Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 8, 2022 2:13:18 GMT 12
HE PUAPUA: NATIONAL STILL TROUBLED BY 'SEPARATIST' DOCUMENT
National MP and former deputy leader Dr Shane Reti says there are still some troubling aspects in the controversial report He Puapua that National needs to think over in coming months.
But Reti told Te Ao Tapatahi today that the National caucus is very exploratory at the moment on “issues like co-governance, what is a good position to be in that meets most of the needs, wants and aspirations of most people most of the time.”
Meanwhile, National will stand candidates in the Māori electorate seats, yet in the past it had said its plan was to eventually abolish Māori seats, so what precipitated the change?
Reti told Te Ao Tapatahi National had made a commitment to positively change the relationship between the Māori and the Crown.
At a special general meeting, National inserted a Treaty of Waitangi clause into its constitution last year “reflecting the fact that we understand that we need to do a better job with our relationship in the Crown/Māori space”......
www.teaomaori.news/he-puapua-national-still-troubled-separatist-document
National MP and former deputy leader Dr Shane Reti says there are still some troubling aspects in the controversial report He Puapua that National needs to think over in coming months.
But Reti told Te Ao Tapatahi today that the National caucus is very exploratory at the moment on “issues like co-governance, what is a good position to be in that meets most of the needs, wants and aspirations of most people most of the time.”
Meanwhile, National will stand candidates in the Māori electorate seats, yet in the past it had said its plan was to eventually abolish Māori seats, so what precipitated the change?
Reti told Te Ao Tapatahi National had made a commitment to positively change the relationship between the Māori and the Crown.
At a special general meeting, National inserted a Treaty of Waitangi clause into its constitution last year “reflecting the fact that we understand that we need to do a better job with our relationship in the Crown/Māori space”......
www.teaomaori.news/he-puapua-national-still-troubled-separatist-document