Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 25, 2024 4:26:54 GMT 12
‘ENGINEERED TO REMOVE RIGHT OF OUR PEOPLE’: IWI LEADERS CRITICAL OF GOVT OVER TE AKA WHAI ORA TIMELINE
The Iwi Chairs Forum has hit out at the coalition government’s timeline to disestablish the Māori Health Authority, Te Aka Whai Ora, after the Crown filed a memorandum with the Waitangi Tribunal announcing it will introduce legislation to Parliament as early as Tuesday.
“There has been no communication of what the alternative will be, there has been no engagement with our whānau, hapū and iwi hauora providers on the alternative,” Iwi Chairs Forum Pou Tangata co-chair Rahui Papa said Friday.
Papa said the Crown’s actions are dishonourable and a contemporary breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/02/24/engineered-to-remove-right-of-our-people-iwi-leaders-critical-of-govt-over-te-aka-whai-ora-timeline/
The Iwi Chairs Forum has hit out at the coalition government’s timeline to disestablish the Māori Health Authority, Te Aka Whai Ora, after the Crown filed a memorandum with the Waitangi Tribunal announcing it will introduce legislation to Parliament as early as Tuesday.
“There has been no communication of what the alternative will be, there has been no engagement with our whānau, hapū and iwi hauora providers on the alternative,” Iwi Chairs Forum Pou Tangata co-chair Rahui Papa said Friday.
Papa said the Crown’s actions are dishonourable and a contemporary breach of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.....
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/02/24/engineered-to-remove-right-of-our-people-iwi-leaders-critical-of-govt-over-te-aka-whai-ora-timeline/