Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 28, 2023 2:53:02 GMT 12
CONCERN CO-GOVERNANCE DEBATE HELPING SPREAD ANTI-MĀORI VIEWS
There's growing concern the debate on co-governance is fuelling racism, and politicians are being accused of contributing to the problem.
Carwyn Jones, a Māori law and philosophy lecturer, said politicians needed to take some responsibility.
"I think politicians have contributed to the anti-Māori feelings we have seen online and other places around that issue of co-governance," he said.
"They have done that by creating fear and concern around what co-governance might look like without talking to any specifics around what has been proposed in the Three Water reforms."
ACT Party Leader David Seymour, a vocal opponent of co-governance, rejected that.
"ACT has consistently said is that each person is entitled to universal human rights," he said.
"We have been very specific. We say that if there's going to be the governance of Three Waters assets, all of which have been created post-treaty in democratic communities, they should continue to be democratically governed."....
www.1news.co.nz/2023/04/27/concern-co-governance-debate-helping-spread-anti-maori-views/
There's growing concern the debate on co-governance is fuelling racism, and politicians are being accused of contributing to the problem.
Carwyn Jones, a Māori law and philosophy lecturer, said politicians needed to take some responsibility.
"I think politicians have contributed to the anti-Māori feelings we have seen online and other places around that issue of co-governance," he said.
"They have done that by creating fear and concern around what co-governance might look like without talking to any specifics around what has been proposed in the Three Water reforms."
ACT Party Leader David Seymour, a vocal opponent of co-governance, rejected that.
"ACT has consistently said is that each person is entitled to universal human rights," he said.
"We have been very specific. We say that if there's going to be the governance of Three Waters assets, all of which have been created post-treaty in democratic communities, they should continue to be democratically governed."....
www.1news.co.nz/2023/04/27/concern-co-governance-debate-helping-spread-anti-maori-views/