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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 30, 2020 3:47:00 GMT 12
MĀORI PARTY PROMISES TO ESTABLISH MĀORI PARLIAMENTThe Māori Party would set up a separate Māori Parliament among other constitutional changes as outlined in its Mana Motuhake policy. Party co-leader John Tamihere announced the policy, which focuses on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, this morning at Waitangi. The Māori Party would: • Establish a Māori Parliament • Register all Māori to the Māori Electoral Roll, and ensure Māori can switch between the Māori and general roll at any time • Implement constitutional change in line with the 2016 Matike Mai report, encouraging discussion between Māori leadership groups • Return conservation land to iwi, including camping grounds • Establish a Waitangi Parliamentary Commissioner to be jointly appointed by tangata whenua and the Crown • Entrench the Māori electoral seats • Reduce party vote threshold to 2.5 percent • End "full and final" settlements and "large natural groupings", ensuring smaller hapū and iwi can have rights recognised • Waitangi Tribunal Recommendations to be binding on the Crown • Insert relativity clauses into all settlements to ensure all iwi have parity with Ngāi Tahu and Tainui • Remove racist provision that allows for local council decisions to establish Māori wards.... www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/427160/maori-party-promises-to-establish-maori-parliament
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