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Press Release – ACT New Zealand The Government is taking the whole country on the path to being an ethno-state, not just the select Mori leaders its chosen to consult on its implementation of He Puapua, says ACT Leader David Seymour. If theres to be a constitutional … “The Government is taking the whole country on the path to being an ethno-state, not just the select Māori leaders it’s chosen to consult on its implementation of He Puapua,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If there’s to be a constitutional conversation, everybody deserves to be part of it. The thing is, this con...

Press Release – ACT New Zealand “The Government is taking the whole country on the path to being an ethno-state, not just the select Māori leaders it’s chosen to consult on its implementation of He Puapua,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “If there’s to be a constitutional conversation, everybody deserves to be part of it. The thing is, this constitutional conversation is about excluding most New Zealanders from having full political rights, and the Government has started as it means to go on. “Since the National Party signed us up to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigeno...

'Not something to be afraid of': Indigenous rights consultation begins in wake of He Puapua controversy Newshub 9 hrs ago Zane Small © Image - Newshub; Video - The AM Show Watch: Former National Party leader Don Brash and Matthew Tukaki, chair of the National Māori Authority, discuss He Puapua on The AM Show. The Government will consult with Māori over the next few months before engaging with the wider public on indigenous rights, in the wake of He Puapua controversy. Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson announced on Thursday the next steps in developing a nation...

National leader Judith Collins accused the Government of a "separatism by stealth" agenda, after plans were set in motion for a Māori Health Authority as well as Māori wards in local councils, both of which were recommended in the report.  Collins vowed to keep probing Labour's Māori 'co-governance' plans despite Newshub polling in May showing 44.5 percent of Kiwis thought National was being divisive and the Māori Party accusing her of racism. Paradoxically, the report was commissioned as a response to the former National-led Government signing New Zealand up in 2010 to the United Nation...

01/07/2021 Dr Brash and Tukaki on The AM Show. Credits: Video - The AM Show; Images - Getty Images/The AM Show Former National Party leader Don Brash has held up Simon Bridges as proof Māori don't need their own electorates to get into positions of power.  Dr Brash, who also led the ACT Party for a short time and currently spokesperson for lobby group Hobson's Pledge, says the controversial He Puapua document is "dangerous for our future" by forcing Kiwis to "choose between their Māori ancestors". "Every single person who identifies as Māori in this country also has Pākehā ...