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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 17, 2019 17:12:05 GMT 12
IWI CLIMATE CHANGE LEGAL ACTION ABSURD – BRASHLegal action by an iwi leader against the Government alleging "failure" to protect Maori from climate change is the height of absurdity, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today. "In 1840 when the Treaty was signed, nobody had even heard about climate change," Dr Brash said. To suggest that a treaty made almost 180 years ago, guaranteeing the same political rights to all New Zealanders, also assumed that the Government has some kind of special obligation to Maori in relation to the climate is just silly, he said..... www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/343300
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