Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 16, 2024 6:17:02 GMT 12
DIA WARNED GOVERNMENT MĀORI WARDS U-TURN COULD BREACH BILL OF RIGHTS
Department Internal Affairs warned the Government that new Māori wards legislation could conflict with the Bill of Rights Act and may "raise issues of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity".
A briefing to Local Government Minister Simeon Brown dated December 5, 2023, said reinstating binding polls potentially cancelling council Māori wards would likely be unpopular, and have wider implications.
"If the poll provisions are only added to the process for establishing Māori wards this may raise issues of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990."
A briefing paper dated January 18 this year again warned the legislation could "conflict" with the Bill of Rights Act, and "may be found to be inconsistent with the Treaty"....
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350278844/dia-warned-government-maori-wards-u-turn-could-breach-bill-rights
Department Internal Affairs warned the Government that new Māori wards legislation could conflict with the Bill of Rights Act and may "raise issues of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity".
A briefing to Local Government Minister Simeon Brown dated December 5, 2023, said reinstating binding polls potentially cancelling council Māori wards would likely be unpopular, and have wider implications.
"If the poll provisions are only added to the process for establishing Māori wards this may raise issues of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990."
A briefing paper dated January 18 this year again warned the legislation could "conflict" with the Bill of Rights Act, and "may be found to be inconsistent with the Treaty"....
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350278844/dia-warned-government-maori-wards-u-turn-could-breach-bill-rights