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SPECTRUM TALKS MOVE ON TO TREATY FOOTING
A Māori spectrum claimant says a deal struck to allow the auction of 5G spectrum is the first time the crown has approached the issue from a Treaty of Waitangi basis.
Successive Governments rejected the findings of the Waitangi Tribunal and the courts.
"Over the past couple of years there has been a sea change in the atmosphere. The crown and this minister Kris Faafoi have indicated a willingness to work harder on it.
Mr `Walker says the allocation means Maori will not just be passengers in someone else's waka as 5G services are developed......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMzNDI/Paakiwaha/Spectrum-talks-move-on-to-treaty-footing
BRASH: NO JUSTIFICATION FOR RACE-BASED SPECTRUM GIVE-AWAY
There is not the slightest justification for allocating any resource which is the common property of all New Zealanders on the basis of race, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today.
“This Government seems hell-bent on building a state where Maori have different and preferential rights and privileges. In South Africa, we called it apartheid,” Dr Brash said.
“Why is the Government proposing to allocate any part of the 5G spectrum on racial grounds?” he said.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1912/S00225/brash-no-justification-for-race-based-spectrum-give-away.htm
A Māori spectrum claimant says a deal struck to allow the auction of 5G spectrum is the first time the crown has approached the issue from a Treaty of Waitangi basis.
Successive Governments rejected the findings of the Waitangi Tribunal and the courts.
"Over the past couple of years there has been a sea change in the atmosphere. The crown and this minister Kris Faafoi have indicated a willingness to work harder on it.
Mr `Walker says the allocation means Maori will not just be passengers in someone else's waka as 5G services are developed......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMzNDI/Paakiwaha/Spectrum-talks-move-on-to-treaty-footing
BRASH: NO JUSTIFICATION FOR RACE-BASED SPECTRUM GIVE-AWAY
There is not the slightest justification for allocating any resource which is the common property of all New Zealanders on the basis of race, Hobson’s Pledge spokesman Don Brash said today.
“This Government seems hell-bent on building a state where Maori have different and preferential rights and privileges. In South Africa, we called it apartheid,” Dr Brash said.
“Why is the Government proposing to allocate any part of the 5G spectrum on racial grounds?” he said.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1912/S00225/brash-no-justification-for-race-based-spectrum-give-away.htm