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“Chris Hipkins’ ‘policy bonfire’ is no such thing. He’s just putting a bunch of unpopular policies on ice in election year,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Many of the policies that Hipkins has tried to run from are still lingering. He ...

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Indigenous rights, co-governance and He Puapua: the government has started work on a plan and intends to consult widely on it soon.

Press Release – Office of the Clerk Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Governments statements and actions? BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen on the New Zealand economy? DAVID SEYMOUR … Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions? BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has he seen...

A draft Cabinet paper has been prepared setting out the next steps the government could take in response to the report on achieving the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government-commissioned report, He Puapua, suggested a separate Māori Parliament or upper house, separate court and justice systems and Māori ownership of foreshore and seabed, as well as recommendations on cultural rights and equity. In 2019 it was handed to Nanaia Mahuta, who was Māori Development minister at the time, but it was never signed off by Cabinet. The ACT Party has now revealed Māori Development Min...