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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 4, 2021 3:02:01 GMT 12
'NOT IN A DEMOCRACY': MĀORI PARTY CO-LEADER RAWIRI WAITITI OUTLINES HIS VISION FOR A 'TIRITI-CENTRIC AOTEAROA' WHERE THE MAJORITY DOESN'T RULE OVER MĀORIBut Waititi doesn't think an Upper House for tangata whenua goes far enough. He wants a completely independent Maori Parliament. "That's absolutely different to having an Upper House," he told Newshub Nation on Saturday, citing the Treaty of Waitangi. "We want to be in total control of our sovereignty… which is tino rangatiratanga." Asked how that would work, Waititi pointed to the Tuhoe settlement of 2013. "Look at the Tuhoe settlement - that wasn't co-governance. That was Tuhoe sovereignty. The transfer of assets back to Tuhoe will show how actually this can work. Tuhoe is probably an example of how they have been able to negotiate within the system to come up with their own sovereign solutions to their problems."..... www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/07/not-in-a-democracy-m-ori-party-co-leader-rawiri-waititi-outlines-his-vision-for-a-tiriti-centric-aotearoa-where-the-majority-doesn-t-rule-over-m-ori.html
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