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GOVERNMENT BREACHED TREATY PRINCIPLES IN COVID-19 RESPONSE, WAITANGI TRIBUNAL FINDS
The Government breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi for “political convenience” in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
On Tuesday, the Tribunal released Haumaru: the Covid-19 Priority Report, finding the Government’s Covid-19 response had breached Treaty principals such as active protection, equity, partnership and tino rangatiratanga.
The report followed a week-long urgent inquiry into the Government’s handling of the response, where about 40 claimants – which included Māori health professionals, data experts, iwi, hapū, and health providers – presented evidence of the Crown’s failures.
The Tribunal recommended the Crown urgently provide further funding, resourcing, data, and other support to assist Māori providers and communities with localised responses......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300482666/government-breached-treaty-principles-in-covid19-response-waitangi-tribunal-finds
DETAILS FROM WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REPORT ON GOVERMENT'S COVID-19 RESPONSE
In its 144-page report, the tribunal found the government breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi for "political convenience" in its pandemic response.
"As at 13 December 2021, although Māori comprised 15.6 percent of the population, Māori comprised over 50 percent of the Delta cases, 38.6 percent of Delta hospitalisations, and 45 percent of associated deaths," panel chair Judge Damian Stone wrote in his letter to ministers which accompanied the report.
"The statistics speak for themselves."
The tribunal heard from Māori health providers who spoke of being sidelined, ignored and underfunded......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/458392/details-from-waitangi-tribunal-report-on-goverment-s-covid-19-response
The Government breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi for “political convenience” in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
On Tuesday, the Tribunal released Haumaru: the Covid-19 Priority Report, finding the Government’s Covid-19 response had breached Treaty principals such as active protection, equity, partnership and tino rangatiratanga.
The report followed a week-long urgent inquiry into the Government’s handling of the response, where about 40 claimants – which included Māori health professionals, data experts, iwi, hapū, and health providers – presented evidence of the Crown’s failures.
The Tribunal recommended the Crown urgently provide further funding, resourcing, data, and other support to assist Māori providers and communities with localised responses......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300482666/government-breached-treaty-principles-in-covid19-response-waitangi-tribunal-finds
DETAILS FROM WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REPORT ON GOVERMENT'S COVID-19 RESPONSE
In its 144-page report, the tribunal found the government breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi for "political convenience" in its pandemic response.
"As at 13 December 2021, although Māori comprised 15.6 percent of the population, Māori comprised over 50 percent of the Delta cases, 38.6 percent of Delta hospitalisations, and 45 percent of associated deaths," panel chair Judge Damian Stone wrote in his letter to ministers which accompanied the report.
"The statistics speak for themselves."
The tribunal heard from Māori health providers who spoke of being sidelined, ignored and underfunded......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/458392/details-from-waitangi-tribunal-report-on-goverment-s-covid-19-response