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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 19, 2018 17:16:26 GMT 12
JACKSON CALLS FOR 'FUNDAMENTAL MIND-SHIFT' ON TREATY CONSULTATIONMaōri intellectual property expert Moana Jackson has reservations whether Māori can have faith in the process. This follows on the back off a delegate’s conference comment that the Māori experience of consultation can sometimes resemble “consult, insult, assault.” “The Treaty relationship doesn’t talk about consultation. Treaty parties don’t consult- they negotiate, they reach agreement and as long as the Crown is wedded to the idea ‘oh, we’re fulling our Treaty obligations if we consult with Māori' then they’re beginning again from the wrong place.” “One doesn’t go to the other and say ‘this is what we’re going to do, what do you think?’ and then, as often happens in the consultation process, then ignores what our people say anyways,” he says. Jackson believes a complete reset of approach is required. "So, that’s one of those fundamental mind-shifts that has to happen and I’m not sure that the government has got there yet. It still believes it has that superior right to make the final decision."..... www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/jackson-calls-fundamental-mind-shift-on-treaty-consultation
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