Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 27, 2020 12:35:09 GMT 12
THE POLITICAL YEAR BEGINS WITH SIMMERING TENSIONS AT RATANA
But the movement begun by Newton suggest full and final settlements will never be achieved. Instead, settlements can be reopened as issues like Ihumātao arise.
"Ihumātao is indicative of the era we're moving into. Governments of both stripes have pushed this idea of full and final settlements, and the post settlement era what Ihumātao shows is the fight for Treaty justice will never be over," McDonald said.
Like the foreshore and seabed issue, it puts Labour in a difficult position, between supporters on its right, who want to resolve Treaty issues and move on, and supporters on its left, who see settlements and poor compensation for the manifold injustices of colonialism, a position taken openly by the Green party.
History would say Labour can't please both, but the party has never had a leader like Ardern. She joked on becoming leader that having once been "the president of an international youth organisation that had members from Lebanon, Palestine and Israel," she was up to the task of negotiating with the Greens and NZ First.
Resolving whatever issues arise from Ihumātao will require all that skill and more....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/119042281/the-political-year-begins-with-simmering-tensions-at-ratana
But the movement begun by Newton suggest full and final settlements will never be achieved. Instead, settlements can be reopened as issues like Ihumātao arise.
"Ihumātao is indicative of the era we're moving into. Governments of both stripes have pushed this idea of full and final settlements, and the post settlement era what Ihumātao shows is the fight for Treaty justice will never be over," McDonald said.
Like the foreshore and seabed issue, it puts Labour in a difficult position, between supporters on its right, who want to resolve Treaty issues and move on, and supporters on its left, who see settlements and poor compensation for the manifold injustices of colonialism, a position taken openly by the Green party.
History would say Labour can't please both, but the party has never had a leader like Ardern. She joked on becoming leader that having once been "the president of an international youth organisation that had members from Lebanon, Palestine and Israel," she was up to the task of negotiating with the Greens and NZ First.
Resolving whatever issues arise from Ihumātao will require all that skill and more....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/119042281/the-political-year-begins-with-simmering-tensions-at-ratana