Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 25, 2023 4:59:46 GMT 12
NZ FIRST PLAN TO PULL AOTEAROA OUT OF UNDRIP COMES UNDER HEAVY FIRE
On Sunday, New Zealand First announced it would withdraw New Zealand from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples if elected, citing concerns over race-based preferences. But politicians and legal experts warn against such a move.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called the declaration a “race-based preference.”
“This was in conflict with our constitution, in conflict with our democracy, and in perpetration of our law - that one view based on race would prevail,” he says.
New Zealand First says the declaration is “the starting point and origin of the He Puapua report, which was deceitfully hidden from New Zealand First by Labour.”
It says pulling out of UNDRIP would “consign He Puapua to the rubbish bin of racism.”.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/08/24/nz-first-plan-to-pull-aotearoa-out-of-undrip-comes-under-heavy-fire/
On Sunday, New Zealand First announced it would withdraw New Zealand from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples if elected, citing concerns over race-based preferences. But politicians and legal experts warn against such a move.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called the declaration a “race-based preference.”
“This was in conflict with our constitution, in conflict with our democracy, and in perpetration of our law - that one view based on race would prevail,” he says.
New Zealand First says the declaration is “the starting point and origin of the He Puapua report, which was deceitfully hidden from New Zealand First by Labour.”
It says pulling out of UNDRIP would “consign He Puapua to the rubbish bin of racism.”.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/08/24/nz-first-plan-to-pull-aotearoa-out-of-undrip-comes-under-heavy-fire/