Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 17, 2017 17:24:00 GMT 12
PETER'S REFERENDUM CALL WOULD SIDELINE MĀORI – FOX
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is being accused by the Māori Party of trying to take New Zealand back to the dark ages.
"My strategy is to tell everyone out there that you will not be talking to New Zealand First unless you want a referendum on both those issues - mid-term after this election."
However, Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox said the seats could go only when disparity was removed for Māori in this country.
Mr Peters estimates a referendum on Māori seats and the number of MPs would cost around $27 million. The party also wants referenda on legalising marijuana, legalising euthanasia and repealing the anti-smacking law.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/335216/peter-s-referendum-call-would-sideline-maori-fox
BINDING REFERENDA ON MAORI SEATS WELCOMED
Pro-democracy lobby group, Democracy Action, welcome New Zealand First’s commitment to hold a binding referendum on the retention of Parliament’s Maori Seats, should the Party find itself in a position of power post the general election.
The spokesperson for Democracy Action, Lee Short, says, "The Maori seats are from a bygone era, and should have been removed when MMP was introduced in 1996 - as was recommended by the Royal Commission which led to its introduction."
"New Zealanders’ civil and democratic rights should not be based on race or ethnicity. The National Party’s policy is to abolish the Maori seats, and this policy, to put it to the people, is even better."
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/287922
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is being accused by the Māori Party of trying to take New Zealand back to the dark ages.
"My strategy is to tell everyone out there that you will not be talking to New Zealand First unless you want a referendum on both those issues - mid-term after this election."
However, Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox said the seats could go only when disparity was removed for Māori in this country.
Mr Peters estimates a referendum on Māori seats and the number of MPs would cost around $27 million. The party also wants referenda on legalising marijuana, legalising euthanasia and repealing the anti-smacking law.....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/335216/peter-s-referendum-call-would-sideline-maori-fox
BINDING REFERENDA ON MAORI SEATS WELCOMED
Pro-democracy lobby group, Democracy Action, welcome New Zealand First’s commitment to hold a binding referendum on the retention of Parliament’s Maori Seats, should the Party find itself in a position of power post the general election.
The spokesperson for Democracy Action, Lee Short, says, "The Maori seats are from a bygone era, and should have been removed when MMP was introduced in 1996 - as was recommended by the Royal Commission which led to its introduction."
"New Zealanders’ civil and democratic rights should not be based on race or ethnicity. The National Party’s policy is to abolish the Maori seats, and this policy, to put it to the people, is even better."
www.voxy.co.nz/politics/5/287922