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Waititi interrupted Collins as she put questions to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about He Puapua, a Government report commissioned in 2019 that sets out a roadmap to co-governance between the Crown and Māori by 2040.  Collins has expressed her concern that the Government is trying to implement "separatism by stealth", pointing to plans for a Māori Health Authority and Māori wards in local councils, both of which are recommended in the report.  Paradoxically, the He Puapua repo...

House Speaker Trevor Mallard ruled the matter was "well outside" the Prime Ministers responsibilities. As Collins resumed her line of questioning about "separate sovereignty", Waititi interrupted her and asked the Speaker to step in. Collins could be heard scoffing as she was forced to sit down again. "Mr Speaker, I seek your guidance and advice," Waititi said. "Over the past two weeks there has been racist propaganda and rhetoric towards tangata whenua. That not only is insulting to tangata wh...

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield was then briefed and COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins was told ahead of a 1pm press conference that day. But the Government didnt tell the public until six days later despite being repeatedly questioned about it by media and MPs.  The fact the border worker hadnt been tested for five months wasnt revealed to the public until April 14, when Carolyn Tremain, chief executive of the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), told a...

Despite allegations of racism in police and racial profiling, Collins saw no implications with allowing police to conduct warrantless searches.  "I think allegations are very easy to make, particularly when the word systemic is added to it. The fact is, is that its important that we understand that the people who are often the victims of this violence are often Māori." Collins was asked if there is systemic racism in police. "No, absolutely not," she said.  "I was the Minister of Police for ...

"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...

MIQ space freed up for refugees, students, construction industry and seasonal workers Newshub 5 days ago Zane Small, Michael Morrah © Image - Newshub / Zane Small; Video - Newshub Watch: 500 extra spaces will be made available every two weeks. Managed isolation space is being freed up to allow more refugees, international students, construction workers and recognised seasonal employees (RSEs) into New Zealand.  COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday that t...

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...

The Government is drafting legislation, which will be introduced later this year, and is expected to pass in 2022.  When it comes into force, any union will be able to initiate the FPA process as long as they can demonstrate support from either 10 percent or 1000 employees in the proposed industry or occupation.  FPAs can also be initiated via a "public interest test" in an industry or occupation where employment issues exist, such as low pay or limited bargaining power.  All employees will ...

But Nationals workplace relations spokesperson Scott Simpson fears the Labour Government is taking New Zealand back to an era of industrial action in the 1970s, when strikes were at an all-time high.  "This is compulsory wage controls. It is unionism gone universal," Simpson says. "The National Party will repeal these recycled National Awards." National Awards were based on the principle that basic terms and conditions were best established by the collective workforce. They laid out minimum wa...

It proposes a Māori Health Authority and Māori wards in councils, which the Government has acted on. It also suggests separate court and justice systems, Māori ownership over the foreshore and seabed a Māori Parliament or Upper House. In a speech to National Party supporters over the weekend, Collins called for a public conversation about the proposals in the report before any more of the recommendations are implemented. "If Labour believes that the Treaty intended two systems for e...