Collins has described the donation as an incredible lapse of judgement and believes Hunt has lost credibility to continue in the role as Human Rights Commissioner. That Mr Hunt and HRC staff thought it was appropriate to donate to one of New Zealand s largest gangs - who were recently involved in an international gang drug bust resulting in arrests - calls into question their judgement and raises questions as to the priorities of the Commission, Collins said on Monday. We will see Labour and supporters excusing this and no doubt they will attempt to tie this to race. New Zealanders are sick of that narrative being trotted out to excuse poor decision making by this Government and its agencies.
National, Act come out against He Puapua, UN Indigenous Peoples document
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Opposition parties have come out strongly against the He Puapua report that makes recommendations for co-governance between the Crown and Māori.
Bridges told TVNZ s Q+A the party was not walking back on the previous National-led government s decision to sign up to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Undrip), on which the controversial report He Puapua was based, but was concerned about the Government s signalled implementation.
It comes after Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson this week outlined the next steps for the country to realise its international obligations to indigenous peoples under the Declaration.
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Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson says New Zealand’s participation in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a way of supporting other indigenous peoples around the world.
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