Quarterly performance report: to 31 December 2014 Service performance Highlights for the quarter The Briefing to the Incoming Minister was provided to the Minister for Māori Development and has been published on the main Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori website. The Statement of Intent 2014–18 and Annual Report 2013/14 (incorporating a revised Statement of Performance Expectation 2014/15) were both tabled in Parliament on 23 December 2015. They are available on the main Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori website. The Statement of Intent was submitted to Parliament in a bilingual format for the first time in a number of years. A separate briefing regarding the implementation of the 2014 Language Māori Strategy, including detailed planning against each of the lead roles assigned to Te Taura Whiri i te Reo to the Minister for Development Māori, will be presented Māori by the Board Chair, Board members and the Chief Executive at the first quarterly meeting of 2015 (March). Summarily we can advise that: An initial draft of a matrix of indicators for the vitality of the Language has Māori been prepared. The draft will be discussed with contributing agencies at meetings over January/February 2015 and then submitted to the Board for approval in March, after which the draft will be sent to Te the Puni Kōkiri, Māori Language and the Ministers for Development, agencies’ CE Forum Māori Education and Statistics for feedback. Work on the framework to evaluate government-funded language Māori programmes and services has begun, with the and approach framework’s scope drafted and an initial report drafted. Meetings with lead language agencies Māori will continue over the third quarter of the year. A contract has been let for the second project in the research programme – Stakeholder engagement national research agenda for the regeneration and revitalisation of te The contractor is Te Kotahi Research Institute. (Note that reo Māori. the first project was the creation of a research portal/website, which was completed to in 2013/14.) “soft launch” Advance notice has been posted to GETS for two further projects: Measure value of contribution of language and culture to the economy of New Zealand and Māori Evaluate the impact of reo and their role in community led wānanga whakarauora language revitalisation and regeneration.
Quarterly performance report: to 31 December 2014 Service performance Highlights for the quarter The Briefing to the Incoming Minister was provided to the Minister for Māori Development and has been published on the main Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori website. The Statement of Intent 2014–18 and Annual Report 2013/14 (incorporating a revised Statement of Performance Expectation 2014/15) were both tabled in Parliament on 23 December 2015. They are available on the main Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori website. The Statement of Intent was submitted to Parliament in a bilingual format for the first time in a number of years. A separate briefing regarding the implementation of the 2014 Māori Language Strategy, including detailed planning against each of the lead roles assigned to Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, will be presented to the Minister for Māori Development by the Board Chair, Board members and the Chief Executive at the first quarterly meeting of 2015 (March). Summarily we can advise that: An initial draft of a matrix of indicators for the vitality of the Māori Language has been prepared. The draft will be discussed with contributing agencies at meetings over January/February 2015 and then submitted to the Board for approval in March, after which the draft will be sent to Te Puni Kōkiri, the Māori Language agencies’ CE Forum and the Ministers for Māori Development, Education and Statistics for feedback. Work on the framework to evaluate government-funded Māori language programmes and services has begun, with the framework’s scope and approach drafted and an initial report drafted. Meetings with lead Māori language agencies will continue over the third quarter of the year. A contract has been let for the second project in the research programme – Stakeholder engagement national research agenda for the regeneration and revitalisation of te reo Māori. The contractor is Te Kotahi Research Institute. (Note that the first project was the creation of a research portal/website, which was completed to “soft launch” in 2013/14.) Advance notice has been posted to GETS for two further projects: Measure value of contribution of Māori language and culture to the economy of New Zealand and Evaluate the impact of wānanga whakarauora reo and their role in community led language revitalisation and regeneration.
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