Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Incorporated Society Rules and the Treaty of Waitangi
Protect what’s important With the new regime of the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 about to kick in it’s time to review and update your Incorporated Society Rules. Incorporated Society Rules are an organisation’s Constitution. They are foundational and provide a great way of embedding your agency’s core values and commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty…
Read MoreMāori Language policy and procedure for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
In Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, have you got a Māori language policy and procedure up and running? If not, now’s the time to get one happening. Te reo Māori is an official language of Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) along with English and NZ Sign Language. According to Sir James Henare, “Ko te reo te…
Read MoreMatariki policy and procedures
Matariki policy and procedures can support your workplace to celebrate Matariki and progress its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Matariki is a significant event in Aotearoa. Widely known as the start of the Māori New Year, it marks the rising of the cluster of stars known as the Pleiades. In Matariki opportunities and significance…
Read MoreTreaty-based policies – the Waitangi Day Challenge
With Waitangi Day coming up, improving on our Treaty-based policies is the challenge. The historical travesty of Treaty breaches by the Crown, racism and the intergenerational impacts are widely acknowledged in Aotearoa. Remediation requires strong policies to support Kaupapa Māori initiatives and if you’re a mainstream agency, policies to guide your agency’s commitment to equitable…
Read MoreThe Tikanga Revolution – get in the waka now!
Tikanga Māori is applicable in NZ courts and equally, applicable to kaupapa Māori and generalist social, health and education services. In our last post, we outlined the treatment of tikanga in Ngāti Whātua Orākei Trust v Attorney General – a Treaty-settlement case. In this post, we look at the Supreme Court’s treatment of tikanga in…
Read MorePrivacy policy – time for review and update
At the Policy Place we’ve just finished reviewing and updating the core content of our online privacy policy pages. The policy content is aimed at helping our members comply with the Privacy Act 2020 and if they are a health agency, the Health Information Privacy Code 2020. We review and update core policies regularly based…
Read MoreCourt views on Tīkanga Māori for your policies and procedures
It’s Matariki and on Friday, we in Aotearoa/NZ are looking forward to the first public holiday held to celebrate Matariki. Matariki marks the beginning of the Māori New Year. Matariki provides opportunity for organisations to put your policies and procedures to respect tikanga Māori into action. With Matariki upon us, I thought it was a…
Read MoreMatariki opportunities and significance in the workplace
June 24, 2022 is going to be the first day on which we celebrate Matariki as a country. It’s our first official indigenous public holiday and the first time we recognise the Māori calendar – maramataka. The intention to legislate for Matariki was announced on 4 February 2021. It became law last night – Te…
Read MoreMatariki as a national day and the lesson for policies and procedures
June 24, 2022 is going to be the first NZ Matariki national holiday. It was announced on 4 February 2021. New Zealanders will now have the opportunity to celebrate the rising of Matariki and the beginning of the Māori New Year. National celebration of Matariki reflects national recognition and respect for mātauranga Māori and the…
Read MoreTreaty-based change for NZ’s health & disability system
We’re in for a new Treaty-based health and disability system. That’s one of the recommendations of the final report on the Health and Disability System Review. The Review recommends that the Treaty/ te Tiriti principles are embedded through New Zealand’s health and disability system. It also recommends amending the New Zealand Public Health and Disability…
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