Monitoring and Liaising

Part of Te Puni Kōkiri’s role, enabled through the Ministry of Māori Development Act 1991, is to monitor and liaise with each government department and agency that provides services to or for Māori.

In 2006/07 Te Puni Kōkiri’s monitoring work was focused on the early stages of policy development in influencing the priorities, planning, and decision making of other agencies. Te Puni Kōkiri continued to develop collaborative and purposeful relationships, partnering with stakeholders to achieve mutual goals and the strategic outcome of Māori succeeding as Māori.

In refining its monitoring function, Te Puni Kōkiri is seeking to reach a balance between retrospective and forward-looking monitoring. In 2006/07 it initiated the development of an outcomes monitoring approach to focus on the way in which state sector agencies collectively contribute to improved outcomes for Māori.

It is expected that this approach will enable Te Puni Kōkiri to exercise strategic leadership by: influencing the planning processes of state sector agencies; sharing information on opportunities to improve outcomes for Māori; and promoting the development of shared state sector outcomes for Māori.

Te Puni Kōkiri held preliminary discussions with central agencies in 2006/07 regarding the new programme, and will engage more widely with relevant agencies and Ministers to finalise the outcomes area(s) to be monitored. This engagement will be cognisant of existing groupings of Ministers, Chief Executives and officials which focus on particular areas of interest on behalf of Government.