Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 5, 2022 4:40:32 GMT 12
RONGOĀ MĀORI PRACTITIONERS WORRIED ABOUT BILL SET TO GO BEFORE PARLIAMENT THAT REGULATES NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS
The Bill aims to ensure these products are safe and deliver what they promise. But rongoā Māori specialists said the Bill overreaches into their traditional practice and is worried it could suppress their ability to deliver their services to whānau.
"It's like bringing back the Tohunga Suppression Act on us once again. We are not therapeutics. Just the word on its own does not align with our practice. We're rongoā practitioners."
The Aotearoa Rongoā Māori Collective has sent a petition to Parliament opposing the inclusion of rongoā Māori in the Bill, which is set to be introduced into Parliament before the end of the year.
"That's not okay. What you're trying to do under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tino rangatiratanga under our taonga and our taonga that belong to us and we have absolute sovereignty over our healing ways.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/10/rongo-m-ori-practitioners-worried-about-bill-set-to-go-before-parliament-that-regulates-natural-health-products.html
The Bill aims to ensure these products are safe and deliver what they promise. But rongoā Māori specialists said the Bill overreaches into their traditional practice and is worried it could suppress their ability to deliver their services to whānau.
"It's like bringing back the Tohunga Suppression Act on us once again. We are not therapeutics. Just the word on its own does not align with our practice. We're rongoā practitioners."
The Aotearoa Rongoā Māori Collective has sent a petition to Parliament opposing the inclusion of rongoā Māori in the Bill, which is set to be introduced into Parliament before the end of the year.
"That's not okay. What you're trying to do under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tino rangatiratanga under our taonga and our taonga that belong to us and we have absolute sovereignty over our healing ways.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/10/rongo-m-ori-practitioners-worried-about-bill-set-to-go-before-parliament-that-regulates-natural-health-products.html