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"What we are discussing... is whether or not in working more closely with iwi organisations and whānau who know these families well and the children well, whether or not we can do a better job at prevention," Ardern said.  Davis highlighted comments made at the Iwi Chairs Forum in Porirua on Friday that when Kāwanatanga and Tino rangatiratanga work together in partnership "youll see great things happening".  Collins suggested the Government was abdicating its responsibilities to protect all...

Evidence over spin any day: Collins questions PMs ruling out of separate Māori Parliament Newshub 5 days ago Zane Small © Newshub Watch: A decade on and the signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People is causing a meltdown in politics. National leader Judith Collins is questioning Prime Minister Jacinda Arderns ruling out of a separate Māori Parliament, brushing it off as "spin".  Collins has been calling for a "national conversation" abo...

We are not three-year-olds: Collins calls on Govt to have adult conversation about He Puapua implementation plans Newshub 5 days ago © The Hui Watch: Judith Collins on The Hui. Judith Collins is calling on the Government to have an "adult conversation" and fully lay out its plans when it comes to implementing the He Puapua report. The Government commissioned the report after the then-National Government in 2010 signed up to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and in 20...

He Puapua is "quite a radical interpretation" of the Treaty of Waitangi. "It does contain elements in it and recommendations that have clearly been undertaken by some of the Government agencies and ministries - all without discussing it with the wider New Zealand population," she says. "We are not three-year-olds, we need to be able to have these discussions." Collins has been accused of playing the race card, using terms such as segregation and racist separatism to describe the new proposed M�...

But Collins isnt taking Ardern at her word.  "It is important that just because the Prime Minister said this, that we should question that - what she says - because she also said that there would be no new taxes, that they werent going to have a capital gains tax, but they effectively did that," she told Magic Talk on Monday.  "We had Grant Robertson, the Finance Minister, saying no changes to the bright-line test, and lo and behold, a few months later guess what? There are changes. Â...

Pundit slams PGF as a disaster after marae upgrade announcement falls short on jobs Newshub 3 hrs ago © Three Watch: PGF marae upgrade announcement massively fails to deliver on jobs, Newshub reveals. A political pundit is criticising the Governments Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) after revelations one of its projects has fallen short on delivering promised jobs. Earlier this week, Newshub revealed with half of the $100 million earmarked to upgrade marae across the country already spent - on...

MPs recently debated a motion filed by ACT on 'human rights abuses' of Uighurs in China.

"Even though theyve took umbrage to what was said, I expect they will be quite happy. But many other countries that are like-minded like us will be quite concerned about what happened." The New Zealand Parliaments decision not to grapple with the issue of genocide distances it from the United Kingdom and Canada - both of whom have had their Parliaments declare genocide - and the United States, which has had two administrations say crimes against humanity are happening. "I think our Five Eyes fr...

The National leader says it won't be good for Māori.

Tahr hunters to play part in kea conservation Newshub 2 hrs ago James Fyfe © Getty The idea is to take advantage of the large amount of time hunters spend in the backcountry. Tahr hunters will soon play a greater role in kea conservation, with a new collaborative project getting underway this year. With hunters spending such a large amount of time in the backcountry, the idea is for them to help monitor kea numbers in the Southern Alps. By recording key data about the birds...