahi and whānau including:
- Whanaungatanga: Kia Renarena te Taukaea, a booklet that shares rangatahi Māori stories about whanaungatanga and what it means to them (also available in te reo Pākehā | English)
- Te Poipoi i te: whanaungatanga, a booklet that tells rangatahi stories about how they experience whanaungatanga. It is designed as a resource that for whānau to better understand their rangatahi (also available in te reo Pākehā | English).
A new free app gives māmā and whānau hapū access to the wisdom and knowledge that would once have been passed on from their pakeke and kaumātua, available in te reo Māori and English. The Tuku Iho App is framed from a te ao Māori perspective and linked to mātauranga Māori. When launching the app in August 2022, Selah Hart, CEO of Hāpai Te Hauora said:
"Pre-colonisation, whānau thrived by living and working on their own whenua and papa kāinga and knowledge and skills were naturally passed down in many ways. However, many factors have changed this, and the way we live now requires additional knowledge transfer options for whānau.
"The ongoing workforce shortages are impacting us particularly when it comes to having enough Māori midwives available and able to care for our own. Due to a continued lack of support for Māori midwives to practice on their own without burn-out, antenatal care and education delivered in a kaupapa Māori way is hard to come by for whānau hapū.
"We recognised this gap and developed the Tuku Iho app. It is somewhere whānau hapū, māmā hāpu and māmā hou can go to find trusted information about hauora hapūtanga, pēpi ora and SUDI prevention embedded from the world view of Māori."
The National SUDI Prevention Coordination Service (NSPCS) at Hāpai Te Hauora Māori Public Health led the development of the app in partnership with Māoriland Charitable Trust, KIWA Digital and the Hira Programme in Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand.
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Wahine Toa: Hana Te Hemara and the fight for the Maori language, Newsroom, 16.09.2022
Hot ways to ask for consent in te reo Māori, Re:News, 13.09.2022
Remembering the Māori Language Petition and the revival of te reo Māori, RNZ, 13.09.2022
Te reo Māori: From banned, to 'official', to a 'taonga' and beyond, Stuff, 12.09.2022
Honouring our Māori language champions, 50 years on, Beehive media release, 02.09.2022
Ancestral knowledge given a digital platform, Stuff, 16.08.2022
Submissions open on accessibility legislation
The Social Services and Community Committee is calling for public submissions on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill.
The closing date to make a submission is 7 November 2022.
According to the call for submission information, the purpose of the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill is to address "...the accessibility barriers faced by disabled people, tāngata whaikaha, and others, so they can live independently and participate fully in all areas of life. The bill also aims to ensure that disability issues are front of mind in decisions by policy makers and the Government of the day."
The bill would do 3 main things:
- establish an accessibility committee to provide advice and make recommendations about accessibility to the Minister for Disability Issues
- enhance accountability and co-ordination across the Public Service and Government to progress accessibility issues by creating responsibilities for the Minister for Disability Issues, the chief executive of Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People, and the Accessibility Committee
- build knowledge and awareness about the importance of addressing accessibility barriers.
The select committee has made a video (available on YouTube) that explains the bill and how to make a submission:
The bill is available in different formats including large print, braille, audio and screen reader friendly. This page also has the policy statement for the bill in NZSL and Easy read in English and Te Reo Māori formats.
The committee can be contacted with questions at ssc@parliament.govt.nz or 04 817 9520.
Disability Issues Minister Poto Williams said:
"While the Bill does not have a regulatory focus, I expect that it will lead to new or amended regulations as accessibility barriers become more of a focus, with the establishment of Whaikaha - the Ministry of Disabled People, the first of its kind in any comparable jurisdiction."
The media release also noted the legislation would be reviewed every 5 years.
Background information
The government announced plans to introduce accessibility legislation in October 2021. For more information see the:
- Cabinet paper seeking agreement to introduce the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill
- Cabinet paper that outlines the policy approach and legislative framework for accessibility legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Ministry of Social Development's programme of work to ensure the public sector is accessible for everyone and inclusive of disabled people.
The recently published UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluding observations (CRPD/C/NZL/CO/2-3) of New Zealand's implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stated the Committee was concerned that:
"Reports from organisations of persons with disabilities that the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill, currently before Parliament does not contain enforcement mechanisms, may not cover private entities or local government, lacks standard-setting and decision-making bodies, and lacks obligations to make tangible changes within fixed time frames" (see 15d).
The Committee called on the government to "Establish a co-design and co-production process with organisations of persons with disabilities to address concerns about the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill, following release of the Select Committee’s report" (see 16d).
Before the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill was introduced, Access Matters outlined 13 principles that should be core to accessibility legislation.
Community and advocate responses
Advocates have criticised the proposed legislation.
Access Matters Aotearoa issued a media release stating the "New accessibility legislation before Parliament lacks teeth and needs to include standards, a regulator, a barrier notification system and a dispute resolution process in order to make a real difference for all New Zealanders... ." Access Matters Aotearoa has launched a petition calling on the government to strengthen the proposed legislation. Access Matters Aotearoa has information and resources to help make a submission on the bill and also has a Quick Submission Form.
Blind Low Vision NZ has published a draft Position Statement on the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill calling for the legislation to be broadened and strengthened.
The Disabled Person's Assembly highlighted gaps in the proposed legislation and noted the legislation does not include accessibility standards or any enforcement mechanism.
See further responses from advocates in the related media below.
Links between violence and disability
Recent research in Aotearoa New Zealand has shown that disabled people are more likely to experience intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence:
Prevalence of nonpartner physical and sexual violence against people with disabilities (2021)
New Zealand crime and victims survey cycle 3, Ministry of Justice (2021).
The Human Rights Commission published two reports about the experiences of violence and abuse among tāngata whaikaha Māori and disabled people. The reports, Whakamanahia Te Tiriti, Whakahaumarutia te Tangata (Honour the Treaty, Protect the Person, 2021) and Whakamahia te Tūkino kore Ināianei, ā Muri Ake Nei (Acting Now for a Violence and Abuse Free Future, 2021), outline the evidence on the causes and impacts of violence including racism and colonisation, and abuse against tāngata whaikaha Māori and disabled people. The reports outline gaps in systems, knowledge and services and set out a roadmap for systemic change. Together the reports make 20 recommendations.
Te Puna Aonui (formerly the Joint Venture) published 10 analysis papers that summarised the feedback gathered from the community engagement process to develop Te Aorerekura, the National Strategy. This includes an Analysis paper about disabled people’s (2021) experience with the family violence and sexual violence systems and the opportunities for improving how to prevent, respond, heal and recover from these forms of violence.
The 7th report from the Family Violence Death Review Committee examined family violence in the context of a disability within the family and identified where systems and service providers could improve understanding, awareness and responses. The Committee also shared a video highlighting reflections on the report from representatives of the disability community. A transcript from the video is available.
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluding observations (CRPD/C/NZL/CO/2-3) of New Zealand's implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also highlights issues related to violence and abuse experienced by disabled people in New Zealand.
The report, Making Disability Rights Real, Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga (2020), highlighted issues faced by disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand, including violence and abuse. The Independent Monitoring Mechanism published an updated report in August 2022, Disability Rights: How is New Zealand doing?
Not inherently vulnerable: An examination of paradigms, attitudes and systems that enable the abuse of dis/abled women (2017), a thesis by Debbie Hager describes the systems and attitudes which enable harm to occur.
Michael Roguski identified how violence and abuse impacts the lives of disabled people in The hidden abuse of disabled people residing in the community: An exploratory study (2013) based on interviews with disabled people living in the community in Tairawhiti.
For more information search our library on disabled people | Tāngata whaikaha.
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Public consultation on changes to the New Zealand Sign Language Act
Disability Issues Minister Poto Williams has also announced that the government is consulting on potential changes to the New Zealand Sign Language Act 2006. She said:
"The consultation will be an NZSL-first approach, with options for people in the Deaf community to attend in-person meetings held primarily in NZSL. These will be in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. Information on the Office for Disability Issues website will be in NZSL, and the Deaf community will have the option to share their views in NZSL, and in English.
"For many years others have spoken for Turi Māori and I am particularly interested in learning from Turi Māori and their whānau about how the NZSL Act could better reflect Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support the leadership of Turi Māori."
The consultation has started and closes on 11 November 2022. A Bill to amend the NZSL Act is expected to be introduced in mid-2023. Find more information about participating in the consultation from the Office for Disability Issues website.
Paul Tesoriero new CEO of Whaihaka - Ministry of Disabled People
In August 2022, Minister for Disability Issues, Poto Williams announced that Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission appointed Paula Tesoriero MNZM as Chief Executive of Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People. Paula Tesoriero has been the Disability Rights Commissioner at Te Kāhui Tika Tangata - the Human Rights Commission since 2017 and was Acting Chief Human Rights Commissioner from 2018 to 2019. She has been appointed for five years. In her previous role as Disability Rights Commissioner, Paula has raised awareness about violence and abuse experienced by disabled people including commissioning reports on tāngata whaikaha Māori and disabled peoples' experience of violence in Aotearoa.
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One year on, fears legislation will limit Disability Ministry, One News, 02.07.2023
'How long must we wait?' Disabled people want stronger accessibility legislation, Stuff, 27.02.2023
Disability Minister has 'heard concerns' about accessibility bill, One News, 22.02.2023
'Burn the building down': Why urgent change is needed at Oranga Tamariki, Stuff, 23.10.2022
Accessibility bill ‘unlikely to lead to change’, disability advocates say, Stuff, 20.10.2022
10,000 Kiwis demand 'more grit' in accessibility bill, One News, 17.10.2022
Proposed accessibility law is useless without enforceable standards, Stuff, 26.09.2022
UN disability rights experts concerned with NZ progress, call for urgent action, Stuff, 19.09.2022
Minister welcomes ‘timely’ UN observations, Beehive media release, 14.09.2022
Disability ministry head wants change in attitudes, One News, 04.09.2022
UN committee 'concerned' NZ Government ignoring disability rights' advice, Stuff, 27.08.2022
Concerns people with disabilities are excluded from the workforce, Tagata Pasifika, 25.08.2022
Consultation on use of technology in courts
Update: Ngā Kōti o Aotearoa | Courts of New Zealand released the final Digital Strategy for Courts and Tribunals of Aotearoa New Zealand on 29 March 2023. For more information see the Chief Justice of New Zealand's media release.
The judiciary is seeking feedback on a draft Digital Strategy for the Courts and Tribunals of Aotearoa New Zealand. Feedback is invited from individuals or groups.
The closing date to give feedback on the Strategy is 30 September 2022.
The Digital Strategy will inform decisions about how technology will be used in the court system over the next decade. The draft Digital Strategy set out to answer 3 key questions:
- How can digital technology be used to support the administration of justice by the judiciary?
- How will technology enable the courts to do better what they do now?
- How will technology enable the courts to find new ways to meet unmet justice needs, to support just, timely and efficient dispute resolution processes and outcomes, and to support open justice?
The draft Digital Strategy provides an overview of the current situation and the need for modernisation and change noting:
"Our current paper-based systems and inadequate technology result in a great deal of time being spent trying to ensure that documents and other materials end up in the right place, and in a great deal of churn and wasted time – for example, where hearings cannot proceed because relevant reports have not been received or have not made it onto the file. There is also a real risk of adverse outcomes for court participants and for the community, where decisions are made without access to all relevant information." (page 6)
This strategy would apply to all courts of Aotearoa New Zealand including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, Family Court, Youth Court and others. It would also apply to tribunals including the Disputes Tribunal, Employment Relations Authority, Human Rights Review Tribunal, Immigration and Protection Tribunal, Legal Aid Tribunal and others.
The draft strategy sets out objectives and guiding principles for the use of digital technology. It then identifies the 3 highest priorities for the next 5 years:
- Digitising the court record, court files, and case management system. This project, known as Te Au Reka (formerly Caseflow), has started and was approved in Budget 2022.
- Implementing a single system for remote hearings using audio-visual technology.
- Ensuring infrastructure across all courts and tribunals to support implementation of technology initiatives.
It also identifies other initiatives that should be considered as priorities in the next 5 years, such as ways to communicate with whānau, ways to share information with victims, remote access to interpretation and communication assistance, increased access to information about processes and timelines, and enforcement of outcomes of proceedings including sharing information with relevant agencies. The draft strategy also identifies further initiatives to consider in the long term.
Feedback can be provided by:
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The following government consultations also have closing dates in September and October. Our related news stories below include links to research and information about the links between violence against women and the consultation areas below.
Corrections consulting on ways to improve outcomes
Ara Poutama Aotearoa | Department of Corrections is consulting on proposed options to improve rehabilitation, reintegration, and safety outcomes for people in the corrections system. The proposed changes are detailed in the Options to achieve improved outcomes in the corrections system: Discussion Document 2022. The areas of change identified by Corrections include:
"1. Monitoring and gathering information on prison activity and communications for intelligence purposes to improve prison safety
2. Ensuring people are assigned to male and female prisons by considering a range of factors
3. Increasing access to privacy and control over lighting in prison cells
4. Refining disciplinary processes in prisons
5. Supporting improved rehabilitation and reintegration outcomes for Māori
6. Providing remand accused people with greater access to non-offence focused programmes and services
7. Making a series of miscellaneous amendments to solve a range of technical issues that will assist day-to-day operations, including:
a. Body temperature scanners
b. Enabling the use of imaging technology to replace strip searches
c. Case management plans
d. Information sharing with Inland Revenue
e. Mixing of young people and adults
f. Minor/technical changes"
For each area, there are operational options and possible amendments to the Corrections Act 2004 and the Corrections Regulations 2005. Public feedback is invited by email to LegislationAmendments@corrections.govt.nz or through an online form. The closing date to give feedback is 23 September 2022.
Consultation on Aotearoa's first National Security Strategy
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) is developing Aotearoa's first National Security Strategy. DPMC is seeking feedback on the long-term approach to national security. DPMC notes that:
New Zealand’s concept of national security is focused on protecting New Zealand from malicious threats from those who would do us harm. National security contributes to people's wellbeing, and involves working to identify, mitigate, and respond to threats that impact New Zealand and its people, including:
*Terrorism and violent extremism of all kinds
*Interference by another country in our democracy (for example by covertly influencing our election process and voting decisions)
*Cyber incidents that affect important computer networks (for example the loss of access to bank accounts, extraction of data and personal records, or disruptions to power supply)."
Public feedback is invited through an online form. The closing date to give feedback is 30 September 2022.
Police seeking feedback on proposed regulations related to firearms registry
New Zealand Police is seeking public submissions on proposed regulations to support the new legislation for the Firearms Registry. The registry will link firearms to licence holders and track sales of all firearms, parts and ammunition. The consultation considers
- the arms items and the details of those items to be recorded in the Firearms Registry.
- the obligations of licence holders and people in possession of specified arms items to provide information to Police for inclusion in the Firearms Registry.
- associated provisions that support these changes.
Feedback can be submitted through an online form, email to consultation@police.govt.nz, or post to the Policy Group, Police National Headquarters, PO Box 3017 Wellington. For more information see the NZ Police media release or the Firearms and Safety section on the Police website. The consultation closes on 12 October 2022.
Consultation on Justice Sector Long-term Insights Briefing
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has published findings from this first part of the consultation to develop the Justice Sector Long-term Insights Briefing focused on imprisonment in a consultation document. The main themes are: How has the prison population changed and why? What helps keep people away from prison? What are the future risks and opportunities? MOJ is inviting feedback on this consultation document for the second part of the consultation to develop the Long-term Insights Briefing. The closing date to give feedback is 7 October 2022.
Related media
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Five Country Ministerial Communiqué, Beehive media release, 14.09.2022
The ROI 26223851 from ACC is inviting registration of interest from Kaupapa Māori providers including people who have expertise in sexual violence. This includes providers, researchers, subject matter experts or programme designers.
The closing date to register interest is 23 September 2022. Questions about the ROI are due by 14 September 2022 through GETS.
According to the ROI, ACC is:
"...looking for partners in Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau rohe to design kaupapa Māori solutions to be delivered by Māori, with a focus on:
- services to support kiritaki and whānau with complex injuries and a high level of need (including, but not limited to, sexual violence and serious injuries); and
- injury prevention initiatives for whānau to know about mana-enhancing and tapu-enriched relationships with themselves, others and te taiao to eliminate sexual violence. These will be informed by mātauranga Māori to build the protective factors that keep whānau well.
We are looking for the following expertise to be part of the design panel:
- Whānau-led design specialists who have experience working with whānau Māori and/or facilitating whānau-led design.
- Kaupapa Māori health providers who are Māori-owned and operated.
- Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who understand strengths-based, whānau-led approaches and the complexities of serious injuries and sexual violence.
- Kaupapa Māori researchers experienced in whānau research and developmental evaluation to inform discovery and detailed design.
We will appoint two separate panels – one to design localised solutions for Te Tai Tokerau and one to design localised solutions for Tāmaki Makaurau."
For more information about the opportunity, ACC has produced a video.
For more information see the ROI 26223851, Design panels for kaupapa Māori solutions in Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau rohe (Tranche 2). More detailed information is available once signed in to the GETS website as a supplier. This ROI is focused on opportunities to develop services in Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau. The ACC video notes that opportunities for other rohe will follow.
For background information see the ACC website for Kaupapa Māori health services and Kaupapa Māori solutions.
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ACC looking for kaupapa Māori solutions to caring for Māori, Te Ao Māori News, 03.09.2022
ACC heads north to design kaupapa Māori solutions, ACC media release, 26.07.2022
ACC's $74m restructure lacks clear benefits, review finds, RNZ, 24.05.2022
ACC acknowledges commitment to Māori health outcomes with proposed new strategy, RNZ, 11.05.2021
ACC ready to listen on design of new kaupapa Māori health services, ACC media release, 07.05.2021
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