Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 30, 2020 3:47:00 GMT 12
MĀORI PARTY PROMISES TO ESTABLISH MĀORI PARLIAMENT
The Māori Party would set up a separate Māori Parliament among other constitutional changes as outlined in its Mana Motuhake policy.
Party co-leader John Tamihere announced the policy, which focuses on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, this morning at Waitangi.
The Māori Party would:
• Establish a Māori Parliament
• Register all Māori to the Māori Electoral Roll, and ensure Māori can switch between the Māori and general
roll at any time
• Implement constitutional change in line with the 2016 Matike Mai report, encouraging discussion between
Māori leadership groups
• Return conservation land to iwi, including camping grounds
• Establish a Waitangi Parliamentary Commissioner to be jointly appointed by tangata whenua and the Crown
• Entrench the Māori electoral seats
• Reduce party vote threshold to 2.5 percent
• End "full and final" settlements and "large natural groupings", ensuring smaller hapū and iwi can have
rights recognised
• Waitangi Tribunal Recommendations to be binding on the Crown
• Insert relativity clauses into all settlements to ensure all iwi have parity with Ngāi Tahu and Tainui
• Remove racist provision that allows for local council decisions to establish Māori wards....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/427160/maori-party-promises-to-establish-maori-parliament
The Māori Party would set up a separate Māori Parliament among other constitutional changes as outlined in its Mana Motuhake policy.
Party co-leader John Tamihere announced the policy, which focuses on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, this morning at Waitangi.
The Māori Party would:
• Establish a Māori Parliament
• Register all Māori to the Māori Electoral Roll, and ensure Māori can switch between the Māori and general
roll at any time
• Implement constitutional change in line with the 2016 Matike Mai report, encouraging discussion between
Māori leadership groups
• Return conservation land to iwi, including camping grounds
• Establish a Waitangi Parliamentary Commissioner to be jointly appointed by tangata whenua and the Crown
• Entrench the Māori electoral seats
• Reduce party vote threshold to 2.5 percent
• End "full and final" settlements and "large natural groupings", ensuring smaller hapū and iwi can have
rights recognised
• Waitangi Tribunal Recommendations to be binding on the Crown
• Insert relativity clauses into all settlements to ensure all iwi have parity with Ngāi Tahu and Tainui
• Remove racist provision that allows for local council decisions to establish Māori wards....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/427160/maori-party-promises-to-establish-maori-parliament