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Jackson said he would work with Pou Tikanga representatives and the National Iwi Chairs Forum on the first phase. He said that he would be concurrently working with “a small group of legal experts with links to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and expertise in public law.” The issue has gained political traction over the past few months with the emergence of He Puapua, a document with ideas on how produced within government ministry Te Puni Kōkiri in 2019. First the ACT Party and latterly National leader Judith Collins picked up the report as evidence that the Labour Governmen...

Minister for Māori Development Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson has today announced the next steps in developing a national plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration). The work builds on the previous National Government’s decision to sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and will enhance our partnership with Māori. “It’s appropriate we’re at my marae, a cultural focal point for South Auckland Māori, to discuss a Declaration plan. For over 30 years Ngā Whare Waatea Marae has ...

  Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson has today announced the next steps in developing a national plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration). The work builds on the previous National Government’s decision to sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and will enhance our partnership with Māori. “It’s appropriate we’re at my marae, a cultural focal point for South Auckland Māori, to discuss a Declaration plan. For over 30 years Ngā Whare Waatea Marae has been a place for the local co...

“Minister Jackson has called the He Puapua report a ‘starting point’ and ‘catalyst’ which is concerning given how far the document goes towards a future of an increasingly divided New Zealand. “The National Party stands for equal citizenship for all. We must be one people underneath the law despite all of our diversity. We will not support a system of co-governance that undermines our democracy and treats people differently based on ethnicity. “Questions of constitution are not simply a conversation to be had between Māori and the Crown. New Zealand is not made up of just Pāk...

Iwi in Te Matau-a-Māui are calling for the government to invest in its rohe so it can further develop housing to curb homelessness and invest in the future of its descendants.