Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 15, 2022 2:25:32 GMT 12
'WE ALL PAY': WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARS CROWN FAILED TO PROTECT MĀORI FROM ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM
Alcohol-related harm began for Māori 150 years ago with colonisation and needs to end now, the Waitangi Tribunal has heard.
In a rousing submission to the Tribunal on Monday, lead claimant Raawiri (David) Ratuu laid bare claims surrounding the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and the harm Māori have suffered since colonisation, when alcohol (waipiro) was introduced.
”The fight against waipiro and disproportionate and unequal harm it has, and continues to have on Māori, is one that has been fought over generations, beginning with our tūpuna in the 1800s and earlier,” Ratuu told Judge Damian Stone......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/128046478/we-all-pay-waitangi-tribunal-hears-crown-failed-to-protect-mori-from-alcoholrelated-harm
Alcohol-related harm began for Māori 150 years ago with colonisation and needs to end now, the Waitangi Tribunal has heard.
In a rousing submission to the Tribunal on Monday, lead claimant Raawiri (David) Ratuu laid bare claims surrounding the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 and the harm Māori have suffered since colonisation, when alcohol (waipiro) was introduced.
”The fight against waipiro and disproportionate and unequal harm it has, and continues to have on Māori, is one that has been fought over generations, beginning with our tūpuna in the 1800s and earlier,” Ratuu told Judge Damian Stone......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/128046478/we-all-pay-waitangi-tribunal-hears-crown-failed-to-protect-mori-from-alcoholrelated-harm