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Minister of Education; and Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and
Ethnic Communities:
Continuing Action to Improve Social Inclusion
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Title of paper: Continuing Action to Improve Social Inclusion (CAB‐20‐SUB‐0513 refers)
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Office of the Prime Minister
Office of the Minister of Education
Office of the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion, and Ethnic Communities
Chair, Cabinet Business Committee
CONTINUING ACTION TO IMPROVE SOCIAL INCLUSION
Proposal
1.
This paper seeks $32.633 million of funding from the Emerging Priorities Fund for seven
initiatives that will enable the Government to continue to take action to improve social
inclusion and cohesion in New Zealand communities. These initiatives will benefit all
New Zealanders, with a focus on providing opportunities and support for our diverse
communities, while working to increase feelings of safety and reduce experiences of
discrimination and racism for everyone in New Zealand.
Relationship to government priorities
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2.
The proposals within this paper contribute to the Government’s priority to lay the
foundations for a better future and create a fairer, more equitable New Zealand. We are
focused on addressing the long-term underlying issues to enable individuals, families
and communities to be safe and prosperous.
3.
The initial Social Inclusion work programme was developed in response to calls from
the community following the 15 March 2019 Terror Attack and has become even more
important during the COVID-19 response and recovery. These initiatives will form part
of the Government’s initial response to the report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry
into the terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain (the Royal Commission report) and
aligns with many of the findings and proposed recommendations.
Executive Summary
4.
New Zealand communities are becoming increasingly more diverse including ages,
ethnicities, cultures, beliefs, abilities, family composition, gender identities, and sexual
orientation. Some groups within our communities are not able to access the same
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opportunities as others, and experience discrimination, racism, and risks to their safety.
5.
Bolstering social inclusion and cohesion is an ongoing process that Government is
committed to continuing. It will have benefits for all New Zealanders and contribute to
the creation of a society where everyone feels they belong and can participate.
6.
We have been progressing a range of initiatives to improve social inclusion since mid-
2019. This has included leveraging and increasing the focus on social inclusion in
existing work and bolstering this with a small number of new initiatives, with a focus on
children and young people.
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7.
We have continued to explore further actions to improve social inclusion, particularly as
part of the COVID recovery. We also now have findings and recommendations from the
Royal Commission report to help guide this ongoing work.
8.
This paper seeks funding for these seven actions to improve social inclusion for all New
Zealanders by providing additional support and/or tackling some of the behaviours that
are contributing to exclusion. These initiatives are:
a. establishing specialist navigators and a Collective Impact Board to support the
families of 51 Shuhadah and others affected by the attack;
b. developing and implementing an Ethnic Communities’ Graduate Programme to
provide meaningful work experience and pathways into the public service;
c. establishing the New Zealand Police programme
Te Raranga, The Weave, as an
organisational response to hate crime and hate incidents;
d. strengthening the capacity of the Human Rights Commission to respond to hate
speech, racism and discrimination;
e. extending the Safer Communities Fund (SCF) for security measures for communities
at risk from hate incidents and terror attacks;
f.
establishing a National Centre of Excellence to focus on understanding diversity,
promoting social cohesion, and preventing and countering violent extremism;
g. implementing a trial to support young children in early learning services to develop
capacities for self-regulation, resilience, and social skills, and continuing the
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community partnership between the Ministry of Education and ethnic communities in
Christchurch.
9.
These actions will shape our next steps in improving social inclusion by better
recognising the strengths in the diversity in New Zealand, and responding to the
challenges and difficulties faced by many, particularly in our ethnic communities. We will
continue to oversee the outcomes of these initiatives as part of our ongoing social
cohesion work programme and response to the Royal Commission report.
10. These initiatives will also form part of the Government’s initial response to the Royal
Commission report, which will be considered at Cabinet on 7 December 2020. They
align with the overall findings of the report and a number of the recommendations. While
the Royal Commission report has a stronger focus on Muslim communities, the
initiatives in this paper will benefit a broader range of New Zealanders who face barriers
to inclusion, including Māori, Pacific peoples, other ethnic and faith communities,
disabled people, older people, and rainbow communities.
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Background
11. After the 15 March 2019 Terror Attack, calls came from various communities for the
Government to assess its role in supporting social inclusion. While prompted by 15
March, there were good reasons to undertake work to improve social inclusion in New
Zealand in general.
12. Our growing diversity, contributed to by demographic changes and migration, is not
necessarily reflected at all levels of policy making. Some groups are not experiencing
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the same opportunities as others and do experience discrimination. This is felt by both
adults and children, who also report bullying.
13. Improving social cohesion and inclusion will have benefits for all New Zealanders and
contribute to the creation of a society where everyone feels they belong and can
participate. This is an ongoing process that the Government is committed to continuing
and drawing on existing work programmes to make change in a range of areas.
14. In September 2019, following a rapid evidence review by the Ministry of Social
Development (MSD) and a stocktake of government work directly contributing to social
inclusion, the Social Wellbeing Committee (SWC) agreed to leverage existing
interventions to:
a. reduce discrimination in our communities;
b. show government and public service leadership on social inclusion;
c. support community-based activities that promote an inclusive national identity; and
d. strengthen our focus on equity and social inclusion in priority work programmes
[CAB-19-MIN-0472 refers].
15. It was also agreed to explore a small number of additional interventions to strengthen
social inclusion with a focus on children and young people, including:
a. building on the existing knowledge of early childhood teachers to support young
children developing capacities for self-regulation, resilience, and social skills,
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(including empathy);
b. leveraging and building on the Education/Justice focus area in the Child and Youth
Wellbeing Strategy that aims to ensure children are free from racism and
discrimination;
c. expanding evidence-based bullying prevention and responses in schools; and
d. increasing understanding of local and national history [CAB-19-MIN-0472 refers].
16. In June 2020, the Prime Minister and Minister for Social Development reported on the
progress of the work [CAB-20-MIN-0295 refers]. Substantive progress had been made
on the design and assessment of resourcing, costs, benefits and risks of each of these
four additional intervention areas.
17. Proposals were developed for initiatives for Budget 2020 but were put on hold as we
worked through COVID spending priorities. There was also an agreement to explore
further actions to improve social inclusion and report back on the next phase of work.
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18. Following this work, and to ensure social inclusion remains a key part of COVID recovery
as well as to respond to the findings of the Royal Commission report, we seek funding
to progress seven initiatives which are outlined below to foster long-term change for all
New Zealanders.
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We will continue to take action to improve social inclusion and respond to the Royal
Commission report
19. We seek funding to be able to implement seven proposals that will make a difference
for the lives of New Zealanders who are unable to access opportunities or feel excluded,
discriminated against or unsafe.
20. These proposals will continue work on improving social inclusion by recognising and
responding to the value and breadth of experience and knowledge diverse communities
bring to New Zealand. It will also address some of the barriers to participation in New
Zealand, and enabling everyone to feel safe and supported. There is also a strong focus
on building partnerships and having strong community engagement.
Initiative 1: Establishing specialist navigators and a Collective Impact Board to support the
families of 51 Shuhadah and others affected by the attack
21. To better support families most impacted by the March 15 Terror Attacks, we propose
the development of a Collective Impact Board to enable community partnership and
involvement in decision making and the collaborative development of specialised
support for survivors and families. This is in line with recommendation 25 and 26 of the
Royal Commission Report.
22. This Collective Impact Board will facilitate strong partnerships by bringing together
public sector agencies, non-government organisations and affected whanau, survivors
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and witnesses to design a work programme of ongoing wrap around services. The
membership of the Board will primarily include affected whanau, survivors and
witnesses as well as relevant service delivery expertise and other supporting expertise
as deemed appropriate. Community members and leaders are often already
volunteering their time when acting as advisors to government. Given the intention that
this is a joint, equitable process, part of the proposed funding includes payments for
non-government organisations and whanau representatives involved.
23. MSD will work in collaboration with the Collective Impact Board to develop navigator-
style wrap around services for affected whanau, survivors and witnesses.
24. This new navigation service will build upon the existing MSD’s specialised case
management service (designed for people directly affected by the mosque attacks) as
well as the existing MSD Community Connectors model. The design of this will require
collaboration with the new Collective Impact Board to ensure it is fit for purpose and
responding to needs of the community, including trauma informed capabilities as well
as meet the cultural and language needs of those whanau being served. Once rolled
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out, there will be around 300 individuals and their families who will be provided this
support.
25. I propose funding of $4.8 million over three years to provide for:
a. Collective Impact Board: $1m over 2 years
b. Enhanced case management & navigation service: $3.8m over 3 years.
26. We will continue to monitor the navigators and the ongoing need from the community,
as well as future roles the Collective Impact Board could play to guide other parts of the
Royal Commission report response.
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Initiative 2: Developing and implementing an Ethnic Communities’ Graduate Programme to
provide meaningful work experience and pathways into the public service
27. One of the key challenges for ethnic communities is employment. Across government,
there are a range of universal employment programmes that are available and can be
accessed by ethnic communities. However, there is also an opportunity to implement a
small targeted programme to support ethnic communities to join the Public Service in
line with our intention to strengthen government and public sector leadership on social
inclusion.
28. We propose a Graduate Programme to increase representation of ethnic communities
within the Public Service and reduce the barriers they face in taking up these roles.
29. According to 2019 data published by the Public Service Commission and 2018 census
data, 1.5% of the Public Service identify as Middle Eastern, Latin American and African
(this reflects the New Zealand population which is also 1.5%) and 11.1% of the Public
Service identify as Asian (compared to 15.1% of the population). MELAA and Asian
ethnicities are under-represented in senior leadership levels (tiers 1-3).
30. This programme will provide graduates with a meaningful first employment opportunity
within the Public Service and the opportunity to inject broader cultural competency into
the public sector. The Graduate Programme will run for 18 months taking in two intakes
of 15 persons annually, with the first intake planned for July 2021. The Office of Ethnic
Communities will operate and implement the programme, including providing training
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and supporting partner government agencies. They will also continue to collect data on
diversity within the public sector and the impact of the programme on longer term public
service employment.
31. Initial intakes will have a focus on recruiting graduates into the intelligence agencies,
Ministries of Justice, Social Development, and Education. Agencies will need to factor
this into their staffing numbers and budgets for 2021/22.
32. Funding of $1.180m over three years would provide:
c. $0.256m for training and support for graduates; and
d. $0.924m for staff to support this programme.
Initiative 3: Establishing the New Zealand Police programme Te Raranga, The Weave, as an
organisational response to hate crime and hate incidents
33. Police have heard from vulnerable communities that they do not always feel safe due to
threats and hate crimes that most others in society do not encounter. Many people feel
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unsafe when they endure hate speech and hate crime without Police and other agency
support and intervention.
34. We propose establishing Te Raranga, The Weave, as an organisational response to
hate crime and hate incidents. This will be a victim-centric hate crime approach that
restores the resilience of people subject to hate, and reassure communities that they
will be heard and are validated should they experience hate crime.
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35. Te Raranga will help to drive improvements in frontline practice to identify, record, and
manage hate crime, and deliver a service that is more responsive to victims. This will
require funding of $10.41 million over four years.
36. This programme directly links to recommendation 42, which seeks changes to the ways
in which New Zealand Police understand and respond to hate crimes. This programme
will also go further than that, and respond to feedback from ethnic and religious minority
community representatives, including the Federation of Islamic Associations of New
Zealand, the Jewish Council, Islamic Women’s Council, the Police Commissioner’s
Māori Focus Forum and the Police Commissioner’s Pacific Focus Forum, who have
sought changes to Police mechanisms for reporting and understanding hate crimes.
37. This investment will ensure there is appropriate leadership and governance to drive
these improvements to the national response to hate crime, develop frontline
educational and operational resources, and enable the development of a rich
intelligence picture of the nature and prevalence of hate crime across New Zealand.
38. Police have heard the call from communities for an easy and accessible method to report
hate speech and hate crime. Police’s 105 reporting portal now allows all crimes to be
reported online, however, more needs to be done to tailor the response system for hate
speech and hate crime which is what this initiative will do. The work programme will also
provide culturally appropriate responses and training will also be needed to enable
Police to consistently deliver a more aware and effective response to hate events.
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39. We will also improve data sets and understanding to promote increased engagement
with communities to address fears felt by communities, reduce the levels of victimisation,
and impede the ability of perpetrators to cause harm.
Initiative 4: Strengthening the capacity of the Human Rights Commission to respond to hate
speech, racism and discrimination
40. Community groups have expressed their desire to address divisive behaviour, including
discrimination and racism in society, more broadly than just through a legal approach to
incitement and hate speech.
41. To support swift intervention in divisive and discriminatory behaviour at the earliest
opportunity, we propose further funding to strengthen the capacity of the Human Rights
Commission (the Commission) to encourage harmonious relations between individuals
and among the diverse groups in New Zealand.
42. Lack of resourcing limits the Commission’s ability to provide mediation or facilitate
conversations for people who have been hurt by harmful behaviour, and where the
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threshold for a legal response may not be met. The Commission could also be more
proactive in exercising its inquiry function.
43. Funding of $5 million is sought for the Commission to develop a team of highly skilled
individuals who will be able to provide mediation, facilitate conversations or be more
proactive in exercising its inquiry function. The Commission has indicated support for
this initiative, and we expect it will use the funding to increase its capacity to provide this
service.
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Initiative 5: Extending the Safer Communities Fund for security measures for communities at
risk from hate incidents and terror attacks
44. The Safer Communities Fund (SCF) was established in 2019 to provide communities at
risk from hate incidents and terrorism with funding to upgrade and/or implement security
measures that will reduce the threat and impact of a terror attack or hate incident. An ‘at
risk’ community is defined as any community that is a potential target of terrorism or
hate incidents. This includes ethnic communities, faith communities and rainbow
communities, as well as recent migrant communities.
45. $7 million was appropriated in 2019/20. A priority for funding in 2019/20 was given to
security upgrades for the two mosques which were targeted in the 15 March terror
attacks, and Muslim and Jewish communities as these were assessed as having the
highest level of risk. All eligible applications were partially or fully funded.
46. However, there are continued requests for additional assistance from Muslim and
Jewish communities. It is also expected that some other at-risk communities that were
not able to access the initial SCF funding will make applications for security
improvements, once the fund is available to a broader range of groups.
47. We therefore suggest continuing to invest in the fund for one year to provide financial
support for at risk communities with ongoing or new safety concerns. This will help to
address immediate safety concerns and provide people with the financial support to
make changes to increase their feelings of security.
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48. Funding of $3.5 million over one year would provide:
a.
$3.255m of grants for security measures in 2020/21
b.
$0.245m for administration in 2020/21.
Initiative 6: Establishing a National Centre of Excellence to focus on understanding diversity,
promoting social cohesion, and preventing and countering violent extremism;
49. A number of the recommendations relate to the need for more informed public
understanding and conversations about diverse communities and fostering social
cohesion. This provides an important basis for understanding how we can better
establish an environment in New Zealand that does not foster radicalisation and violent
extremism.
50. Recommendation 14 of the report suggests that government establish a programme to
fund independent New Zealand-specific research on the causes of, and measures to
prevent, violent extremism and terrorism. We propose approaching this from a social
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cohesion and preventative perspective and are therefore proposing a National Centre
of Excellence that focuses on diversity and inclusion.
51. This Centre of Excellence will bring together academia, civil society and government to
research diversity, inclusion and the prevention of radicalisation, and guide the work of
policy agencies across government. It is proposed that the Centre be attached to a
University, and be linked to, but not directed by, government agencies.
52. This will require $2.5 million over 4.5 years.
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Initiative 7: Implementing a trial to support young children in early learning services to develop
capacities for self-regulation, resilience, and social skills, and continuing the community
partnership between the Ministry of Education and ethnic communities in Christchurch
53. In order to improve wellbeing amongst young children and foster lifelong skills, we are
proposing trialling an initiative to improve the social and emotional skills of children in
the first 6 years of life. Children from deprived and high-stress environments often
require support to develop self-regulation.
54. This initiative will fund a one-year pilot to test the scale up of a play-based social and
emotional development programme to 2,500 children in around 70 early learning
services and development of progress and practice tools to support kaiako’
understanding and support of children’s development of key skills, such as self-
regulation. The pilot will test the effectiveness and scale-up of play-based approaches
focused on developing social and emotional skills in various regions, urban/rural
communities and types of early learning services, and likely the addition of a language
component. If evaluation is positive, funding will be sought in future Budgets for roll-out.
The progress and practice tools will be developed and trialled in collaboration with
researchers and practitioners.
55. We are seeking funding of $5.243 million over 18 months which will include six months
of policy development and a 12 month trial. The funding will allow for the framing and
development of progress and practice tools that are culturally appropriate resources to
help early learning teachers/kaiako make contextualised evidence-based judgements
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about children’s progress in social and emotional learning to guide tailored teaching
practices. This work will allow akonga to benefit from a more inclusive style of teaching
that recognises and embraces different cultural contexts within teacher assessments.
56. Funding of $100,000 has also been included to continue the work the Ministry of
Education has been doing with ethnic communities in Christchurch for the remainder of
the financial year. Following the 15 March 2019 terror attack, the Ministry of Education
developed an initiative in Christchurch, modelled on the Talanoa Ako programme for
Pacific communities, an educational programme that aims to equip and empower
parents, families and communities to champion their children’s education.
57. This will enable Ministry of Education regional staff to continue to work with local families
over the start of the school year. This kind of programme can include information and
support for families such as: how the NZ curriculum works, keeping our identity,
language and culture/faith in NZ education context, understanding pathways and NCEA
and family routines and goal setting. Further consideration of whether to expand this
programme to other regions will occur early in 2021 as part of the ongoing social
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cohesion work programme.
Next Steps
58. Once decisions have been taken and funding for these actions has been announced as
part of the initial response to Royal Commission report, officials will start to implement
them. For some initiatives (e.g. the Safer Communities Fund) the next step is
implementation, and for others (e.g. the Ethnic Communities Graduate Programme)
there will be more design work with input from communities.
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59. We will continue to oversee the outcomes of these initiatives as part of our ongoing
social cohesion work programme and response to the Royal Commission report.
Financial Implications.
Financial Implications
60. The table below summarises the funding sought in this paper:
$ million
2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 Total
Specialist navigators and community
impact Board
1.000
2.150
1.650
0.000
0.000
4.800
Ethnic Communities Graduate
Programme
0.209
0.495
0.476
0.000
0.000
1.180
Te Raranga
0.000
3.360
2.810
2.210
2.030
10.410
Strengthen Human Rights
Commission
2.500
2.500
0.000
0.000
0.000
5.000
Safer Communities' Fund
3.500
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
3.500
Centre of Excellence
0.300
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.500
2.500
Building children's self-regulation
1.811
3.532
0.000
0.000
0.000
5.343
Total
9.320
12.737
5.436
2.710
2.530
32.633
Legislative Implications
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61. There are no direct legislative implications or changes arising from decisions in this
paper.
Impact Analysis
62. There are no regulatory impacts from the proposals in this paper and a Regulatory
Impact Assessment is not required.
Population Implications
63. The table below summarises the impacts of these proposals on different population
groups:
Population group
How the proposal may affect this group
Māori and Pacific Māori and Pacific peoples are not always able to access opportunities, and
peoples
experience discrimination and racism. The proposals in this paper are likely to
have a positive impact for Māori and Pacific peoples.
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Women, rainbow
Women, rainbow communities and gender diverse people are groups identified
communities, and
as experiencing higher rates of discrimination. The proposals in this paper may
gender diverse
have a positive impact for these groups.
people
Disabled people
Disabled people are not always included in their communities, and experience
higher rates of discrimination. The proposals in this paper contribute to giving
effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities. Article 5 of the Convention requires the government to promote
equality and eliminate discrimination of disabled people, especially disabled
women, children, and people from rainbow communities. Article 8 requires the
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government to promote positive perceptions and greater social awareness
towards persons with disabilities. The proposals in this paper may have a
positive impact for disabled people.
Older people
The proposals in this paper are unlikely to improve outcomes for older people,
but some of the initiatives (preventing bullying, and support for hate speech) may
contribute to children and young people being more tolerant and accepting of all
New Zealanders, with flow on impacts for older people.
Ethnic communities
Ethnic communities face racism and discrimination in many aspects of their day
to day lives, and do not always feel included within New Zealand communities.
Ethnic communities also face barriers to employment, including discrimination.
The proposals in this paper will have a positive impact for ethnic communities.
Human Rights
64. The proposals in this paper are consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
and the Human Rights Act 1993. The Human Rights Commission was established to
advance social inclusion, harmonious relationships between communities and the
human rights of everyone in New Zealand. Recent United Nations (UN) human rights
statements and recommendations specifically addressed to New Zealand emphasise
the importance of national inclusivity strategies, policies, frameworks and plans (e.g. UN
Human Rights Committee 2016 [CCPR/C/NZL/CO/6], UN Committee on Racial
Discrimination, September 2017 [CERD/C/NZL/CO/21-22], UN Human Rights Council,
Universal Periodic Review, 2019 [A/HRC/41/4/Add.1], and UN Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 2018 [CEDAW/C/NZL/CO/8]. An
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overarching government social inclusion policy framework would be in keeping with New
Zealand’s international human rights commitments.
Consultation
65. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet prepared this paper working closely
with the Ministries of Education and Justice, and the Office of Ethnic Communities. This
paper seeks funding for initiatives that were identified in the initial social inclusion
cabinet paper, with input from a broad cross-agency reference group.
66. The Treasury, Public Service Commission, Ministries of Education, Justice, and Social
Development, Police, Office of Ethnic Communities, and the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet (Child Units and National Security Group) were consulted on this
paper.
Communications
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67. The proposals in the paper will form part of the Government’s initial response to the
Royal Commission report. The Prime Minister may include this in her public statements
on 8 December, when the report is tabled.
Proactive Release
68. We will proactively release this Cabinet paper alongside previous social inclusion
papers, as a package. This could be undertaken as part of the Government’s initial
response to the Royal Commission report.
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69. When released, the papers will be subject to redactions, in accordance with the Official
Information Act 1982 and under the principles in the Privacy Act 1993, e.g. Budget
Sensitive information.
70. The Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and
Ethnic Communities recommend that the Cabinet Business Committee:
1.
note that on 11 September 2019 Cabinet agreed to leverage existing work and
explore a small number of additional interventions that could have a significant
impact on social inclusion (with a strong focus on children and young people) [CAB-
19-MIN-0472];
2.
note that on 22 June 2020 Cabinet agreed to explicitly include improving social
inclusion as a goal for our thinking and planning for the post COVID-19 recovery
[CAB-20-MIN-0295];
3.
note that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic required the Government to
suddenly and significantly revise its priorities and focus, with a significant impact on
social inclusion funding proposals in Budget 2020;
4.
note that improving social inclusion and cohesion is an important part of the
recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on
Christchurch Mosque;
5.
agree to fund seven actions to improve social inclusion:
5.1. establishing specialist navigators and a Collective Impact Board to support
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the families of 51 Shuhadah and others affected by the attack;
5.2. developing and implementing an Ethnic Communities’ Graduate Programme
to provide meaningful work experience and pathways into the public service;
5.3. establishing the New Zealand Police programme Te Raranga, The Weave,
as an organisational response to hate crime and hate incidents;
5.4. strengthening the capacity of the Human Rights Commission to respond to
hate speech, racism and discrimination;
5.5. extending the Safer Communities Fund for security measures for
communities at risk from hate incidents and terror attacks;
5.6. establishing a National Centre of Excellence to focus on understanding
diversity, promoting social cohesion, and preventing and countering violent
extremism;
5.7. implementing a trial to support young children in early learning services to
develop capacities for self-regulation, resilience, and social skills, and
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continuing the community partnership between the Ministry of Education and
ethnic communities in Christchurch;
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6.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decisions
agreed in recommendation 5.1, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
Vote Social
$m – increase/(decrease)
Development Minister
for Social Development
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
and Employment
Multi-Category
Expenses and Capital
Expenditure:
Community Support
Services MCA
Non-Departmental
Output Expenses:
Community Support and
Advice
1.000
2.150
1.650
-
Total Operating
1.000
2.150
1.650
-
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7.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy
decisions agreed in recommendation 5.2 above, with a corresponding impact on the
operating balance and net core Crown debt:
Vote Internal Affairs
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister of Internal Affairs
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Multi-Category Expenses
0.209
0.495
0.476
and Capital Expenditure:
Community Information and
Advisory Services MCA
Departmental Output
-
-
Expense:
Advisory and Information
Services to Ethnic
Communities
(funded by revenue Crown)
Total Operating
0.209
0.495
0.476 -
-
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8.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy
decisions agreed in recommendation 5.3 above, with a corresponding impact on the
operating balance and net core Crown debt:
$m - increase/(decrease)
Vote Police
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Minister of Police
Multi-Category Expenses and
Capital Expenditure:
Policing Services (MCA)
Departmental Output Expense:
Crime Prevention
-
3.360
2.810
2.210
2.030
(funded by revenue Crown)
Total Operating
-
3.360
2.810
2.210
2.030
9.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy
decisions agreed in recommendation 5.4 above, with a corresponding impact on the
operating balance and net core Crown debt:
Vote Justice
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister of Justice
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Non-Departmental Output
Expense:
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Services from the Human
Rights Commission
2.500
2.500
Total Operating
2.500
2.500
-
-
10.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy
decisions agreed in recommendation 5.5 above, with a corresponding impact on the
operating balance and net core Crown debt:
Vote Internal Affairs
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister for Diversity,
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Inclusion and Ethnic
Communities
Multi-Category Expenses
and Capital Expenditure:
Community Funding
Schemes MCA
Departmental Output
0.245
Proactively
Expense:
Administration of Grants
(funded by revenue
Crown)
Non-Departmental Other
Expense:
Safer Communities Fund
3.255
Total Operating
3.500
13
11.
agree to establish the following new appropriation:
Vote
Vote
Appropriation
Appropriation Title
Type
Scope
Administrator Minister
Administrator
d
Department of
Prime Minister
Department of
Centre of
Non-
This appropriation
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the Prime
Excellence
Departmental is limited to the
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for
Output
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preventing
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and
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preventing and
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extremism
countering violent
extremism.
12.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy
decisions agreed in recommendation 5.6 above, with a corresponding impact on the
operating balance and net core Crown debt:
Vote Prime Minister and
$m – increase/(decrease)
Cabinet
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Prime Minister
Non-Departmental Output
Expense:
Released
Centre of Excellence for
preventing and countering
0.300
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.500
violent extremism
Total Operating
0.300
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.500
13.
approve the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy
decisions agreed in recommendation 5.7 above, with a corresponding impact on the
operating balance and net core Crown debt:
Vote Education
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister of Education
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Departmental Output
Expense:
Support and Resources for
0.100
Parents and the Community
(funded by revenue Crown)
Proactively
Multi-Category Expenses
1.711
3.532
and Capital Expenditure:
Improved Quality Teaching
and Learning MCA
Departmental Output
Expense:
Support and Resources for
Teachers
(funded by revenue Crown)
Total Operating
1.811
3.532
14
14.
agree that the proposed changes to appropriations for 2020/21 above be included
in the 2020/21 Supplementary Estimates and that, in the interim, the increase be
met from Imprest Supply
;
15.
note that the expenses incurred under recommendations 6-13 be charged against
the Prime Minister’s Emerging Priorities Contingency, established as part of Budget
2020;
16.
note that all funding above is time limited and further funding to continue any of the
initiatives would need to be considered as part of future Budgets, should costs not
be able to be managed within baselines;
17.
note that the actions in this paper will form part of the Government’s initial response
to the report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terrorist attack on
Christchurch masjidain;
18.
note that the Prime Minister will release this paper and the previous two Cabinet
papers as a package, at an appropriate time (with appropriate redactions as
required);
19.
agree to delegate authority to the Minister of Social Development to make final
design and implementation decisions on recommendation 5.1;
20.
agree to delegate authority to the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic
Released
Communities to make final design and implementation decisions on
recommendation 5.2;
21.
agree to delegate authority to the Minister of Police to make final design and
implementation decisions on recommendations 5.3;
22.
agree to delegate authority to the Ministers for National Security and Intelligence
and the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities to make final
design and implementation decisions on recommendations 5.6;
23.
agree to delegate authority to the Minister of Education to make final design and
implementation decisions on recommendations 5.7;
24.
invite the Minister for National Security and Intelligence, Minister of Education,
Minister for Social Development and Employment, Minister of Justice, Minister of
Police, and Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities to report back
on these initiatives by October 2022.
Proactively
Authorised for lodgement
Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
Hon Chris Hipkins
Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister
Minister of Education
Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and
Ethnic Communities
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CAB-20-MIN-0513
Cabinet
Minute of Decision
This document contains information for the New Zealand Cabinet. It must be treated in confidence and
handled in accordance with any security classification, or other endorsement. The information can only be
released, including under the Official Information Act 1982, by persons with the appropriate authority.
Continuing Action to Improve Social Inclusion
Portfolios
Prime Minister / Education / Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities
On 7 December 2020, Cabinet:
1
noted that on 11 September 2019, the Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee (SWC) agreed
to leverage existing work and explore a small number of additional interventions that could
have a significant impact on social inclusion (with a strong focus on children and young
people [SWC-19-MIN-0126];
2
noted that on 22 June 2020, SWC agreed to explicitly include improving social inclusion as a
goal for our thinking and planning for the post COVID-19 recovery [SWC-20-MIN-0071];
Released
3
noted that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic required the government to suddenly
and significantly revise its priorities and focus, with a significant impact on social inclusion
funding proposals in Budget 2020;
4
noted that improving social inclusion and cohesion is an important part of the
recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on
Christchurch Mosques;
5
agreed to fund seven actions to improve social inclusion:
5.1
establishing specialist navigators and a Collective Impact Board to support the
families of 51 Shuhadah and others affected by the attack;
5.2
developing and implementing an Ethnic Communities’ Graduate Programme to
provide meaningful work experience and pathways into the public service;
5.3
establishing the New Zealand Police programme Te Raranga, The Weave, as an
Proactively
organisational response to hate crime and hate incidents;
5.4
strengthening the capacity of the Human Rights Commission to respond to hate
speech, racism and discrimination;
5.5
extending the Safer Communities Fund for security measures for communities at risk
from hate incidents and terror attacks;
5.6
establishing a National Centre of Excellence to focus on understanding diversity,
promoting social cohesion, and preventing and countering violent extremism;
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5.7
implementing a trial to support young children in early learning services to develop
capacities for self-regulation, resilience, and social skills, and continuing the
community partnership between the Ministry of Education and ethnic communities
in Christchurch;
6
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.1, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and net core
Crown debt:
Vote Social Development
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister for Social
Development and
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Employment
Multi-Category Expenses
and Capital Expenditure:
Community Support
Services MCA
Non-Departmental Output
Expenses:
Community Support and
Advice
1.000
2.150
1.650
-
Total Operating
1.000
2.150
1.650
-
7
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.2 above, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
Released
Vote Internal Affairs
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister of Internal Affairs
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Multi-Category Expenses
0.209
0.495
0.476
and Capital Expenditure:
Community Information and
Advisory Services MCA
Departmental Output
-
-
Expense:
Advisory and Information
Services to Ethnic
Communities
(funded by revenue Crown)
Total Operating
0.209
0.495
0.476 -
-
Proactively
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8
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.3 above, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
$m - increase/(decrease)
Vote Police
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Minister of Police
Multi-Category Expenses and
Capital Expenditure:
Policing Services (MCA)
Departmental Output Expense:
Crime Prevention
-
3.360
2.810
2.210
2.030
(funded by revenue Crown)
Total Operating
-
3.360
2.810
2.210
2.030
9
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.4 above, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
Vote Justice
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister of Justice
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Non-Departmental Output
Expense:
Released
Services from the Human
Rights Commission
2.500
2.500
Total Operating
2.500
2.500
-
-
10
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.5 above, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
Vote Internal Affairs
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister for Diversity, 2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Inclusion and Ethnic
Communities
Multi-Category Expenses
and Capital Expenditure:
Community Funding
Schemes MCA
Proactively
Departmental Output
0.245
Expense:
Administration of Grants
(funded by revenue
Crown)
Non-Departmental Other
Expense:
Safer Communities Fund
3.255
Total Operating
3.500
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11
agreed to establish the following new appropriation to give effect to the policy decision in
paragraph 5.6 above:
Vote
Vote
Appropriation Appropriation Title
Type
Scope
Administrator Minister
Administrator
t
nd
Department of Prime Minister
Department of Centre of
Non-
This appropriation is
ine
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b the Prime
the Prime
Excel ence for Departmental limited to the
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a Minister and
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preventing and Output
establishment and
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countering
Expense
operation of a
M
violent
national Centre of
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extremism
Excel ence for
rim
preventing and
P
countering violent
extremism.
12
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.6 above, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
Vote Prime Minister and
$m – increase/(decrease)
Cabinet
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Prime Minister
Non-Departmental Output
Expense:
Centre of Excel ence for
0.300
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.500
Released
preventing and countering
violent extremism
Total Operating
0.300
0.700
0.500
0.500
0.500
13
approved the following changes to appropriations to give effect to the policy decision
agreed in paragraph 5.7 above, with a corresponding impact on the operating balance and
net core Crown debt:
Vote Education
$m – increase/(decrease)
Minister of Education
2020/21
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
Departmental Output
Expense:
Support and Resources for
0.100
Parents and the Community
(funded by revenue Crown)
Proactively
Multi-Category Expenses
and Capital Expenditure:
1.711
3.532
Improved Quality Teaching
and Learning MCA
Departmental
Output
Expense:
Support and Resources for
Teachers
(funded by revenue Crown)
Total Operating
1.811
3.532
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14
agreed that the proposed changes to appropriations for 2020/21 above be included in the
2020/21 Supplementary Estimates and that, in the interim, the increase be met from Imprest
Supply;
15
noted that the expenses incurred under paragraphs 6 to 13 be charged against the Prime
Minister’s Emerging Priorities Contingency, established as part of Budget 2020;
16
noted that all funding above is time limited and further funding to continue any of the
initiatives would need to be considered as part of future Budgets, should costs not be able to
be managed within baselines;
17
noted that the actions in the paper attached to CAB-20-SUB-0513 will form part of the
government’s initial response to the report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the
Terrorist Attack on Christchurch masjidain;
18
noted that the Prime Minister will release the paper under CAB-20-SUB-0513 and the
previous two Cabinet papers as a package, at an appropriate time (with appropriate
redactions as required);
19
authorised the Minister of Social Development to make final design and implementation
decisions on the proposal in paragraph 5.1;
20
authorised the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities to make final
design and implementation decisions on the proposal in paragraph 5.2;
21
authorised the Minister of Police to make final design and implementation decisions on the
Released
proposal in paragraph 5.3;
22
authorised the Minister for National Security and Intelligence and the Minister for
Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities to make final design and implementation
decisions on the proposal in paragraph 5.6;
23
authorised the Minister of Education to make final design and implementation decisions on
the proposal in paragraph 5.7;
24
invited the Minister for National Security and Intelligence, the Minister of Education, the
Minister for Social Development and Employment, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of
Police, and the Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities to report back on
these initiatives by October 2022.
Proactively
Michael Webster
Secretary of the Cabinet
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