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Watchdog rejects complaint ACT ad implies 'ministers themselves are gang members' Newshub 3 hrs ago Replay Video UP NEXT New Zealand's ad watchdog has rejected a complaint that an ACT Party ad implies "ministers themselves are gang members". The Facebook ad posted on ACT leader David Seymour's page in May shows an image of Greens co-leader Marama Davidson and Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson standing in front of a Mongrel Mob gang patch. "Yet another Government Minister has held secret meetings with gang members," the text accompanying the ad reads. It came after Newshub rev...
Reti wants go-slow on UNDRIP HASH(0x396b180) Too far too fast. That’s how National Party deputy leader Shane Reti sees the Government’s response to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson last week launched consultation with Māori on how the declaration could be implemented, saying it would not be bound by the ideas in He Puapua, a report written by an advisory panel. National has been attacking the Government over He Puapua, and Dr Reti says it’s still clearly Government policy. He says it’s not what National int...
Haere ra He Puapua. Maori Development Minister Willie Jackson today thanked the independent group which came up with the controversial report on how New Zealand could deliver on its commitment to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - and announced a two stage plan to develop the Government's own plan. For the next six months there will be engagement with Maori individuals, organisations and iwi, followed by wider community consultation next year on a draft Declaration plan. Mr Jackson says the work builds on the previous National Government's decision to sign t...