Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 22, 2017 17:25:42 GMT 12
ELECTION & MAORI STILL EXPERIENCING SECOND CLASS CITIZENSHIP
Whatever the results of the election this weekend, all New Zealanders should be concerned at the withholding of democracy for Maori electors and what the longer-term implications of this might be for Aotearoa New Zealand, argues a Maori politics and policy lecturer from Massey University. Despite claims that misinformation and mistreatment of Maori voters has been isolated to a few polling booths and polling booth staff, Veronica Tawhai insists ongoing reports from a range of electorates across the country confirms the issue is endemic......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1709/S00404/election-maori-still-experiencing-second-class-citizenship.htm
Whatever the results of the election this weekend, all New Zealanders should be concerned at the withholding of democracy for Maori electors and what the longer-term implications of this might be for Aotearoa New Zealand, argues a Maori politics and policy lecturer from Massey University. Despite claims that misinformation and mistreatment of Maori voters has been isolated to a few polling booths and polling booth staff, Veronica Tawhai insists ongoing reports from a range of electorates across the country confirms the issue is endemic......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1709/S00404/election-maori-still-experiencing-second-class-citizenship.htm