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MAORI REPS FED-UP WITH LACKLUSTRE ENGAGEMENT FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL
Auckland Council’s Independent Māori Statutory Board members have expressed growing frustration around Council’s lack of engagement with mana whenua.
The matter was raised at a Planning Committee held on March 31.
Council has a legal obligation to recognise and respect the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and one way it does this is through Māori impact statements in reports. These statements outline engagement with Māori and how the feedback is incorporated into policy......
www.localmatters.co.nz/mahurangi-news/maori-reps-fed-up-with-lacklustre-engagement-from-auckland-council/
MĀORI HEALTH AUTHORITY MODEL COULD BE APPLIED TO EDUCATION AND JUSTICE, CONSULTATION SUGGESTS
It has been suggested in consultation feedback published by the Government that the Māori Health Authority model could be applied to education and justice.
The Government already has plans to introduce legislation in early 2023 to revamp Māori education, with the aim of seeing 30 percent of Māori learners participating in Kaupapa Māori/Māori medium education - where students are taught all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language for at least 51 percent of the time - by 2040......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/m-ori-health-authority-model-could-be-applied-to-education-and-justice-consultation-suggests.html
CO-GOVERNANCE NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION, GOVERNMENT TOLD
A focus on tino rangatiratanga, which could one day see the Crown’s role significantly devolved, will shape the Government’s plan for how to recognise its obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP).
It’s hoped the Māori Health Authority can be used as an example for other sectors, such as justice and education
Jackson said the plan would not be focused only on co-governance.
“In fact, the feedback has been that there are many ways we can strengthen indigenous rights and achieve better outcomes for all that aren’t about governance at all,” he said.
The report said an emphasis on self-determination was consistent. It also said one issue with co-governance was that it didn’t fully recognise tino rangatiratanga.
One suggestion was for the “establishment of a true Māori justice system by Māori and for Māori based on tikanga that would run in parallel to the Western model”......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300571263/cogovernance-not-enough-to-satisfy-indigenous-rights-declaration-government-told
ROTORUA COUNCIL REPRESENTATION BILL 'CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED' – ATTORNEY-GENERAL
A controversial bill that would increase Māori voting rights in Rotorua's local elections cannot be justified and discriminates against general roll voters, the Attorney-General has found.
"The conclusion I have reached, that the bill cannot be justified ... is largely due to the absence of information and analysis available to provide justification for the limit on the right to freedom from discrimination."
Parker said in a representative democracy, it was important to maintain much the same level of representation for everyone......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rotorua-council-representation-bill-cannot-be-justified-attorney-general/FISDTUCJOZHW7LKQMWEF2IIENE/
DISCRIMINATORY ROTORUA LOCAL BILL SHOULD BE DROPPED
The Rotorua District Council Bill must be scrapped following the Attorney General’s report today that it is discriminatory and would breach the Bill of Rights, National’s Justice spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith says.
“The Bill gives greater voting rights to people on the Maori roll and this cannot be justified.
“The Labour Government has been trying to sneak through significant constitutional change without proper discussion. Now their own Attorney General has called them out, they should think again.......
www.national.org.nz/discriminatory-rotorua-local-bill-should-be-dropped
LANDMARK AGREEMENT HELPS HEAL ALMOST 60-YEAR-OLD WOUNDS IN TŪRANGI
A landmark agreement between the original guardians of the land under the township of Tūrangi and Taupō District Council is less than a week away.
The new co-governance framework will enable Ngāti Tūrangitukua to make joint decisions alongside council on matters that affect their land and whanau
A co-governance committee made up of Ngāti Tūrangitukua and council appointees will be set up as the governing body to build on the existing working partnership between the two entities and will cover community planning and co-design of community projects, facilities, and sustainable community outcomes......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/300568911/landmark-agreement-helps-heal-almost-60yearold-wounds-in-trangi
Auckland Council’s Independent Māori Statutory Board members have expressed growing frustration around Council’s lack of engagement with mana whenua.
The matter was raised at a Planning Committee held on March 31.
Council has a legal obligation to recognise and respect the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and one way it does this is through Māori impact statements in reports. These statements outline engagement with Māori and how the feedback is incorporated into policy......
www.localmatters.co.nz/mahurangi-news/maori-reps-fed-up-with-lacklustre-engagement-from-auckland-council/
MĀORI HEALTH AUTHORITY MODEL COULD BE APPLIED TO EDUCATION AND JUSTICE, CONSULTATION SUGGESTS
It has been suggested in consultation feedback published by the Government that the Māori Health Authority model could be applied to education and justice.
The Government already has plans to introduce legislation in early 2023 to revamp Māori education, with the aim of seeing 30 percent of Māori learners participating in Kaupapa Māori/Māori medium education - where students are taught all or some curriculum subjects in the Māori language for at least 51 percent of the time - by 2040......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/m-ori-health-authority-model-could-be-applied-to-education-and-justice-consultation-suggests.html
CO-GOVERNANCE NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION, GOVERNMENT TOLD
A focus on tino rangatiratanga, which could one day see the Crown’s role significantly devolved, will shape the Government’s plan for how to recognise its obligations under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP).
It’s hoped the Māori Health Authority can be used as an example for other sectors, such as justice and education
Jackson said the plan would not be focused only on co-governance.
“In fact, the feedback has been that there are many ways we can strengthen indigenous rights and achieve better outcomes for all that aren’t about governance at all,” he said.
The report said an emphasis on self-determination was consistent. It also said one issue with co-governance was that it didn’t fully recognise tino rangatiratanga.
One suggestion was for the “establishment of a true Māori justice system by Māori and for Māori based on tikanga that would run in parallel to the Western model”......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300571263/cogovernance-not-enough-to-satisfy-indigenous-rights-declaration-government-told
ROTORUA COUNCIL REPRESENTATION BILL 'CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED' – ATTORNEY-GENERAL
A controversial bill that would increase Māori voting rights in Rotorua's local elections cannot be justified and discriminates against general roll voters, the Attorney-General has found.
"The conclusion I have reached, that the bill cannot be justified ... is largely due to the absence of information and analysis available to provide justification for the limit on the right to freedom from discrimination."
Parker said in a representative democracy, it was important to maintain much the same level of representation for everyone......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rotorua-council-representation-bill-cannot-be-justified-attorney-general/FISDTUCJOZHW7LKQMWEF2IIENE/
DISCRIMINATORY ROTORUA LOCAL BILL SHOULD BE DROPPED
The Rotorua District Council Bill must be scrapped following the Attorney General’s report today that it is discriminatory and would breach the Bill of Rights, National’s Justice spokesperson, Paul Goldsmith says.
“The Bill gives greater voting rights to people on the Maori roll and this cannot be justified.
“The Labour Government has been trying to sneak through significant constitutional change without proper discussion. Now their own Attorney General has called them out, they should think again.......
www.national.org.nz/discriminatory-rotorua-local-bill-should-be-dropped
LANDMARK AGREEMENT HELPS HEAL ALMOST 60-YEAR-OLD WOUNDS IN TŪRANGI
A landmark agreement between the original guardians of the land under the township of Tūrangi and Taupō District Council is less than a week away.
The new co-governance framework will enable Ngāti Tūrangitukua to make joint decisions alongside council on matters that affect their land and whanau
A co-governance committee made up of Ngāti Tūrangitukua and council appointees will be set up as the governing body to build on the existing working partnership between the two entities and will cover community planning and co-design of community projects, facilities, and sustainable community outcomes......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/300568911/landmark-agreement-helps-heal-almost-60yearold-wounds-in-trangi