Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2011

Key Impact Measures - 2010/11

The following information reports the impact of Te Puni Kōkiri’s activities/outputs on key outcomes as stated in the Outcome Framework (2010-13 Statement of Intent refers). These impact measures are designed to report on the extent to which our activities directly impact on the outcomes being pursued. Where appropriate we have reported against specific performance targets.

Impact: Claimant groups progress through Treaty settlement processes
Impact measures Results
Pre-entry, entry and progress in negotiations processes. (Target: 95% of mandate and ratification decisions reflect Te Puni Kōkiri advice, and within expected timeframes.) Te Puni Kōkiri continues to participate and in some cases lead mandate and ratification work. In particular the mandating of the Hauraki and Tamaki collectives has been a major achievement. Minister’s decisions reflected our advice and timeframes were met in all instances - target of 95% was achieved.
Resolution of inter and intra iwi disputes. (Target: Settlement progress resumes as a result of 80% of facilitated interventions.) Facilitation was offered to 8 iwi groups and remains ongoing with 3 iwi groups. Amongst groups that accepted the offer of facilitation and where it is complete, all (100%) have resumed settlement progress.
Enhanced PSGE readiness to manage settlement assets. (Target: Positive feedback on Te Puni Kōkiri interventions is received from Post Settlement Governance Entities participating in the Common Measurement Tool Survey.) Positive feedback was obtained in a survey to Post Settlement Governance Entities (PSGEs) distributed for the year ended 30 June 2011. Only one survey respondent specifically mentioned the PSGE process. They rated Te Puni Kōkiri at an average satisfaction of 4.9 out of 5. An additional 6 survey respondents indicated they received at least one Treaty Settlement service from Te Puni Kōkiri. The average rating for all Treaty Settlement service recipients averages at 4.4 out of 5.
Impact: Māori are increasingly involved in government processes
Impact measures Results
Enhanced opportunities for Māori input into government decision making. (Target: Direct consultation with Māori occurs on 100% of Te Puni Kōkiri led policy and legislative proposals.) Consultation with Māori stakeholders has been held on the policy and legislative proposals led by Te Puni Kōkiri including for example;
  • Māori Purposes Bill #2;
  • The Māori Tourism Society were actively involved in developing the Māori Tourism Strategy Action plan;
  • Mokomoko pardon;
  • Review of the Māori Television Service Act;
  • The negotiations to vest the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Ngāti Whakaue and Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao; and
  • Whānau Ora, enabling whānau to inform and shape service development.
Success rate of nominations and appointments advice. (Target: 35%) Te Puni Kōkiri has provided nominations advice for 172 Government appointed boards or organisations. For the 102 boards where the outcome is known, 67% of the successful Māori appointees were nominated by the Minister of Māori Affairs and/or Te Puni Kōkiri.

Key Outcome: Whānau ora - Whānau and Māori achieve enhanced levels of economic and social prosperity

Impact: Ensure consideration of impact on Māori and whānau wellbeing informs key decisions
Impact measures Results
Government is better apprised of the issues impacting on the wellbeing of Māori and whānau.(No target specified.) Advice has been provided to Government on the following issues impacting on Māori and whānau wellbeing: employment; welfare reform; criminal justice; housing; alcohol and drug addiction; health and education. Work has been ongoing with agencies across the social and justice sector e.g. The Ministry of Social Development (Youth Pipeline); the Ministry of Education (Youth Guarantee and Early Childhood Education); the Ministry of Justice (Drivers of Crime); and the Ministry of Health.
Key agencies are better apprised on issues impacting on programme and service effectiveness for Māori and whānau. (Target: Quality of policy advice assessed as minimum 3 on a 1-5 scale, and has a positive impact on the lead agency.) Specific advice on programme and service effectiveness was provided on a range of matters including: early childhood education services; early parenting and maternity services; transition services from education into employment; addiction treatment services. In all cases specific prioritisation of Māori has been included in programme and service design. The quality of Te Puni Kōkiri policy advice in general was externally assessed at 5.53 on a scale of 1-6
Impact: Enable whānau to inform and shape service delivery and access services appropriate to their needs
Impact measures Results
Increased level of engagement with Māori and whānau. (Target: No specific targets set until baseline data collected.) Through the 25 selected provider collectives under the Whānau Ora approach, all providers have been required to engage with whānau to identify key areas of service delivery change to meet whānau needs and aspirations. Approximately 1200 whānau (involving over 14,000 individuals) were engaged in planning at the whānau level and are working to existing service delivery, where they need to. Additionally, Kāitoko Whānau and Oranga Whānau worked with more than 700 vulnerable whānau to provide facilitation and brokerage to appropriate services.
Improved accessibility of services to Māori and whānau. (Target: No specific targets set until baseline data collected.) Access to services for Māori and whānau is improved through Kāitoko Whānau, Oranga Whānau, Māori Wardens and Whānau Ora Provider Collectives. In February 2011, Te Puni Kōkiri Whānau Ora Providers and Māori Wardens also joined the Rapid Response Team to the Christchurch earthquake alongside Te Puni Kōkiri and the Coordinated Government Response effort.
Improved service co-ordination. (Target: 15-20 Whānau Ora providers established.) In 2010/11 25 Whānau Ora provider collectives were established, covering more than 150 individual providers in key parts of the country. During the year, they have been resourced to develop their Programmes of Action to identify the model of service delivery they will apply to support Whānau Ora. Additionally, resources were provided for whānau navigation to improve service coordination.
Impact: Build whānau resilience and self-reliance
Impact measures Results
Increase in self-assessed resilience by whānau. (No specific target set until baseline data collected.) The Whānau Integration, Innovation and Engagement Fund supporting whānau planning activities approximately 1,200 whānau involving around 14,000 individuals. These whānau have undertaken goal-setting exercises and identified the key steps to achieve increased resiliency including through education, employment, income and housing focused approaches.
Increase in the number of whānau identifying as self-reliant. (No specific target set until baseline data collected.) An outcomes framework and indicators have been completed for this purpose and baseline data collection is underway through programmes and services focused on whānau.

Key Outcome: Te Ao Hurihuri - Māori prepared for future opportunities

Impact: Ensure consideration of impact on education and skills pathways informs key decisions
Government is better apprised of the issues impacting on Māori education and skills pathways. (No target specified.) Advice has been provided on issues impacting on Māori education and skills to Government including on the Tertiary Education Strategy, Youth Guarantee and Welfare Reform. This has led to a specific focus on Māori in these areas. Ongoing work with other agencies and stakeholder groups including the Ministry of Education, the Tertiary Education Commission, the Ministry of Social Development, Career Services, key institutions in the Tertiary sector and Industry Training Organisations on education and skills pathways for Māori.
Increased availability of Māori centred education, skills and training opportunities. (Target: Quality of policy advice assessed as minimum 3 on a 1-5 scale, and has a positive impact on the lead agency.) Ongoing work with all stakeholders within the education and training sector. Of particular note this year are two initiatives supporting the realisation of training and employment opportunities for Māori in the Canterbury recovery. These include a partnership between Ngāi Tahu and the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology in preparation for the re-build, and a programme with INFRATRAIN that included the training for 25 Māori to NZQA Level 5 in Demolition and Re-cycling to support the rebuild. A further initiative saw the provision of 100 cadetships across a range of industries through contracts with five employers saw Māori exposed to new skills and career development opportunities.
Impact: Enhance services for Māori businesses
Impact measures Results
Increased availability of Māori business services. (No target specified.) Achieved with 469 Māori business owners and entrepreneurs receiving business advice over the full year.
Increased uptake of business services by Māori businesses. (Target: Service provision to over 200 Māori businesses has positive business results according to business owners.)

Results of a survey of Māori SME owners engaged through MBFS indicate a level of 3.77 out of 5 of satisfaction with services provided by MBFS account managers and contracted business mentors.

MBFS has provided mentoring support to more than 300 businesses, with positive business results that included:

  • Okains Bay Seafood Ltd, a fish harvesting and exporting company to obtain NZTE funding and explore markets in the USA and Middle East. This has opened up opportunities to progress the development of new environment-friendly products with high-end innovation and research;
  • newly established Māori company, Snooze Cube Ltd, to secure a 5-year lease contract with United Arab Emirates to install 10 units of sleeping pods in Dubai Airport. The snooze cube is a high-tech sleeping cubicle designed by Māori entrepreneurs;
  • Assisted the Pukekura Blue Penguin Trust, a joint venture partnership between Korako Karetai Trust and Otago Peninsula Trust, develop a business case for the establishment of an eco-tourism business based on penguin viewing at Pilot’s Beach on the Otago Peninsula;
  • Strengthen relationships with the Ministry of Science and Innovation to access funding for three innovative Māori businesses; and
  • assisted Māori land owners optimise the benefits of, and mitigate the potential negative impacts of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), the MBFS embarked on offering (preliminary) business advice and mentoring support that help Māori land owners have; a better understanding on the benefits and pitfalls of the NZ ETS; and assist land owners who are interested in applying for the allocation of units or exemptions from the scheme. 240 Māori land blocks have been assisted through the MBFS mentoring support and through the Māori Potential Fund (MPF).
Impact: Enhance opportunities for utilisation of assets
Impact measures Results
Māori are more aware of asset utilisation opportunities. (No target specified.) Programmes creating asset utilisation opportunities and increased awareness include:
  • Māori Tourism Action Plan and related funding;
  • Mechanisms for delivery of Aquaculture Treaty Settlement and Undue Adverse Effects test;
  • Assisting Māori land owners to make informed decisions regarding pre-1990 forests and the Emissions Trading Scheme;
  • Analysis of opportunities for participation in the Resource Management Act;
  • Guide for improving Iwi management plans; and
  • Guide on Cultural Impact Assessments. Impact for Māori will be better determined once programmes have been implemented.

Additional areas of impact have seen, BERL commissioned to produce Te Ripoata Ohanga Māori mō Te Waiariki (refer page 42) the MBFS activity (refer page 30), and Economic Taskforce initiatives (refer page 50).

Barriers to asset utilisation are reduced. (Target: At least 2 barriers to the utilisation of Māori land are addressed through policy and/or legislative intervention.) Barriers to asset utilisation are being reduced through a joint work plan between the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Te Puni Kōkiri to empower Māori landowners to achieve their land aspirations. The work plan includes:
  • Māori land owners being informed of investment opportunities and risks under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS);
  • Funding to support at least 15 Māori land blocks to identify options to enhance land development through a facilitated collective approach; and
  • Scoping a potential review of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.

Key Outcome: Te Ao Māori - Māori succeeding as Māori, more secure, confident and expert in their own culture.

Impact: Strengthen Māori language and culture
Impact measures Results
Enhanced levels of support for and action on Māori language and culture initiatives. (No target specified.) Te Puni Kōkiri has continued to provide direct support for Māori language and culture initiatives being undertaken by third parties (for example, He Kāinga Kōrerorero, Māori Language Week, Kura Whānau Reo, and Te Reo at Rugby World Cup). We have also undertaken policy work to secure resources for Māori language and culture initiatives through Budget 2011 (that is, reallocated funding for Mā Te Reo and iwi radio).
Direct support and promotion of language and culture initiatives results in increased numbers of and participation in events. (Target: Uptake of Māori radio and television programmes by 50% of Māori population; 75% of participants in selected programmes and events are satisfied with the Māori language outcomes.) Te Puni Kōkiri completed an impact survey of Māori language services in 2010/11. It showed that, among respondents, 63% of Māori adults had watched the Māori Television Service within the last 7 days, and 16% had listened to iwi radio within that timeframe. Some 66% of respondents with increased Māori language proficiency attributed some of their gain to the provision of these services. Funding assitance was also provided to a wide range of smaller community events such as manu kōkero and kapa haka competitions and, as in previous years, Te Puni Kōkiri enabled many communities to hold Matariki celebrations.
Impact: Strengthen cultural infrastructure
Impact measures Results
Marae are more aware of their development requirements (Target: 500 individualised marae development reports.) Marae development reports were provided to 547 marae as part of the Marae Development project. These reports will form the basis for an ongoing work programme to provide advice about Marae development opportunties.
Increased levels of marae capability. (Target: 50 marae prepare marae development plans.) Te Puni Kōkiri processed in excess of 140 proposals from marae for development activities in 2010/11. Particular themes include: support for 20 marae to host Rugby World Cup teams (details were announced on 30 June 2011); and support for marae to provide civil defence facilities during the Christchurch earthquake events. Of the 547 marae surveyed, 40% (220) had strategic plans; 38% (200) had action plans and 12% (65) succession plans.
Participation in iwi and hapū based events. (Target: No specific target pending collation of baseline information.) Te Puni Kōkiri has provided support for more than 70 iwi and hapū based events in 2010/11 to allow participation in: kapa haka festivals; speech competitions; ‘Pa Wars’ events; wānanga and others.