Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 2, 2019 16:01:38 GMT 12
IWI AT FORUM URGES REPUDIATION OF DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY
Iwi leaders have shared their concerns around freshwater management, Whānau Ora funding and standards around the definition of mānuka honey with Crown representatives at the National Iwi Chairs Forum today.
Far North iwi Ngāti Kahu has also used the forum to raise its concerns about the Doctrine of Discovery, calling on the government to repudiate it.
Professor Margaret Mutu said it undermined the government's commitment to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/402309/iwi-at-forum-urges-repudiation-of-doctrine-of-discovery
Iwi leaders have shared their concerns around freshwater management, Whānau Ora funding and standards around the definition of mānuka honey with Crown representatives at the National Iwi Chairs Forum today.
Far North iwi Ngāti Kahu has also used the forum to raise its concerns about the Doctrine of Discovery, calling on the government to repudiate it.
Professor Margaret Mutu said it undermined the government's commitment to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/402309/iwi-at-forum-urges-repudiation-of-doctrine-of-discovery