Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 8, 2023 3:27:26 GMT 12
CULTURAL REPORTS ATTACK BREACH OF TIRITI
The dean of AUT’s law school law says National’s plan to cut funding for cultural reports is mean-spirited and racist.
To take that opportunity away only for people who can’t pay for it I think is mean-spirited and because most of those people will be Māori it’s a breach of Te Tiriti in terms of Article 3 – equal access to justice. Bottom line is it’s racist because non-Māori people or Māori people too who can afford a private report or have someone within their whānau or community who can stand up and speak for them, they can still have access to those things,” Associate Professor Quince says.....
waateanews.com/2023/11/07/cultural-reports-attack-breach-of-tiriti/
The dean of AUT’s law school law says National’s plan to cut funding for cultural reports is mean-spirited and racist.
To take that opportunity away only for people who can’t pay for it I think is mean-spirited and because most of those people will be Māori it’s a breach of Te Tiriti in terms of Article 3 – equal access to justice. Bottom line is it’s racist because non-Māori people or Māori people too who can afford a private report or have someone within their whānau or community who can stand up and speak for them, they can still have access to those things,” Associate Professor Quince says.....
waateanews.com/2023/11/07/cultural-reports-attack-breach-of-tiriti/