Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 18, 2016 17:06:24 GMT 12
IWI STILL WORRIED ABOUT TPP
Māori claimants remain unconvinced the government has acted in their best interests in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
But lead claimants counsel Annette Sykes said that was not good enough.
"The claimants clearly object to the authority of the Crown to negotiate such an agreement alone ... and the inadequacy of the Treaty of Waitangi exception because it provides a contingent that is incomplete, contestable and hence ineffective protection for Māori interests."
After today, the tribunal would decide whether that provision effectively protected the interests of Māori….
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/299263/iwi-still-worried-about-tpp
Māori claimants remain unconvinced the government has acted in their best interests in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
But lead claimants counsel Annette Sykes said that was not good enough.
"The claimants clearly object to the authority of the Crown to negotiate such an agreement alone ... and the inadequacy of the Treaty of Waitangi exception because it provides a contingent that is incomplete, contestable and hence ineffective protection for Māori interests."
After today, the tribunal would decide whether that provision effectively protected the interests of Māori….
www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/299263/iwi-still-worried-about-tpp