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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 11, 2022 3:09:25 GMT 12
IS THE CROWN FAILING MĀORI ON ALCOHOL? WAITANGI TRIBUNAL TO HEAR CLAIMThe Waitangi Tribunal will be asked to consider whether the Crown is failing Māori on alcohol, as part of the evidence into WAI 2624 being heard next week. Lead claimant Rāwiri Ratū (Ngāti te Ata Waiohua, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto) says successive governments have avoided responsibility to protect Māori from the harmful effects of waipiro (alcohol), despite a 2010 Law Commission report finding alcohol contributes to the broad health and social issues affecting Māori...... www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/is-the-crown-failing-maori-on-alcohol-waitangi-tribunal-to-hear-claim/BWD7WETCJOZFKOMWRTZNYAR3EM/
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