Poverty is an important socio-political issue in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Children's Commissioner's Child Poverty Monitor has established the following measures of poverty: material hardship (households that go without things they need), and income poverty (where household income is less than 60% of the current median income). It was also identified that households in extreme poverty (including 80,000 children) are experiencing both material hardship and income poverty. Various policy proposals are made to government to relieve poverty in both the short and long term. Short-term measures will not involve high cost and include greater child-support payments to sole parents who are receiving a benefit. Long-term measures involve increased child-related benefits and greater commitment by government to social housing and continuing free healthcare. This paper also recognises the importance of a cultural shift in the Department of Work and Income in relation to staff treatment of benefit applicants.
Poverty is an important socio-political issue in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Children's Commissioner's Child Poverty Monitor has established the following measures of poverty: material hardship (households that go without things they need), and income poverty (where household income is less than 60% of the current median income). It was also identified that households in extreme poverty (including 80,000 children) are experiencing both material hardship and income poverty. Various policy proposals are made to government to relieve poverty in both the short and long term. Short-term measures will not involve high cost and include greater child-support payments to sole parents who are receiving a benefit. Long-term measures involve increased child-related benefits and greater commitment by government to social housing and continuing free healthcare. This paper also recognises the importance of a cultural shift in the Department of Work and Income in relation to staff treatment of benefit applicants.
This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
Continued by a series of statistical reports issued by the Census and Statistics Office, each dealing with a separate definite branch of statistical inquiry. ; Title varies slightly. ; From 1909-1920, compiled in the Government Statistician's office. ; 1853-1902, 1 vol. each year; 1903-1912, 2 vol. each year; 1913-1920, 4 vols. each year. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Delirious New Zealand proposes an alternative parliament, one that uses walls and boundaries to navigate authority and architecture. Walls are complex, they can range from a simple form of protection against elemental conditions, through to the reinforcement of borders between two countries with emphasis and polarising effect. Whilst variable, each instance is committed to division, and both are boundaries facilitated by architecture in the form of walls. Through design led research, three phases of investigation are developed across successive scales. Presented as 'Installing Boundaries', 'Housing Politics' and 'Political Infrastructure', each design outcome forms a larger body of work referred to as the design. Shape, Threshold, and Montage are the architectural principles that determine a given walls significance investigated at each scale. These three speculative propositions are not final outcomes for what an alternative parliament should be. Instead, Delirious New Zealand explores architectural boundaries as the material interface between those who govern and those governed. Koolhaas's observations of the Berlin Wall – pre-demise – and his publication 'Delirious New York' highlight the significance of the authority of an architect, and habitational authority in the realisation and reality of architecture. The significance of a given boundary wall must then consider two things. One, the architectural elements that make up the wall itself. Two, the context within which a wall operates - be that social, political, economic etc. This thesis not only examines the design outcomes as being 'about architecture' in the form of the design, but also uses this as a platform to discuss 'concepts of architecture' more broadly. Accordingly, the concept of authority and architecture is discussed throughout the production and presentation of the three scales of investigation. A final critique in the form of a design discussion concludes this thesis, at which point the final act of installing boundaries is undertaken. 'Delirious New Zealand' considers parliament as a programmatic and contextual provocation for the design of architectural boundaries. In doing so, the segregated inhabitants are defined as the politicians and the people. Although political in programme, this thesis is not politically motivated nor intent on acting politically.
Vols. for - published in Wellington by the government printer. ; Statutes for most years since 1948 issued in 2 or more vols. per year. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Statutes of the 1st and 2nd Parliaments published as a monograph: Statutes of the General Assembly of New Zealand. 1871.
Mãori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa, represent 17%1 of the 4.3 million population. Mãori cultural identity is strong despite the fact that most Mãori live in urban centres. The gap between Mãori and non-Mãori is pervasive: Mãori life expectancy is almost 10 years less than non-Mãori; household income is 72% of the national average; half of Mãori males leave secondary school with no qualifications and 50% of the prison population is Mãori. There are two versions of the Treaty of Waitangi, an English-language version and a Maori-language version. The Treaty was signed between the British and Mãori in 1840. It granted right of governance to the British, promised that Mãori would retain sovereignty over their lands, resources and other treasures and conferred the rights of British citizens on Mãori. The Treaty has, however, limited legal status in the courts and Parliament; accordingly, protection of Mãori rights is largely dependent upon political will and the ad hoc recognition of the Treaty. The current National government endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2010.
DNZ16 is the 4th industry report about the state of interactive media in New Zealand with a focus on demographics, play habits, behaviours and attitudes. DNZ16 also explores the notion that games are more than just fun and shows how New Zealanders use games for positive ageing, health, education and for work. Extract: Foreword: We are witnessing breathtaking changes in the realm of digital interactive entertainment. It is hard to imagine that 15 years ago, we were debating the worth, even potential harms, of simple video games. Today attention is on the potential of this amazing medium to reinvigorate education, workplace training, consumer engagement and social and political conversation. Interactive entertainment is celebrated for its economic importance. There have been many voices in the call to treat games as a serious medium for the knowledge age. The three IGEA-Bond University reports preceding this one have contributed to the chorus of voices. These national New Zealand studies of computer game audiences have broken down stereotypes that prevented understanding in the wider community that computer games were not only a popular medium, but a productive medium. In this report, we turn our attention to providing more finely grained observations about play behaviour and to offering a set of baseline measures of New Zealanders' engagement with game culture and the use of games for productive and so-called "serious" purposes such as education, training and health.
The article considers specific features of the language situation and language policy in New Zealand. The author takes into consideration the social status of English and Maori, draws reader's attention to the state policy of the Ministry of education of New Zealand and the activities of governmental and non-governmental organizations concerning the English language, Maori and the New Zealand Sign Language. The author analyses New Zealand state reforms, aimed at cultivation of the cultural, educational and communicative value of the Maori language and culture. The paper draws attention to the growth of ethnic consciousness of the Maori people, communicative expansion of the Maori language usage in public, political, educational, scientific and cultural spheres of New Zealand. The language situation in New Zealand is unbalanced exoglossic. The most common language in New Zealand is English, and it continues to occupy a prestigious position in all spheres of communication: in politics, economy, education, science, art and culture. The Maori language had a low level of linguistic proficiency: it had no writing system, literary tradition, and technical terminology. New Zealand sign language became an official language of New Zealand eleven years ago. Language policy in this aspect enforces tolerance in New Zealand society. New Zealand colleges, universities, and research centers with the cooperation of state organizations, conduct effective work on the revival of the cultural Maori heritage, carry out major socio-cultural activities among New Zealand population, and develop a special method of teaching the Maori language. Currently, there is an increase of ethnic identity, expansion of the communicative use of the Maori language in public and political life, education, and mass communications in New Zealand. The prevalence of the Maori language is also seen in educational institutions as a teaching subject. Knowledge of the English language gives Maori an access to higher education, wealth and economic advantage.
Issues for 1911> prepared by Malcolm Fraser, government statistician. ; Description based on: 10th (1924). ; Issue for 1921 not published; no. 10 called 1924 instead of 1923 to indicate year of publication. ; "Published biennially since 1903." cf. 1913, Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Merged with: New Zealand. Census and Statistics Office. Statistical report on local government in the Dominion of New Zealand, to form: Local authorities handbook of New Zealand.
General practice in New Zealand has evolved into a 'user pays' system and although operating within a national health service, it has many interesting differences from general practice in the United Kingdom. Emphasis is placed on biculturalism in health care. Income is derived through a fee for service, which includes a proportion from patients dependent on their means tested reimbursement from the government for provision of general medical services. Consultations are fewer in number and longer in duration. New Zealand society has considerable awareness in the area of medical ethics and there is a medical insurance scheme which covers ill health as a result of accidents. Great advances have been made in provision for out of hours work. New Zealand has its own royal college of general practitioners, membership examination and scheme for vocational training. This paper, based on the authors' personal experience of 12 months' study leave in New Zealand in 1991-92, examines these important areas of difference and reflects on the health reforms that are currently taking place in New Zealand.
The advent of democratic change in South Africa in the 1990s led to an exodus of many White Afrikaans-speaking Christians from South Africa. They settled all over the world. One of the countries of choice was New Zealand. A group of these emigrants came together in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1998 and founded an Afrikaans church. The Church grew from one congregation to a denomination that currently has nine congregations. This article describes the history of the Afrikaanse Christen Kerk van Nieu-Seeland [Afrikaans Christian Church of New Zealand]. It focuses on the founding, growth, Church Order, ministry and challenges of the Church. The sources for this article are primary documents collected by the author in New Zealand. ; http://www.hts.org.za ; am2015
