Press Release – New Zealand National Party In a letter to the Prime Minister and other Ministers, Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff has expressed serious concerns over the proposed three waters service delivery reforms. I have made it clear in Parliament that I am very concerned about the Governments …
In a letter to the Prime Minister and other Ministers, Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff has expressed serious concerns over the proposed three waters service delivery reforms.
“I have made it clear in Parliament that I am very concerned about the Government’s water reform plans. The Mayor of Auckland has raised concerns over governance, accountability and cost and I am in complete agreement with him,” Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says.
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National Party leader Judith Collins addressing the party’s northern convention at the weekend, when she described He Puapua as a “divisive government document”. By introducing private property ownership, Māori lands could be more easily alienated and sold to European settlers (as well as made more vulnerable to confiscation through failure to pay costs associated with land titling, surveying, rates etc). The claims that the rights of private property are paramount under article two is wilfully ignorant at best, and intentionally damaging and divisive at worst. What does the text actually say? Although various interpretations have been put forward and debated over the years, the Wai 1040 Te Paparahi o te Raki inquiry found that the Māori language text is the only authoritative text.
Monday, 3 May 2021, 4:53 pm
The
Prime Minister’s continued refusal to state her view on
recommendations in the
He Puapua report is a worrying
sign for the future of the country, Leader of the Opposition
Judith Collins says.
He Puapua sets out a
roadmap to co-governance between the Crown and Māori by
2040. It proposes a Māori Health Authority, separate court
and justice systems, Māori ownership over the foreshore and
seabed, Māori wards in councils, and constitutional reform
to consider matters such as a Māori Parliament or Upper
House.
“Jacinda Ardern can’t skirt the issue of
Press Release – New Zealand National Party The Government should be much further down the road towards reconnecting New Zealand with the Pacific Islands than it currently is, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. Im pleased the Cook Islands travel bubble finally has a start date, but …
The Government should be much further down the road towards reconnecting New Zealand with the Pacific Islands than it currently is, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says.
“I’m pleased the Cook Islands travel bubble finally has a start date, but the time it took to figure out quarantine-free travel between two Pacific nations with no Covid-19 in their communities is staggering.