Importance of indigenous rights to the Māori Party,

11. HONE HARAWIRA (Māori Party—Te Tai Tokerau) to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What were the outcomes of the meeting held between him and his Australian counterpart on 29 March 2009, with regard to New Zealands position on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?

Hon TIM GROSER (Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs) on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs: New Zealands position on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was not discussed during the Ministers telephone conversation with the Australian Foreign Minister on 29 March.

Hone Harawira: What consultation processes is the Government planning with regard to the declaration, given the extensive work done by Māori over the past 25 years to have the declaration ratified by the United Nations, and given the previous Governments refusal to consult Māori on that matter?

Hon TIM GROSER: The Government is very aware of the importance of indigenous rights to the Māori Party, and, indeed, to all New Zealanders. The Government has not made any decisions on the way forward with regard to that particular declaration. The Government will need to see the details of what the Australian Government announces and consider them very carefully before making further decisions. It is our understanding that the announcement will be made tomorrow.

Rahui Katene: Does the Minister agree with the Oxford Dictionary that an aspiration means to have hope or ambition, and why would the New Zealand Government oppose an aspirational, non-binding declaration that promotes hope or ambition for the rights of indigenous peoples?

Hon TIM GROSER: New Zealand has worked very hard over the last 30 years to recognise the rights of indigenous peoples, and although the declaration is indeed aspirational and not legally binding, this Government, in contrast, is committed to going well beyond aspirational commitments and working on binding responses to indigenous peoples issues. For example, the Government is reviewing the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 to ensure, amongst other things, that mana whenua in relation to the foreshore and seabed is indeed appropriately recognised.
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[DJRU2]

the associate minister spoke well

which was nice but ment nothin coz he aint the Minister.,

Rahui Katene spoke terribly but she had a great point,

Hone will take evri chance to highlight his Take,

Tu Meke

[bsdanielm]

Hone Harawira is a bloody twit.

Remove him from parliament.

[kwoodymoo]

bro ur just jealous u aint maori eah get over it

[Buggerlugz000]

Onya Hone.....You're fill of shit !

[Difficult2Understand]

Really? Like what? Im Maori and i get nothing for the price of everything.

[nguha313]

"More than one in seven people (14.6 percent) usually living in New Zealand in 2006 belonged to the Māori ethnic group" nz stzts.

listen to the sa accent, tells u alot

[Donny6678]

to even attempt to compare nz to south africa is quite sad really. they had an entire law dedicated to discriminating blacks new zealand have a pretty good record in terms of race relations id have to say. and yes maori do represent 8% of the population of new zealand.

[nguha313]

nz euros have full control of nz. they control the law making, trade, revenue, resources, foreshore, seabed, prisons, foreign relations, schools, hospitals, army, taxes. these are all pakeha nz rights. get your facts right. there are more than 8% maori. and nz IS like south africa. same thoughts towards natives browns, same english accent, same foundations built on invasion and theft of native resources. nz is built on lies and and a foundation of land/resourse grabbing, killings and murders

[Donny6678]

this the fukn problem with this country. why dont i go in and make sum bullshit claim. if your maori u get anything and everything for nuthng. just for sitting on your ass.

[Donny6678]

hahaha omg this is a joke, whatabout the rights of New Zealand european people whatabout everyone else that lives in new zealand!!!! Maoris are soo over represented its ridiculous, they make up about 8% of the population, they think the whole country revolves around them. people need to wake up. if were not careful nz will become like south africa.

[torqueingheads]

The Maoris are benefiting from the sea's resources and have equal access to the foreshore like everyone else. They want exclusive access and ownership at the expense of all other New Zealanders. They're not indigenous and that their ancestors arrived on an earlier boat gives them no special priviliges.